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- 02 Aug 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?
more productive than the disengaged. Less likely to be absent, work more safely on the job, produce fewer quality defects, and are less likely to steal. Foster higher levels of customer engagement that lead... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
In the News - Creating Emerging Markets
Money Control Is there such a thing as an Indian way of doing business? Harvard Business School professors Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna say yes, and no... 19 MAR 2022 HBS Working Knowledge Five View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
David G. Bradley, MBA 1977
“The irony was that the thing ruining journalism—the Internet— came to our rescue,” says Bradley, who built an online presence that was profitable and complemented the print version, without sacrificing the View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Web
Considering Retirement - Alumni
deeper understanding of yourself, and the qualities you will want to seek or avoid in your retirement. What's important to you? It may be helpful to think of your options within binary choices. For example,... View Details
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Capturing & Disseminating Video/Photography During Course Activities | About
of social media by students, participants, staff, faculty, or class visitors is not permitted in any form, during course-related sessions. This is intended to ensure that class-related activities remain confidential, thereby creating psychological View Details
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
Regulators often punish companies for bad behavior—for instance, by fining them if they pollute the environment. But instead of focusing on what business leaders are doing wrong and constantly slapping their hands, government officials... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
inside of the courtroom more than once), hip-hop is as much a lifestyle as a musical genre. Yet the company’s spare, functional Times Square offices don’t suggest any of these bad boy qualities — and neither... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Giving All Stakeholders a Voice
For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
the rest of the employees were safely leaving the building and that the fire was contained. I learned that real leadership means running toward the fire and being concerned about the View Details
- Profile
Ken Zeng
Coming to HBS is like... A dream of adventure. I grew up in a humble family in China and was the first one in my family to attend college. “I never even dared to dream that children from ordinary families like ours could ever attend... View Details
- 14 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India
impact within the community is designed to build ecosystems that deliver quality livelihood, health, and energy services at the last mile. During our visit, we had the chance to see View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
PhDs." As McKinsey adapted to the new needs of the times, Daniel also focused on making sure it remained true to its founding principles, such as always seeking to have a significant impact on the client's performance; promoting uniform standards of View Details
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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
pets, street scenes. These early Polaroid images, with their imperfect chemistry and varying shades of sepia tones, reveal the intimate, spontaneous quality of the process that would come to have a universal... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
recommended to access the rich media in the program. The course platform allows you to engage with the content and watch the course videos with bandwidth of at least 750 Kbps download speed. At this speed, you may experience video... View Details
- 22 May 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders
compelling answer in an unintentional haiku. “Their work is flawless,” she says. “Their quality control is tighter than NASA’s.” The Aesthetic Idol competition The final assignment in “The Business of Aesthetics” requires both an... View Details
- 07 Feb 2019
- Book
How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption
and safety requirements that can constrain what you can try, of course, but anyone can be deeply involved in creating a culture where things are done differently. What it takes is senior leaders who enable... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Richard Pechter: Learning New Lessons
state resources,” he says. “I saw an unbelievable group of people trying to provide kids with a quality education.” A longtime supporter of education, Pechter had given time and money to scholarship funds in... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Silence Spells Trouble at Work
lawyers as your clients," he advised, "you can see why they have every expectation to be able to critique the quality of service." When Linda pressed again, Robert got irritated and said,... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
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Industry Information - Alumni
biotechnology, drug discovery technologies, clinical diagnostics, healthcare IT, medical imaging, and medical devices, and provide local expertise along with a global perspective. BioSpace Leading online... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Task Force
world following China’s path. “It was an incredibly powerful wave that I wanted to ride—to build a digital business that would help people in emerging markets use their smartphones to connect to markets and improve their View Details