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- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Does Spirituality Drive Success?
in the family [is] the most authentic thing I can say about what Wainwright Bank does." According to Ricardo Levy, chairman of Catalytica Energy Systems, executives are trained for action—contemplation... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
Derek T. Ferguson (MBA 1990) could be mistaken for a minister by fellow commuters on the train from Connecticut to Manhattan. Yet his calling is not to the pulpit, but to the midtown headquarters of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group,... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’
rising inequality over the past 40 years. So, in that sense, there's a little bit of good news in our paper from an inequality perspective,” says Wilmers, who focuses on wage and earnings inequality. “It's not that this is a conscious... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 15 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Writing a Case as a Student at HBS
writing, one thing is guaranteed: you will get to know interesting people and become more knowledgeable about a topic of your interest. I can’t think of a better way to have... View Details
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 21 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style
such as the mobile phone and Internet of Things explosions across many fast-growing Asian economies. Beyond academic questions, business analysts could use these... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 21 Nov 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values
of her and her brand, but did not realize the extent to which this company is making an impact and doing so much to protect the environment. And actually, many people don’t even know that Stella McCartney does not use fur and leather in... View Details
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
came to Vertex in 2017, there was a medicine finishing early clinical trials with the potential to serve up to 90 percent of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). In October 2019 that became Trikafta. Now CF patients talk to me about... View Details
- Web
Research - Private Capital Project
, Jeremy C. Stein, Adi Sunderam and Daniel K. Tarullo As revealed by the failures of three regional banks in the spring of 2023, bank runs are not a thing View Details
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
some members of each of the samples that have been studied. But these studies raise as many questions as they answer. Is there, for example, a tendency for some women leaders to excel in such View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle
3.8 to 2.83. That measure of scarcity, says Keinan, may hold the key to why busyness is perceived the new luxury. “When we talk about traditional conspicuous consumption, it’s about consuming scarce and expensive View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
interactions is one of the things that I most love about Harvard Business School. I have found the Dean’s role to involve a lot more interactions with other people, too: alumni and business leaders, fellow... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
across a lifetime of study, he was not a dilettante. He tackled huge issues, and he kept on doing so. In this respect, Chandler was like Lincoln, who, beginning in his 40s, stopped putting things off and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Four Strategies for Making Concessions
on an unsurprising outcome. In this case, a deal at 2.5 percent, the midpoint of the two parties' opening positions, seemed likely to be agreeable to both sides. This time things would be different, he... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi
Al Checchi's record of achievement - particularly his turnaround of Northwest Airlines - is usually attributed to his brilliance and financial acumen. Often overlooked is how family heritage and twists View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 24 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
Transitioning to Product Management at HBS
and the Career and Professional Development office. But if I had to name one thing that really helped in my career transition to product management, both in the internship and the full-time job search process, it’s undoubtedly the people... View Details
- June 2014
- Case
Going Social: Durex in China
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and Aaron Smith
When Reckitt Benckiser (RB), a leading consumer goods company, first entered China, it encountered significant challenges. RB's strategy relied on selling high margin products supported by cost-effective advertising and distribution, but the highly competitive Chinese... View Details
Keywords: Distribution; Multinational Firms and Management; Internet and the Web; Marketing Communications; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; China
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, and Aaron Smith. "Going Social: Durex in China." Harvard Business School Case 714-430, June 2014.
- 21 Aug 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively
design. Deighton discussed how new sources of data starting to be generated by the Internet of Things will impact the advertising-based hegemony... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- Portrait Project
Jamie Gong
Wild daisies. Hidden ice cream. Waves lapping against our little island. These memories of childhood summers with my grandmother remain, even as her own memory fades. Seven years ago, my indomitable grandma¬—a cancer survivor—was... View Details