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11 Jan 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

wherein managers work in cross-border teams to resolve a variety of complex, international, management problems. The challenges they encounter are much like those of the "virtual" teams at the heart of effective global... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

and Swap assert. To begin with, the creative process in an organization can and must encompass a broad array of input from a wide variety of people, including those who may not consider themselves the least bit creative. "Many of the... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

Profile

Prita Kumar

room. As Kumar calls it, Booya is “group fitness without the mob.” The idea is to provide fitness classes in a wide range of disciplines—from pilates to barre fusion to yoga boxing—that are accessible and affordable. By offering a View Details

03 Jun 2021
Blog Post

HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund

carries a variety of healthy items and foods from “home” such as their famous fresh sugar cane juice. Casabe’s impact potential spans three areas: first, increasing income and wealth creation for the BIPOC community; second, supporting... View Details

22 Jul 2020
Blog Post

Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club

by other non-profits promoting diversity in business (SEO Alternative Investments Fellowship Program, The Toigo Foundation, Management Leadership for Tomorrow and others) and by serving as a recruiting pipeline for diverse candidates in business education and a View Details

09 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel

more citizens are achieving personal wealth, and the middle class is growing. On our trip to India, we had the opportunity to meet with a variety of companies that are part of the clean build: from incumbent power and steel producers that... View Details

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OWN: The Power of Company Ownership - Course Catalog

session will involve a case discussion. Some of the cases will be of the standard variety and some will be “live cases” where company leaders and/or owners will be integrated throughout the session. A number of cases will include guest... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers

that idea with help from successful entrepreneurs in a variety of fields. What do you see for the future of the health care sector? Lately, I’ve become optimistic. It’s a big struggle to turn from an industry in which the suppliers are... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2003
News

John Read

mature support was coming from my son. From that day to this we have had a relationship that we never had before. What does Outward Bound strive to do? What we do in the wilderness — and in a variety of classrooms — is create conditions... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Outward Bound; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

01 Jan 2004
News

Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963

Determined to help others achieve their academic goals, Nielsen visited more than 100 schools in nineteen states, talking with everyone from governors to the U.S. Secretary of Education. He asked each person he met the same question: What is the mission of a school? "I... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Five Honored for Missions Accomplished

The 2010 Alumni Achievement Award recipients have made their mark in a wide range of fields, from banking and investing to retailing, entrepreneurship, and space exploration. United by their leadership skills, each of these alumni is living proof that while the... View Details

Keywords: awards; Finance; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Space Research and Technology; Government; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

24 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

Matrix's management team wonders whether the recent market volatility presents an opportunity to add to their existing long position. This case highlights a variety of methodologies to valuate a high-growth company in the tech sector and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

we document the processes through which acts of silence became self-reinforcing. The dynamic model of silencing conflict induced from our data has implications not only for norm development, but also for a variety of other domains... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

non-founders—is a great arena in which to examine it. If founders are typical agents, their compensation should not differ from that of non-founder agents, once we have controlled for a wide variety of potential differences between them... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

right now in our research, but it appears that the distant ties are much more important than the clustering. Clustering has a negative influence, unless each cluster contains people with a variety of backgrounds. However, in addition to... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

his camera than the telephone. It was not long after he began his career that his mother never had to work again. When Sam Walton opened his first five and dime store in Newport, Arkansas, after being mustered out of the Army in 1945, his goal was to become the most... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

15 Jun 2021
News

The Path Ahead

important driver of many of the ambitions and aspirations that we have. On the alumni and executive education side, digital transformation can help us personalize our offerings. How can we personalize the School’s content to your particular circumstance? When an... View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

A Place in the Sun

a variety of environmental initiatives that he has undertaken over the years. His devotion to preserving the island's natural beauty as well as the Fijian culture has earned Turtle Island accolades that include the 1999 Green Hotelier... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons

05 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

findings can help explain a variety of behavioral phenomena including the structure of social insurance programs, patterns of public good provision, and why transactions that turn money into time are often deemed repugnant. Download... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

definition that extends the concept beyond the traditional binary retain/not retain view of retention. We discuss a variety of metrics to measure and monitor retention. We present an integrated framework for managing retention that... View Details