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- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
agriculture, and Lydia had a background in the food industry. “It seemed a good match,” he says. “And if you do it right, harvesting maple sap is a totally sustainable agricultural practice.” Good Timing and Good Chemistry Doing it right... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 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
- 07 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club
coming out that night. I had never met another bisexual person, and I’m not even sure I fully realized that was the right word for myself until then. But just knowing that there was someone else like me, someone else who understood, was... View Details
- Web
Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education
company's senior investment officer and was elected to its board of directors in 1936. Edwin Bush Jourdain Jr. HBS 1921–1924 New Bedford, MA Harvard College, 1921 The son of a member of the Niagara Movement, a civil rights organization... View Details
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
and beliefs." Respondents raised several interesting questions. In referring to author Barbara Kellerman's typology of followers (isolates, bystanders, participants, activists, and diehards), Kim Allen questioned whether we hire for the View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Richard Pechter: Learning New Lessons
taught so little,” he observes. “I’m the big beneficiary right now. There are 2.1 million teachers out there, and they all could probably teach math better than I can. I’m selfish — I really want to do this for me.” Most of his DLJ... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
market need.” There were differences in how companies handled their founding stories, though. Virtually any startup goes through one or several iterations before hitting on the right product and the right... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Innovation Increasingly Benefits from Government Research
Blanding is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: Bruce yuanyue Bi / Alamy Stock Photo] Related Reading Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation? For Better Ideas, Bring the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
the players he developed—Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes—became true standouts in their generation, providing the club with a strong base on which to build. Managing this process well over a long period unavoidably involves cutting older players... View Details
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
in Medoff’s path to leading Arosa and living out the mission he is dedicated to. The support of professors Jim Sharpe, Royce Yudkoff, and Rick Rubeck aided in Medoff in his search for the right company while in graduate school. Six years... View Details
- Blog
Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season
Street to people-watch on a warm summer evening. Spend an afternoon on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Take advantage of food trucks, fountains, beer and wine gardens, and an oasis of organically maintained plantings—running right through the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
or internal to the organization. However, the path to greater latitude on the job is not short. It involves, as Pradipta Saha commented, "Selecting the right entry-level employee ." We have found, for example, that high... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
to nurture talent is legendary. Just about anybody who is anybody in jazz can trace some lineage back to "Miles University." Finally, the process that led to Kind of Blue is an example of pushing boundaries and taking experimentation View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
local news ecosystems. With that intelligence, we will be working in the next 18 months in a handful of states where we have a couple of keystone-publisher opportunities and the right mix of funders and stakeholders at the table. We’re... View Details
- 23 May 2024
- News
HBS After October 7
On Friday, May 17, 2024, Dean Srikant Datar, HBS Alumni Board President Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997), and members of the School’s leadership held an online forum for alumni to learn more about the School’s activities and actions since October 7, 2023. Stavropoulos... View Details
- Portrait Project
Phil Black
compassionate family is no small accomplishment. HBS's mission is to train business leaders who "contribute to society's well-being," but mine will start at home, where Accounting, Negotiations, Leadership, and Investment Management also come into play. I'd... View Details
- Profile
Brandon Tieu
HubSpot's impending decision of whether to focus on selling to larger enterprise customers or small-medium businesses. The former CEO came to class and explained their rationale to focus on larger customers. However, what struck me most was his candid acknowledgement... View Details
- Web
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It with Ann E. Tenbrunsel (Princeton University Press, 2011). Deepak Malhotra : Chosen by students in both 2011 and 2012 to give the Harvard Business School "Best of EC Year" speech to... View Details
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HBS OnBoard | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
board service right for you? How do you find a nonprofit board that is a good fit for your values, interests, and skills? HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Director Amelia Angella guides you through the fundamentals of nonprofit board... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
instead begins to cherry-pick. The suppliers' costs, meanwhile, just go up. While the customer is getting more value, only one party—the distributor—is actually working at the relationship. "But if you do things the right way, then... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace