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and transformation. The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the age of Data, Algorithms and AI introduces the "30% rule" outlining the minimum technology and change capabilities needed to succeed in a future driven by... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

School. 5. Edwin H. Land, "Generation of Greatness: The Idea of a University in an Age of Science," Ninth Annual Arthur Dehon Little Memorial Lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, May 22, 1957, Edwin H. Land... View Details

01 Jan 2004
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D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

multinational's facilities around the world but enabled him to be mentored by some of McKinsey's most influential partners, including Bower. Named a principal (or junior partner) in 1963 and a director (senior partner) five years later, Daniel became head of the New... View Details

15 May 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

The Promises and Limitations of Big Data

How Will the Age of Big Data Affect Management? How do we avoid losing useful knowledge in a seemingly endless flood of data? Jim Heskett's readers offer some wise suggestions. Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Utilities; Public Administration; Health

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Shira Asa-El

what did you want to be when you grew up? A scientist. From a very young age I was not a “usual” girl: I hated dolls and anything pink, I had short hair, loved sports, and found comfort in numbers and solving problems. Thanks to my... View Details

17 Jan 2019
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MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

setting up trusts are easy to postpone. In this course, alumni will talk about the choices they made and what they would do differently if they were to do it all over again and industry experts will share advice as well. Pricing the Priceless: BioPharma Innovation in... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

O'Donnell spends almost half his time on philanthropic matters, especially The Joey Fund, which supports cystic fibrosis research and is named after his son, who died from the disease in 1986 at age 12. Although he is now chairman of the... View Details

04 Jan 2022
What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

Employee, The New York Times, November 3, 2019. Your feedback to last month’s column How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity? I’d like to think that the tentative nature of the few responses to this column suggest the early stages of interest and limited knowledge... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Is AI Coming for Your Job?

Ultimately, individuals and organizations should focus on upskilling and scaling to make the most of new technologies. Tsedal Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration and the coauthor of The Digital Mindset: What it Really Takes to Thrive in... View Details

01 Sep 2007
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Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

age of 88. Chandler was perhaps best known for his book The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business, which won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1978. In it, Chandler argued that management, a visible hand, had in some... View Details

15 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

Nelson's successful and smooth transfer of his CEO role at age 58 to his very capable nephew, Eduardo Melzer, 40. Nelson remains chairman of the board with clear responsibilities. RBS is stable and poised for more great performance. My... View Details

12 Sep 2023
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Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

who joined the Climate Circle one year later, teaches children ages 3-11 about climate in six countries. They were recognized as a UNESCO Green Citizens Initiative for their positive and empowering approach to teaching this complex topic... View Details

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Doubling Down on Women’s Health Innovation and Leveraging the Private Sector in a Post-Roe v. Wade Era - Blog: Health Supplement

spring up in the past few years. The fall-out from the overturning of Roe v. Wade The recent historic SCOTUS decision has unsurprisingly led to a series of aftershocks, with 26 states now likely to ban abortion despite 1 in 4 women having one by View Details

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Ramya Sundar

your life that you admire the most today? My dad – He is a strong feminist. He taught me to believe from a very young age that both men and women can be equals even if the society around me did not think so. A lot of what I have been able... View Details

04 May 2011
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Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?

children below age 9, who were found to be on average 21 percent less productive than the children in the control group—while for children over age 9, there was shown to be no significant difference, a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jun 1999
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Ikenna Okezie

and the Harvard Medical School. He plans to combine his two loves - medicine and entrepreneurship - in a way that will improve health care for all. Born in Nigeria, Okezie came to the United States at the age of two and was raised in... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control

to help humanity with, than what we have done so far. DM: Peter, you were blessed in some ways to know at a young age what you wanted to do, right? That's not the case for everybody. What advice would you give to people who are still in... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Redefining How Businesses Operate

knowledgeable about it as you think critically about the strategy for your company. To be a business leader today, you need to have a fundamental understanding of the advancements shaping our world.” For HBS and Harvard AI-related resources, please visit... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Oct 1997
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Brice Cutrer Jones

still on their stems. Inside the state-of-the-art winery, where the cellar temperature is a constant 48 degrees, the juice is aged and fermented inside barrels coopered from air-seasoned oak staves made in France, from trees Jones... View Details