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- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
researched for this book reveal considerable diversity in the types of businesses and social sector organizations involved and in their forms of collaboration. Each of the alliances that we visit in the subsequent chapters has distinctive characteristics, yet their... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
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Commencement 2016 Address | About
to deliver electrical shocks to innocent people—remind yourself that most people, just like us, with an equal commitment to decency, succumbed in this situation. It’s a lesson you should keep in mind, in your professional and personal... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
pump and the B-17 bomber), the authors explain why including the customer is an essential ingredient of success for any team, company, or organization. Learn, Earn, Return: The Journey of a Global Entrepreneur by Bert Twaalfhoven (MBA 1954) and Shirley Spence (EFER)... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
economically and politically—to go forward with the kind of fiscal stimulus that might be needed then? So I worry that we’re at risk of “fighting the last war.” History is a wonderful teacher. Many of the lessons from the Great... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Studies, University of Delhi. He subsequently led Expedition 3 to Sach Pass (15,000 feet). The lessons from these events were life-changing and shaped his later corporate career. This book shares the humbling View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
vocation Prieto started taking intensive conducting courses at the Pierre Monteux School in Maine and lessons at the Tanglewood Music Center in western Massachusetts. The technical material, the mastering of scores—that came easy to... View Details
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
managed, not just to survive the crisis it faced in the early 1990s, but to reposition the company to lead the industry. The powerful lesson from the IBM story is that innovation is not a side business to running the real business.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
that they’re in decline and they’re panicking. But for 25- and 35-year-olds, it’s about knowing you’re going to change. Owning that and being ready is something they’re really interested in. Some of these lessons seem so obvious. This... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Books: Judo Strategy
this lesson with examples from new- and old-economy firms that have learned to “push when pulled” and leverage their opponents’ assets. The authors discuss in detail how the leaders of three companies — Palm Computing (and later... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
South Asian Women at Work
that the interviewer was complimenting her sari, Aly responded with a “yes.” The interviewer’s expression said it all. She went shopping, bought a pantsuit, and was hired at her next interview. “So the first lesson I learned as a South... View Details
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
lessons and concepts our students learn here can have a tremendous impact on the structure and practice of education," he said. "One of my goals is to see if we can get more Harvard MBAs to take jobs in education, since the... View Details
- 07 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School
Christensen. Is it possible to capture in a few words how these five very different people contributed to the life of HBS and to describe their impact outside the School? Although these people are very different, there are nevertheless important View Details
- 12 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them
Development and Demographics Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
accepting so many refugees just because it was the right thing to do. It was a humanitarian crisis they had to respond to, not some great economic opportunity. If this refugee crisis is going to be instructive in the future, what lessons... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 May 2016
- News
Food Rescue Is on a Mission
Lawrence University professor at HBS, for the idea that an enterprise can create value that can serve a social cause as well as a business purpose. Porter’s strategy framework was but one memorable lesson that informed an empowering three... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
countries, and economic forces that shaped the infrastructure for an unprecedented new era of technology. Beginning with the vacuum tube in the 1920s and progressing through the inventions of the transistor, the integrated circuit, and the microprocessor, Chandler's... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
risk management on Wall Street and at other major financial centers. The book breaks down the events involved in the 2007–2008 financial collapse, reveals how botched policy responses made a bad situation worse, and focuses on lessons... View Details
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
the brink of becoming a new battleground in the Cold War. In light of these developments Kissinger decided to intervene, seeking a negotiated solution that might bring about a peaceful end to minority rule. The account in this case carefully describes—but does not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
traveled to Cape Town, South Africa, where they engaged with 10 global partners on a dozen different design projects. A renowned scholar of colonial-era African history, she isn’t the most obvious candidate for teaching modern business View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
Management Review The Real Lessons From Kodak's Decline By: Shih, Willy C. Abstract—Eastman Kodak is often mischaracterized as a company whose managers didn't recognize soon enough that digital technology would decimate its traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne