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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Professor Rob Huckman (PhDBE 2001) + More Info – Less Info Amidst calls to increase consumerism in health care, large tech companies and retailers are making bold moves into the industry. These health care “entrants” aim to leverage their... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Markets By: Joseph Pacelli , Ravi Ramniklal Gondalia and James Weber 2021 Book Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer More Harvard... View Details

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

longer-term interests sufficiently well.” Not everyone spoke as one on the issue. Rob Jones, for example, commented that, “Theories abound, but owner still means owner Social and moral obligations make for fascinating discussion, but... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Investors - Entrepreneurship

Managing Partner, SV Life Sciences MBA 1991 Tim Brady Board Member, QuestBridge MBA 1995 James W. Breyer Co-Founder, Accel-KKR MBA 1987 Rob Chandra Senior Advisor, Bessemer Venture Partners MBA 1993 Tony Chao Partner, Tyche Partners MBA... View Details

25 Aug 2014
HBS Case

Starbucks Reinvented

it, he bemoaned decisions (for which he accepted responsibility) that improved efficiency and increased economies of scale but robbed stores of some of their essential magic, such as the smell of roasting coffee and the sights and sounds... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

01 Mar 2023
What Do You Think?

How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?

are required—some additional rules and steps should be implemented. For example, for managers to make arrangements in advance and make sure everyone is present at that day in the office ” Rob Drasin captured the sense of the majority of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

& Advertising Club Rob Self “I started my career in auto,” Rob says, “because it’s simultaneously something that impacts just about every person in the world while being a huge contributor to carbon... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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W. Hall Wendel, Jr.

guide Rob Hall, who would perish on Everest two years later) to summit Everest that day. His triumph followed a two-mile vertical ascent from a final staging camp, a climb begun shortly after midnight in below-zero temperatures and... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; mountain; adventure; climbing

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Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty Member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety

offer ideas. To avoid being branded as negative, we don't criticize the status quo. But every time we withhold our thoughts, we rob ourselves and our colleagues of small moments of learning. This stifles innovation in our teams and... View Details

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Partners - Case Method Project

History I, U.S. History II IA 4 of 6 Kyle Knox Expo Alternative Learning Center Waterloo, IA Subjects: Government, History IA 5 of 6 Rob Pittman Charles City High School Charles City, IA IA 6 of 6 Randy Stewart Don Bosco High School... View Details

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Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences - Health Care

Impact Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences Gaining Ground on ALS Re: Rob Blum (MBA 1991) Health Minute: How Can Technology Improve 21st Century Health Care Health Minute: How Can Companies Bring "Missing Drugs" to Market? More “Life... View Details

20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster

emulated? Anything that can contribute to social capital. The content must be easy to create but not as easy as photographing one's morning cappuccino. For example, someone in Toronto snapped a selfie with the controversial mayor Rob... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

with his wife in Brooklyn. Rob Wadsworth (MBA 1986), Harbour Vest Partners Mr. Wadsworth has been a founding Managing Director of HarbourVest Partners, LLC since its creation in 1997. HarbourVest Partners is a global private equity firm... View Details

09 Jun 2022
HBS Case

From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages

each night. “We can’t afford to have our veteran employees leaving,” explains Rob Koppenhaver, senior vice president of US Food’s field operations, in the case study. From dead-end jobs to management roles With those two basic changes in... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

School Pine Grove, WV NC Zac Bygum Providence Day School Charlotte, NC SC Angie Byrd Wando High School Mount Pleasant, SC DC Brandi Byrd Anacostia High School Washington, DC Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies TLI, US History, AP US History MA View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

delivery model. RelayRides Shelby Clark Nabeel Al-Kady Dave Brook David Schairer Rob Guinn Boris Mordkovich Business Track Runner-Up RelayRides is the world’s first person-to-person carsharing service. Social Enterprise Track, 2010 Urban... View Details

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

past success and strove for even greater heights. But what do his efforts for Kind of Blue have in common with business innovation? Rob Austin: We conceived the case to get at questions about how the creative process "detaches"... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

26 Oct 2022
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HBS Announces 2022-2023 Cohort of Executive Fellows

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The Gift of Global Talent

Business Insider Modest praise for US reform of visa program for skilled workers Rob Lever 09 Feb 2019 | AFP The Gift of Global Talent Rebecca Ward & Philip Alexiou 02 Feb 2019 | VOA: Press Conference USA An Economy of Talent: Harvard’s... View Details

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

then we might rob potential cheaters of the desire to cheat as a means of lowering psychological distress. This strikes me as a very real possibility, and one that could be implemented by a wide range of mental health and lifestyle... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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