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Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship
funding , Tom Eisenmann Go Big or Go Home Scaling a Startup: Pacing Issues , Tom Eisenmann Going from Good to Great Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership , Linda Hill Chasing Stars: The Myth View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
commercial-building energy intensity. This is why improving HVAC efficiency is one of the largest opportunities for reducing commercial-building carbon emissions. Sorbent Ventilation Technology View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
explains. “We walked around Candlestick wearing ‘We’re Listening’ buttons, with the goal of improving the fan experience as much as possible until we could build a better park.” New food concessions, the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
the future. In Do Lunch or Be Lunch: The Power of Predictability in Creating Your Future, Stevenson (with Jeffrey L. Cruikshank) argues that predictability in the business organization - created by practices such as establishing precise... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
customers by providing them adequate functionality in return for lower prices. The technology of this sort of disruptive innovation offers "good enough" performance... View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
opportunities,” Leger says. “I believe the idea that there is an inevitable tradeoff between profit and impact is fundamentally flawed and can be challenged through innovative social enterprises that will tackle markets and needs previously ignored.” Leger is the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online
Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Explore the roadblocks to change and how to overcome them Analyze the root cause of your organization’s performance and opportunity gaps Develop strategies for... View Details
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
packaging. Resource Efficiency. In 2004, Grolsch had a beer-to-water ratio of 1:5.5, indicating a high water intensity of beer production. By 2022 they had gotten that ratio down to 1:3.8 and are continuing... View Details
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
were: What part of the job demands rationality? Yaron Kaufman suggested that "Managers must be rational when it comes to planning, financing, operating and measuring business performance . Irrational... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 May 2015
- Blog Post
Using an MBA to Reimagine the Music Industry
applicable in a business context but also in my personal life. Sometimes I think of HBS as “life school”! What’s your favorite memory? My favorite memory is when my LEAD professor, Ryan Raffaelli, wrote a song for our class on the last... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
phase along with Stanford Business School professor Charles O'Reilly. The case method is the primary learning tool; overall, cases used in EDP range from an examination of General Electric CEO Jack Welch's management style, to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
the peak for coaches on a given team would occur around year six.” Results confirmed our hypothesis that the relationship between coach tenure and coach effectiveness is indeed quadratic in nature; that is, as coach tenure increases, team View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
chick” and said she performed surgery “like a girl.” Jurors ultimately awarded her $168 million, the largest judgment for a single victim of workplace harassment in United States history. Years later, sexual... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
services organization cofounded by Tierney and Jeff Bradach, then a member of the HBS faculty and now Bridgespan’s managing partner. The organization works to boost the performance View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
Instead, NASA would send smaller spacecraft to the planet every two years, using information generated in each mission to improve the effectiveness of those to follow. While the objectives were admirable,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1997
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Short Takes
to several common organizational problems. For example, they examine how a majority group's perception that a minority group or individual is performing poorly can mushroom into a self-fulfilling cycle of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
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Faculty Opinion: No Magic Bullet
improve your capabilities, and follow your own convictions. In True North, Professor of Management Practice Bill George describes a process to help you in this effort. At HBS, we teach his methods in the... View Details
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
Growing from Within
therefore I pay close attention to our people metrics, particularly those relating to crew retention. In addition, we also want to know what our customers are telling us and experiencing at the restaurants every day. All of these metrics... View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
- Op-Ed
Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?
coverage—and improve the quality of care. Insurers could also offer plans that would be politically unfeasible for the public option. For example, private insurers can offer policies that transport members... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies
Patricia F. Russo (104th AMP) is executive vice president of New Jersey-based Lucent Technologies, a $30 billion communications powerhouse, where she oversees corporate strategy, business development, and corporate operations. A widely... View Details