Meetings - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

small things—for instance, 'Did I leave the coffeemaker on this morning?'—by bigger things like meeting with a colleague or a manager, or by very important things like job security or health." At its core, anxiety is about... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

31 Jan 2014
News

Body, Heal Thyself

to guiding the Moderna team toward a long-term vision, Bancel is responsible for securing the funds to support the journey—ideally from investors who are on board with the mission, as well. He recalls one meeting with potential investors... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; biotech; Health, Social Assistance; Scientific Research and Development Services

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

writing history without an explicit conceptual framework," begins one review. On several occasions I took historians, visiting the United States from abroad, to meet Al. They were recipients of the Alfred D. Chandler Jr.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

the people you meet who impact you the most. One such man had an incredible impact on me: Jawid. Jawid was the local Afghan National Army commander, who lived and operated from a small patrol base near us. He was a natural born fighter... View Details

24 Jan 2020
News

Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67

disruptive innovation for their ability to innovate, grow, and compete in today’s global economy. Read more. Updates and Information After careful consideration and in accordance with the new Harvard University guidelines for events and View Details

20 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting the Marketing Mix Right

they studied the three primary ways these drugs were marketed by Pfizer, Merk, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and AstraZeneca: "detailing," in which drug firm representatives personally visit physicians to sell the drug; at professional View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Profile

Kiran Gandhi

Berklee, HBS, and MIT students together to discuss problems in the music industry. We’ve modeled our meetings on the Socratic method seen in the HBS classroom: Everyone gets reading material in advance so they can make informed... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

19 Mar 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

While many Frenchco workers were angry about the English-language mandate, Neeley says a small number of highly fluent workers viewed the change as a chance to perfect their English by asking for feedback from native speakers, participating in View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

04 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

The Business of Life

have steered huge strategy shifts at Intel Corp. and the Pentagon, for example. In 2011, Thinkers50 named him the world's most influential business thinker. At the same time, he has held major leadership positions in his church, and he's never taken a business View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

of the Boston area who graduated from West Point in 1943, McDermott became a fighter-bomber pilot in World War II. He then served on General Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff before being sent to HBS to learn the management skills needed to View Details

01 Mar 2003
News

Dick Franyo: From Banker to Barkeeper

Caribbean-inspired appetizers and entrées. Franyo meets daily with the Boatyard’s chef and general manager, Tammy Reece, to go over the menu and discuss management issues, then puts in his time “picking up cigarette butts and bottle caps”... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

Blog

Should You Pursue the Certificate of Management Excellence?

category with a carefully curated selection of programs designed to meet a range of needs. Explore the CME Website for the full list of programs and read on to learn more about the Certificate, its benefits, and how to start working... View Details

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

each move, a pitching team at a high-cost existing plant works with a catching team at a low-cost new location, and the move is not considered complete until the performance of the catching team meets or exceeds that of the pitching team.... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

Web

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

February 21, 1947, at a meeting of the Optical Society of America in New York City, Edwin Land introduced the one-step photography process. "Land's introduction of the concept of instant photography was not a traditional commercial... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

reported battery-storage capacity has quadrupled nationwide in the last four years, helping communities meet peak demand and providing resilience in severe weather. “Our utility has two high-capacity batteries in New York on Long Island,... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

Blog

Inside the Learning: Program Formats Unpacked

Thanks to a wall of life-size screens, strategically placed cameras, and a studio crew, the experience is more immersive than what is provided by a virtual meeting technology such as Zoom. Watch our Live Online Classroom (LOC) video to... View Details

15 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

This Workplace Certification Made Already Safe Companies Even Safer

New research finds that companies that took steps to meet an international safety standard further improved their working conditions after adoption, logging 20 percent fewer cases of illness and injury than non-certified firms. The... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

04 Nov 2015
What Do You Think?

Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

Performance. An alternative explanation might go the other way: Financial Performance = Gender Diversity. Well off firms have much more flexibility to experiment, meet diversity goals and so forth.” Patrick Schild, while disagreeing with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

the donut shop business that my second year of business school, I accompanied my dad to a meeting with a private equity firm in New York. My dad was asking a million-and-a-half dollars for the business. He wanted out. He wanted to sell.... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

Web

Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Boston Magazine ’s “The 100 Most Influential People in Boston Right Now” in 2020. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2020 Best Paper Prize in Quantitative Investments at the Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association with Huaizhi... View Details

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