Ingredients - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2000
News

Porter's Paradox

in this country and abroad. With the proximity that clusters provide, companies can do things together without formal ownership or legal relationships. And this kind of flexibility opens up more possibilities for change and dynamism, which are crucial View Details

01 Jan 2004
News

A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977

P&G recently reported the strongest earnings in its long history, and its stock price has doubled since 2000. Key ingredients in the company's resurgence include innovation, micromarketing, and an emphasis on nurturing talent. Notes... View Details

29 Jun 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change

open-minded and approachable person who can take the lead. What Are Key Enterprise Risk Management Strategies? Business Summit: Enterprise Risk Management Risk management is a key to sustained firm growth, says Professor Robert S. Kaplan. Key View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Sep 2014
News

Feedback

leaders and an expanded sense of what’s possible”: Those were—and continue to be—the most valuable ingredients of The Next 36. —Jacqueline Cook via alumni.hbs.edu What’s Next? Re: Living the mission I applaud Dean Nohria’s efforts in... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Book Review: Hooray for the Huddled Masses

blockbusters may now be key ingredients for the impact we aim to have as leaders." —Assistant Professor Ethan Bernstein (MBA/JD 2002, DBA 2013), Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment, by Anita... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

28 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Novo Nordisk

learned details of how Novo Nordisk manufactures within its 1,200,000 square meter facility high-quality active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) that tackle not only diabetes but also hemophilia, growth disorders, and obesity. At their... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle

ingredient is the fact that Israel’s “economic miracle” is no miracle at all but rather the product of a calculated start-up mentality that permeates its history and culture. “Israel is the first start-up nation in history, the result of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Jun 2008
News

Let’s Celebrate! HBS is 100 Years Young

and a giant Baker Library birthday cake: all those ingredients and more came together on April 8, the date of HBS’s official founding in 1908. It was a day that saw faculty, students, and staff gather as one, as they never have before, to... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2012
News

Inspiration Is Not Enough

familiar to HBS alumni. But the author makes them fresh by applying his nearly 30 years of VC experience at Warburg Pincus to digest the crucial ingredients required to build a long-running, society-shaping enterprise. His underlying... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2003
News

Flex Time

working with the financial community. We make a pretty good team.” Mutual respect for one another’s abilities is the critical ingredient for husbands and wives who work together, says Debby Stein-Sharpe (MBA 1981), who works alongside Jim... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

changes, of political instability, of corruption, etc. Q: If you were to boil down the key ingredients needed by a country to create successful economic growth, what would they be? A: Key ingredients (also... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 May 2009
What Do You Think?

Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?

energy to priority areas for innovation." Amy Sauers added findings that suggest that large firms succeed that "attempted to 'get small' (through the vehicle of) 'lean, mean, heavyweight teams.'" Another ingredient... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

15 Oct 2019
News

Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene

Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) When Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) cofounded the grocery delivery platform BulkWhiz in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in spring 2017, she joined a nascent startup scene in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. “Many... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

House of Bread on the Rise

McCANN: Former defense atforney learned the bakery business from scratch. The lessons Sheila McCann (OPM 24, 1996) learned from the surprising failure of her second House of Bread retail bakery turned out to be an essential ingredient in... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Mar 2014
News

In My Humble Opinion: Ian Calhoun (MBA 2010)

take 14 or 15 hours. One of the highlights of the year is having the whole 80 Thoreau staff to my house for BBQ. I experiment with the wood, the rub, the meat—you want it to be your best stuff." Three ingredients for success: People,... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; 80 Thoreau; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

04 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Presenting…an Alternative to Company Presentations: Evercore Grabs Attention with Interactive Events

case study. When they added two more ingredients to the recipe – a focus on a familiar industry, amplified by media exposure the audience would recognize – they arrived at the heart of their presentation; a “live” case study about... View Details

16 Dec 2013
HBS Case

D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable

the philosophy of "POP cuisine," which aims for accessibility to a broad audience, in terms of both taste and cost. He maintains that he keeps food costs down and flavors bright simply by buying ingredients only when they are in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Joanie Tobin; Food & Beverage

02 Jul 2024
Book

Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead

will allow you to bring your whole self and the value that you have to offer to your journey, whether that's in work, with family, or in the community. “Our being best friends was a cultural ingredient in how well we were able to work... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2005
News

Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations

raised more than $100 million to help support superior students from all regions and backgrounds. The campaign raised more than $100 million to support MBA financial aid, ensuring that HBS remains accessible to the broadest range of leaders possible. Diversity of... View Details