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- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off
shoes, or C) make her shoes tighter due to the inserts," Smith explains. "She came up with the problem for us." Wiegele, who has a background in air and water filtration thanks to his engineering work at SpaceX, used his... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Our Students for a Changing World
Smith Professor of Corporate Finance. “Cross-cultural communication is, at its core, about empathy. Each time you interact professionally in a different environment, you enhance your ability to stand in another person’s shoes and consider... View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
On the Road: Zurich, Warsaw, and Istanbul
trendy hotel near Taksim Square and don’t forget your walking shoes for the forty minute walk to the Sultanahmet district. What is one of your travel essentials that you always make sure to pack? Comfortable walking shoes! And for our... View Details
- 10 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
Why the MBA is Still Relevant
the shoes of a case protagonist, and decide exactly what I would do and how I would do it. It also meant living with the consequences of that decision, something all leaders must face in their careers. For me, learning how to be a leader... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path
attending in person, some virtually—stepped into the shoes of a new case protagonist, Ziad Abi Chaker, the founder and CEO of a Lebanese recycling company, to understand the challenges he faces. Abi Chaker launched Cedar Environmental as... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera
a business perspective - with a product, a customer base, and quality issues - and has helped instill that attitude in his staff. "It's all about marketing and having your own image," he says. Mulroney is pragmatic, not boastful, when he admits that his View Details
- 26 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Video: HBS Dean Srikant Datar Introduces the Case Method Centennial
learning, a hallmark of the school, and look forward to what innovations in teaching and learning the next 100 years might bring. The very first case, General Shoe Company, was published in 1921. It was written at a time when the field of... View Details
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Academic Experience | MBA
decisively, and inspire those around you to achieve great things. The Case Method The case method brings leadership to life. Students step into the shoes of case protagonists, real business leaders, and learn to make tough decisions as... View Details
- Profile
Stephen Temple
“Being at P&G,” says Stephen, “taught me to put myself in the shoes of customers with different vantage points and backgrounds.” Exposure to bigger and more complex problems Eager to work with those around him to embrace ever larger... View Details
- Profile
Richard Lou
he is, "experiencing everything I expected — and then some. I expected diversity and immense learning, but never expected the emotional attachment I have to cases. Being in the shoes of the protagonist and forced to make decisions... View Details
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Catching the Entrepreneurship Bug at HBS
me. Slowly but surely though, at HBS I started to get the entrepreneurship bug. I’d be sitting in class thinking about the decisions I would make in the case protagonist’s shoes and realize with total shock that I would want to be in that... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- News
Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method
The first written case, a one-page narrative about management challenges at General Shoe Company, was taught in 1921 and marks the beginning of a century of case teaching. “Over time, as we would develop a series of cases in a field, we... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
Machiavelli: A Portrait and Robert Olmstead’s fantastic story collection, River Dogs, which I may have bought while I was at B-School. —Richard Benedict (MBA 1988) Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, by Phil Knight The book reveals... View Details
- 29 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
PRIDE at HBS: Forty Years of Progress
and dedication of those members that came before us. With Section J at HBS I am honored to take up that torch and keep moving the community forward. I know that I have massive shoes to fill, but I am still filled with hope. I have hope... View Details
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James Reinhart
brands across countless clothing, shoes and accessory categories. In 2014, thredUP sold nearly 2 million items and up-cycled over one million pounds of clothing. By the end of 2014, thredUP had become a $25 million business. Sellers can... View Details
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
advantage. Purchase the exercise: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408076 Innovation at Timberland: Thinking Outside the Shoe Box Harvard Business School Case 306-064 Innovation was linked to Timberland's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)
frameworks from Strategy have been very helpful in many instances when I tried to assess various situations from a strategic perspective. I should also mention the case method--the numerous times I have put myself in the case protagonist’s View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Turning Point: Tell Me More
in our country. Walking in another person’s shoes is a critical first step that can change the trajectory of our country in the twenty-first century. Diane Hessan is the author of Our Common Ground: Insights from Four Years of Listening... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
allow it to offer better (higher) prices to consumers on its buy side and so on in a virtuous cycle." —Associate Professor Andrei Hagiu "[I suggest] a modified TOMS Shoes model. From the customer/end-user side: When they want to sell... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
because of them. Thank you, Ed, for all you’ve done on behalf of HBS and its alumni. Kudos, too, to Susan Luick Good (MBA ’71), whose term as president is up and who leaves very large shoes to fill. Susan stays on as past president for... View Details