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- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
"Get it right the first time." On the other hand, some software development processes are designed nowadays so that they can be reconfigured cheaply and quickly. Developers generate new versions of... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 05 Sep 2018
- News
HBS Named Top School for Producing Entrepreneurs
Sarah Leary (MBA 1998) Sarah Leary (MBA 1998) Poets & Quants recently reported on PitchBook’s annual ranking of MBA programs that have “produced the most entrepreneurs, the most companies, the most female founders, and more—including, of course, the most VC backing.”... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?
Summing Up In the judgment of respondents to the October column, repeating the development of disruptive technologies is an admirable but elusive target. Respondents commonly asked whether it is a process disrupted by too many factors—some of them a product of View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
of Saks Fifth Avenue for one whole week and watched women enter. Nine times out of ten, the first place their eyes would wander would be to the right. Not to the left. Not straight ahead." Next, Estée tried to obtain the best... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
responsible for a jump in their pay. In fact, the new system had simply cut out the middlemen, who once took what they saw as their rightful piece of the pie. Related Content: Case: Roshan: Light at the End of the Tunnel in Afghanistan... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Why You Are Unhappy at Work
jobs for the right mix of organizational support and responsibility. Why Can't Organizations Engage Their Employees? Who is responsible for generating employee engagement? asks James Heskett The employee or the employee's managers? What's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits by Leslie R. Crutchfield (MBA ’01) and Heather McLeod Grant (Jossey-Bass) What makes nonprofits great? The authors studied twelve nonprofits that have extraordinary influence — from Habitat for View Details
- 31 Jul 2014
- News
Making Private Equity Public Knowledge
first tried to transition to private equity from consulting, looking for more ownership over his work. Because the consulting company he worked for wasn't targeted by private equity, he had to go out and sell himself. "Traditional... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 20 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the International Rescue Committee
high-impact summer roles, I was able to create an experience for myself that was professionally exciting and financially viable during the summer between my first and second year at HBS. Composed of two View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- Fast Answer
Companies: earnings estimates
Where can I find earnings estimates for companies? First Call Real Time Earnings Estimates has current and historical data. For Current Overview – All Earnings: At top of screen, look up desired security. On the left menu under... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
first it sounds ludicrous, but over time you sink deeper into work, creative ideas, and start focusing on doing the right things instead of just doing things right. Number three is “basement.” Research shows... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 29 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
DIVERSIFYING OUR CASE PROTAGONISTS: HOW IS HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL DOING A YEAR LATER?
members to commit to writing a case with a Black protagonist by Juneteenth (June 19) 2021, or 2022 at latest. Every faculty unit also created a plan to develop more inclusive and diverse teaching materials. “Our students are right that... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Diversifying Our Case Protagonists: How is Harvard Business School Doing a Year Later?
members to commit to writing a case with a Black protagonist by Juneteenth (June 19) 2021, or 2022 at latest. Every faculty unit also created a plan to develop more inclusive and diverse teaching materials. “Our students are right that... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
have an advantage. You may have a chance if you're the first one in the market. But if you're not doing something demonstrably better, either creating a new paradigm or servicing these companies, I think it's a tough place to be. Meakem:... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
involved here, and we need to take care of that. We also need to decide whether reproduction is some sort of human right or whether infertility is a medical condition. If the answer is yes to either of... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
aren’t real purple dogs.” That is what Numenta is after, says Dubinsky: recreating human intelligence by first understanding the complex way that humans learn—literally, the... View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
- News
Helping Young African MBAs Go Home
listed.” The group also helps would-be business students apply to American schools. “Part of what we do is purely applications, helping to improve representation of Africans in business school,” Igun says. “When we started the MBA mentorship program, the View Details
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
the United States, for example, millions of women left the labor force during the first two months of the pandemic. According to a study by McKinsey and Leanin.org, female workforce participation dropped to its lowest level in 32 years.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
that don’t exist right now. How confident are you that policymakers will take your warnings seriously? I think it’s just human nature that we’re going to wait till we’re over the edge. But I actually think... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Book of Esports: The Definitive Guide to Competitive Video Games by William Collis (MBA 2011) RosettaBooks Almost overnight, esports—or competitive video games—have exploded into the largest entertainment and sporting phenomenon... View Details