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- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
has to retail shopping. Amitabh Chandra is the Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration and faculty chair of the M.S./M.B.A. program in life sciences at Harvard Business School. He is also Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy and...
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- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
Basin Project: Role for Dr. Beni Harvard Business School Exercise 909-041 The director of a research coalition and the founder/coordinator of an NGO consortium meet to discuss the possibility of jointly drafting a proposal for an...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112043-PDF-ENG Aadhaar: India's 'Unique Identification' System Tarun Khanna and Anjali RainaHarvard Business School Case 712-412 The case focuses on the execution challenges facing Nandan Nilekani, the chairman, and Ram Sevak...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
extent to influence how policies were interpreted, in part because of the respect in which the company was held. The corporate reputation for integrity and competence was a major competitive advantage in this respect. A part of the reason...
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- 13 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding
to the team. For leaders, it is essential to phase the postulated expectations with their own leadership behavior. Leaders should actively value the needs and contributions of team members and ask themselves: “What can I do for others?” By nature, developing a View Details
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
contribute economically." This is a mostly American trend. Germany, for example, offers students comprehensive vocational education and apprenticeships—career paths considered as respectable as studying at a university. But in the US, vocational programs have a View Details
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
companies do CSR in fits and starts” The problem? They lack a cohesive CSR strategy, says Rangan, who recently cowrote the working paper Why Every Company Needs a CSR Strategy and How to Build It with HBS research associate Lisa A. Chase and Sohel Karim (HBS DBA '88),...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
Sharing News That Might Be Bad
of directors recently gave the department mixed reviews: some directors are dubious about the unit's long-term prospects and are open to acquisition offers; others, however, continue to believe in the unit's...
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by Paul Michelman
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
controlling stake in Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (Satyam), a troubled Indian IT company managed since January 2009 by a six-member government-appointed caretaker board. Anand Mahindra, chairman and managing director of the Mahindra...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
Larry Smarr, the founding director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), reflects on the Institute's past 10 years of successes and challenges. In 2010, more than 700 university...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
of the Private Capital Research Institute By: Lerner, Josh, and Leslie Jeng Abstract—Private markets are becoming an increasingly important way of financing rapidly growing and mature firms, and private investors are reputed to have...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
Susanna Gallani, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—We analyze the effects of a field experiment introducing a values-based 360-degree assessment system at an Indian retailer. The director intended to encourage store managers, rewarded based on...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
help mold enterprise mission, vision, value, and character; and with building enterprise reputation through stakeholder engagement. As a part of the "C-Suite," the CCO must understand not only the psychology and sociology of the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
Working PapersDeterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears (revised) Author:Benjamin Edelman Abstract Online advertisers face substantial difficulty in selecting and supervising small advertising partners. Fraud can be well-hidden, and...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
Harvard Business School Case 517-014 Godrej Agrovet Ltd (GAVL) Nadir Godrej, chairman, and B. Yadav, managing director of Godrej Agrovet Ltd (GAVL), grapple with the challenge of growing their cattle feed business—should they integrate...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
the Monterrey Food Bank (Banco de Alimentos de Monterrey, hence BAM), the collaboration with H-E-B Supermarkets (HEB) served to reduce its exposure to political instability. BAM's director Blanca Castillo believed that when an OSC relies...
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- 01 Sep 2003
- What Do You Think?
To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?
that "... corporate law grants directors a wide range of protection from liability for decisions that sacrifice shareholders' immediate financial interests while serving the interests of other corporate 'stakeholders.'" Margaret...
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by James Heskett
- 18 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity
The most damaging portion of former FBI Director Louis Freeh's comprehensive report on the Pennsylvania State pedophilia scandal is his conclusion that four senior university officials concealed football coach Jerry Sandusky's child abuse...
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- 17 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers
the reputation of one of the greatest global brands is sullied by a tragic alligator attack on a small child. The marketer has no greater responsibility than to ensure the safety of the consumer. So why do we not hear more about safety?...
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- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
intangible resources may be best acquired by following a road of conformity in how your company is organized and presented to the outside world. In start-ups in established industries, conventional business titles such as Marketing View Details