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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... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?
to an intolerable level." Erik Holmberg questions the spotlight that disclosure would place only on grades when he says: "I know many people who were academic superstars who are also the worst managers I have ever met . . .... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
the importance of risk management and oversight. Robert C. Merton, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, similarly expressed concern about the unintended consequences of change on Wall Street, closing with the assertion that... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
interaction, coordination, communication, and decision making employees use to transform resources into products and services of greater worth. A company's processes determine its skills and strengths as well as its limitations and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Books
“establishing a sense of urgency” — is told by a middle manager who sought to spur change in his company's purchasing process by highlighting its inefficiencies.The manager... View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
employees will actually listen to tough messages, question old assumptions, and consider new ways of working. This means taking a series of deliberate but subtle steps to recast employees' prevailing views and create a new context for action. Such a shaping View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 01 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters
your interview and decision-making process is long and arduous, but it’s best to be open about these things as early as possible. Your transparency will make it clear that you’re honest and forthcoming while also View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
Appointed Managing Director, Alcan, Limerick, Ireland 2002 Appointed CEO, Alcan Primary Metal Group 2006 Named one of “50 Women to Watch” by WSJ 2007 Appointed Chief Executive, Anglo American 2008 Implements “zero harm” policy to improve... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
The Trusted Leader by Robert M. Galford (MBA '76) and Anne Seibold Drapeau (Free Press) In their new book, The Trusted Leader: Bringing Out the Best in Your People and Your Company, authors Galford and Drapeau shed light on the tools that View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
So even though most companies spent the last decade reinventing their core business processes — such as how they do purchasing or manage inventory and order processing — they... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- November 15, 2021
- Article
Putting Your Corporate Purpose to Work
By: Hubert Joly
Making a company purpose come to life is an arduous journey that requires a multi-pronged and sustained approach. Yet as hard as it is, the journey is well worth it and will yield positive transformation not only for the company, but also for the people who work there.... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Joly, Hubert. "Putting Your Corporate Purpose to Work." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 15, 2021).
- February 2016 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Astroscale, Space Debris, and Earth's Orbital Commons
By: Matthew Weinzierl, Angela Acocella and Mayuka Yamazaki
An engineer and technology entrepreneur, Nobu Okada, had turned a mid-life crisis into a bold—some would say quixotic—quest to prevent a tragedy of the commons at the global scale. Namely, Okada believed the accumulation of debris in near-Earth orbital space posed a... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Global Range; Entrepreneurship; Crisis Management; Wastes and Waste Processing; Economics; Aerospace Industry
Weinzierl, Matthew, Angela Acocella, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Astroscale, Space Debris, and Earth's Orbital Commons." Harvard Business School Case 716-037, February 2016. (Revised May 2016.)
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FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
process improvement or outcomes measurement roles. Also useful is potential for the project manager to make a long-term commitment to value measurement. Clinical knowledge is helpful but not necessary.... View Details
- 16 Jan 2020
- News
Helping California Wildfire Victims Rebuild
the process simpler,” Pechet told Forbes. The company is now managing the rebuild process for 150 victims of the California wildfires. The Homebound software, the article... View Details
- 04 Oct 2019
Information Session at Michigan State University
you for whatever role you choose - both in the immediate future and the years ahead. HBS offers three programs for college students that could be of interest to you including two preview experiences (Peek Weekend and the Summer Venture in View Details
- 28 Feb 2019
Information Session at University of California San Diego
you for whatever role you choose - both in the immediate future and the years ahead. HBS offers three programs for college students that could be of interest to you including two preview experiences (Peek Weekend and the Summer Venture in View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Inside MBA Admissions
The managing director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid since June 2001, Brit K. Dewey (MBA 1996) and her Admissions team have achieved the seemingly contradictory feat of making the admissions process... View Details
- 02 Oct 2019
Information Session at the University of Notre Dame
you for whatever role you choose - both in the immediate future and the years ahead. HBS offers three programs for college students that could be of interest to you including two preview experiences (Peek Weekend and the Summer Venture in View Details
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
Despite widespread rhetoric about the need for organizational agility, an astonishing number of businesses stay stuck in neutral when they need to implement a new strategy. Consider the situation that Lynne Camp faced in July 2000. Camp, the vice president and general... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
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Privacy Statement (English) - Global
policy describes the processing of personal data by HBS ERC, in compliance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation dated April 27, 2016 of the European Union (“GDPR”) and the recommendations... View Details