Filter Results:
(271)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (271)
- Faculty Publications (2)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (271)
- Faculty Publications (2)
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
advertising he likes so much? Sunil Gupta: Advertising is a right-brain activity, the art of creating something from scratch. Also, advertising is all about understanding and connecting with people. He seems very much a people person,... View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
educational campus. The campus owner internalizes benefits, and could pay to build the system. I'm particularly struck by the use of PRT to increase the value of land that might otherwise be viewed as undesirable. Consider a parcel that's a View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
from every other life form on the planet. (The “old” brain—that lower rear 30 percent—is responsible for more rote behaviors and drives: breathing, heartbeat, reflexes; anger, hunger, sex.) And this is how we learn—by moving through the world in three dimensions,... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
‘42—I was five and a half years old. Morrell: Tell us about that day. The feelings you had, the scene itself. Hajim: The few things you remembered in your life. I remember that one because I couldn't figure out, you know, dad was away quite a View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
was adopted by the World Bank and other institutions. Finally, in an effort that posed unique performance measurement challenges, 250 schools were either constructed or rehabilitated. "The outcome of investments in education, such as those we made in Ghana, can be a... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
studied. "I said, ‘Corn? What are you talking about, Deward?' And in typical fashion, he got a bit short with me and said, ‘Your tribal corn.'" Walker told Keen that big ag was displacing indigenous seeds in India with GMO crops, a story... View Details
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
2023, what I will remember most is how deeply you connected with one another. When you arrived in Fall 2021, we were slowly emerging from the pandemic. But even testing, masking, and distancing did not stop you from forming deep bonds.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
California, several professors, including an HBS alumnus, encouraged him to apply to HBS. Darden hoped an MBA would help further his interest in a career focused on service and academia. DARDEN: The environment that I found myself in at HBS was not so strange to me.... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
having a background anxiety that I think everyone has had. But teachers have to be on. A lot of days, if I’m feeling a little bit off it’s okay. I can kind of sit in the meetings and go through the motions. But if you’re a teacher, it’s... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
a "pig." Horizontal Drilling: A recently developed drilling technique whereby the drill bit is directed horizontally through the earth, allowing for a faster oil recovery rate. Mud: A lubricating mixture of clays, water, and chemicals... View Details
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
temporary trail only passable in the winter, of course. The wind's howling and everything’s bare. It's just, it’s wild. Mile 500 started being a little bit challenging because I got frostbite and for a little while I wasn't sure if I was... View Details
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
with us and explained more about the drivers of The Story of American Business and the book's implications for managers and leaders. Martha Lagace: Please give us a bit of backstory to this project. Nancy F. Koehn: The New York Times... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
connections have been built predominantly among businesses, and rarely between businesses and the public sector. “I don’t think we’ve really fully solved how that relationship plays out between the federal government and the private... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
other schools accepted only men. "One of the men used a mild bit of profanity, then looked at me and said, 'Oh, I'm sorry.' The professor very wisely said, 'Mrs. Wilkinson has worked at IBM. She's heard all those words before.' "... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
“Good entrepreneurs are learning machines, so they’re always asking for advice and guidance from multiple sources of expertise, including their investors. In fact, the best founders are outstanding at squeezing every bit of insight,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
or any crucible? So I think there's an opportunity there, not only for a person to grow and demonstrate growth through overcoming significant challenges, but also to connect with other people in pursuit of something that's bigger than... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
said Doriot. “I look for the resourceful man.” Olsen embodied that ideal. In Doriot, Olsen found a comforting father figure always ready to offer words of encouragement or some bit of wisdom. The fates of these two men would be forever... View Details
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
fashion and execute against a higher-ambition agenda. Q: Many companies in your book have a global reach. At the same time, however, they are often connected to a local identity or home base. How do higher-ambition leaders view culture?... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs. I focused on understanding the processes by which CEOs were selected—in particular the phenomenon of outsider CEO succession. In the conclusion I wrote a bit about the role of... View Details
- Blog
Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School
This article originally appeared in the Harvard Business School—Newsroom. You've been in this role, and at HBS, for just over a year now. Can you reflect a bit on what you've been hearing and learning? It was insightful and exciting to... View Details