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- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt...
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by Michael Blanding
- 27 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Horrible Boss Workarounds
know what they're driving at, but they don't always bother to tell everyone what's in their head, and if they do, the translation is not always clear," Kanter says. "So CEOs make speeches all the time and think everyone is...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies
differences here.' They just don't mention it because there's all this research about bias and negative speech and hostile work environments. A lot of the research focusing on negative dynamics wouldn't suggest that you create more open...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
worked at Bain long enough to get that “business is war” mindset — don’t turn your back too long or else.... What’s the most rewarding aspect of your job? Seeing the impact of HBR. I recently gave a speech to a group of CEOs, and one of...
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
must be like to be a celebrity. I wrote a case study on Maria Sharapova, and her agent allowed me to shadow her for a day and a half. I saw her receive an award and give a speech at the United Nations, interact with sponsors, attend a...
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- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
it's a verbal tick. It's no big deal really." Then Sheryl said to me, "I know this great speech coach, and I'm sure Google would pay for it. Would you like an introduction?" Once again, I made this brush-off gesture with my hand. Then...
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- 05 May 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
culture at home and American culture at school: Speech class: Learning to articulate an opinion in front of others, like why hot dogs are the superior cafeteria food in front of 30 campers. Goal setting: Taking ownership of your...
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- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
challenges facing people with ASD: When his son was about three years old, the boy’s development of speech and social skills seemed delayed. The Sonnes reached out to pedagogues and psychologists in an attempt to understand what was...
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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
Buttner's (HRPBA '58) informative talk on the importance of financial investing for women, to the three upbeat and entertaining panels on how to succeed in corporate, nontraditional, and entrepreneurial career pursuits, to a moving speech...
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Elizabeth "Betsy" Latimer Jaffe Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
[Written Analysis of Cases] in particular was a challenge. And of course I met my future husband there at a David Ogilvy speech at the cocktail party afterwards. He said he saw me across a crowded room and came over and invited me to a...
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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
'83) gave the final keynote speech and discussed many themes that were heard throughout the day: entrepreneurship, decision-making, failure, family, and mentoring. "Courage does not mean not being afraid," Carpenter told the crowd, "it...
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Mary Ellen Gardner
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
Free Speech at Google In August 2017, Google fired James Damore, a 28-year-old software engineer who had been employed by the company since 2013. The move came after Damore penned an internal company memo titled “Google’s Ideological Echo...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
"brave new world" had actually wanted governments to come in and regulate the market that technology had created. For about a year after the book's publication, I gave speeches about it. And inevitably, someone would ask what...
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
should be as well versed in those possibilities as anyone building consumer apps or SaaS for enterprise. It’s also an incredibly perilous moment for technology and the impact it’s having on society—whether it’s elections and free speech...
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- 03 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
9 Lessons from the Class of 2019
administration and will for years to come. In fact, the Dean's 2019 Commencement speech was inspired by the interactions he had with these students over the last few years! We can't wait to see what the Class of 2019 does next. View Video
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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
industries and industry as a whole." 57 50 Doriot quoted in Gene Bylinsky, "General Doriot's Dream Factory," Fortune , August 1967: 104. 51 David A. Loehwing, Barron's, 26 September 1960: 3. 52 Doriot, "Creative Capital," speech delivered...
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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
speech in which he thanked a number of people for their support over the years, singling out his parents for special mention. "A printer by trade, my father taught me the importance of prototyping," Bricklin noted. "If you run a printing...
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Peter K. Jacobs
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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
H. Land speech files, Polaroid Corporation Records, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. 26. After the war Compton helped establish American Research and Development, the first publicly funded U.S. venture capital company. 27. "Light...
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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
anyone.” The conference, which was cochaired by HBS professors Rohit Deshpandé and John A. Quelch, kicked off with a dinner keynote speech by Sir Martin Sorrell (MBA 1968), chief executive of WPP Group. Ranking Levitt’s article “among the...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
her and her research. Today, millions of people recognize Carson’s courage, dignity, and lasting influence. The year after Silent Spring was published, Carson gave a speech to the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Permanente Medical Group...
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