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- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
territory—creating something new. What matters as well to a business is capturing the value that is created by the new thing, or by its introduction. It might be hard to get people like Davis to care as much about "value... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
history, who continued to practice, focusing on shaving milliseconds off his time. Phelps never stopped improving. Similarly, consider the career of Dirk Nowitzski, the first European player to win an MVP award after moving to the... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
to “flatten the curve” and reduce the number of bankruptcy filings, at least by enough to allow the existing system to function effectively. Massive financial support available to distressed businesses under the CARES Act and various... View Details
- 23 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.
continued to stay at levels 20 percent to 30 percent below last year through August. The lower levels are evidence that this isn’t a typical recession, the authors report. The historical relationship between unemployment claims and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
the Initiative ended last December with the announcement that HBS graduates from across Canada had raised $20 million (Canadian) to create the Canadian Financial Aid Program. Barford continues to work with the School as chairman of the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
and economic inequity that deny so many Black people safe, healthy, and attractive housing. And with multiple studies showing income inequality at its worst since the Roaring Twenties, cities around the country facing a lack of affordable housing, and the racial wealth... View Details
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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society
Business & Environment Initiative BEI brings together more than 40 affiliated faculty members who collectively represent the School's ten units. Business History Initiative The impact of historical perspective— innovative, disruptive, secular— View Details
- 11 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Perfecting the Project Pitch
in the class could be helpful with the project." Passion And Enthusiasm The keys to succeeding in these situations are two-fold: conveying passion about your idea, and demonstrating enthusiasm for what audience members could bring to the party. If the speaker... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
Judging by the most-read articles and faculty working papers over the last year, our readers continue to be fascinated by the emergence of social networks and their potential impacts on business and management. Another developing area of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
bond is practical, based on sustenance, but also spiritual: In Native American cosmology, Mother Corn—Selu in Cherokee—is the first woman. After well over a decade in business, Keen found a new calling. It’s an epic history that has its View Details
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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About
participant applied to HBS is allowed to continue that relationship. A faculty member who has a business relationship with a student that began before the student applied to HBS should either eliminate the relationship (e.g., move from a... View Details
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
seems to look at its successor as beneath their own." There were a number of suggestions about how millennials might manage differently from their predecessors. For example, Bette Price said, " this group will be fine managers we may see more managers/leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
part of what’s driving consolidation across the country,” Hansen Shapiro observes. The National Trust used a leveraged buyout to acquire the titles, which will continue with their mission under a new public benefit corporation that is... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
space of climate tech investing, I am cautiously optimistic about the future, but we will need constant vigilance and continuous and unrelenting effort to address the climate change challenge. Richard Needham, Jr. (MBA 2002) Partner,... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
of organizational capabilities, technological innovation through R&D, problem solving, knowledge, and continuous learning—investment in human capital and technology that only firms could generate. Chandler placed the issue of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
American?” I thought to myself. “Can’t relate." Yes, I was Asian. But I was an Asian in America, not an Asian American. The distinction, for me, was crucial. But as the months went by, I discovered that other people didn’t care about this... View Details
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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
68% 55% Sent sexually suggestive messages/postings 54% 24% 22% 27% 25% Continued to ask you for dates/drinks/dinner 35% 31% 39% 35% 35% Physical Harassment, Career By Region* All Asia Europe Latin America US / Canada Touched you in a way... View Details
- 18 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education
our schools." The ability of these lenses to shed new light on complicated problems has been proven in contexts ranging from national defense to semiconductors; from health care to retailing; and from automobiles to financial... View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
expand your ROI on the investment. Kenny: Which, obviously, continues to drive the cost up. So, now we're not just talking about advertising. We're talking about the incremental expense of building a social media campaign around this.... View Details
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
executive might as well pack his attaché case and go fishing. If an organization does not know or care where it is going, it does not need to advertise that fact with a ceremonial figurehead. Everybody will notice it soon enough." In... View Details