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Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog

integration and geographic expansion of the firm. More generally, this requires developing a portfolio that is robust to changes in the external environment and has to address the choice between internal development of new businesses and... View Details

05 May 2022
News

Like-Minded

the fact that their maiden names all begin with the letter M, which inspired the company’s name), the women had all been raised on entrepreneurship. Murakami’s mother had started a company in her 40s. Matsu’s parents, immigrants, founded one of the largest flower... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Books

Shift provides solid strategies for integrating an ethical perspective into management practice. Paine argues that companies need to go beyond the codes of conduct and values statements that have become ubiquitous in recent decades and... View Details

20 Feb 2013
News

Thanking Veterans Online

U.S. Army Captain Blake Hall (MBA 2010), right, in Afghanistan in 2007 with members of his unit Photo Credit: Tony Overman Blake Hall (MBA 2010) knows from personal experience that US military veterans can easily miss out on the benefits... View Details

Keywords: veterans; identity; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services; Retail Trade

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

25-year history. The protagonist, Yvonne Murray, is a group program manager at Adobe and responsible for coordinating the integration of her business unit's product—Device Central—in Creative Suite 3. Murray is copied on an email that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jan 2021
Blog Post

Bringing the Lessons of 2020 into 2021

2020 was a year we won’t soon forget. Individuals and organizations around the globe were faced with unprecedented challenges that pushed their creativity, resolve, and resilience to the limits. We faced a global health pandemic, an economic crisis, and a public... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Oct 1998
News

Value Added

perspective - like that of his 5,000 McKinsey colleagues - extends far beyond the immediate horizon. One of the world's premier management consulting firms, McKinsey conducts business from 80 offices in 37 countries, with almost half of its 220 senior partners based... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

05 May 2015
News

Alumni in London Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration; Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969), HBS Campaign regional chair for Europe and a member of the Global Leaders Circle; and Scott D. Malkin (MBA 1983), vice chair for Europe and a member... View Details

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

implementing a national evaluation system of green GDP, and before forming the system complexity model, the easiest issues first can be taken to establish the evaluation system of economic, environmental, and social responsibility respectively, which will be View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

wonderfully ambitious course that introduces students to the history and practice of business in four leading economies: Great Britain, Germany, the United States, and Japan. Teaching it was indeed a very... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

August 2005 (Revised October 2005)
Case

Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots (A)

By: John R. Wells and Travis Haglock

What happens when an MBA buys a football team and hires a bunch of MBAs and a coach with an economics degree to run it? In this case, a historic three Super Bowls in five years. The end run Bob Kraft (HBS '65) used to acquire the New England Patriots. Why Kraft ignored... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Management Style; Motivation and Incentives; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Leadership Style; Sports; Management Teams; Sports Industry; United States

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01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

strengthens communities.” DaVita’s focus on a “village” culture whose citizens (employees) help and care for one another may be too touchy-feely for many MBA students, says the case’s author, Professor of Management Practice Bill George.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Profile

Jamal Motlagh

individuals. "The job is very much based on your ability to convince people you're worthy of their trust. You're selling your integrity as a reliable, personal advisor." Jamal plans on continuing his education after graduation,... View Details

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Allie Corless

much internal activity that I am almost frantically busy and fully engaged with my work throughout each and every day. Long term, I am looking forward to playing an integral role in growing my company from its current nascent stage to the... View Details

21 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Accelerating Climate Solutions - Short Intensive Program 2023

opportunities so that students can see how the topic of climate integrates into everything here at HBS. We want to ensure that as many students as possible have access to the most up to date perspectives on climate.” Over the course of... View Details

26 Oct 2020
News

A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions

Forum, is now focused on the Hispanic Star campaign, a multi-channel marketing and outreach effort aimed at showcasing and amplifying the significant contributions of the Hispanic community to the United States. The campaign, according to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Feb 2000
News

The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

Yoffie added that in the near future, "we won't be talking about Internet companies as something distinct because the Net will be so integrated into everything we do." That integration, panelist Walter Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal... View Details

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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

the pandemic has taught us important lessons. Financially and operationally, the pandemic strengthened HBS as an institution. We developed and integrated new technology into the classroom, expanded our research initiatives, and created... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of

around the country to vie for the title of Space Invaders national champion. Thousands had played the video game, released that year in the United States by Warner brand Atari, in regional tournaments in the months leading up to the... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Brian Stauffer; esports; Twitch; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

13 Sep 2019
Blog Post

An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit

This article is a repost from the Social Enterprise Initiative blog. Prior to Harvard Business School, I spent eight years on active duty military service as an Aviation officer and helicopter pilot in the United States Army. My career... View Details

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