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David Kang

started businesses has made the idea much more approachable to me." Thinking many steps ahead David's TEM (The Entrepreneurial Manager) class, part of the first year's Required Curriculum, has profoundly influenced the way he thinks... View Details

07 Mar 2019
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Smart Marketing Brings Rapid Growth to Latino Brands

did, one step at a time, is bring together concepts and brands from Mexico and from Latin America, establish them in the marketplace, and work them hard to visually have an influence at a store level. We have been responsible, actually,... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

3-Minute Briefing: Nagisa Manabe (MBA 1991)

Japanese food again. I study Iyengar yoga and own a yoga studio in Kingston, New Jersey. A few hours on the mat is a calming influence in anyone’s day. I also have two puppies. I find that if you spend 20 minutes playing with your dog... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

06 Apr 2017
Blog Post

3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow

involved in social enterprise at HBS, and it has strongly influenced how I’m looking at different post-MBA options. From choices about work-life tradeoffs, to reading habits, to views on what makes a healthy lifestyle, the values of our... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Mar 2015
News

Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed

prospects and declining oil price outlook influence the timing and pace of the Fed interest rate normalization? —Tongurai Limpiti (AMP 181, 2011) One of the best things about serving on the board of directors at a regional Reserve Bank is... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

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MD/MBA | MBA

students in the fall of 2005. The program’s mission is to develop outstanding physician leaders, skilled in both medicine and management, to take positions of influence through which they will contribute substantially to the health and... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right

companies, and others. Given these very different industries and consumption contexts, I was curious to see if there is variation in how people behave in these situations, what explains that variation, and whether sellers could subtly View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jan 2008
News

John Doerr, MBA 1976

ages 11 and 17, Doerr puts family as his top priority. Growing up in a tight-knit middle-class family in St. Louis, John Doerr was influenced by his entrepreneurial father. “My parents worked hard to give all five of their children... View Details

23 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 23

suggests that this model-which tolerates moral complexity-is perhaps one of the few that can adapt and endure over time. Manufacturing Morals is a perceptive must-read for anyone looking for insight into the moral decision making of today's business leaders and those... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2018
News

For the Greater Good

difference I can make in the world. My goal is not to make the most difference or put it on a competitive level or do the most what I can. But I try and be thoughtful and do something at whatever level that could have a positive influence... View Details

Keywords: Finance

04 Apr 2019
News

Promoting Diversity at Sundance and Beyond

add to the texture of a village of creators who have the power to influence a huge global audience,” says Diamond, who is never one, as he puts it, “to just sit back and wait for progress to happen.” Diamond’s career-long engagement in... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Slam Dunk

cultural center for 25 years," influencing youth fashion, lifestyle, and music. These elements will also be a big part of HoopsTV, thus presenting a variety of revenue opportunities. O'Neil has signed on some big names (such as basketball... View Details

08 May 2015
News

A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks

Capital requirements for banks, which govern the ratio of equity to debt, have come under greater scrutiny in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. A central question is how these requirements affect banks’ overall cost of capital, or the minimum return that investors... View Details

14 Oct 2014
News

A man on a mission

“If I’m doing anything to change the world,” says retired NASA administrator Julian Earls (PMD 37, 1979), “it is using any power and influence I have to lift up other people.” He has done that by helping others to further their potential... View Details

June 2023 (Revised November 2024)
Case

Albert Einstein: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

This case traces the rise of Albert Einstein from a small town in Germany to a towering intellectual leader who revolutionized the field of physics. The case describes his early education and his penchant for individual thinking and non-conformity. A committed... View Details

Keywords: Science; Research; Personal Characteristics; Mission and Purpose; Success; Work-Life Balance; Higher Education; Power and Influence

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September 2008
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Adobe Systems: Working Towards a "Suite" Release (A)

By: David A. Thomas and Lauren Barley

The case examines the tools a manager can use to keep her project on track and manage conflict and tension as Adobe prepares to launch Creative Suite 3, the biggest software release in the company's 25-year history. The protagonist, Yvonne Murray, is a group program... View Details

Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Launch; Projects; Groups and Teams; Conflict Management; Power and Influence

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21 Nov 2017
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Rushing Yards

it’s clear that Howard’s earliest influencers were his parents, who grew up the children of sharecroppers yet both graduated from college. That same work ethic and love of education would take Howard to Oxford University as a Rhodes... View Details

25 May 2016
News

A Focus on Sustainability

improving the sustainability of our planet, Ferenbach believes that the best way to make progress in this arena is to work with—not against—business and government. “The vast majority of the economy is private. It is markets that View Details

December 2017
Response

Reply: Do Powerful Politicians Really Cause Corporate Downsizing?

By: Lauren Cohen, Joshua D. Coval and Christopher J. Malloy

While we commend the initiative of Snyder and Welch (2017), we lay out in this short reply why we remain highly confident in our results and our interpretation thereof. We welcome authors to continue to explore the data for themselves and look forward to the new... View Details

Keywords: Spending; Private Sector; Taxation; Interest Rates; Business and Government Relations; Investment; Employment; Power and Influence

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September 2015 (Revised July 2025)
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Ethical Analysis: Situation versus Character

By: Nitin Nohria, Sandra J. Sucher, Joseph Badaracco, Edward H. Chang and Bridget Gurtler

When we think of human behavior, especially from a moral perspective, we often rely on explanations based on character. We think that good decisions and responsible behavior require people with integrity and strong character and that immoral behavior originates within... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Behavior; Personal Characteristics; Power and Influence; Situation or Environment; Values and Beliefs; Social Psychology

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