Core Values - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2010
News

Alumni Books

economy, and help turn the country around. The Power of Many: Values for Success in Business and in Life by Meg Whitman (MBA ’79) with Joan O’C Hamilton (Crown) Whitman, the former president and CEO of eBay, identifies ten View Details

Keywords: mathematics; statistics; Finance

27 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

frictions throughout the value chain. With these structural impediments in mind, we visited WayCool Foods and Pixxel, two innovative companies that are attempting to improve economic conditions for farmers, while lowering the carbon... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Five Honored for Missions Accomplished

conveyed than with the task itself; I’ve used that knowledge again and again. What opportunities do you see as the economy emerges from crisis mode? When it comes to technology, we all have the same core desires to do things smarter,... View Details

Keywords: awards; Finance; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Space Research and Technology; Government; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014

Financials Supplemental Financial Information 5-Year Data Summary CFO Letter Consolidated Balance Sheet Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Supplemental Financial Information page 1 of 2 Revenues As outlined in the letter from the CFO, at the View Details

14 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Recruiting During Uncertainty: How to Meet Students Where They Are

with students, within your job postings, and at events, share specific examples of how values are implemented throughout the business. For example, if honesty around performance is a core View Details

Keywords: All Industries

04 Jan 2021
Blog Post

The First Alumni of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

Network. In effect, the Alumni Network nearly doubled overnight. Students have always been able to interact with the Alumni Advisors within the core MS/MBA curriculum. Advisors present to students on technology topics through the... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS

all. But Branson, whose career began in the late 1960s when he launched a student magazine and then a record company, told the audience that his enterprises all fit the company's brand. He defined the Virgin brand as representing service and View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Yoga Inc.

chain YogaWorks went public in August, valued at about $40 million; and Wanderlust’s yoga-focused festivals have attracted major crowds and major sponsors. But the bigger the business of yoga gets, the further away it moves from its... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

01 Jun 2024
News

The Exchange: Chance Encounters

of strategic space configurations, is an illustration of the value of face time. “This project would very much not exist were we not literally next door to each other,” says Wu, an associate professor. In the following conversation with... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

28 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 28

create a new opportunity for CS, increasingly faced with competition from other agencies, to offer lower cost surrogacies to intended parents. However, the launch of an outsourced surrogacy service would threaten the company's core View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

they do. Turf battles often result when each division is more concerned with protecting its own territory than with maximizing the value of the whole. A perverse hierarchy, one that rejects ideas from below, often evolves. And when a... View Details

17 Sep 2024
Blog Post

The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

lives. The course inspired me to consider an entrepreneurial path in frontier markets, and to abide by a set of core values that would allow me to be a responsible global citizen, in addition to being a... View Details

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Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part - Recruiting

continue spreading awareness, building support, and tackling the complex issues with our existing core organizations and beyond,” Kenneth said. Kevin added, “We also want to increase touchpoints with donors. It doesn’t stop with a... View Details

01 Jan 2006
News

Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978

what's important to you and what you stand for; values are critical to success and happiness. Get yourself a compass and forget the clock. It is far more important to know in what direction you are headed than how fast you are going."... View Details

16 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

promulgated by academic economists in the 1970s, is behind the idea that corporate managers should make shareholder value their primary concern and that boards should ensure they do. The theory regards shareholders as owners of the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017

University determines each year’s endowment payout rate—that is, the percentage of the endowment’s prior year-end market value withdrawn and distributed annually for operations and for one-time or time-limited strategic purposes. This... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

much a start-up has to fail in order to be successful. It took us several iterations to get there. I was also surprised at the degree to which the private sector accepts or even values start-up failure compared with the nonprofit sector,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

19 Feb 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

strong emphasis on emotional intelligence as a core value in conducting business. I love the lesson from strategy about defining blue oceans instead of competing in red oceans.” Tucker: “I was skeptical... View Details