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- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
out in a way that is consistent with how the new leader plans to govern, illustrates his or her values, and signals some of his or her later moves. It’s pretty demoralizing to live inside a situation needing a turnaround. To renew...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
change from two bloody civil wars between 1989 and 2003 that left the country torn apart by warlords notorious for using child soldiers and quarter of a million people dead. (UN peacekeepers plan to stay in place until 2017.) Werker says...
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by Kim Girard
- Profile
Arthur Rock
a simple but profound desire: he wanted to help talented people build great companies. “Anyone who comes into the office and says `I have this business plan and you’re going to make a lot of money if you invest with me’ doesn’t stand...
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- 06 May 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup
realistic. As an entrepreneur, my co-founders and I pitched dozens of investors, each time refining our story to emphasize the points that resonated most. How do plan to use your career and experience at HBS to help create a more...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
China has announced its plans for a “New Silk Road” (NSR) and is developing its higher education and research systems at speed. In this book, an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars from Europe, China, the US, Russia, and...
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- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
“After 66 countries, I’m a firm believer in the Visited app, which allows you to easily plot and plan the expansion of your horizons.” Courtesy source Courtesy source —Kwame Jackson (MBA 2000), speaker, entrepreneur, and consultant MUST...
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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
plans that Associate Dean McArthur enumerated indeed foreshadow the accomplishments of Dean McArthur and his faculty colleagues. Just as Kim Clark knew that it would be impossible to represent in one symposium the full scope of happenings...
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Susan Young
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
selecting references, and creating a résumé, to planning and executing a search campaign, interviewing techniques, and negotiating job offers. An extensive bibliography includes both publications and Web sites that address topics such as...
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Amy E. Dean
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
as it happened, Nova’s twin daughters had interned in the Mayor’s office. Segneri worked with then-Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis to launch Operation Safe Delivery, a comprehensive safety plan for local restaurants and delivery...
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- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
provided funds to help develop food system plans across New England and is supporting programs in high-impact regions—Greater Boston, the Connecticut River Valley along Interstate 91, and the state of Rhode Island—that are leading the...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
sector, and the influence of networks and social capital on accessing human and financial capital. It also provides an in-depth analysis of the venture capital industry and raises questions about why women have so much difficulty getting their business View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
commission rates. Strategic planning was the newest and the best management tool. A young HBS professor named Michael Porter was giving fascinating lectures on competitiveness. In those days before the kinder and gentler CEO came into...
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Desmond Wong
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
plans to enroll 40 percent of young adults in colleges or universities by the year 2020. Keep in mind, though, that there is still a big gap between education for rural and urban Chinese. In China’s elite universities, only 20 percent of...
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by Deborah Blagg
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
implement policy for presidents from Roosevelt through Nixon. My summer plan is to read Andrew Roberts’ Churchill: Walking with Destiny. For relaxation, I read crime and mystery stories, and have been a long-time fan of Michael Connelly....
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- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
notably higher entry rates and increases in plant productivity. These results are not present for districts located on another major highway system, the North-South East-West corridor (NS-EW). Improvements for portions of the NS-EW system were View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
words, you also need a management plan for your customers. To return to our manufacturing metaphor, the special challenge of service delivery is that your customers routinely wander onto the shop floor-unannounced-and tinker with the...
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- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Melissa BartonHarvard Business School Supplement 411-003 The global economy entered a crippling recession in the fourth quarter of 2008, and Dow lost its primary source of funding for its planned acquisition of Rohm and Haas. Purchase...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
innovative venture, Bush faced several challenges: the company's brand awareness among physicians was still low; the company had launched a new product, athenaClinicals, while its core flagship product, athenaCollector, was still growing; and they were View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
getting them right was critical to Bertelsmann's competitive advantage and survival as a robust media company. He had some good results in from his early efforts, but as he looked forward, what should his action plan set out to do?...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
create a partnership to acquire the assets of Parmalat in Uruguay. Focuses on their analysis prior to submitting a bid and their plan for improving the operations once their bid is accepted. In addition to improving operations, they must...
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Martha Lagace