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- 16 May 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2)
felt different and out of place. In 2019, I watched The Farewell at a movie theater in Brooklyn. It centers on Billi (played by Awkwafina) who travels back to China with her family to reconnect with her grandma. In one early scene, Billi...
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- Portrait Project
Uzoma Nwagba
rewrite this plot—for myself, for my children, for CNN. Born to a politician mother and growing up in Eastern Nigeria, I have lived the spectrum of failing public institutions. I have watched clueless leadership, the nation's wealth...
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- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
below. Book Excerpt Think Value, Not Profit By Felix Oberholzer-Gee There are few better places to observe value creation than outside the entrance of an Apple store. Watch customers as they exit with their elegant, beautifully packaged...
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by Danielle Kost
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
today, to apologize for bad behavior and, C, because I’ve been so open about it, I also know that a lot of people are kind of watching me and making sure that I’m not heading down that path. As it relates to the office, there was a group...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
minutes, just based on a person’s comments and how they responded to information. But by the end of the week, the distinction was much blurrier. It was fascinating to watch people’s points of view shift, based on the discussions we were...
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- 30 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way
might think it was funny to see small women carried this way; and if you thought it was undignified for dwarfs to be tossed, you might very well, particularly if you watch videos of the champions using the Estonian position, think it was...
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by Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
What is your favorite HBS case and why? “One of my favorite cases is about the re-emergence of the Swiss watch industry. The case discussed the near collapse of the industry after failing to adapt to Japanese competition from...
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- 13 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores
Whillans says. “Employers could offer workers a couple extra discretionary days where they can stay home just because they want to watch Netflix on a Friday. Companies should start looking at these ideas as a potential path to greater...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 May 2024
- Blog Post
Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria
meaning they are more likely to deliver their expected GHG reductions (see FAQ for more detail). Calyx Global is a stringent carbon credit rating organization ranked as the best by Carbon Market Watch and recommended by Harvard’s Office...
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- 11 Jul 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Deconstructing 'Customer Experience'
dream come true. But then Amazon's data-driven efficiency met the customer-driven culture at Whole Foods—and the shelves began to empty. How an Order Views Your Company Managers should imagine the customer is watching as their order moves...
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- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
to watch one’s back. Amelio was an able technologist. He held a PhD in physics from Georgia Tech. He had extensive experience in the semiconductor industry and deeper knowledge of technology than Steve. He might have been a successful CEO...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?
will take maybe two or three years to sort out whether betting is a medium- to long-term phenomenon versus something that could be viewed as a fad. Also, I think that when betting is an endemic part of any sport, it raises the ante for player security and for View Details
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Case Protagonists at HBS - MBA
so much that I also joined a lunch he was speaking at after class ended. Second, Jon Claude Biver, titan of the Swiss watch industry and revitalizer of such watch brands as Blancpain, Tag Heuer, and Hublot,...
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Megan Maloney
Jim Crow south. What’s the best thing about your home town? Watching our high school soccer or basketball team and then grabbing a bagel with cream cheese from the Bagel Emporium.
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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
helping the nonprofit sector, he served as Harvard's treasurer from 1989 until last June, advising three presidents and watching over the University's resources. "It was one of the great privileges of my life," he says. In a commencement...
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- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2023 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2023 recipients, and learn about past recipients....
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- 05 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
To Buy Happiness, Purchase an Experience
stuff," explains Norton, an associate professor of marketing at Harvard Business School. "But we have shown in research that stuff isn't good for you. It doesn't make you unhappy, but it doesn't make you happy. But one thing that does make us happy is an experience."...
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- Portrait Project
Emily Stapleton
I checked my watch as I stood by the side of the road, worrying about a dinner reservation and waiting for my bus to arrive. While I had enjoyed exploring the many different neighborhoods of San Francisco on my first visit to the city, I...
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- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
road. He goes on to say, "When there's no man around, Goodyear should be." It probably shouldn't be surprising that advertisers took a chauvinistic tone for spots appearing on a game that was expected to be watched mostly by...
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- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
period, they showed us how work was actually done in practice in dozens of plants. Kent and I went to Toyota plants and those of suppliers here in the U.S. and in Japan and directly watched literally hundreds of people in a wide variety...
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