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Capitalism and the State (CATS) - Course Catalog
journalistic essays, videos, and podcasts. The reading load is relatively heavy (particularly for the first several sessions of the course), and students should be prepared to engage in conversations that are both philosophical and... View Details
- Portrait Project
Danna Wei
What does a dumpling look like? My very first attempt at making one resulted in a rather deformed, half-folded piece of dough. And it only took a few seconds of my imposter-of-a-dumpling oozing all over its neighbors before my mother... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year
workplace. 6. Resolve to Embrace the Right TrendsA competitor is using TikTok to attract new candidates, does that mean you should too? Maybe, and maybe not.It’s important to stay up to date on industry trends and best practices in View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 17 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Coming Home to HBS
invited me to attend his class, when he taught “our” case for the first time this past February. His guest was the Microsoft EVP who was the case protagonist. That day I had to remind myself a few times that I was not daydreaming. HBS... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
directors, and demonstrate a relationship of equals based on trust.” The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins (Harvard Business School Press) So you’re taking charge of a new organization. Congratulations. Now, get busy. You’ve got just... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
Since the 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard system has cut a path in business as a more rigorous way to measure performance by quantifying what had been considered intangible assets, such as human capital, information, and culture. The system... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Bad Data, Bad Results: When AI Struggles to Create Staff Schedules | Working Knowledge
AI-generated work schedules for thousands of employees at large retail chains found that incorrect data—variables like when and how much an employee can work, and on what tasks—led to faulty plans. The Harvard Business School study is among the View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
there was a horrible blizzard the weekend of Valentine's Day. For the first time, FedEx closed due to the storm and would not be able to deliver our flowers. In the flower business, you are given credit for making a marriage work, and... View Details
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Jonathan Evans
From the time Jonathan Evans got his first computer in middle school – an IBM Aptiva complete with a DVD encyclopedia, featuring actor Patrick Stewart in the introductory video – he was hooked on technology. Years later, after graduating... View Details
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Paul Gomopoulos
A martial arts instructor told me once that at first a punch is just a punch. Then, as you learn the art and the complexities, a punch becomes more than a punch. But, once you eventually master the art, you get View Details
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Mike Contillo
Rogers had a saying: “There are three ways to ultimate success:The first way is to be kind.The second way is to be kind.The third way is to be kind.” A decade later, my grandfather was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
humanity discovered how to use fire,” says Enriquez’s colleague, HBS associate professor Jonathan West. West, who had been researching the semiconductor industry for some ten years, came to the life sciences field rather recently.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
about," he notes. A proud father of three, Cook now serves as Intuit's chairman of the executive committee of the board, having handed over the role of CEO in 1994 "to someone who is actually good at it," he says with a laugh. First job... View Details
- 02 May 2023
- Blog Post
From Harvard Business School to Spotify: Four Lessons in My Journey to Land My Dream Job
full-time Product Manager to accelerate my growth as a product leader. These experiences ultimately helped me be a strong candidate for Spotify when the right opportunity arose. This piece first appeared on... View Details
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
management ploy that could only create a net long-term loss for the company, measured in part by its broken trust with its customers? In my book, the first group exhibited “renter” behaviors. The second group, on the other hand, were... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
industry is hard,” she says. “You need tons of money to get started. Almost all restaurants go broke after the first year. And very few people get beyond one or two locations.” Azuero was intrigued, yet it wasn’t until the pair met for... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
first annual Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership to IBM CEO Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (MBA '65) and Levi Strauss CEO Robert D. Haas (MBA '68). The two chief executives received the newly established award on behalf of their companies'... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
LEVITT The details differ slightly, but the story, in its telling, is always the same. Ninety or so MBA students sit nervously awaiting the start of their first Marketing class. At the appointed time — not a minute more or less — a slight... View Details
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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog
frameworks. Early sessions will introduce models about the key jobs of the general manager, who must integrate the marketing, product development, operations, strategic planning, financial, and human dimensions of the enterprise. We will... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- What Do You Think?
Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?
do not have the time for that." As you said, good judgment in thinking fast or slow is an important characteristic of outstanding leadership. Can it be taught or does it have to be acquired over time? How do leaders learn how to think slow at the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett