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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
lot of hard work, it gradually turned into a department store," Barron explains. "He treated people fairly and was well-respected. I think I gained a more positive view of business than others in my generation because I saw how a small... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
strokes" to quickly mobilize the organization, with initiating a "long march" that changes systems and habits. Leaders must start by building credibility and confidence in the organization through small wins. This can occur by fixing the work environment... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Creativity Maze
wished. Creative people are rarely superstars like Michael Jordan. Indeed, most of the creative work done in the business world today gets done by people whose names will never be recorded in history books.... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa Amabile
- Profile
Olujimi Williams
different continents, in addition to classes and seminars, “I got financial training plus managerial experience,” Olujimi says. “The global experience gave me a chance to explore many international settings in a short space of time. I learned how to work with View Details
- 04 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Presenting…an Alternative to Company Presentations: Evercore Grabs Attention with Interactive Events
regulatory dynamics.” The deal was announced in May 2018 and is expected to close in the first half of 2019 with a transaction value of roughly $79 billion. Walker and Joseph assembled an Evercore team including Senior Managing Director,... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
For more than twenty years, Terry Stewart's work has placed him at the middle of some of the world's most contentious border disputes - the trade and legal battles that erupt when countries engage in practices such as dumping or restricting access to their internal... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Nourishing the Next Generation
When Lesley Kohn (MBA 1992) left her position as a management consultant in the tech sector in 2005 to launch Chefables, there weren’t a lot of people talking about improving school food, especially at the... View Details
- 16 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future
What were you doing prior to HBS? What made you decide to go to HBS? Before HBS, I worked at Tesla as a design engineer and project manager. I had the opportunity to work on groundbreaking products alongside some of the smartest and most resilient View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
predictor of events, but the power and sometimes outrageous language used by Levitt changed the nature of debate on the issue, and created new perspectives for managers to consider as they approach world markets. Levitt's key insight... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job
One of the most essential roles of the general manager is to be the person who can move an organization forward through the most tangled of circumstances, says Professor Amy Edmondson, “where there is uncertainty, different points of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
Your research explores entrepreneurship and the social safety net. What is the connection between those two things? I look at whether stronger social safety net benefits make it more likely for people to start a business. For instance,... View Details
Keywords: April White; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Spangler Center Opens to Rave Reviews
experience here even more effective and more powerful,” Dean Kim B. Clark observed at the dedication. “We are enormously grateful to the Spanglers.” For his part, Spangler thanked the thousands of people who had worked on the building in... View Details
- 27 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie
Faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Lucerne; Roland Rüppell, of Simon-Kucher & Partners; and John, of Harvard. What could possibly go wrong? To better understand how temporary sharing affects whether and what... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
not only changed how Yoffie designed the course, called Strategy and Technology, but it's also changing how managers in tech-intensive companies are dealing with this issue on the front lines. Yoffie begins the course by exploring the... View Details
- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
management style has left in its wake a long line of unhappy stakeholders: regulators, competitors, drivers, customers, and even some partners. Kanter, who wrote a case study on the company after featuring Uber in a recent book, hopes... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
$16 billion. On a recent trip to the firm’s New York offices, William Fung, executive deputy chairman, took time out to talk about past challenges and the brothers’ unique approach to managing the company. When you and Victor returned to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The World According to MTV
Roedy Photo courtesy MTV Networks International Youth must be served, and few people do it on the scale of 54-year-old Bill Roedy (MBA '79), president of London-based MTV Networks International. According to a Business Week International... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
of a product you know will be controversial? Resolving such dilemmas often requires more than simply following the injunction to "do the right thing," says HBS professor Joseph Badaracco in Defining Moments: When Managers Must Choose... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
them to handle those responsibilities. We have found that people in our operations all around the world -- in Europe, Latin America, India, and China -- respond very positively to this idea. What is Cummins looking for these days in its... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal
Making cities more attractive for people takes pressure off our open spaces.” A cofounder of Urban Partners—a developer of urban infill, mixed-use, and transit-oriented real estate—Rosenfeld has moved between the private and public... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna