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09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

Podcast with: Richard TedlowInterviewer: James AisnerRunning Time: 29 min., 09 sec.Transcript My name is Jim Aisner and I am Director of Media Relations at Harvard Business School. This is the first in a series of podcasts for the school's Working View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

25 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 25

negative outcomes in knowledge and technology transfer. Business enterprises emerge both as important drivers of international economic growth and as significant agents in the divergent patterns of wealth and poverty that have... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2024
Case

Building Innovation at VINCI

By: Dennis Campbell, Aluna Wang and Carlota Moniz

This case study explores how the VINCI Group, a French multinational operating in concessions, energy, and construction, bolstered awareness and adoption rates of new technologies within the organization. Through its separate innovation hub, Leonard, VINCI aimed to... View Details

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Educators

08 May 2013
Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

1991 and 2009, a period when the growing number of highly educated women in the workforce tested widely held understandings about gender and professional work, write the authors, Harvard Business School professors Lakshmi Ramarajan and Kathleen L. McGinn, and Simmons... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

31 Jul 2019
News

Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens

onstage during Spring Reunions, McGinnis and I discuss the broad span of these ideas. Namely, how these forces at work in our social lives can also impact our professional lives—and how we can manage them. READ MORE Dan Morrell: I think... View Details

September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
Case

Community Solutions

By: Brian Trelstad and Tom Quinn

Community Solutions was an anti-homelessness nonprofit founded in 2011 after protagonist Rosanne Haggerty grew frustrated with the limited impact of traditional housing and outreach strategies. It set an ambitious goal, reached in some partner communities, of ending... View Details

Keywords: Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Social Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Capital Budgeting; Capital Markets; Country; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Housing; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Opportunities; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Poverty; Welfare; Well-being; System; Equality and Inequality; Consulting Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; New York (city, NY); Florida; Texas

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Educators

Purchase

18 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

choose an employee among the pool of participants, with the knowledge that employers would be paid according to that employee's round-two performance. The employers were informed of the employees' gender and past performance. (For this... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

identity/privacy in terms of being an asset? A: I want Amazon to know my identity, in particular my taste in books and music. I know that they respect the value of that knowledge so that the issue of sharing the data won't ever come up. I... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

11 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation

they were quite special—which was a risk from other people's point of view. But she didn't see it as all that risky because she knew what they were made of." Swan ran the Latin America channel as general manager before moving to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

of Maine by Colgate—to ascertain what is distinctive about the merger process and to analyze the elements critical to success. We develop suggestions about how other companies considering similar arrangements might best manage the process... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2002
News

Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story

managers in any industry, as the Pulitzer Prize - winning historian revealed in a recent conversation with the Bulletin. How did you approach this enormous project? For Inventing the Electronic Century, my basic purpose was to bring the... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

Casadesus-Masanell decided to dive in. Most research to date into the OSS movement has focused on the organization and management issues surrounding OSS. Ghemawat and Casadesus-Masanell chose to explore the fundamental competitive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

23 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 23

Internal Problems By: Sebenius, James K. Abstract—Many negotiators have constituencies that must formally or informally approve an agreement. Traditionally, it is the responsibility of each negotiator to manage the internal conflicts and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Oct 2013
News

Moving the Needle

wealth to those at the bottom of the pyramid," she says. In 2002, Seegull left Novica to consult at various impact enterprises and several philanthropic family foundations. Four years later, she joined Funk Ventures as COO and managing... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

29 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development When I started my journey at Harvard Business School, I was eager to broaden my business knowledge and strengthen my skills,... View Details

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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online

Part II: Owned and Earned Media Define owned and earned media and how to incorporate both into your marketing plan. Explore the process of working with influencers and learn to manage and measure their impact. Highlights Maggie Malek, MMI... View Details

12 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

that Enhance the Effectiveness of Workforce Diversity Initiatives in Knowledge Intensive Firms Authors: Modupe N. Akinola, David A. Thomas Abstract Workforce diversity continues to be a key focus for organizations, driven by globalization... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

only with its own equipment. The establishment of XTV was driven by two events in 1988. First, several senior Xerox managers were involved in negotiating and approving a spin-off from Xerox, ParcPlace, which sought to commercialize an... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

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2.4 Disciplinary Process | MBA

witnesses with direct knowledge of the situation. General character witnesses are not permitted. The Administrator then may act as a fact-finder or may appoint one or more people to serve as fact-finders. Fact-finders may be Harvard... View Details

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

Mr. Smith do?" Today, as management has become more sophisticated, with a wider array of technical theories and tools, detailed analytical questions are the norm. Students still come to class with a recommended decision and... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

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