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- 10 Apr 2023
- News
Leading the Way
Be A Leader helps them connect to college tutoring services, provides internship and career planning, and offers monthly check-ins with a college success coordinator all the way to graduation. "The kids we work with are similar to me," says Trujillo. "Growing up poor,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA Wind Sculpture (SG) V 2019 | About
Asia, Africa and Europe—and of course the diaspora in the United States.” Wind Sculpture (SG) V was acquired by Harvard Business School in 2021 for the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection. In this work, Shonibare employs Dutch wax textiles to visualize the View Details
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
capital to the best ideas, weeding out the bad ones. Investors have the challenge of sorting through the overwhelming number of ideas to discern the good ones, a process compared to finding a needle in a haystack. They often lack the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Marketing Giant Ted Levitt Remembered
it is a standard piece of the litany of management practice,” HBS professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser told the Boston Globe. “He wanted to be lively, he wanted to be provocative, but most of all, he wanted the power of the ideas to come... View Details
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
Editor's note: Seasoned entrepreneurs know that a great idea for a new company is no guarantee of a successful exit. Startups fail more often than not, largely due to hubris-fueled mistakes by an inexperienced founding team. Alas, the... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
- 06 Jun 2008
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?
behaviors. As a result, for example, four in five product introductions perform below expectations. The Zaltmans expand on ideas they have been studying for some years, namely that strategies of all kinds can be based on insights gained... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Task Force
the hands of consumers. Workers have three options for compensation: mobile phone credit, bank transfers, or digital gift cards for brands including Amazon, Netflix, Starbucks, and Uber. The idea for Zubale evolved over time. One... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
shown. Customers still are opportunistic, customers still look out for themselves." "The idea of that study was to answer the question, 'Does it pay off?' And the answer was yes." It is still the only study of supplier... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
HBS OnBoard | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
through the ideas in his book Effective Fundraising: The Trustee’s Role and Beyond. Purpose-Driven Board Leadership June 15, 2021 A conversation with Professor Kash Rangan and Anne Wallestead, CEO of BoardSource, on the shift to... View Details
- 14 Jun 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia
Starting last fall and continuing through the coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On June 5 and 8, more than 300 alumni in East Asia gathered to celebrate and connect with each other at "An Evening with Dean Datar" events... View Details
- 02 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?
as well. What kind of “life” will experimentation have outside high tech? What do you think? Original Post “Test, then invest” is an increasingly common saying among entrepreneurs and those who finance their startups. The idea is simple:... View Details
- 07 Sep 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Optimal Value and Growth Tilts in Long-Horizon Portfolios
Keywords: by Jakub W. Jurek & Luis M. Viceira
- 06 Jan 2016
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?
objective observer? At Zappos, CEO Tony Hsieh became enamored with several concepts around the innovative idea of replacing managers (except himself) with “circles,” some 300 groups of self-selected employees assigned to make decisions... View Details
- 14 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022
amazing people in business school, but I had no idea I’d meet Weston. Weston and I met in October of our RC (first) year on a singles’ boat cruise. Despite the brisk Boston weather, Weston warmed me up immediately with his bright yellow... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
exit. Yvon drives a Toyota Corolla. No one wanted a Porsche,” Conn says. The idea of a publicly traded benefit corporation fell short, too: “Once you’re public, nothing can lock in your mission forever. And the family felt there could be... View Details
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in Pre-Industrial Society
Nelson, The Idea of Usury, from Tribal Brotherhood to Universal Otherhood (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1949). Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University Harvard Employment Digital... View Details
- 24 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors
Past studies have bolstered the idea that marginalized groups might find more career opportunities if they downplay their identities. But women and minorities may actually benefit by explicitly mentioning their identities, at least when... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 24 Jan 2020
- News
Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67
uplifted those around them. A distinguished scholar, Christensen was one of the most influential business theorists of the last 50 years, according to Forbes, and was twice ranked at the top of the Thinkers 50 list among many other awards and accolades. His research... View Details
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Investment bank league tables
International). UNDW: Create customized tables of lead underwriters for equity issues. MA: Tables of lead managers for M&A. Select M&A League Table Search. FactSet Click on search icon. Type Idea Screening -- select View Details
- 2009
- Chapter
Creating Superior Customer Value in a Connected World
By: Ranjay Gulati
"In the early twenty-first century, customers are more demanding than ever, and difficult economic times make them all the more so. As customers tighten their wallets and increase their demands, firms face greater pressure to provide superior customer value. Reducing... View Details