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- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
CEO said wistfully, “I wish someone had asked me twenty-five, thirty years ago, ‘Are you being true to yourself? Are you giving yourself enough time to reflect?’” Reflection is stepping back to grasp what... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases
SUV for a hybrid, an example of how price inflation on one product can cause demand shifts in a second, related, category. More customers than usual will be looking out for price promotions, but don't give away the store to those who... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
years turning around an ailing Honeywell, and in 2008 Cote and his team face a new challenge: how to respond to the Great Recession. Cote does not want to give up the gains he made in transforming and unifying Honeywell. With a falloff in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
The Canton Trade and The Hong Merchants System - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Back in 2014, When Chris Marinak (MBA 2008) was in the process of rolling out the instant replay system as a Senior Vice President at... View Details
- 07 Nov 2023
- News
Love and Money
reunions and hosted by our own Jen Flint, Greenwald gives the audience a glimpse into the world of professional matchmaking—and answers all of those pressing questions and more. READ MORE Jen Flint: Let's talk about how we talk about... View Details
- 16 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta
Keyra Lynn Johnson. “The frontline perspective can give management important insight into the employee experience and what customers really want from the airline.” Delta has reclassified most jobs that had previously required a degree and... View Details
- 2010
- Book
The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal
By: Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu
On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was officially opened for business, thus changing the face of both world trade and military power and playing a pivotal role in the rise of the United States on the world stage. Today we view the creation of the Panama Canal as a... View Details
Keywords: Political History; For-Profit Firms; Development Economics; Infrastructure; State Ownership; Ship Transportation; Panama; United States
Maurer, Noel, and Carlos Yu. The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal. Princeton University Press, 2010.
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
How to Demotivate Your Best Employees
award was out of their reach, their punctual behavior slipped back downhill. Larkin says this runs counter to what some people believe—that such an award program might instill a long-term pattern of on-time performance in workers. The... View Details
- 20 Oct 2023
- News
Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
Managers, which helps students use data analytics tools to identify business opportunities and shape solutions to problems. The MBA Program is also incorporating content about inclusion throughout the curriculum and is exploring in the Elective Curriculum the creation... View Details
- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
“algorithmic bias” as one of the “most important emergent issues plaguing our society today.” Google turns its back on Gebru Gebru joined Google in 2018 as co-lead of the company’s Ethical Artificial Intelligence unit, shifting her focus... View Details
- 18 Mar 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: LEGO
Although it isn't part of the admissions criteria, experience playing with LEGOs can come in handy at Harvard Business School. When Stefan H. Thomke teaches his new case about the iconic toy company, he gives students eight-studded LEGO... View Details
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
year. But suddenly, she hits political roadblocks-the local Democratic mayor, facing a tough reelection and urged by the local taxi association, calls for more regulation of her business. Erin's board urges her to actively back the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side
study; we asked participants to fill it out and send it back by the end of the day. Each team did this through their entire project (or project phase) that we were studying (anywhere from five weeks up to nine months). Of course, the... View Details
- Web
2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
jobs, and people applied for them. For many of us, however, the pandemic has brought back into focus the critical job we “hire” employers to do for us—make progress in our lives and careers—and how divorced that progress has become from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
exciting, but rather unorthodox, new savings product. Instead of paying interest, this product gives depositors the chance to win large cash prizes each month. Michael Jordan, CEO of the bank's Consumer Solutions Division, must decide... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Joy Chen
As a very young child, Joy Chen lived with her parents in the small corner of a chemistry lab building where the roof often collapsed when it rained. Determined to do better, she forced her way into the provincial office of education and demanded access to school. “I... View Details