Meaning - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2015
News

Euro Vision

2010 to $9.2 billion in 2014, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. In the second quarter of this year, European venture capital firms raised a combined $2.25 billion, 63 percent more than over the same period last year. But that doesn't View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer

02 Dec 2022
Blog Post

Why Does Your Company Exist?

motivating a diverse array of stakeholders. Sparked by the pandemic, employees have begun to seek greater meaning in going to work every day. In the midst of the resulting Great Resignation, companies are finding that having a deeper... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Portrait Project

Caitlin Roman

platform without a harness, I am more intentional. Taking that risk is not an end in itself: it is a means to unlocking a feeling of flow, in which my intentions and actions fuse together – and suddenly, I'm soaring through the air. I... View Details

11 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

the table. They also tend to be maximizers—a term put forth by Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice, meaning they are always driving to win the best deal and rarely satisfied no matter how much they get. That attitude is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Negotiation is Like Jazz

say. In this story, the parties exchange relational, substantive, and procedural information that builds upon each party's interpretations and responses to the exchange. Managing a negotiation at the micro level means identifying and... View Details

Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn

01 Sep 2008
News

The MBA Turns 100

MBA in a box over the Internet for 59 bucks. So the MBA title has come to mean less because the label now covers a rapidly proliferating set of things.” That’s not the only issue worrying Dean Light and his counterparts at the nation’s... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Africa Business Club | MBA

Africa Business Club Twenty-seven years ago, African students at HBS saw the need to create an organization to elevate the African brand and highlight what it means be African, do business in Africa, and push for Africa’s development and... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Improving the service experience requires excellence—but not in everything

involves making strategic tradeoffs: choosing to overperform in highly valued services means underperforming in others. But the rewards are great, “So we work on helping organizations identify the net positives of tradeoffs and on making... View Details

8 AM – 5 PM EDT, 02 Jun 2016

Career Reboot Camp in Boston

Career Reboot Camp is taking place at HBS. Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details

Portrait Project

Adam Gassin

subtly whispers its doctrine of the month: Cosmopolitan promotes promiscuity, fame, and luxury as means to happiness. Time depicts presidents, executives, and entertainers at the pinnacle of power. Forbes preaches the gospel of wealth,... View Details

Portrait Project

Aditya Dhanrajani

life of its own and can have meaning and purpose beyond the time I live. I will build to express my raw self, to surface the discord between my emotion and reason...to be in perpetual self-transcendence. I will build on my heritage, add... View Details

07 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts

e-commerce world is a brutal competitive environment,” says Harvard Business School marketing professor Thales Teixeira. “One of the biggest levers retailers have at their disposal to bring in customers is price.” More discounts, however, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

26 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different

is an exploration of what it means for a business to be different, to be meaningfully different, to be different in a way that makes a difference to consumers," she says. “Differentiation is a way of thinking.” An authority on... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

13 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Blending my Tech and Managerial Mindsets

is such a complex industry, as it means something different to everyone. This is a great perspective that is embodied by our CPO and his team that I am proud to work alongside. People don't necessarily care about the rain-rate in a... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: The New Brand Manager: You

something precious in the meaning of that brand that they’re willing to fight for. Imagine if I changed my brand logo and no one noticed. That might mean that no one cared enough about my brand. Now, that... View Details

Keywords: April White

31 Mar 2022

Using the Harvard MBA to Make a Difference in Politics & Policy

all levels is a shift from a mindset of "Probability Government" – overly focused on safe solutions and mimicking "best" practices – to "Possibility Government." This means public leadership and management that’s willing to boldly imagine... View Details

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change

The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term describes any position with the... View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Energy; Utilities

02 Dec 2002
What Do You Think?

How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?

options should be rethought in many organizations. First, there is the issue of whether options are the best means of promoting shareholders' best interests in established companies. While making an exception for "cash-poor start-up... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Sep 2016
Blog Post

How HBS Changed My Life

that today, I am confident that many of my classmates and I, if given the opportunity, will successfully run companies and, perhaps someday, countries. This does not mean we would not make mistakes, but it View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Avoiding a Succession Crisis

critical perspective of an outsider who sees the need for real change. Building inside-outsiders means managing succession to bring to the fore leaders who will challenge their strategic inheritance. Since succession planning is so... View Details

Keywords: Joseph L. Bower; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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