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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
adapted and changed its model since launching in 2010, first crowning a single winner, then introducing multiple business tracks, and finally opting for three categories—most innovative, greatest impact, and best investment. New this... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
authors propose that a process emphasizing learning and adaptation is the key to successful innovation in this emerging age. To understand the procedures required for product evolution in these new circumstances, the researchers studied... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
at the School to accelerate climate solutions and help society adapt to the changes already upon us. We are seeking to maximize ways to reach the broad community of practitioners who can both benefit from and inform this work, through... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Time to Make Time
addressing that challenge, and having everyone come together on a way it can get done by a mutually agreed deadline. On the subject of management styles, you write about the wisdom of adapting your personal style to that of your boss.... View Details
Keywords: Time management
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
But It's All Right Now (In Fact, It's a Gas)
In 1978, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Boston Harbor was unceremoniously shut down because of contract disputes with its Algerian suppliers. In 1987, the terminal’s owner, Cabot Corp., tapped Gordon Shearer (MBA ’78), “a determined geophysicist... View Details
- 25 Mar 2018
- News
Modernizing Infrastructure Management
reasonable price that they can afford. And not only can you afford it, but we're there to help you, from a client success standpoint, adapt it, get through the change management.” View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Stephen Covey's Successful Habits
businesses in this country. Without listening, the organization (and its stakeholders) can't properly adapt to customers or the marketplace. How do you motivate business leaders who are not good listeners to become so? Force of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
private-sector capital flows. They charged that mismanagement, stemming from a bloated bureaucracy, lack of accountability, and an unwillingness to adapt to a rapidly changing world, was widespread. Wolfensohn and his team are responding... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
traditional career paths. She emphasized the growing importance of supporting the “sandwich generation”—workers juggling child care with elder care responsibilities—noting that organizations that fail to adapt to these evolving needs risk... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Competencies and Credentials
Joseph Fuller (photo by Russ Campbell) Joseph Fuller (photo by Russ Campbell) American businesses can’t afford to ignore the reality: The nature of work is changing. If companies hope to hire and hold on to employees, they need to be ready to respond to the forces... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Illustration by Suharu Ogawa Confi began in 2015 as a free online resource for credible and relatable answers to health questions that women weren’t comfortable asking their friends or partners. In its first year, the company, led by... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms
qualified leaders who fall below the sight lines of directors and their personal networks. In these uncertain times, in particular," he concludes, "the stakes are too high for such a narrow perspective." — Peter K. Jacobs Adapted from... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
hospitals with its nursing workforce management platform. “We’re building the technological layer that hospitals and health systems need to adapt to the expectations of modern nurses in a post-Covid world,” says Borkenstein. “Nurses are... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
Illustration by Adam Niklewicz/theispot.com by Debora L. Spar In 1991, when I joined the HBS faculty, men outnumbered women by two to one in the student body and four to one among the senior faculty. Back then, male students saw nothing wrong in circulating sign-up... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward
students, beginning in Fall 2025. While this issue is determined in the courts, how are you adapting your thinking about the coming year as a result? SD: International students make up 35% of enrollments in the MBA Program and 40% in the... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “We are only as good as our experiences. I think of every setback as an experience to make me stronger, more marketable and a better executive or entrepreneur. While I wouldn't wish COVID on anyone, since... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change
there are really smart, talented people working to solve them, so work in this space is even more valuable and necessary.” For the last year and a half, HBS alumni and faculty have dissected and discussed myriad related issues, from opportunities to invest in negative... View Details
Keywords: Jen Myers
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Faculty Research Online
Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers Mayer's decision to bring work-at-home Yahoo! employees back to the office has set off a firestorm. Assistant Professor Lakshmi Ramarajan writes on how to mitigate the problem. See... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
team, how to measure progress, and more. The Virtual Manager: Cutting-Edge Solutions for Hiring, Managing, Motivating, and Engaging Mobile Employees by Kevin Sheridan (MBA 1988) (Career Press) As more and more jobs can be performed from home, managers must learn how to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
more comfortable and capable of experimenting at scale and increased its adaptive capacity. That would make me very happy, because who knows what the future will bring. On January 1, you begin a one-year sabbatical. What are your plans... View Details