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16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

are on the same page. The final thing I’ll say: Remote companies have well-established processes where people are socializing and no one is feeling isolated and falling through the cracks. That’s really important right now, especially... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

Mistake Number 3: Passively sitting and waiting for a crisis (which many never come). A major problem with passive strategies is that nature may not cooperate by providing the right amount of lightning in the View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter

01 Dec 2016
News

In My Humble Opinion: Chip Brewer (MBA 1991)

to the crown of the driver and reduce drag during the swing.” Sphere of influence: “The aerodynamics of a golf ball are even more complicated because you’re looking for the right amount of lift and drag. So there’s a balancing act,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

13 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?

to drive to the grocery store to pick up the kids and go on errands, rather than pushing it to its limits on the open road. They were not interested in the racing heritage of Porsche. The commentators would say things like, '[Cayenne drivers] park View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Auto

01 Mar 2024
News

On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

04 Dec 2019
Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

Thomke. “Companies better get on this if they don’t want to be at a major competitive disadvantage.” On the other hand, he says, companies that begin transforming themselves now can reap the benefits of hundreds or even thousands of small improvements. “If you get the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Jaume Plensa Inés 2013 | About

Jaume Plensa Inés , 2013 Jaume Plensa (Spanish, born 1955), Inés , 2013, cast iron, 276 3/4 x 34 1/4 x 100 1/4 in. HBS Art and Artifacts Collection , 2018.1 . © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Madrid. Jaume Plensa... View Details

24 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Launching a Career in Clean Energy

distributed and clean energy together for customers into an individualized, integrated solution that makes sense for them. Right now we’re in the early phases of customer discovery; we want to prove that we can deliver a solution that... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Zone Defense

differently,’” Tseng says. “I know what that means: Someone could have gotten killed.” If Brandon Tseng was prescient about the demand for technology that could reduce the risks associated with indoor-clearance operations, Ryan Tseng proved View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

28 Mar 2012
What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

not necessarily more of those good "factory jobs" of the past. They may not have the desired results if the goal is to create more jobs. That's some of the wisdom from respondents to this month's column. Gary Higgins argues that the right... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

08 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

right tone of voice, suggestions for next time, etc. Since then, I have seen a huge improvement in my classroom performance and being able to get my point across clearly. How do you think learning through the case method will help you in... View Details

20 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Black Visionary Leadership and Redefining What's Possible

to occur around the AASU conference, to offer educational, networking, and funding opportunities. Tell us about Friday’s Master Series. Tyler: It’s a full day of tech and entrepreneurship programming, designed to help equip black entrepreneurs with the educational... View Details

Portrait Project

Navroz D. Udwadia

with drinking water and electricity in every village. Millions of people exploring life, expressing talents and living in peaceful prosperity. An India governed by upright leaders capable of shepherding the country to its rightful place... View Details

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It

Back in the early 1990s, managers of U.S. companies were justifiably proud of the well-oiled machines they'd made of their supply chains. Over the previous fifteen to twenty years, they'd wrung costs from the mechanisms and processes by which they got components and... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

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Contemporary African Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

stated in a 2017 Guardian article , "When people think about Africa right now, they often only think about animals, war, and famine. I'm trying to distort that impression to provoke questions in a different sense." Simultaneously speaking... View Details

04 Feb 2022
Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 2

Publications Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance Authors: Beiting Cheng, Ioannis Ioannou, and George Serafeim Publication: Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract In this paper, we investigate whether superior performance on corporate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2017 (Revised December 2018)
Case

From Start-Up to Grown-Up Nation: The Future of the Israeli Innovation Ecosystem (Abridged)

By: Elie Ofek and Margot Eiran

In June 2016, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, wrestled with how to sustain Israel’s strong innovation track record and the country’s reputation as the “start-up nation.” Despite the economic miracle the country had wrought since its founding, he... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Government and Politics; Economy; Equality and Inequality; Israel

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June 2014 (Revised February 2017)
Case

Kathy Giusti and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Joshua D. Margolis and Matthew G. Preble

What do you do when your rising professional career is cut short by an unexpected cancer diagnosis? Kathy Giusti shifted careers, built a new organization that transformed how cancer research is done, and now faces the challenge of sustaining the organization and its... View Details