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- 16 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
What is the HBS Leadership Fellows Program?
graduates can experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public sector organizations (for one year) at a competitive salary. We checked in with the Social Enterprise Initiative’s Director of Programs, Margot Dushin, to...
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Nonprofit / Government
- 01 May 2013
- News
Patricia F. Bilden & Philip M. Bilden, MBA 1991
From the day he first set foot on Soldiers Field, Philip Bilden, managing director of HarbourVest Partners’ Asia business in Hong Kong, knew the relationships formed at HBS would have an enduring impact...
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- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
When Kerr Taylor (OPM 39, 2010) and his wife, Jill, returned from Russia in 1998 with his adopted baby girl, Christina, another child remained in his thoughts: a blue-eyed little boy named Andrew left behind in the orphanage. “He’s in my mind today,” says Taylor....
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Jill Radsken
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
More importantly, when the CEOs were asked "What's your past level of success in managing significant change?" only 15 percent said they had been "very successful." Another 15 percent said they had had "little or...
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by Lynda M. Applegate
- Profile
Cynthia Samanian
diverse network of alumni. Given my interest in consumer internet startups, I was very excited to connect with the HBS alumni network, which includes highly respected venture capitalists and successful entrepreneurs. In just my two years as a student, I have already...
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- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
in figure 1-2 of the real CG movie-making process. Since innovation is a problem-solving process, it's really about searching for a solution by creating and testing a portfolio of ideas. It often takes time even to frame a problem in the...
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- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
"The biggest transition? Establishing a new Zoom account." Leadership integration—ensuring a fit between the acquiring firm’s top management and the team leader—has become part of the courtship phase. And remote work has radically...
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- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
virtually all the gains to be had go to those that create an ownership culture, by building in participative management and helping employees learn to think and act like owners. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
and explores how professional firms can best recruit, develop, manage, and market creative talent. Purchase this module note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/509078-PDF-ENG The Creative Industries: Managing Products and Product View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission
administration in the Entrepreneurial Management unit at Harvard Business School and a general partner at Flybridge Capital. He closely studies the startup environment and draws from his experience as a venture capitalist and former...
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- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999
general management tour of duty,” says Marcelo, who found enthusiastic mentors at the young company and was soon asked to join the management team. Also during this time, a frightening family incident helped...
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Susan Young
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
substantive dimension and sidestepping the relational dimension of the manager's statement, the sales rep helped the negotiation proceed smoothly. Managing a negotiation at the micro level means identifying and directing the multiple...
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by Kathleen L. McGinn
- February 2017 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike
By: Tom Nicholas, Christopher T. Stanton and Matthew Preble
For roughly six weeks between late December 1936 and February 1937, a major strike at several critical General Motors (GM) plants in Flint, Michigan, essentially halted the corporation’s U.S. production and resulted in significant gains for the nascent United...
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Industrial Unionism;
Craft Unionism;
Welfare Capitalism;
General Motors;
Labor;
Labor Unions;
Labor and Management Relations;
Wages;
Working Conditions;
Government Legislation;
Business History;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business and Community Relations;
Auto Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Mining Industry;
Steel Industry;
United States;
Michigan
Nicholas, Tom, Christopher T. Stanton, and Matthew Preble. "The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike." Harvard Business School Case 817-005, February 2017. (Revised May 2018.)
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
Evaluation Framework for Product Take-Back Policies Authors:Michael W. Toffel, Antoinette Stein, and Katharine L. Lee Abstract Manufacturers are increasingly being required to adhere to product take-back regulations that require them to View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- News
Remote Work Revolution
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
society as a whole. Publisher's link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118646983.html April 2015 Management Science Private Equity and Industry Performance By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per...
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Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
ghSMART & Co: Building and Scaling a Time Smart Firm
By: Ashley Whillans and Sara Coronel Rodriguez
"For ghSMART, freedom is the first principle from which all good things flow”—Geoff Smart, Chairman and Founder, ghSMART. ghSMART was a leadership advisory firm that was grounded in the principle of freedom. Talented Consultants and Partners could work remotely from...
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Time;
Consulting Firms;
Time Management;
Talent and Talent Management;
Employee Relationship Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Knowledge Sharing;
Organizational Culture;
Going Public;
Partners and Partnerships;
Expansion;
Reputation
Whillans, Ashley, and Sara Coronel Rodriguez. "ghSMART & Co: Building and Scaling a Time Smart Firm." Harvard Business School Case 924-009, October 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
- Portrait Project
Dionne Hosten
There's so much new territory to cover and I can't wait to get there - motherhood and the tightrope walk it will require, my relationship with David as we grow and change and as we add parenting to our repertoire, new jobs to be taken,...
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Introduction - The Production - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Production Chapter Introduction Chapter Images The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Production: A Cooperative Enterprise What the industrial worker wants is . . . a method of living in social relationship with other people and . . ....
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