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- 23 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Action Plan for Racial Equity
This week, Dean Nohria shared the School’s Action Plan for Racial Equity in a letter to the HBS community. “The horrifying murder of George Floyd, and an all too long history of similar injustices, has spurred our View Details
- 02 Feb 2021
- Video
NextStopHBS: Alum in Action - Julia Cheek'11 of Everlywell
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Action Plan: Come as You Are
wherever you are—angry, sad, overworked, happy,” says Basseches. “You can engage with galleries and collections in ways that fit your mood and spirit.” It’s also, by its public nature, a social experience—whether you go with a friend or...
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- 2003
- Other Unpublished Work
Initiative for a Competitive Milwaukee: A Call to Action
The inner city of Milwaukee holds great promise, but is not advancing economically. The inner city has been hard hit by the loss of many of its largest employers as a result of relocation, acquisition and failure. According to the 2000 US Census data, thirty percent of...
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Porter, Michael E. "Initiative for a Competitive Milwaukee: A Call to Action." Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, September 2003. (Report.)
- Web
European and UK Personal Data Collection Disclosure | HBS Online
Additional Privacy Disclosures 1. Introduction These Additional Privacy Disclosures (“Disclosures”) provide information on collection and use of personal data about individuals located in a Relevant Region (as defined below) and...
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- Web
One-Year Action Plan Update - Advancing Racial Equity
News & Commentary 23 SEP 2021 One-Year Action Plan Update Dean Srikant Datar discusses the School’s Advancing Racial Equity action plan at the one-year mark—progress made so far, and where there is still...
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Reflections: Toward a Normative and Actionable Theory of Planned Organizational Change and Development
By: Michael Beer
A normative and actionable theory of planned organizational change and development is proposed based on fifty years of engagement by the author as a scholar-consultant. Five principles are central features of the theory and practice proposed: 1) Organizations are...
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Keywords:
Consultant;
Process;
Systems;
Silence;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership;
Learning;
Management Teams
Beer, Michael. "Reflections: Toward a Normative and Actionable Theory of Planned Organizational Change and Development." Journal of Change Management 21, no. 1 (2021).
- Web
Special Collections and Archives | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, we recognize that we must make clear how we intend to take meaningful action against structural racism and inequality. To that end we will:Address any...
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- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
In his book, Learning in Action: A Guide to Putting the Learning Organization to Work (Harvard Business School Press), HBS professor David Garvin argues that Nike left open a critical gap between encouraging innovative thinking and putting it into View Details
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by Laurie Joan Aron
- October 2013 (Revised April 2016)
- Case
StriveTogether: Reinventing the Local Education Ecosystem
By: Allen Grossman, Ann Lombard and Noah Fisher
StriveTogether aimed to improve education outcomes by coordinating the actions of diverse community stakeholders—nonprofit service providers, school districts, government, parents, businesses and others. StriveTogether had an intense focus on collective impact—"the...
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Keywords:
Education Reform;
Not For Profit;
Communities;
Collaboration;
Collective Impact;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Education;
Business and Community Relations;
Education Industry;
United States
Grossman, Allen, Ann Lombard, and Noah Fisher. "StriveTogether: Reinventing the Local Education Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 314-031, October 2013. (Revised April 2016.) (available here.)
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Special Collections and Archives Exhibits | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
world. Drawing from materials in the HBS Archives, From Inquiry to Action examines the development of the case method during the foundational decades of HBS and the School’s early contributions that have led to the enduring influence of...
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Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School
faculty. We’ve streamlined demographic data collection—previously several different offices would ask separately, and now we collect and disseminate the data. We're also in the process of collecting status...
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On Championing Equity in a Post-Affirmative Action World - Blog: Monthly Insights
RaGE Report RaGE Report Ideas for Those Outraged by Inequality Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author HBS Staff Industries Industries Education Filters Read posts from Author HBS Staff Industries Industries Education 01 Sep 2023 On Championing Equity...
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- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
Climate Stories Episode #11 – Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy “Students are our futures. Look at the impact of Hurricane Ian. We need to focus less on field trips and more on field studies to help them...
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Actions Organizations Can Take to Communicate Their Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 09 Jun 2023 Actions Organizations Can Take to Communicate Their Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag All Industries All Locations Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging...
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- 24 May 2023
- Blog Post
Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week
problems, and to instead be motivated to take collective action. “Thinking about the problems we face; it is a huge risk to the planet and a huge risk to all of us. The action has to be how we mitigate that...
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- November 2012
- Article
The Organization of Firms Across Countries
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the decentralization of investment, hiring, production, and sales decisions from Corporate Headquarters to local...
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Keywords:
Decentralization;
Social Capital;
Theory Of The Firm;
Firm Objectives, Organization, And Behavior;
Business Economics;
Management Of Technological Innovation And R&D;
Technological Change: Choices And Consequences;
Diffusion Processes;
Organizational Structure;
Performance Productivity;
Trust;
Technology Adoption;
Multinational Firms and Management
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "The Organization of Firms Across Countries." Quarterly Journal of Economics 127, no. 4 (November 2012). (Slides from 2008, Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-005, August 2011.)
- May 1987 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System
By: Robert L. Simons
Detailed description of the planning and control systems in use at Johnson & Johnson. Focuses on the actions of managers in one subsidiary in revising budget targets. Illustrates intensive strategic planning and financial planning process in a large, decentralized...
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Keywords:
Strategic Planning;
Planning;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Accounting Audits;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Business Strategy;
Financial Management;
Business or Company Management;
Management Systems;
Public Administration Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Simons, Robert L. "Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System." Harvard Business School Case 187-081, May 1987. (Revised February 2000.)
- 25 Apr 2014
- Video
Harvard Business School - Making A Difference
- 06 Oct 2016
- HBS Seminar