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Arvind Chandrababu

with education. Have the last two years change your perspectives on business leadership? A lot. There’s no one type of leader. Being an effective leader comes from within, it comes from being authentic—knowing your values and staying true... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Nonprofit / Government

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

more about them and to understand and have confidence in what they do. So I would like to make a modest proposal that each board of directors sets up an evaluation process for the CEO that does three things: it articulates the values and... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

include as legitimate entries on balance sheets (other than as grossly misnamed ‘goodwill’).” We all know what happened. The promise of significantly greater productivity and growth through technology was not realized. Market-to-book View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

companies batten down the hatches, we need leaders who don't compromise on standards and values that are essential in flush times. Fortunately, such leaders do exist. Their insights can help other... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters - Recruiting

open about these things as early as possible. Your transparency will make it clear that you’re honest and forthcoming while also managing candidates’ expectations. Draw students in by profiling your experience at your company One of the... View Details

28 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 28

principles, and skills of three of the most successful and influential figures in business-Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs-offering lessons for all managers and entrepreneurs on leadership, strategy, and execution. In less than a decade, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Student-Profile

Byungyeon Kim

Byungyeon Kim’s (he/him) first job was with POSCO, a steel-making company in his native South Korea. While the role promised security and advancement, he couldn’t shake the sense that there were bigger questions he’d like to investigate.... View Details

30 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?

companies are actually taking action, and in general it tends to lead to better value for consumers," Sheen says. "I think it confirms a lot of the positive reasons View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

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About Us | Information Technology

hundreds of locations across five continents, partnering with faculty to produce media-rich case studies on companies and organizations including NASA, Chobani, Zappos, IDEO, Bridgewater Associates, Coca Cola, Siemens, Jazz at Lincoln... View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

Aguirre, president of P&G's global feminine care division. Most companies believe that in times of crisis you have to drop your costs. That typically leads to erosion of consumer value because you... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

01 Apr 2002
News

Dot Vertigo

In Dot Vertigo: Doing Business in a Permeable World, HBS professor Richard Nolan shows how the next shift in Internet technology - the I-Net - is helping both bricks-and-mortar and first-generation Web companies stave off the competition... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

21 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Leveraging Academic Opportunities to Attain My Post-HBS Job

company I was considering joining after school. Enter Plaid. Plaid is a startup that enables businesses to access their users’ financial information by streamlining the connection to their users’ bank accounts. This service is not only... View Details

27 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

think the technical SEAS programming would have been a value add to your MBA? "I think the technical programming would have added huge value. Many of the methods in data science and machine learning that I'm applying in my work had... View Details

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

best ad in the world won't make a dent if its message and the cultural moment are not aligned. One of Holt's inspirations was to juxtapose how brands maintain cultural value in the face of cultural disruptions with research that examines... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Jan 2016
First Look

January 26, 2016

challenge. Who was the company competing against and how could it carve out a unique value proposition that would appeal to travelers and be differentiated from what was offered by other hospitality options?... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Professors Introduce Valuation Software

In an age when mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs are increasingly common in business, you need a new skill in your kit bag: the ability to analyze and value potential partners, deals, investments—even your own company. The Business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

implications of these relationships for start-up innovation and performance. Value creation in such relationships occurs when assets are exchanged by the parties involved: collaboration allows for passive knowledge flows and active... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Apr 2016
First Look

April 5, 2016

2016 Harvard Business Review Press HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company By: Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff Abstract—Find, acquire, and run your own business. Are you looking for an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

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Teaching Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

School Case 112-085 Robert S. Kaplan, Mary L. Witkowski, and Jessica A. Hohman The case illustrates how a leading German hospital group has invested deeply in the measurement of patient-level outcomes and costs, the foundations of a health care View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade

that could cost a company several months of time, hundreds of millions of dollars, or both. Later, working as a product manager for a robotics and automation startup after HBS, McLemore realized that the problem wasn’t unique to the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

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