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- 03 Sep 2019
- News
How Business Schools Can Help Restore Trust in Capitalism
- July 1997 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
H.E. Butt Grocery Company: A Leader in ECR Implementation (B) (Abridged)
By: Robert D. Austin and F. Warren McFarlan
H.E. Butt Grocery Co. led the grocery industry in adopting many innovations, including category management, electronic data interchange, and continuous replenishment. They have also moved aggressively and profitably into newer applications such as Scanner-based payment...
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Keywords:
Information Management;
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Invention;
Business Organization;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Science-Based Business;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Risk Management;
Electronics Industry;
Computer Industry
Austin, Robert D., and F. Warren McFarlan. "H.E. Butt Grocery Company: A Leader in ECR Implementation (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 198-016, July 1997. (Revised June 2001.)
- September 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Supplement
Hitachi Rail Limited (B)
By: David J. Collis, Akiko Kanno and Nobuo Sato
This supplement describes the strategy and organisation changes made by British executive, Alistair Dormer, after he is made head of Hitachi Rail's global business. The company acquires an Italian company, continues to win contracts in the UK, but struggles to bring...
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Keywords:
Organization Structure;
Leader Selection;
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Strategy;
Global Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Leadership;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Integration;
Values and Beliefs;
Rail Industry;
Japan
Collis, David J., Akiko Kanno, and Nobuo Sato. "Hitachi Rail Limited (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-365, September 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
- 15 Mar 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
- 2009
- Working Paper
Taking a 'Deep Dive': What Only a Top Leader Can Do
By: Howard H. Yu and Joseph L. Bower
Unlike most historical accounts of strategic change inside large firms, empirical research on strategic management rarely uses the day-to-day behaviors of top executives as the unit of analysis. By examining the resource allocation process closely, we introduce the...
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Keywords:
Leading Change;
Management Practices and Processes;
Resource Allocation;
Business Processes;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure
Yu, Howard H., and Joseph L. Bower. "Taking a 'Deep Dive': What Only a Top Leader Can Do." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-109, April 2009. (Revised February 2010, May 2010.)
- Web
Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online
confidence to make effective decisions in your career and life Who Will Benefit Early and Mid-Career Professionals Aspiring Finance or Investment Professionals New Leaders Gain the skills and confidence needed to understand the financial...
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- April 2022 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Stalin’s Capitalists: American Business and Soviet Industrialization
By: Jeremy Friedman, Jingyu Liu and Christine Riggle
In the late 1920s and early 1930s when Joseph Stalin, leader of the world’s first Communist state, sought to industrialize his largely peasant country on an unprecedented scale, he turned for help to those who had the most experience constructing on such a scale:...
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Keywords:
Communism;
Industrialization;
Socialism;
History;
Industry Growth;
Economic Systems;
Soviet Union
Friedman, Jeremy, Jingyu Liu, and Christine Riggle. "Stalin’s Capitalists: American Business and Soviet Industrialization." Harvard Business School Case 722-058, April 2022. (Revised July 2022.)
- 24 Sep 2014
- News
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
"A Conference on Global Poverty: Business Solutions and Approaches," with a goal of beginning to identify the characteristics of successful enterprises and leaders in this realm. The nearly 100...
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by Garry Emmons
- 13 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Exploring Racial Justice with the Scaling Minority Businesses Course
the issue are two different things. This class had the perfect balance of both and was a rare opportunity to have meaningful conversations and, for me, explore what allyship as a future business leader can...
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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
purpose-driven leader to management, leadership, and other key stakeholders Explore why collective efforts matter and how business can be a catalyst for system-level change in the face of significant global...
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Overview
I currently teach the history of global entrepreneurship over the last 200 years. The 28-session course called Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism has become one of the most popular second year electives in the MBA program at the Harvard Business School. The cases,...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Government And Business;
International Business;
Globalization;
History;
Government and Politics;
Entrepreneurship;
Ethics;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Banking Industry;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Consulting Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Energy Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Fashion Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Journalism and News Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Shipping Industry;
Africa;
Asia;
Europe;
Latin America;
Middle East;
North and Central America;
Oceania
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Events - Business & Environment
conference seeks to evaluate existing systems, inspire agents of change, and start conversations around the multidisciplinary solutions we urgently need. (April) ClimateCAP Annual event that brings MBA students and industry leaders...
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- 10 Feb 2010
- News
Harvard Business School Faculty on the World Economic Forum
- 15 Sep 2021
- News
How to Be a Leader Who Stays True to Their Ethics
- 24 Oct 2018
- News