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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Global Perspectives
Infrastructure: Lessons from Africa MBA students and project developer Sam Alemayehu (orange vest) tour the Reppie Waste-to-Energy project under construction near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — the first of its kind in Africa. (photo by John... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
examples of government actions that, however well intentioned, blocked firms for many years from taking actions that would have benefited them and society as a whole. Even if the antitrust threat dissipates, there is a broader lesson... View Details
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
for Bankruptcy. Now What? Taking the Long View By: Werker, Eric D., and Benjamin Kennedy Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45603 Working Papers Creating a Design Commons: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
principles within each course module, and a synopsis of each case, along with the lessons the case is meant to convey. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911069-PDF-ENG Predictive Biosciences Thomas Eisenmann,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
If it's one lesson the individual investor learned the hard way from the collapse of Enron, it is that the recommendations of Wall Street stock analysts can be influenced by much more than purely objective research. Just look at the large... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
ability to react to the market will be critical; she knows that. There's no overestimating the event's potential effect on TAM—especially in a country where soccer is religion. But however TAM handles the Cup, it will be a valuable lesson... View Details
- 02 Oct 2008
- What Do You Think?
Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?
as soon as possible)—as reasons why "a Government bailout may not be perceived in the same way as a Buffett style investment." Henrique Abreu cited a lesson of the late Milton Friedman that "it is a different thing spending your money on... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard
program will take in lessons from Harvard experts on business, education, nonprofits, and government, engaging with the curriculum and each other several hours a week at times of their choosing on the HBX digital learning platform. “A key... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty
the company culture: 18 years later, the policy remains in place, and is regularly utilized in recruiting new employees to the firm. It also ties the senior staff together through shared experiences and a commonly held ethos about time outside of work rarely found in... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
The case method is especially helpful in this regard: it teaches you how to think, not what to think. It educates for judgment by reminding us, each day, how much we don’t know. I believe the most important lesson the case method teaches... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
stakeholders, including the patients these charities are ostensibly designed to help,” the paper says. You Might Also Like: Can Amazon Remake Health Care? Why COVID-19 Probably Killed More People Than We Realize Lessons from COVID-19: The... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
the lessons of the past are being used to educate the business leaders of the future. Why Employers Favor Men Ruth comments: The race factor is important to be considered. In Latin America I have seen quite often that white men prefer to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
entrepreneurial opportunity, a lesson from which U.S. automakers could have benefitted years ago. This should be the case at least up to the point at which shorter term costs become greater than industry or society can bear. Anything up... View Details
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
2009, pp. 78-84. Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (New York: Little Brown and Company, 2005) Charles Handy, The Age of Unreason (Boston: HBS Press, 1989) Charles S. Jacobs, Management Rewired: Why Feedback Doesn't Work and Other... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News
not just to share anything that would benefit your political party if it were true.” The findings provide a key lesson for companies that advertise and share content on social media to gain a following: Sharing high-quality, accurate... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- Web
Managing Human Capital - Course Catalog
(bosses, mentors, etc.) over their careers to date. (Think of this as a chance to hear both their best and worst stories and then make sense of those stories using the lessons of the MHC course.) We will devote one session, facilitated by... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
Speed, and Kate Bingham (MBA 1991), Managing Partner, SV Health Investors, and Former Chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce, as they described their roles in the COVID response and the lessons they learned. Paul Mango (MBA 1988), Kate Bingham... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Feb 2013
- News
Thanking Veterans Online
the veteran could start the first lesson 30 seconds after they see the offer on our site—from their couch," the manager told Hall. Soon thereafter, housewares retailer Bed Bath & Beyond and athletic clothing maker Under Armour approached... View Details
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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
his former students...on a one-to-one basis," explains Robert McCabe (HBS MBA '58). "He took great pleasure from watching their growing success in business and in life. His loyalty to them...knew no bounds. They were his family." 23 Doriot's View Details