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September 4, 2018
Article

Management as a Calling

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Business’s capacity to transform society is only as great as the schools that train its future leaders. This demands that business schools reform their vision to promote values of business serving society in order for students to see business as a true calling rather... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Personal Development and Career; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose

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25 Aug 2014
Blog Post

Working in Tech 4Dev

enjoyment of product management, my confirmed belief that governments and organizations can be made more efficient through smart technologies and data-optimization, and my love of start-up culture. It’s been an unforgettable summer of... View Details

Keywords: Technology

06 Jul 2017
News

Leadership on a Global Scale

Training (VETS) program, which prepares veterans and service members to obtain meaningful careers, maximize their employment opportunities, and protect their employment rights. Jefferson’s belief in the effectiveness of public-private... View Details

25 May 2010
News

Commencement and the Winds of Change

private-equity firm, asserted his belief that business and commercial ties can bind old enemies together and form the basis for rapprochement between Israelis and Palestineans. To help do just that, Cohen has founded the Portland Trust,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Finance

August 2020
Supplement

Sheena Gupta (B)

By: Leslie Perlow and Matthew Preble

Sheena Gupta (B) provides a brief update to how Gupta is thinking about crafting her life in context of the COVID-19 global pandemic. View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Values and Beliefs; Work-Life Balance; Health Pandemics; Singapore

August 2004 (Revised December 2005)
Case

Li Ka-Shing

By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler

From his humble beginnings in China as a teacher's son, a refugee, and later as a salesman, Li provides a lesson in integrity and adaptability. Through hard work, and a reputation for remaining true to his internal moral compass, he was able to build a business empire... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Success; Business Conglomerates; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; China

11 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’

both the pace of globalization in today's world, and the reappearance of multiple critics. This book is motivated by the belief that it is important to provide robust historical evidence on which to inform opinions and judgment about both... View Details

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones

21 Mar 2012
Op-Ed

Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline

we may turn against him if or when he fails? The Privileged Underdog Story: If the storyline is how Lin's relative privilege as a Harvard graduate worked against him, the questions we ignore are about our beliefs about the role of college... View Details

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Jun 2011
News

America the Unequal

people with zero net worth, and even negative net worth, can still believe that they are living the American dream, doing “better” than their parents did while keeping up with the Joneses. Second, poorer Americans’ belief in social... View Details

Keywords: income disparity; class mobility

01 Dec 2009
News

Taking the Plunge

Americans to wash with water after using the toilet. Another is a change in beliefs — Americans do not view toilets as a consumer electronic. Finally, American homes aren’t built with electrical outlets next to the toilet, a necessity for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

December 1981 (Revised February 2010)
Case

Mike Miller (A)

Mike Miller, Harvard MBA '78, resigned his first job out of HBS within six months because he believed his personal values and learning objectives could not be accommodated. Students may discuss the problems of anticipating corporate culture, learning the ropes,... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Values and Beliefs; Jobs and Positions; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics

29 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

and behaviors, is also critical. In this review, we document the often large differences between actual levels of inequality and citizens’ (mis)perceptions of those levels. This inaccuracy extends to people’s beliefs about the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

people have become disillusioned in their religious beliefs and are leaving the church in great numbers. They are doing so mainly because they find church dogmas and traditions lack credibility. The church has not maintained pace with... View Details

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

practice. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52649 Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending By: Cutler, David, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

July 1972 (Revised September 1985)
Case

Saturday Evening Post (Revised)

Permits analysis of the need for adapting strategy to environmental change and for choosing among strategic alternatives in the light of new environmental opportunities. Management and board failures in these areas may be traced to some of the underlying causes,... View Details

Keywords: Journals and Magazines; Management Style; Values and Beliefs; Governing and Advisory Boards; Adaptation; Leadership Style; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

June 1996
Case

Armscor: Life After Apartheid?

After taking office, South Africa's new president, Nelson Mandela, must decide whether to dismantle or support Armscor, South Africa's state-owned arms company, which has been a pillar of the apartheid regime. Complicating matters is the fact that the arms industry was... View Details

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Competitive Advantage; State Ownership; Government Administration; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry; South Africa

Web

Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses Course Number 6614 Senior Lecturer Archie L. Jones Senior Lecturer Henry McGee Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Project Educational Objectives This course is rooted in the belief that... View Details

August 2019 (Revised July 2023)
Module Note

Demystifying the Family Enterprise: Module 1 - The Family

By: Christina R. Wing, Madeline Keulen and Vicki Morton

Module 1 of Demystifying Families in Business focuses on the Family. The Family unit forms the bedrock of the organizations that comprise the collective Family organization, specifically, the virtues that define the Family members’ rules of engagement, and the... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Governance; Values and Beliefs; Business Organization