Filter Results:
(426)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(426)
- People (2)
- News (150)
- Research (243)
- Events (2)
- Multimedia (3)
- Faculty Publications (83)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(426)
- People (2)
- News (150)
- Research (243)
- Events (2)
- Multimedia (3)
- Faculty Publications (83)
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
we’re burning down the house and we have to stop? When is it going to happen?” And he looks at me and says, “You know, change is really slow until it’s fast.” One of the things I do with businesspeople is a very simple scenario analysis: “What are the View Details
- 27 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care
health care landscape through a lens of disruptive innovation. How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity Instead of making health care delivery more efficient, electronic health records may be doing just the opposite. Women Heart Patients Have Better... View Details
- 21 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
The Best Little Secret of the Harvard MBA
preparation for class required. Instead, I relied on others to help me understand concepts and calculations every morning in the hour or so before taking my seat in the class. I recall saying to a faculty member that study groups seemed so View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time... View Details
- Web
Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders - Course Catalog
each protagonist we study navigated forks in the road and ultimately found purpose in their life. Developing a Personal Strategy: During the second part of the course, we analyze different strategies for success. You will decide which strategy works best for you and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
What’s in a Name
injustice in the United States, the company recognized that its name—with associations with the Confederacy—was at odds with its goal of bringing people together. As Chugh explains in the edited excerpt below, the company solicited... View Details
- Profile
Anna King
day." "I'm probably a little bit of an odd duck in that I don’t know exactly what I want to do or where I'll be in five years," says Anna, acknowledging the personal and practical pressures that come with the pursuit of an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Data-Driven Diligence
built to accumulate smaller successes. “It’s really designed to tilt the odds in our favor a little bit, kind of like counting cards in blackjack,” Coats says. “If you play enough hands, you should win.” View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 10 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology
feedback I received from the judges of the New Venture Competition and the flood of alumni interest that came from winning the grand prize. Although it was odd to compete and present remotely during the early weeks of COVID-19, this... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
service targeted at an established market, then rapid market entry and a quick sellout provide the best chances for success. For an entrepreneur wanting to build a business over time, the odds can be improved dramatically by finding a... View Details
- Profile
Andres Sarmiento
graduate committed to work full time in my startup and take it to the next level. What are you most looking forward to in your career? For a technical person, it's odd to say that what I look forward to the most is to work with people. I... View Details
- Profile
Ann Chao
industry are often at odds with one another; with my creative passion and business background, I hope to better understand and work with people on both sides, ultimately to deliver a higher quality product that is rewarding both... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
- 11 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
What You Need to Know about Recruiting at HBS
it helps to spend some time coming up with your 7-12 career criteria. That way you can evaluate a job against the things that matter most to you, and cross opportunities off your list if they are fundamentally at odds with your criteria.... View Details
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
he is at odds with the theories of economist Mancur Olson, whose 1965 book, The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, sparked a generation of political scientists and regulation theorists, including George... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
productivity in the service sector has been accompanied by increasing employment, a phenomenon somewhat at odds with experience in the glory days of manufacturing. Thanks in part to new technology, service sector workers work smarter. But... View Details
- 12 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Applying to HBS in Round 3?
left, I reflect on how new classmates turned into lifelong friends and family, guest speakers became lecturers, and 375+ cases were brought to life. I chose not to listen to the naysayers nor the odds and pursue my dreams. So if you’re on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Odds by Peter D. Johnston (MBA ’90) (Negotiation Press) How do you negotiate with Wal-Mart or with an intimidating boss about an ethical issue? How do you negotiate a capital infusion for a struggling start-up or better health care for... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
who want to become valued and successful members of their organizations without selling out on their identities and their beliefs. These "tempered radicals" may have differences based on moral values, social perspectives, or racial, gender, or sexual identity that put... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
leading Goldman Sachs's new, in-house environmental efforts. Three years later, he applied for the CEO position at the Washington, D.C.-based TNC. "At first, I was viewed as an odd candidate; but to the board's credit, they thought my... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
Yet a third view is that the odds of success in achieving important change are enhanced by coordinated efforts to alter, as Michael Beer puts it, “the organization model” (including culture) and the “economic model” (actions producing... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett