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- 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
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
executives, middle managers, and sales people from companies across a variety of industries. The survey focused on questions about how well their companies’ strategies informed six critical elements of their sales approaches. The results... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
Harvard Business School faculty members, looking at the U.S. financial crisis from a variety of disciplines, urged caution and prudent analysis in a recent panel discussion. The discussion titled "Turmoil on the Street: Fathoming the... View Details
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
Sachs started the 10,000 Small Businesses program to help small businesses in the United States by providing education and a network of support—at no cost —and access to capital. It required the firm to create a new business ecosystem with a wide View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
are at least 60 and up to 100+ years old). By day, he is the head winemaker at Turley Wine Cellars, a leading Zinfandel producer. In his spare time, however, he runs his own winery called Sandlands, which produces premium wines using historic, out-of-favor grape View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
liabilities for the firm. We explore a large novel dataset of over 50,000 workers across 11 different firms to document a variety of workers’ characteristics and circumstances that lead them to engage in what we call "toxic"... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
managers can team with creative talent in six "culture industries": Fashion, publishing, art/architecture/design, film, music, and food. Her subjects include fashion pioneer Chanel, publishers Penguin and Atavist, film icons View Details
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
In past issues of this newsletter, we have highlighted a variety of psychological biases that affect negotiators, many of which spring from a reliance on intuition. Of course, negotiators are not always affected by bias; we often think... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rock the workplace with no end in sight, leaving business leaders to struggle with a wide variety of challenges, including keeping staff members happily engaged—and employed. To make sense of the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
extent of MJ’s patient, innovative, and impactful efforts in creating a variety of climate literacy programs for U.S. school children. Her lengthy journey and dogged experimentation constitute an extraordinary legacy.” About the Author... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
In the same way, I believe, women are starting to pursue their own vision of success, even as they understand that throughout their careers they will encounter unexpected challenges and opportunities beyond their control." Kraus's HBS teaching puts her in contact with... View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
with these companies in a variety of roles, including those of founders, shareholders, or managers of their own family's firm, as well as those of non-family managers and employees, investors or business partners (e.g., private equity... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
data-driven personalization platform for fashion retailers, provided us with an aggregated dataset of online apparel sales from a variety of anonymized well-known fashion retailers in the United States and the United Kingdom in 2019 and... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
requires much careful thinking and management initiative. Q: Do you see the current trend of intense customer focus continuing? Shapiro: We believe that an increasing focus on customers is absolutely critical for companies to survive and prosper in these times of... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
ever loses a job. Some Japanese attribute this mentality to Japan's agrarian history. Farmers all help each other. This mentality was reflected in a variety of policy areas. There is a lax antitrust policy, for instance, which leads to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
show that the combination of preference for variety and consumption complementarities gives rise to (i) a commons problem (to better satisfy their individual preference for variety, users have an incentive to consume more applications... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Company, Flagship Pioneering, and Sanofi in a variety of roles including engineering management, venture capital, and business development and licensing. She is as passionate about supporting mission-driven founders build their companies... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
The firm has also innovated in sourcing capital from a variety of limited partners. Blackstone's culture of centralized investment processes and risk management coupled with entrepreneurial leadership contributed to its growth in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne