Managing Multiple Identities - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1998
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José Royo

José Royo leaves footprints nearly everywhere he goes. A native of Spain, Royo was studying for his Ph.D. in East Asian studies at Harvard when he applied for a support job in information technology at the Business School in 1990. With his background in View Details

Keywords: Eileen McCluskey; photograph by Webb Chappell

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

industrial and energy services—and was close to defaulting on its financial obligations. Some managers felt the company was also bankrupt in terms of ideas. There was insufficient communication across the company, including few common... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

April 2024
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Michelin in Motion: Putting Purpose to Work

By: Hubert Joly, Nitin Nohria and Emilie Billaud

When he became CEO, facing limited growth prospects, a low valuation, and therefore a stagnating share price, Menegaux and his team launched a set of initiatives to reposition Michelin. These included (1) articulating a clear purpose (“We care about giving people a... View Details

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15 May 2019
Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

cast of historians, management researchers, and others. As co-organizer of the event with HBS Professor Tarun Khanna and Harvard-Newcomen Fellow Sudev J. Sheth, I was thrilled as participants explored, tested, and celebrated... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education

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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2020

balancing budgetary stability with the preservation of the endowment’s purchasing power. Each year the Harvard Corporation approves the final distribution amount. Funds within the HBS endowment, along with those of the other Harvard schools, are View Details

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Innovating at Scale - Course Catalog

to innovate Class 1: The power of strategic imitation Class 2: Dominant design and 2 nd mover advantages Class 3: First mover advantage Class 4: Exercise on crafting your vision for innovation by asking the right questions Module 2: How to innovate Class 5: View Details

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Educating Business Administrators - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

from an agrarian society to an industrial power. Managers, who now numbered in the millions, got their training either on the job, or in technically oriented, for-profit business schools. The new discipline of management, however, was striving for an View Details

15 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza

management within Consumer Banking including debit and credit cards, savings and checking accounts, and interbank transfers. Returning to the bank also fits perfectly into Mendoza’s plan to continue bringing authenticity to work and... View Details

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Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog

landscape, the Corporate Strategy course addresses three questions that challenge every modern corporation. The first and most fundamental is, "How do companies create shareholder value across multiple markets?" in the midst of radical... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?

between agreement on the [private equity] fund, the commitment on the part of investors into the fund, and the closing—it gets measured literally in months, as opposed to days,” he says. There’s the signing and mailing paper contracts, untold emails, View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Jun 2018
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Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model

multiple revenue sources, continued investments in the campus, and limited debt. The surplus we generate allows us to invest in innovation, self-fund faculty research, and offer generous need-based financial aid.” Increasingly, however,... View Details

08 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Fix a Broken Marketplace

not sufficient to assign every student to a school. Annually, while about 17,000 students would receive initial offers from multiple schools, about 50,000 received a single initial offer, and 30,000 were hastily shoved into schools that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

01 Dec 2018
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What I Do: Lindsey Mead (MBA 2000), Vedica Qalbani and Jessica Wu (both MBA 2007)

The search firm Ratio Advisors was founded last year on a simple but revolutionary concept: Starting a business with people who share your ideals can be as much of a driving factor as what that business does. As they spent time creating a founding document, the firm’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey

01 Oct 2002
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Making a Difference

the Public Broadcasting Service, the White House Office of Management and Budget, and Teach For America. Fellows also did their part for organizations and governments in several other nations, including the Democratic Republic of Congo,... View Details

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Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog

How may it be measured? How can brand managers use consumer research to inform their brand strategy? How is brand meaning created and who are the multiple authors that narrate it? How can brand View Details

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

Here we explore the effects of "sleeping on it" on preference-based decisions among multiple options. In two studies, individuals viewed several attributes describing a set of items and were asked to select their preferred item... View Details

05 Nov 2013
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Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans

of effort on his part. Wilkins moved to the Crescent City four years ago from Boston with his wife, New Orleans native Ginny Wise, and three sons. Prior to his arrival, he had been a brand manager for Proctor & Gamble, a marketing vice... View Details

Keywords: New Orleans; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

26 Sep 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Negotiation

Key concepts include: Compared to managers in other businesses, managers running a family business are faced with additional complexity in negotiations because of personal relationships and family history.... View Details

31 Jan 2023
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Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB) recently presented a virtual panel discussion exploring the unique challenges that women entrepreneurs encounter when founding their companies. The conversation, titled “The Realities Facing Female Founders,”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Kayode Ogunro

particularly Africa. Getting an insider's point of view After college, Kayode explored investment strategies from multiple angles, first with two years at Weston Presidio Capital, then with Deutsche Bank's private equity arm, RREEF. This... View Details

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