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- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
more pressing crisis management activities. Local sales organizations, which are often tasked with local-level implementation of community health activities, prioritize product sales, supply, and...
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Lakshmi Ramarajan
Professor Ramarajan is the Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research examines the management and consequences of identities in... View Details
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nonprofit industry
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Finding My North Star at the Crossroads of Profit and Purpose
learned how large companies think about sustaining businesses for decades, and what it means to manage shareholder value while thinking about its people, their families, and...
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- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
management style has left in its wake a long line of unhappy stakeholders: regulators, competitors, drivers, customers, and even some partners. Kanter, who wrote a case study on the company after featuring...
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- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
incentives influence students' acquisition of S&E human capital during college. The 2008–2009 financial crisis, which substantially reduced the availability of jobs in finance and led to a worsening View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 25 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry
stepped on campus, I felt it was my responsibility to be a fully contributing member of that community.” At the Capital Group, where he spent several post-college years before HBS, Diamond learned about the asset management business View Details
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
interplay between men and women in a number of different organizations, and I tried to write something that would derive examples from all those organizations, as I've managed...
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by Robin J. Ely
- Web
Strategy in Emerging Economies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
in Emerging Economies Strategy is important for companies operating in developing and emerging economies. These businesses face distinct challenges and need to adopt a new approach if they want to be...
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- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
tomorrow are going to be of the unsavory variety, 30 years of experience dealing with Iran shows that neglect and isolation are ineffective strategies for managing conflict. Second, diplomacy is about...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
Harold M. Brierley (MBA '68), chairman and CEO of Brierley & Partners, describes himself as "an accidental entrepreneur," having entered HBS as a chemical engineer planning to pursue a management career...
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Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement
lives. Often already overwhelmed as caregivers themselves, the added burden of the menopause transition can push women out of the workforce completely. Women described their struggles to manage their hormonal health, the lack of care,...
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- May 1982 (Revised April 1984)
- Case
Consolidated Foods Corp. (A)
Top management at Consolidated Foods was concerned about consumer complaints and threatened boycotts, some relating to television and print ad content and others relating to sponsorship of television programs thought to portray excessive sex or violence. Describes the...
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Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "Consolidated Foods Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 382-158, May 1982. (Revised April 1984.)
- 21 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change
Public trust in business remains relatively unshaken amid economic turbulence and a lingering pandemic, even as faith in the media and government falters, but leaders could do more to address social issues, a new global opinion survey shows. However, not everyone...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
- Web
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- February 2014
- Article
Governance and CEO Turnover: Do Something or Do the Right Thing?
By: Ray Fisman, Rakesh Khurana, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Soojin Yim
We study how corporate governance affects firm value through the decision of whether to fire or retain the CEO. We present a model in which weak governance—which prevents shareholders from controlling the board—protects inferior CEOs from dismissal, while at the same...
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Governing and Advisory Boards;
Value;
Retention;
Resignation and Termination;
Corporate Governance;
Management Teams;
Business and Shareholder Relations
Fisman, Ray, Rakesh Khurana, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, and Soojin Yim. "Governance and CEO Turnover: Do Something or Do the Right Thing?" Management Science 60, no. 2 (February 2014): 319–337.
- January 1998 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Lincoln Electric: Venturing Abroad
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Jamie O'Connell
Lincoln Electric, a 100-year-old manufacturer of welding equipment and consumables based in Cleveland, Ohio, motivates its U.S. employees through a culture of cooperation between management and labor and an unusual compensation system based on piecework and a large...
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Acquisition;
Restructuring;
Transformation;
Construction;
Compensation and Benefits;
Management;
Market Entry and Exit;
Labor and Management Relations;
Competitive Advantage;
Expansion;
Manufacturing Industry;
Ohio
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Jamie O'Connell. "Lincoln Electric: Venturing Abroad." Harvard Business School Case 398-095, January 1998. (Revised April 1998.)
- spring 1991
- Article
Breaking the Cycle of Failure in Services
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and James Heskett
Most managers recognize that good service is a direct result of having effective, productive people in customer contact positions. However, most service companies perpetuate a cycle of failure by tolerating high turnover and expecting employee dissatisfaction. This...
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Goals and Objectives;
Service Delivery;
Success;
Failure;
Management Skills;
Service Industry
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and James Heskett. "Breaking the Cycle of Failure in Services." MIT Sloan Management Review 32, no. 3 (spring 1991): 17–28.
- March 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
The Market for Prisoners: Business, Crime and Punishment in the "American Dream"
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Laura Winig
In 2010, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private prison operator in the U.S., was considering expansion options. The company's largest customers, federal and state governments, were under economic pressure to reduce the incarceration rate and...
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For-Profit Firms;
Crime and Corruption;
Profit;
Law Enforcement;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Business and Government Relations;
Competitive Strategy;
Expansion;
United States
Di Tella, Rafael M., and Laura Winig. The Market for Prisoners: Business, Crime and Punishment in the "American Dream". Harvard Business School Case 710-042, March 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
important questions to explore, according to Michael Toffel, a professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit of Harvard Business School. Toffel has conducted extensive research View Details
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by Martha Lagace