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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of...
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- September 2015
- Case
GovDelivery
By: Mitchell Weiss
Is government the biggest, worst customer in the world? And is that a reason for venture investors to back companies that sell to government or to stay away? It had been seven years since Scott Burns joined his friend Zach Stabenow to get a company called GovDocs off...
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GovDelivery;
Public Entrepreneurship;
B2G;
Business-to-Government;
Scott Burns;
Entrepreneurship;
Government Administration;
Venture Capital;
Information Technology Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Minnesota;
United States
Weiss, Mitchell. "GovDelivery." Harvard Business School Case 816-020, September 2015.
- Portrait Project
Vi Mai
to the States when I was nine. I learned English by watching TV, reading grocery catalogs, and interpreting for my parents at doctor visits. As I grew older, I came to realize that the problem was not my English. It was the ignorance and...
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- 12 May 2021
- Book
The Hard Truth About Being a CEO
modeling connective attitudes and actions. 4. Avoid recidivism. I’ve watched CEOs make efforts to connect for periods of time, but they then slip back into old, isolationist patterns. They don’t do this consciously, but if they’ve been...
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by Michael Blanding
- 26 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing
products—as less credible and less trustworthy, according to research by recent Harvard Business School MBA graduate Alessia Vettese. “People used to watch celebrities on the red carpet talking about what they were wearing, or they would...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
differently across platforms: “I go to TikTok to watch dance videos with no clear purchasing intention; but I might see an ad for something that grabs my attention, which is a very different dynamic than a search-driven purchase on a site...
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- 12 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
What Actually Draws Sports Fans to Games? It's Not Star Athletes.
superstars, may actually drive fan interest up, the paper suggests. After all, it’s not easy for the average spectator to watch a match in person, even without a pandemic. That said, there are many die-hard fans who are undeterred by...
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- 02 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'
Owning that and being ready is something they’re really interested in. Morrell: Some of these lessons seem so obvious. This idea that the hedonic treadmill will never lead to happiness—this is the theme of every Disney movie I watched as...
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by Dan Morrell
- 10 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Technology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?
watch to see if consumers will fall back to their previous behaviors,” she says. “They likely will unless there’s a significant driving force keeping them in the new behavior or a tremendous value to them from continuing with it.” Avery...
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by Anna Lamb, Harvard Gazette
- 21 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2023
compassion, and courage. Read More>>> HOW I SPENT MY HBS 2+2 DEFERRAL: SAM PEREZ DIARTE When I was younger, I watched telenovelas with my mom. I looked beyond the drama and strove to have this luxurious life of executives in the...
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- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
identity. There are numerous historical and current examples of companies forced to face the external shocks of disruptive innovators or shifts in consumer demand. Raffaelli mentions that many Swiss mechanical watch companies had to...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Nov 2023
- News
From the Brink
Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994), Adam Chepenik (MBA 2010), Sebastián Negrón-Reichard (JD/MBA 2024) As the senior top official in the US Treasury Department on domestic finance issues, Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994) could see Puerto Rico’s financial meltdown coming, like watching a...
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Ralph Ranalli
- 21 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change
Public trust in business remains relatively unshaken amid economic turbulence and a lingering pandemic, even as faith in the media and government falters, but leaders could do more to address social issues, a new global opinion survey shows. However, not everyone...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
- Web
Career Networking - Alumni
the process, will walk you through the steps to ensure your transition process results in a career that is fulfilling, challenging and rewarding. Watch Full Series Part 15: Success on the New Job Starting a new job? Learn how to make an...
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- 11 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Reflections on My First Semester Teaching at HBS
traditions which remind us not to take ourselves too seriously. The students lightly roast their professors at the end of the semester, usually coinciding with a special gift, such as a signed portrait of the section. It’s surreal and entertaining to be back in your...
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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work
fixing the broken H-1B visa system William R. Kerr 04 Oct 2018 | Quartz Business Books to Watch in October 03 Oct 2018 | 800-CEO-READ Blocking immigrants could hurt US economy Midday Movers 02 Oct 2018 | Yahoo Finance How Companies Can...
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- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
Bob Iger, newly appointed CEO of The Walt Disney Company, proudly watched the parade go by, but concerned for the future of the global corporation, he turned to colleagues and asked, “How many characters in this parade were created by...
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Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Tools & Training - Alumni
resources from across HBS on the alumni Lifelong Learning site. HBS is here for you, for life. Part 3: First Steps & Self-Assessment Hear from your fellow alumni as they discuss how they conducted their own self-assessments during the career transition process. Hear...
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- 22 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution
Your personal attention is the critical catalyst to focus your entire organization on the strategic uncertainties that keep you awake at night. After all, everyone watches what the boss watches. I will discuss how you can use this...
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by Robert Simons
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Returning to the Roots
It’s not a role he sought or expected. But when his brother died of a brain tumor late last year, Florent Latour (MBA 1999) became CEO of Maison Louis Latour, a winemaker established in 1797 in the Burgundy region of France. The 11th generation of his family to lead...
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