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- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
As elegantly described by HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen in his 1997 bestseller, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, so-called disruptive technologies are upstart innovations that manage to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
countries closed their borders. Diagne’s first task was to work closely with the ministry’s leadership team in crafting an economic response to the pandemic. Worldwide, crisis management involved very similar challenges—layoffs and... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Marketable Skill
four hundred purveyors of the market's assorted handmade crafts, antiques, second-hand clothing, artwork, fresh produce, and exotica. Of these many merchants who set up shop - weather permitting - each weekend morning on the blacktopped... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
The educational power of video games and simulations to teach everyone from fighter pilots to senior managers is well documented. Games, after all, are fun. Our competitive instinct kicks in, and before we know it we’ve lost an hour to... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
not only result in the unfair treatment of non-shareholder constituencies but can even end up hurting the shareholders in the long run. When we call on managers and directors to check their personal ethics... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 12 Feb 2019
- News
A View of the Valley
Photo via Wired, courtesy of Kathy Wang Photo via Wired, courtesy of Kathy Wang When Kathy Wang (MBA 2011) sat down to write her first work of fiction, after years of working as a product manager at big tech companies, the California... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Off Script
according to one study—and the limited lifespan of patent rights. What can the pharmaceutical industry and government regulators do to improve conditions? We put your queries to Fred Hassan (MBA 1972), a managing director at Warburg... View Details
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
operational innovation to manage the tradeoff between cost and quality. It's an issue you find in every business, whether you're a chef or an executive at Mercedes or BMW or Apple." In November, Oldani visited Pisano's second-year... View Details
- 01 Apr 2024
- News
Generosity Multiplied
There’s little doubt that James Reed (MBA 1990) loves his job. After all, he’s the chairman and CEO of Reed, the United Kingdom’s first and largest jobs website, and he takes the company’s slogan—“Love Mondays”—to heart. Even so, he admits he has a side hustle. When... View Details
- 06 Jan 2003
- What Do You Think?
China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?
Summing Up Those with firsthand experience suggest, in response to this month's column, that few CEOs with a reason to be there can forego investment in China. However, there is a reason why involvement today is most likely to be as a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 May 2016
- News
Food Rescue Is on a Mission
Lawrence University professor at HBS, for the idea that an enterprise can create value that can serve a social cause as well as a business purpose. Porter’s strategy framework was but one memorable lesson that informed an empowering three years of study in the... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 20 May 2016
- News
The Most Creative People in Business 2016
speed” Chris Young (MBA 2003) Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intel Security Group “For expanding Intel's arsenal” Jill Szuchmacher (MBA 2006) Director of expansion for Google Fiber “For shaking View Details
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In The Community | About
scholarships for staff from local organizations $ 884 k in funding for the Summer Fellows program , supporting 202 local partners $ 23 k introductory business education scholarships to local students through HBS Online and Summer Venture in View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue
River. The people were watching a German shepherd dog out in the water, in a hole in the ice, struggling to get some traction to get up onto solid ice. Fred and I continued on our way to I cannot recall where, and when we returned it was... View Details
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
Beyond How to Manage Coronavirus Layoffs with Compassion (Harvard Business Review) Organizational Responses to COVID-19 and Climate Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson (Environmental Insights) COVID-19 Business Impact Center... View Details
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
Summing Up Are there too many "hostages" in the work force? Before turning to responses to this month's column, let me note that this marks the tenth anniversary of "What Do You Think?" I want to thank all of you for... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
During COVID-19 and Beyond. Closures of schools and other learning spaces have had an impact on 94 percent of the world’s student population; for low and lower-middle income countries, the impact has been up to 99 percent. As a result,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
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Rebecca Feickert Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
What Makes Israel Tick?
Israel is a paradox. It’s small, lacking in natural resources, preoccupied with security, and highly diverse. Yet it generates an outsized number of start-ups, attracts huge sums of venture capital, lures corporations to set up research... View Details
- 01 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation
become more and more of a relevant problem over the past eight years or so.” US politics are heating up ahead of the November presidential election as voters evaluate candidates Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J.... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald