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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
is conducted at the School. The labs will drive foundational and applied research in six topical areas that address key business and societal challenges of the new digital world. Faculty members from across Harvard, serving as principal investigators, set the vision...
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On Course | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
work with the senior leadership team in a chief-of-staff-type position, in addition to focusing on strategic growth projects.” So notes that she is also continuing the focus of her Independent Project by working to establish standards for...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits
launched two years ago. The original intent of the research project was to begin to collect data that would contribute to a “canon of business leadership” — a compendium of business leaders who have defined the way we live, work, and interact. With a View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
corporate wellness market by partnering with health plans and employers, and has expanded into more general health and wellness areas, with apps for people who want to eat better, for instance, or be more fit. After discovering that their technology could help...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off
contact to manage their Amazon account and partnered with a manufacturer to handle making the product. These moves allow them the time to not only focus on their day jobs, but also on the fun aspects of...
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- 18 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery
panel agreed. Ullas Naik, managing director of JAFCO Ventures, noticed a trend toward more open operating systems. "People aren't buying dedicated servers," he said. "They're buying blades." The new thinking is to...
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private...
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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Author
on skills or education or experience. It is based on personal attributes and approaches to life. Specifically, I have divided the book into four sections: gaining perspective, managing yourself, leading others, and building values. Were...
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- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
Mitsotakis is wasting no time, moving away from a reliance on taxes and austerity measures, and making sure benefits are shared fairly. To get there, he is drawing on principles of management and leadership that he says transcend business...
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Jen McFarland Flint
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Benjamin Story
Merging the creative process with business rigor The MBA had been on Ben's mind since his days at UCLA. "Long-term, I wanted to manage a theater company; I needed to understand how theater functions as a business. My undergraduate...
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Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
need to stay based in Brooklyn with my family. I've always loved hiking, the outdoors, and wildlife, but hadn't considered an environmental focus for my career until I had a chance to pause and reflect during a retreat in Maine with an...
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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance
Civilization (1933) and Roethlisberger’s Management and the Worker (1939) document. 1948 Research Center in Entrepreneurial History launched at HBS by Harvard economist Joseph Schumpeter and Baker Librarian Arthur Cole. 1953 More than 30...
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Professor Elton Mayo: Professor Fritz Roethlisberger; George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Professor Emeritus Ray A. Goldberg; Professor Abraham Zaleznik; Professor Alfred Chandler; Professor Michael Porter; Professor Robert S. Kaplan; Professor Michael C. Jensen; Professor C. Roland Christensen; Professor Robert Menton;
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools;
Educational Services
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
private information is directionally strong, managers, at announcement, provide guidance and use language that points statistically in the opposite direction. This effect is more pronounced when, post-announcement, management insiders...
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- 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8
utility had made a public announcement it was accepting bids to implement a smart water network monitoring system, and Peleg wanted to discuss if and how aggressively TaKaDu should bid on the contract with his management team. TaKaDu...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
I have recently returned from the Board's winter meeting at HBS, and, as usual, I found being back on campus extremely energizing. Our subcommittees on information technology, alumni career management and development, and global alumni...
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- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
the determinants of entrepreneurial activity in 37 developed and developing nations. We focus both on individual characteristics and on countries' regulatory differences. We show that individual characteristics, such as gender, age, and...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
psychological implications of asking managers to focus on dual objectives. Having to advance economic performance and be socially responsible, some argue, destines managers to...
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by Manda Salls
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
Excerpted with permission from "The Dual Edged Role of the Business Model in Leveraging Corporate Technology Investments," in Taking Technical Risks: How Innovators, Executives, and Investors Manage High Tech Risks, article ©...
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- December 2002 (Revised October 2006)
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Tesco Plc.
By: David E. Bell
Tesco, a supermarket chain, has been transformed from a third-rate retailer to a global leader in the past ten years. This case describes how that was accomplished. Interviews with Tesco employees explain the company's approach to understanding customers, motivating...
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History;
Motivation and Incentives;
Leadership;
Internet and the Web;
Supply Chain Management;
Global Strategy;
Globalization;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Business Strategy;
Retail Industry
Bell, David E. "Tesco Plc." Harvard Business School Case 503-036, December 2002. (Revised October 2006.)
- 16 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
What is the HBS Leadership Fellows Program?
high-level management in top-tier organizations and are able to use their MBA skills immediately to tackle projects with far-reaching, measurable outcomes. Launched in 2001, the Leadership Fellows program has placed 190 Fellows with...
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Nonprofit / Government