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- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
HBS alumni have been actively engaged in responding to the racial and social injustice in their communities and around the world. Read their various efforts below: OCTOBER 20 In their new book A Blessing: Women of Color Teaming Up to... View Details
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
overview of business history research worldwide aimed at both researchers and practitioners, addressing challenging issues such as globalization, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, technology and innovation, and economic theory and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
videoconference hookup. Recalls Baumhart, "We were encouraged to leverage what we were learning from classmates, from guest experts, and from other MBA courses. I also made numerous contacts with individuals who share my interests in nonprofit work and in View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
it could replace the electrode in the millions of lithium-ion batteries currently in production. The management team needed to decide whether to pursue the breakthrough self-assembly technology or move resources to commercialize the new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
information junkie, but I did generally know every answer to every nit-picking question that the higher-ups threw at me (e.g., the cost of capital at Playboy was 10 percent). I even developed a working knowledge of things as abstruse as the View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
levers differently, which partly explains the variation in Walmart's performance throughout the years. Under Sam Walton, the company's performance improved due mainly to the adoption of new technologies as well as low prices obtained from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
push both proprietary and shared platforms toward hybrid governance models characterized by centralized control over platform technology (i.e., closed sponsorship) and shared responsibility for serving users (i.e., an open provider role).... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
pursue her passion in technology and risk not seeing her family for a long time; or visit her family in Canada or the U.K., and risk losing her livelihood. The question she posed: Would I be willing to sign the ‘no-to-immigration-ban’... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
must evaluate what is and what isn't working. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/913521-PDF-ENG Foro Energy (A) Joseph B. Lassiter, William A. Sahlman, and James McQuadeHarvard Business School Case 812-136 Foro Energy developed proprietary and patent-pending... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
desirable, if their message needs reinforcement, and if they are opting for the technology they want others to use. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49666 October 2015 Harvard Business Review How Smart,... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
Enterprise Community Partners must determine whether to rebuild the Lafitte housing projects in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans and, if so, how to mitigate the risks. Set in January 2007, more than a year after Hurricane Katrina made... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
around the world. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Advanced-Leadership-Pathw/an/313116-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 615-702 Havas: Change Faster As of 2013, Havas was the sixth largest global advertising, digital, and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
contest? Game night? Show-and-tell of each team member’s favorite piece of art or travel souvenir? These might even be ways for team members to show new skills or facets of their personality. Zoom fatigue is real. Not all bonding has to be in the moment. Take advantage... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
contest? Game night? Show-and-tell of each team member’s favorite piece of art or travel souvenir? These might even be ways for team members to show new skills or facets of their personality. Zoom fatigue is real. Not all bonding has to be in the moment. Take advantage... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
communities in the United States and the world are experiencing very different realities as the year draws to a close. While you might have an idea you believe in, I would err on the side of humility and test if and where your ideas might... View Details
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
research to help address. EPA senior attorney-advisor Jon Silberman says he attended with potential research questions related to the agency’s Next Generation Compliance initiative, which aims to take advantage of new tools and approaches, such as advanced emissions... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
new community was faced with how best to construct the vertical and attract a sufficiently large audience. While the model seemed highly scalable because each vertical used the same core technology, every sector had its unique features.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
venture-backed start-ups. (See sidebar, page 28.) Their concern extends beyond clients to the overall health of the U.S. economy. While the venture-capital community itself is small, numbering several thousand professionals... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
includes laughter, music, eating well, and finding joy at any age; the role of caregivers and their critical impact on extending your lifespan; how your environment and demographics affect aging, and how to adopt new technologies and... View Details
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
models and evaluating their efficacy in standalone fashion—just as engineers test new technologies or products. However, the success or failure of a company's business model depends largely on how it interacts with those of the other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne