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- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
Weiss, a former chief of staff for the mayor of Boston, who now teaches a course at HBS on public entrepreneurship. Hard sell Weiss initially approached Bigbelly looking for a non-technology case about how companies selling to government... View Details
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
interested in it. It's easy to see why some people think it's a good idea, because you have another powerful and influential person involved. But there's also a downside. Too often the separate chairman can begin to be more active and try... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
investing) was a very American activity. Efforts to transplant the model were few and far between, and these efforts were usually unsuccessful. It is easy to see why it is hard to create a new venture capital industry "from... View Details
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Emerging Art of Negotiation
alter negotiators' interpretations of ethical standards. Researchers are also discovering that people tend to see themselves as more ethical than the next person, and often justify ethically questionable behavior as self-defense. Negotiators have a View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
for universal Pre-K and parental leave, Goldin said, have held women back from taking full advantage of rights gained, but “it is also hard to believe that we would all be in this room today had our rights remained as they were in 1962.”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
will have to grow, says NFL executive vice president Eric Grubman (MBA 1987). A 10-year veteran of the league, who in 2013 was ranked the ninth most powerful man in the NFL by Sports Illustrated, Grubman says the league must add millions... View Details
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
government. After all, many organizations rely on government for fair or outright supportive legislation. This is not a simple decision driven only by personal feelings. On one level, it requires analyzing the economic consequences of any particular action, something... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
immigrants are responsible for a lot of great companies,” says William Kerr, the Dmitri V. D’Arbeloff — MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “After all, they argue, [Google founder] Sergey Brin was an immigrant—look at the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
global leaders I meet are beginning to think quite hard about addressing their role in these problems," Henderson said. "There is so much power at firms. They have the ability to make a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
give important insight ...." Stephanie Fuentes said that "It's not hard if you take the time to do the planning and preparation." But the comments of the first group leave us wondering whether theory serves us well when it... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing
find valuable that is hard to get." Plus, it's important for a company to nurture an ongoing relationship with its contributors, particularly its strongest participants. In addition to money and prizes, DeJulio said Tongal awards points... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
joke and saying, ‘Am I being politically correct?’ is also insulting, and someone needs to let that person know. That’s when you start to tilt the balance in the culture.” Place women in powerful positions Sexual harassment is a View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
The Softer Side of Business at HBS
By now, I’m sure you’ve read a hundred times over that HBS’s mission is to “educate leaders who make a difference in the world.” For the school to actually do this, they focus on the case method, the section experience, and learning the View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
In 1995, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts reopened its grand front entrance on busy Huntington Avenue. The symbolism was hard to miss. After decades of attracting a scholarly, sophisticated, highbrow crowd to its side entry, the MFA was... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
frustrating to find the Chamber at odds with us in this effort." Despite taking such a bold measure against the powerful Chamber, Apple ranks far below its industry peers in the Green Rankings produced by Newsweek, the second largest... View Details
- Web
Commencement 2018 Address | About
Commencement 2018 Address Play As prepared by Dean Nitin Nohria, 24 May 2018 Class of 2018, friends and family, and members of the Harvard Business School community: Good afternoon and welcome. Each year, I look forward to Commencement—the culmination of years of View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
traditional Indian greeting. It’s hard for Western observers to fathom, but EMRI’s 108 service is India’s first coordinated emergency response system, similar to the 911 system in the United States. At least for residents of Andhra... View Details
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
thinking teaches us that the best decisions often result when we reject either/or choices and instead reframe, combine, or integrate ideas. It can be hard to cultivate this mindset, but those who are able to do it often spot very large... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
later you have to generate sufficient profit to support market expectations. The problem is, if top management pushes too hard for profit and doesn't have the right controls in place, employees may start to do dumb things like misstating... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons