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- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
A factory worker uses company time and materials to fashion a lamp he will take home for personal use—an artifact called a "homer." The practice is probably illegal and clearly against written... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
Going back to the leadership discussion, I believe that if you grow the people in the company, the company will take care of itself. What really turns people on is not so much pay, not so much that they’re working on the 777, although... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
different resources and needs to the table. Second, over time, Lucci built a reputation as someone who could get things done. There are lots of sporting-goods stores in Greater Boston and lots of radar guns, too. Yet Lucci went View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
see. From our offices and homes to our schools and hospitals, the indoor spaces where we work, learn, play, eat, and heal have an outsized influence on our performance and well-being. They affect our... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
been abusing methamphetamine; once released, she’d come by Langford’s home to visit. “She was still clearly on meth—very jittery, not a good situation,” he says. “You have to... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
and the costs sometimes associated with implementing "green" strategies - strong government regulation at home and abroad will continue to be necessary in order to motivate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
happening? Why do we have to work harder and smarter?’ I tell them to go home and look in the mirror: You are the reason,” says Timken. “You want View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
home as well, since they had come to to help with the baby, and now were staying to help with my treatment. About six months into my treatment... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
WILCOX: “At the height of the boom, all venture-capital funds had LPs begging to get in. Today, the really good funds are back competing for the very best deals.” With roughly half of the nation’s venture-capital firms and scores of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
renaissance." The Role of Alumni Leadership The African continent is home to some five hundred HBS alumni; more than three hundred reside in South Africa, occupying senior positions in virtually every... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- Web
Inequality in the Digital Age: A Conversation with Mahzarin Banaji - Blog: RGE Report
having a Swedish sociologist would make them neutral. When he came, he expected to see rampant racism in the American South. And he did see that. When he went from dinners to factories, View Details
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
way in its home market. Beiersdorf invested heavily in political risk management. In the wake of World War I, the company developed a "ring" organizational structure as a way for affiliates to... View Details
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
ability" and that they are in the "business of hitting home runs." He went on to add, however, that if Pixar had "no failures," which he defined as a "less than spectacular outcome," then that would suggest... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
Harvard College because I planned to return home to run the family business, a small chain of seed and feed operations in the Red River Valley, in North Dakota and Minnesota.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
country is home to a range of internationally competitive firms, from Falabella, the largest department store chain in Latin America, to LATAM, the largest airline group and a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Images, Identities and the Space(s) Between Images, Identities and the Space(s) Between 06–07 APR 2017 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Ben Barry Ben Barry is an Associate Professor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the School of Fashion... View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
but we're kind of the canaries in the coal mine—in that our business is risk. Our job is to price risk and thus predict risk.” Up until 2012, Liberty could just trend past weather data into the future and get reasonably close predictions.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
declined during the pandemic, now that we’re all at home more. We’re also very strongly invested in email, and we have an app. BA: I’d love to hear more about community. You want View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
recalls a fateful day at home during the Christmas holidays when Bradach came over to finish the final plan. Hours on, after completing their task, Tierney recalls suddenly seeing themselves in the climactic... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
As it happened, many of the young men and women returning home from war were in complete agreement with Slichter. By one measure - a series of Air Force outprocessing interviews conducted in 1945 - the number of veterans intending View Details