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10 Jul 2018
Blog Post

Embracing Entrepreneurship & the Asian American Community

have tended to be very open to new and diverse experiences while doubling down on areas that they know they want to pursue. Wilson Kyi graduated from Harvard Business School in... View Details

Cynthia A. Montgomery

Professor Montgomery's research centers on strategy and corporate governance. Of particular interest are the unique roles leaders play in developing and implementing strategy; the means organizations use to create value across multiple lines of business; and issues... View Details

25 Apr 2014
Video

Srikant Datar - Making A Difference

10 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points

Editor's note. Although he doesn't officially hold the title, Howard H. Stevenson is considered the father of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. After all, he invented the definition most in use... View Details

Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson

26 May 2023
Blog Post

Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

shock-absorbing rubber in astronaut helmets. Kate Sweeney has always been fascinated by how space technology can be used to improve people’s lives back on Earth. Sweeney, who is about to complete her M.S./M.B.A., offered jointly by the View Details

28 Apr 2013
News

Womb Trade Relations

13 Jun 2014
News

A businessman's guide to social media

28 Sep 2017
News

Local Bookstores Show How Retailers Can Serve Communities

21 Feb 2018
Video

Three things HBS candidates look for in a summer internship

August 2020 (Revised October 2024)
Case

Digital Marketing at HBS Online

By: Sunil Gupta and Rajiv Lal

In July 2020, the management team of Harvard Business School Online (HBS Online) had to decide how to allocate its marketing budget for fiscal year 2021 between various digital channels and its portfolio of courses. Since its launch in 2014, HBS Online had grown to... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Marketing Channels; Brands and Branding; Business Education; Education Industry; United States; Boston

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16 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters

will come only from a systemic, well-choreographed approach to creating positive change. This insight was clear at a symposium of leaders from business, labor, government, the media, and academia that convened at View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

If a dike or dam has sprung a number of leaks, there are many possible ways to respond. The initial impulse is to assiduously plug one hole after another, hoping that the situation will right itself. Another approach—and often a more sensible one—is to step back,... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

William A. Sahlman

William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

2010
Book

Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice

By: Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana

The study of leadership suffers intellectual neglect and has yet to be considered a serious academic discipline. And though the mission statements of most business schools profess to "develop leaders who make a difference in the world," these same schools produce... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Interdisciplinary Studies; Leadership; Practice; Research; Theory

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Carliss Y. Baldwin is the William L. White Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She studies the process of design and its impact of design architecture on firm strategy, platforms, and business ecosystems. With Kim Clark, she authored... View Details

Keywords: computer; electronics; software

13 Mar 2009
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Porter's Points

01 Dec 2016
Video

The Insights We Need to Educate Leaders

22 Feb 2018
Video

Attract the right talent for your organization

Nancy F. Koehn

Nancy F. Koehn is a historian at the Harvard Business School where she holds the James E. Robison chair of Business Administration. Koehn's research focuses on crisis leadership and how leaders and their teams rise to the challenges of high-stakes situations. Her... View Details

Keywords: beauty products; clothing; consumer products; entertainment; fashion; marketing industry; retailing; health care; advertising; media

17 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers

Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details

Keywords: by Jose Alvarez and Len Schlesinger; Retail

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