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the return of the Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD) course after a two-year absence. In addition, the MBA program graduated the first class of students from the MS/MBA Biotechnology: View Details

09 Jun 2017
News

Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China

no market differentiation, no tailored, in-depth experience into China. So I thought, well, no one could access China better than I could, in a way, because I speak the language, I grew up there, and I could appreciate the Chinese culture... View Details

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

being only one of three retailers to outperform Wal-Mart in both revenue and profit growth in that time. Life in a Dollar General store paints a vivid picture of the roots and historical focus of the company. Opportunistic buying has... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

experience in the for-profit sector? Mario Morino: My background was in the IT industry, working in systems management, which is fundamentally about tracking the performance and integrity of large computing platforms. What I experienced... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2016
News

Vive la Madeleine!

a few male workers protested: Women worked in packaging, men in production. But why? Viana asked. That is how it had always been. “Maybe because I don’t have experience in the food industry, I’m thinking differently,” Viana says. When... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Natalya Balnova

01 Sep 2020
News

The Devil You Don’t Know

direct lesson about economic policy from that period for a couple of reasons. For one thing, as the country has grown richer and our capacity to deal with some of these problems has increased, our tolerance for loss of life is lower—as it... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

Starting Up and Starting Over

What is it about HBS that has produced such a steady stream of remarkable entrepreneurs whose endeavors have changed American life in the postwar decades? The creative impact of the case method, as noted earlier, should not be... View Details

16 Apr 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

prior experience with case-method teaching. As we engage in the task of supporting their development in the classroom, there is no doubt in my mind that the work Chris did is still vital and will be for many years to come." Early... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

explore how individuals process failed experiences as a potential source of learning. Drawing on attribution theory, we conceptualize the differential impact that internal (self-focused) and external (factors outside of one's control)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2017
News

A Summit Higher Than Everest

account by two of Teddy Roosevelt’s sons, Kermit and Theodore Jr., of their experiences in western China and eastern Tibet. The onion-skin map of their journey tucked behind the last page caught Moore’s attention. He traced their path for... View Details

Keywords: April White; mountain; climb; climbing; adventure

10 Mar 2017
News

The Business of Lego Batman

there's no guarantee of that. With It, it is a book. It's a very long book, and it's an epic book that we broke up into two parts. And so the first movie is going to be the first half of the book, which is exploring when these kids are teenagers and View Details

Keywords: LEGO; Lego

01 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

Bonding Stick? A Natural Experiment Involving the Supreme Court and Cross-Listed Firms Authors:Amir N. Licht, Xi Li, and Jordan I. Siegel Abstract Using a natural experiment to overcome the empirical... View Details

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

or her convictions to accept their intergenerational responsibility for the quality of life in our society and at the same time deliver long-term profitability. Q: What company or companies are leaders in conducting and communicating... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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