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08 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

Street Journal published an explosive article spelling out many of the firm's problems. The CEO had two weeks' warning, but instead of alerting others or working to kill the story, he deliberately chose to do nothing. Not only did he not... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter

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Capturing & Disseminating Video/Photography During Course Activities | About

learning environment by not publishing or distributing case materials or course content to anyone who has not enrolled in a class, particularly those outside of the HBS community. Exceptions The School may record class sessions via audio... View Details

07 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

100% student run conference and we’d like to extend a huge congratulations to the student Climate Symposium Co-Chairs, Co-Directors, and clubs for organizing such an incredible event, which demonstrates strong student leadership at HBS around this important topic. This... View Details

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

feel unreasonably stretched, here is your chance to cut back. Unless an initiative promises to increase WTP or decrease WTS, it is not worth pursuing. Reprinted by permission of Harvard Business Review Press. Excerpted from Better, Simpler Strategy by Felix... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

03 Dec 2014
What Do You Think?

Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

"jerk" be tapped with some degree of consistency? Is it worth it? What do you think? Original Article The annoying employee who makes his numbers while alienating those around him will gain needed attention in the coming months with at least one book about to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms

move into other sectors with similar economic and gender dynamics, such as tea, chocolate, and shea butter. Tipping your farmer may feel unusual to American consumers today, Nyamumbo acknolwledges, “but I see this as being pretty standard in the future.” This article... View Details

08 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

a broad overview of the problem and helps us consider all components to solve it. As an engineer, I come from a background that mainly uses formulas to solve problems; coming to HBS has helped me expand my problem-solving skills by introducing new challenges in the... View Details

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Ellen Desmarais | About

Ellen Desmarais Co-President, Harvard Business Publishing Bio Ellen Desmarais is Co-President of Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), a not-for-profit independent 501(3) corporation that is an affiliate of... View Details

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Strategy & IT - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

manufacture, operate, and service them; to how they build and secure the necessary IT infrastructure. This article, the first in a two-part series to be published in Harvard Business Review , provides a roadmap for companies as they... View Details

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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Competitiveness Recruit Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History Review Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business Review HBS Working Knowledge Close Harvard... View Details

25 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

Physician burnout costs the United States health care industry $4.6 billion a year, a number that brings a new spotlight to an age-old problem. In a paper published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine this past June, a research... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

convinced me to continue part-time first. Over the coming year, I will fund a pilot program with an experienced execution partner. I will wait and see where it goes from there! This article was originally published on the HBS Social... View Details

03 Jul 2008
What Do You Think?

Are Followers About to Get Their Due?

There are a few exceptions. Abraham Zaleznik wrote about "The Dynamics of Subordinacy" more than four decades ago. Fifteen years ago, Jack Gabarro and John Kotter published a piece called "Managing Your Boss," in which... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

28 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Harvard Team Wins Second Place in MIINT Impact Investing Competition

competition.” The HBS team’s second-place finish underscores the program’s ability to equip students to become capable impact investors. Through participating in MIINT, business students can learn about mission-driven companies, make connections in the field, and gain... View Details

10 Jul 2007
What Do You Think?

How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?

organizational performance. In a thought-provoking book published last year, Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton suggest that the overriding impact of leadership on performance is a myth, or at least only a half-truth. 30 years ago, in... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

24 Jan 2020
News

Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67

Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. It became a New York Times bestseller and received the Global Business Book Award for the best business book published in 1997. More than two decades later, business leaders from... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Home Finance

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details

31 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

publishes various "top 10" lists in numerous fields, ranked according to how many times the paper has been viewed, downloaded, or cited elsewhere on SSRN. Some scholars paid a lot of attention to the reported download counts of their... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?

published in the company’s prospectus. The lessons to be found there are classic examples (and warnings to other IPO companies) of how not to frame a public offering. WeWork took advantage of being deemed an “emerging company” under the... View Details

Keywords: by Nori Gerardo Lietz; Financial Services; Real Estate

30 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Finding Pride

This is an abridged version of the ''Finding Pride" story, originally published on the Harvard Business School's Alumni website. In the late 1970s, a dozen or so gay men found one another at HBS and decided to band together, calling... View Details

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