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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
had taken place between 1950 and 1980. By the 1990s, consumers were seeking products and experiences that made them feel special. We decided to bet on this view of the world and put our beliefs to work at St. Louis Bread Company, which we... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed — and What to Do about It (Princeton University Press), HBS finance and entrepreneurial management expert Josh Lerner offers a timely look at what works... View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.
under the encouragement and coaching of his uncle. When his uncle passed away, basketball served as a way to keep his memory alive and propelled a drive for Laitsas to succeed. Laitsas’ hard work in the classroom and on the court landed... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
Millions of Americans, from hourly retail staffers to corporate vice presidents, wrestle with the demands of work while parenting young children, caring for a sick spouse or aging parent—or both. That juggling act is made even tougher by... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
Managers of public corporations sometimes need to be reminded that they work for shareholders. Without proper monitoring, managers may receive excess compensation or perks, or misuse free cash flow. Historically, poorly performing... View Details
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
organizational networks, and new avenues of sustainable business growth. Providing comprehensive coverage of the field of management, the encyclopedia spans fourteen subject volumes providing a landmark work of reference for scholars,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
and managing director at BCG Digital Ventures, Walter Delph (MBA 2003) works with companies to develop apps, connected devices, and online content—including video—that will engage customers on a level that... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 31 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent This Summer Coding
"faster" route, but working with contractors can be a black hole of time and capital. In contrast, technical founders can enhance velocity, an important attribute of successful startups, and accelerate attaining product-market... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- Web
Make clear where we stand and where we aim to go. - Advancing Racial Equity
work with existing HBS structures to achieve three objectives: Attract more Black faculty, students, and staff to HBS. We will do this by reaching more thoroughly into talent pipelines and pools, confronting current practices that impede... View Details
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Middle East & North Africa - Global Activities 2021
contracts required the payment of bribes, something Abi Chaker refused to do. “We took a firm decision that under no circumstances would we engage in any kind of corruption,” Abi Chaker told Hsieh. “This is a core value that is central to... View Details
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog
an important source of employment: the industry is the 2nd largest private employer in the US, employing over 15 million people in 2023, with over 60% of adults and 70% of millennials in the US having worked in the restaurant industry at... View Details
- Profile
Arthur Rock
experience of raising money to help these businesses grow. In a serendipitous encounter in 1957, Rock was approached by a group of seven scientists who were working at Shockley Laboratories in Palo Alto. The group had been View Details
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
discreet but regular ways for staff and supervisors to engage in officially forbidden yet tolerated practices at work. "Gray zones emerge when official company rules are repeatedly broken with, at minimum, a supervisor's tacit or... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Commencement 2020 Address | About
satisfaction. So, consider adding this simple ritual to your day. It may bring you as many benefits as other life-enhancing habits like regular meditation or exercise. To get you started, let us engage in this exercise now, and count the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
several fatalities there. There were 28,000 employees at that mine; we brought people up from below ground and worked to retrain and refocus them. We lost millions of dollars while production was curtailed, but it was the right thing to... View Details
- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
Science at Harvard (LISH) has a long history of working together with Harvard Catalyst at Harvard Medical School to identify interesting innovation and process problems in translational biomedical areas. We have conducted many research... View Details
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
2005 on business solutions for alleviating poverty. The work combines chapters from a variety of perspectives—business, academic, government, nonprofit—to examine the nature of poverty, how the poor can become producers as well as... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
Alloways Creek, a region that makes it clear why New Jersey is called the Garden State. She named it Neptune, after the investment business she and a partner ran in New York City. At first it was just a weekend getaway, but then she found herself staying an extra day.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
and what was once considered the province of nonprofit organizations are becoming increasingly blurred." Businesses, says Austin, are finding they can benefit in many ways by working to strengthen the communities in which they operate.... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
their subsequent career choices. Early work experiences are key among these forces. Recognizing this, youth service programs have emerged worldwide with the hope of shaping participants' future trajectories through boosting future View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne