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- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
recipient. In Study 2, participants were asked to reflect upon a time they spent money on themselves or on others in a way that either had a positive impact or had no impact. Participants who recalled a time they spent on others that had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
innovate." Data.gov allows people to be watchdogs as well as innovators, he continued. One helpful innovation marries government data about recalls of baby products with the nifty Red Laser app that is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
overheads? I recall that in my day a particularly endearing, if mobility-challenged, professor would repeatedly collide with the overhead projector while executing the complex tango steps inherent to case-method facilitation. No such... View Details
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
economic activity away from the US. In fact, the evidence suggests the opposite as firms expand globally, they also expand domestically. Indeed, American welfare can be advanced by ensuring that investments in the US and abroad are owned by the most View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
slowdown." Candace Bond Candace Bond (MBA '92) recalls one of her earliest childhood memories: watching a stack of 45s spin on her parents' record player and dancing to the music of artists such as Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Jackson... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
Chappell Russ Wilcox (MBA ’95) was two years out of HBS, married to classmate Gina Wilcox and working as a strategy consultant following a stint as a product manager at a Boston-area technology firm. But he had always wanted to launch and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
persons from 1999 to 2016. Beyond the devastating personal costs, there is an economic toll, too, caused by rising health care expenses for overdose prevention drugs and addiction treatment, criminal justice costs, and productivity loss... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
Commit deeply to the ideal of entrepreneurship first, and only then to a particular business model or product. That combination of commitment and flexibility can help founders react nimbly to market feedback, abandoning products and... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
concerns. They include: CEO Elon Musk's Twitter distraction, China's lockdown of millions in Guangzhou, and a recall of 300,000+ Teslas due to a taillight glitch. The auto companies themselves had multiple EV announcements in late... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
couple of decades. But the transformation only really hits home when you begin to recall the details of the 1977 business landscape. Sears was where America shopped, as was Montgomery Ward and W.T. Grant. Wal-Mart was nowhere on our radar... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
top-management, CEO-focused client services. Consulting firms make growth their primary objective It’s worth recalling that these strategy firms were founded on the core principles of professionalism and highly selective client... View Details
- 11 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time
classmates at Harvard Business School, and became fast friends over their passion for the gig economy and the future of work. They both spent their summer before HBS working with fintech-focused venture capital funds in India and the US, exploring investments in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
he always remained open to a better idea if someone truly believed in it. I only had a few days before I would have to cancel my HBS trip. Knowing that Grove by reputation was, above all, a manufacturing maven, I called Professor Bob Hayes, who was head of the View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
wave of new business ventures in areas such as microcomputers, software programs, and hardware-related peripheral equipment that has changed the world forever. "During the early '80s, I'd get a lot of business plans from alumni starting software companies," View Details
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
Experiment of On-the-job Learning of Knowledge Production by Local Workers Reporting to Return Migrants By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj Abstract—I study whether return migrants facilitate knowledge production by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
espousing a triple bottom line of people, planet, and profits, rather than a single-minded focus on shareholder value. People of my vintage recall when business leadership was about serving customers at a profit and giving back to your... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
listen, realizing that the boy was releasing the small stones at consistent intervals. The young man had a terrific gift for precision and a keen focus, revealing capabilities that reached beyond his disabilities. The encounter transported Fieldhouse back to his HBS... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
Chinese national, and deliver it to him in person. Recalls Klump, "I had achieved success, was enjoying rapid promotions, and worked well with my manager. When it came time for him to receive feedback, he encouraged direct... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
Chinese national, and deliver it to him in person. Recalls Klump, “I had achieved success, was enjoying rapid promotions, and worked well with my manager. When it came time for him to receive feedback, he encouraged direct communication... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
professor for a father and an enthusiastic community volunteer for a mother, Anderson recalls that talk at the family dinner table often revolved around social problems such as the exploding US prison population, and how to fix them.... View Details