Power And Influence - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1998
News

Stephen Covey's Successful Habits

principles we espouse for taking control of one's life - steps such as being proactive, putting first things first, and establishing clearly what you want to achieve. The universality of these principles resonates with people. Which habit... View Details

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Lia Parker-Belfer Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 2 Results SECON 2023: Back in person to discuss the power of narratives for social impact Lia... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details

03 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

decisions are made within a firm. Module 5 considers how differences across countries create financing opportunities for firms. Finally, Modules 6 and 7 consider how distinctive institutional environments change financing decisions View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

19 Nov 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

definition of moral leadership, a definition that they build during the course sessions and document, at the end, in a course paper. Each class is dedicated to debating and drawing lessons from a View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

19 May 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts

experiences or opportunities at HBS that influenced your work on the plan? Arvind Krishnamurhty A: Both our prior business experience and our HBS experiences have been instrumental in creating the plan View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Financial Services

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

understand that our connected style can help us win all the deals we want and get all the business results our shareholders want, that’s really the broad concept here.” Nor has growth stymied the Vision Community exercise. It remains... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan

predictable date for its demand. There is certainly a need for more research into vaccine-production technologies and for greater production capacity, and WHO encourages vaccine firms View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2006
News

Inside Intel

for Integrated Electronics), Grove started as director of operations before rising through the ranks to COO in 1979. For the next two years he presided over an all-out crusade with the fearsome name of Operation CRUSH. Powered by Intel’s... View Details

Keywords: Richard S. Tedlow; Hanna, Julia; technology; manufacturing; innovation; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

21 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax

consumption today comes from renewable energy sources while the country’s goal is to have 50% of electricity consumption powered by clean sources by 2030. CleanMax executives shared that solar is cheaper than grid electricity in all cases... View Details

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

Olmsted Teisberg. Key Learnings 1. The U.S. health care system is a paradox in that it has competition yet fails to deliver improving value. Competition has been shown to be an incredibly powerful force in driving increased quality View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

Portrait Project

Ade' Lawal

I hope to accomplish great things. Family is the core means by which I can influence human existence in this world, therefore I'll start by being a great husband and father. I want my wife to feel that she... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Safari Beauty

The natural beauty that we saw on the safari portion of the trip — both plant and animal — were truly spectacular. In the Ngorongoro crater, Serengeti, and Lake Manyara regions, we drove around in vans that... View Details

Keywords: Hospitality; Personal Services

01 Mar 2010
News

Rx for Too Big to Fail

In the wake of the financial crisis and the massive federal response, it has become fashionable to declare that “too big to fail is too big to exist.” Powerful lawmakers and... View Details

Keywords: David Moss; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Profile

Alex Roth

For four years, Alex Roth studied chemistry at Oxford. But instead of following the traditional path to the PhD, Alex took a position with Procter & Gamble where held positions in Finance and Marketing. "I want to marry science... View Details

02 Dec 2018
News

A Chance to Thrive

Patricia Miller Zollar (MBA 1989) Attending HBS was a pivotal milestone in Patricia Miller Zollar’s life. “There is before HBS and there is after HBS,” says Zollar, a managing partner at Neuberger Berman, an asset management firm in New... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

Turning Point: Getting to Giving

born in Vietnam. My mother is Vietnamese and was 20 years old when she had me; my father was a military contractor. It’s still unexplainable why he decided to marry my mother and bring us back to the United... View Details

Keywords: Amalya “Ami” Campbell (MBA 1997); Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

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Maren Quezada

When Maren Quezada was eighteen, her parents took a trip from their home in Peru to the United States. “We didn’t know their plans at the time,” she says. “I thought it was a vacation, but it was a life in a new home.” Maren hadn’t completed college yet, didn’t speak... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Preparing Future Leaders for Tomorrow’s Challenges

prepare for reentry into the workforce. Oberholzer-Gee and his faculty colleagues are also exploring what concepts and skills are most effectively learned using technology and... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Leaning In to Gender Equity

but also help each other. "It is a painful truth that one of the obstacles to more women gaining power has sometimes been women already in power," Sandberg writes. Other sections of Lean In take a broader look at women's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

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