Influencers - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Feb 2017
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The Making of an Internship

influence an organizations’ success long term. Learn about the projects students work on and the impacts they can make. Explore ways to meet and recruit an intern to support your organization's priorities on the Recruiting Guide. View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Dec 2013
News

Christensen Awarded Kim Clark Fellowship

honesty, compassion, and conviction. As HBS Dean from 1995 to 2005, he was an inspirational leader and had a profound influence on the School." At a September event at Oxford, a panel including Christensen, Clark, and other academics... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Dec 2016
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The Making of An Internship: Impact

influence an organizations’ success longterm. Watch as three Class of 2017 students highlight the projects they worked on during their summer internships, and the impacts they made. Francesca Ioffreda created the business case for a new... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

28 Aug 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered How can business history influence current practice? What can the work of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo

01 Jun 2010
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How Green Was My (Silicon) Valley

Doerr’s VC firm, Kleiner Perkins, has invested have received government tax credits, contracts, and loan guarantees. But Doerr distinguishes himself from past practitioners of the energy influence game in Washington. “I have referred to... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

06 Dec 2021
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Action Plan: Whole Sale

retailers to connect with consumers, he adds. “Beauty is a category that has the ability to articulate a brand promise or personality,” says Balbale, which is particularly appealing to Gen Z—and others. “Retailers are beginning to appreciate that Gen Z has a... View Details

Keywords: April White; ecommerce; bricks and mortar; marketing; beauty

01 Dec 2018
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Research Is the Foundation

scholars alike. She notes, “It’s the kind of far-reaching influence only HBS can enable.” “I had an ambitious research agenda. Companies now span more languages, geographies, and cultures than ever, requiring workers to communicate... View Details

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Alice Yang

laughed when I told them I applied!” But Alice believes it’s the right combination for her. “The Kennedy School has some of the world’s leading thinkers on development policy, while the HBS case method really hones our ability to listen, to View Details

01 Oct 1998
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New Releases

for opportunities to explore as well as reacting to problems to be solved. Says Raiffa, "Smart Choices is based on the premise that quality decision-making is a fundamental and valuable life skill that can shape and influence in a... View Details

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Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog

communities? What types of value do they provide? How can brand communities be crowdsourced to help build brands? How are brand communities valuable to and dangerous for brands? How are they best managed? What is the role of influencer... View Details

01 Jun 2001
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Character Studies: The Class of 2001 Graduates

year’s 844 graduates appear destined to influence the world of business — and the world at large — as they make their mark in the decades ahead. From this group, the Bulletin had the difficult task of selecting six individuals to... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2004
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Big Brothers

Cincinnati police lieutenant, and West, president and CEO of Hospice of Cincinnati, remain BBBS supporters; both spoke at BBBS’s national convention last spring. “Big and little have become big and big,” West said. “Tony has accomplished so much and has become such a... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

2008
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Learning in Environmental Policymaking and Implementation

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

This paper explores how "learning" occurs in the context of environmental policy formulation and implementation. Rather than viewing policy learning as a rational and technocratic process, the emphasis here is on the political and institutional contexts within which... View Details

Keywords: Learning; Corporate Accountability; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Natural Environment; Power and Influence; South Africa; Brazil

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01 Mar 2007
News

Ideas That Stick

CHIP AND DAN HEATH: What makes messages memorable? Photo COURTESY THE HEATH FAMILY Everyone “knows” that strangers have tampered with children’s candy on Halloween. But actual examples of this are hard to come by. It is, however, an idea that sticks, as Dan Heath (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

03 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 3

in bringing their products to market, yet we know very little about the kinds of strategies they can employ to influence regulatory actor decision making. In this paper, we highlight a firm's strategic use of symbolic signaling in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and the Center for Gender in Organizations at Simmons School of Management (Boston). She is also a Visiting Scholar with the Harvard Business School Leadership Initiative, researching the influence of... View Details

March 2019
Technical Note

Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both—Lessons from Retail & Service Chains (Abridged)

By: Tatiana Sandino

This note explains how several retail and service organizations use a practice described here as “structured empowerment” to balance control and flexibility as they grow. I define structured empowerment as a practice that grants employees both (a) the power to make... View Details

Keywords: Service Operations; Standards; Employees; Service Delivery; Decision Making; Power and Influence; Retail Industry; Service Industry

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Howard E. Cox | Baker Library

extricate the United States from the war in Vietnam, Howard realized his ability to influence decisions within such a large organization was limited. He wanted instead to “build small organizations into larger ones,” so after finishing... View Details

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HBX Sustainable Business Strategy

Learn how to become a purpose-centered business leader while examining the critical role that businesses play in solving the world's big problems, including climate change, income inequality, and social injustice. Program Dates: September 26, 2018 - October 17, 2018. View Details

18 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 18

Hall, Matthew, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo Abstract—This paper, based on a five-year longitudinal study at two UK-based banks, documents and analyzes the practices used by risk managers as they aim to gather and establish influence in... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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