General Management
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- March 14, 2024
- Article
How to Build a Life: Don’t Let Your Disgust Be Manipulated
By: Arthur C. Brooks- March 14, 2024
- Article
How to Build a Life: Don’t Let Your Disgust Be Manipulated
By: Arthur C. Brooks -
- March 2024
- Case
“The Wheels on the Bus” Go Electric: Highland Electric Fleets and Partners
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jacob A. SmallThe yellow school bus was a friendly iconic image on American roads, memorialized in a classic children’s song. In 2023, the U.S. manufactured 37,000 new school buses, with a manufacturing market value exceeding $4.7 billion. In 2024, electric school buses were becoming commercially available, but there was a big problem. While school districts wanted to slice their transportation budgets and ensure safety for their students, the electric fleet transition required many moving parts. Highland Electric Fleets was founded to be a one-stop-shop for school bus fleet transition, providing its customers with the full range of services needed to finance and implement the transition to electric.
- March 2024
- Case
“The Wheels on the Bus” Go Electric: Highland Electric Fleets and Partners
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jacob A. SmallThe yellow school bus was a friendly iconic image on American roads, memorialized in a classic children’s song. In 2023, the U.S. manufactured 37,000 new school buses, with a manufacturing market value exceeding $4.7 billion. In 2024, electric school buses were becoming commercially available, but there was a big problem. While school districts...
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- March 2024
- Case
Doing Business in Buenos Aires, Argentina
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Argentina. It highlights Argentina's economic and political transformation in the decades leading up to 2024. The case gives an overview of some of the main obstacles faced by businesses operating in the country, contrasting these with the efforts undertaken by the government to improve the country's business climate. This is illustrated through the discussion of a business dilemma in which Latam Airlines considers re-entering the Argentinian market.
- March 2024
- Case
Doing Business in Buenos Aires, Argentina
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Argentina. It highlights Argentina's economic and political transformation in the decades leading up to 2024. The case gives an overview of some of the main obstacles faced by businesses operating in the country, contrasting these with the efforts undertaken by the government...
About the Unit
The General Management Unit is concerned with the leadership and management of the enterprise as a whole. This concern encompasses:
- the personal values and qualities of effective general managers and enterprise leaders;
- the philosophies, values, and strategies that inform successful enterprises; and
- the relation of enterprise to the broader community and other external constituencies.
The Unit's work is conceived and carried out principally in four interest groups, each of which has its own leadership, research agenda, and teaching programs:
- Management Policy and Process
- Management Information Systems
- Society and Enterprise
- Leadership, Values, and Corporate Responsibility
Recent Publications
How to Build a Life: Don’t Let Your Disgust Be Manipulated
- March 14, 2024 |
- Article |
- The Atlantic
How to Build a Life: Five Teachings of the Dalai Lama I Try to Live By
- March 7, 2024 |
- Article |
- The Atlantic
“The Wheels on the Bus” Go Electric: Highland Electric Fleets and Partners
- March 2024 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
Doing Business in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- March 2024 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
Doing Business in São Paulo, Brazil
- March 2024 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
How to Build a Life: Overwhelmed? Just Say ‘No’
- February 28, 2024 |
- Article |
- The Atlantic
Doing Business in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- February 2024 |
- Case |
- Faculty Research
How to Build a Life: The Happy Way to Drop Your Grievances
- February 22, 2024 |
- Article |
- The Atlantic
Harvard Business Publishing
Seminars & Conferences
There are no upcoming events.