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- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
therefore critical to long-term revenue growth for most firms, and poor alignment means both direct and opportunity costs for companies. But it's especially critical for owner-president, privately held, and entrepreneurial firms. They are... View Details
- 12 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?
headquarters produce superior financial performance. We had expected that smaller, "lean and mean" headquarters would lead to better performance. In fact, the opposite is true—larger headquarters are associated with higher profitability. This does not View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Palis Pisuttisarun | MBA
Palis Pisuttisarun Computer Science/Philosophy, Secondary in Mind, Brain, Behavior Adams 2024 Cohort 5 Steve Jobs once said that, "Creativity is just connecting things." Being a Tech Fellow means being able to dive into a community of... View Details
- 15 Nov 2019
- News
Diversity as a Driver of Performance
as though they can bring their true selves to their job.” Absent that, you’re not tapping the full potential of your workforce, he says. “To really be innovative, you have to have the best ideas around the table and that means... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
more qualified.” “I promoted Ashley because she does a better job than Aisha.” In this book chapter, Assistant Professor Michael Norton and HBS doctoral student Zo Chance describe various means of coping with one’s own questionable... View Details
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Grace Li | MBA
environment genuinely changed the trajectory of my life — I realized the difference between doing work and meaningful work. Since then, I have tried to infuse that focus on meaning into all that I do, and I can't wait to push the limits... View Details
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
Ann, and Ryan Raffaelli Abstract—The institutional logics perspective highlights how organizations are embedded within broader systems of meaning and how this embeddedness activates salient institutional logics in organizations that can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
capitalism. By market capitalism we mean a system where decisions about what to produce and at what price are made by private firms operating in free markets. We wanted to know in what ways forces within capitalism itself might create... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
word “leadership” itself, which means everything and nothing at the same time. It’s similar to a word like globalization, which has been so broadly applied and abused it’s lost its analytical traction. Without some level of precision and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
and compatible. Several countries have conflicting Arctic sovereignty and resources claims. Will the rule of law prevail, or will we see gunboat, or icebreaker, diplomacy? It’s in the mutual interest of all nations to ensure that the Arctic is accessible, safe, secure,... View Details
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
The New York Times ran a troubling story, "Why You Hate Work," in last week's "Sunday Review." The article indicated that employees work too hard and find little meaning from their work. The anecdotes we all hear about... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- Portrait Project
Ian Blasco
I want to build a successful career. For me that means success with a small firm where I am able either to run the firm or otherwise gain autonomy over an area within the company. I want to make sure, however, that I also have time for my... View Details
- 11 AM – 12 PM EST, 25 Jan 2018
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Becoming Effective Change Makers: The Power of Networks
Instituting change in an organization or in a sector of society has always been the bane of leaders. However, some leaders do succeed--often spectacularly--at transforming their organizations and even whole sectors of society. What makes some change makers triumph in a... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details
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Content & Community for Students | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Social enterprise to me means work that has as a central component of its mission the desire to make a positive social impact in the world. My commitment to working in social enterprise is my way of saying that I want my efforts to create... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ryan Kauppila
However, I hope that I greet them all at the front door with a glass of wine and a hearty laugh. That alone will limit their impact. PLEASE!!! Label me 'insane', 'mad', and 'crazy'. I know that my hero – my Grandma – is up there smiling with me and that View Details
- Portrait Project
Michael Lage
To be the empathetic friend in the coffee shop. To be the passionate father and basketball coach in the rec center. To be the selfless, loving husband in my home. My roles and relationships will be lamps – means of illuminating the world... View Details
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Isaac Robinson | MBA
modern society. Whether that means using graphs to optimize meeting scheduling, auctions to estimate how a product will be received by the public, or fair allocation rules to determine funding for local schools, the course showed me that... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Scott M. Sperling, MBA 1981 & Laurene M. Sperling, MBA 1982
For all alumni, HBS is someplace special, but for Scott and Laurene Sperling, the School has added meaning as the place where they first met. Today, their appreciation of what HBS has meant for both heart and head is reflected in their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Profiles from the Class of 2002
those of their classmates, and eschewed the assertion that strong leadership necessarily means “having all the answers” — there emerges a conviction that the Class of 2002 will approach the complex challenges of today's business world... View Details