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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Jeff Cruikshank
and hired my former staff assistant to succeed me. Neither of us fit the job description, exactly, but the Bulletin has nevertheless survived and prospered. There really were no institutional crises during my tenure as Bulletin editor. In fact, View Details
Keywords: Jeff Cruikshank
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
entrepreneurship, research, and academia. They also share a trait we can probably all relate to—more than a few had no idea they would end up where they did. Extreme Talent “The Atlantic was founded in 1857, and it had a fantastic 19th... View Details
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
as a last resort; at the same time, reinvent your business." There are several ways companies have done this. – Rely on attrition to right size. – Use redeployment and make layoffs a last resort. Hewlett Packard used this strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
could well be a case study about an American manufacturer’s adaptation to the forces of globalization. Back in the 1990s, when the U.S. economy was in a high-tech, dot-com frenzy and China’s experiment with export-driven market economics was beginning View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
around it, and the fuss these men made over me as Chas West's grandson," Wilson later wrote. "I can even recall wanting to stay there all night." A year later, the company was sold. Wilson subsequently became interested in Westmoreland after he learned of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
actually develop the new technology. The downside to this strategy is that it gives up some of the benefits of competition. The upside is that there’s a better chance a technology (radio, TV, the telephone)... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship
Development has gathered best practices from companies who crafted remote internships for the first time in 2020, and those who have managed virtual teams for years. Using these strategies and tools will help set your company up for an... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Uncle Sam’s Business Man
at an international trade and investment fair in China, he informed the gathering that between 2005 and 2010, China was the fastest-growing source of foreign direct investment in the USA. Said Johnson, “Companies invest in America because View Details
- Web
Systems Change Forum | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
specific themes and challenges they saw across the field. The forum raised multiple insights and challenges that are elaborated on in the full forum proceedings document at the bottom of this page. We highlight five themes and three tensions below. Five main themes 1.... View Details
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
unobserved heterogeneity bias. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-051.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsTata Motors: The Tata Ace Harvard Business School Case 108-011 Considers the strategy and experience of Tata... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Georges F. Doriot
If there is a historical link to the roots of entrepreneurship within the Harvard Business School, it would lead directly to General Georges F. Doriot, the legendary HBS professor who taught at the school from 1926 to 1966. “The... View Details
- Web
Henry McGee: From HBO to HBS - MBA
interesting to me than the editorial end. Regrettably, though, I knew very little about marketing, finance, strategy or management so decided I needed to get an MBA. HBS was my first choice because of the intellectual rigor of the program... View Details
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
concern, idea, or mistake,” says Edmondson, who identified the importance of psychological safety in team effectiveness 30 years ago and has continued researching its impact on teams and companies. “It’s very important.” Particularly at a... View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
Partners, RelayRides, and Birchbox, among others—the Business Plan Contest has grown and evolved from its first iteration in 1997. Back then, 37 teams submitted plans. Last year, a record-breaking 110 teams vied for a total of $170,000 in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
wasn’t an easy decision to make, given the financial implications, but as Fenton recalls, “It still felt like the right timing. It was the height of the dot-com boom, so lots of people in my class were taking risks.” Eleven years later,... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both
to talk with him about things I hadn't talked with anybody about." Thomas's experiences had been giving him "a sense of risk and marginality," he said. By discussing it with the older professor, the two of them were able to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)
Growing up in the countryside of Japan, Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022) attended a small school with fifty other students. She had good friends and teachers and never imagined something might be missing until she moved to Nagoya, Japan for college. View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
What is it about HBS that has produced such a steady stream of remarkable entrepreneurs whose endeavors have changed American life in the postwar decades? The creative impact of the case method, as noted earlier, should not be... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
as how to cope with chaos. To help club members begin to reframe the way they think about these uncertain times, the club tapped one of its own members, Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007), bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
Scale Global This case tracks Jerome Chouchan’s strategies and execution for a successful turnaround of Godiva Japan’s operations, which were experiencing a decline in sales when he became the managing director of the company in 2010.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne