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- 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
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
assumptions, business partners, incentive systems, and employee selection criteria. Given the scope of the changes, communication is critical. Q: What are the most important lessons you hope readers will take away from the article? A:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
proposals. It's important to know when to declare a winner, especially when relationships are involved. New MBAs sometimes learn this lesson to their regret when recruiters rescind job offers in the face of demands for special perks. In... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
mindsets, they innovate around (rather than through) technology, and they scour the globe for good ideas. These strategies, we believe, are as important for managers in developed countries as they are for executives in the developing world. The View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
team and, you know, how to wash dishes, all skills I carry with me today. At spring reunions, we asked the alumni to share stories of their worst experiences in the working world. And this episode includes all sorts of life-altering View Details
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Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA (LIFE) - Course Catalog
2. The alumni vignettes that you will read/hear in LIFE are meant to share with you diverse examples of HBS alums who have made different choices, in different areas of their lives, for many different reasons, and have drawn many different life View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About
of our Tata Hall. My own education was supported by the Dorabji Tata Trust and the only job I had before starting my PhD was with the Tata organization. I learned many lessons about work and leadership during that part of my career. Yet... View Details
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Online Creating Brand Value Course | HBS Online
standardized brand valuation approaches Summarize the benefits and risks of increasing brand investments Consider how companies can build consumer- and firm-based brand equity Articulate the top course lessons you plan to apply to your... View Details
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
thought there was potentially something generalizeable in Oprah's journey. I've always been interested in individuals whose experience summarizes large lessons for our moment. So, here, I was interested in what is it about Oprah that... View Details
- 14 Mar 2007
- Op-Ed
Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity
that would have benefited them and society as a whole. Even if the antitrust threat dissipates, there is a broader lesson here. When one considers private equity's substantial successes in this decade, it is clear that the industry... View Details
- 05 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Working as a Software Engineer in Industrial Technology
about my previous research in Bayesian decision making, I've been able to work on projects at the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines to explore how Bayesian logic is being adapted to new computational models for human cognition. Everyone takes different View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Wide Angle
You're senior associate dean of Harvard Business School Online and the former president of Barnard College. What lessons can educational institutions take from the economic impact of the pandemic? I suspect that this moment is going to be... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
lesson she learned from Professor Boris Groysberg in an HBS classroom: “The most important leadership skills in the future aren’t going to be analytical or diagnostic skills. The thing that will make the most difference is the skill of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
media fat-shaming, they never lose their sense of humor. Full of smart, wise, and often hilarious lessons for mothers, daughters, fathers, and sons everywhere, this book is a must-read for anyone who needs a kick in the butt, a pat on the... View Details
- 07 Nov 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Less Becoming More?
$1,200 Testoni loafers?" Peter Vajda advises, "In our culture, the difference between 'have' and 'happy' is a most difficult lesson to learn indeed, and the psychological impact is great." As for producers, Richard Eckel... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
expressing them. It's really pretty exciting. It brings new perspectives and lessons we wouldn't otherwise get." Buy-in At The Top Several factors make it clear whether a profit-driven entity will succeed or flop, said Alfred Wise,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
lesson for aspiring health care entrepreneurs? Professor Regina Herzlinger Offers a preview of her upcoming book Professor Regina Herzlinger Offers a preview of her upcoming book Frequently, innovators are so in love with their innovation... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
more conservative companies and aggressive, born-digital dot-coms, highlighting best practices from e-culture pacesetters as well as cautionary lessons from Internet laggards. The book defines the skills that leaders need to master change... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
rock-climbing course with my eldest son after he graduated from college in 1992. My idea was to get him to wake up to the fact that he had a lot more growing up to do. It was a real eye-opener. The lessons were clear and lasting to this... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
LESSON FROM HBS "The secret of success often comes down to two main ingredients: think through a problem carefully and then act upon your analysis without a hint of procrastination. HBS is a very effective proving ground for this, and for... View Details