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- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
Working Papers Using By-Product Synergy for Competitive Advantage Author: Deishin Lee Abstract We study how a manufacturer can leverage by-product synergy for competitive advantage. By focusing on the economic impact to the firm and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
enterprise and philanthropy. This year’s recipients exemplify the award’s ideals and purpose to a remarkable degree. In light of the breadth and depth of their impressive careers, it is sometimes easy to overlook the fact that Alumni Achievement Award honorees have a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
a Ph.D. (1968) in economics, finance, and accounting from the University of Chicago. Alvin J. Silk Alvin Silk, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, is an expert on marketing. His recent research covers the economics of the advertising... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations
business. HBS now supports re-search offices in Silicon Valley, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris, and Mumbai, and the School produces about seventy international cases and research projects each year. Working in international... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
a direct test proves otherwise. Women appear to positively select into negotiations and to know when to ask. By contrast, we find no significant evidence of such a positive selection for men. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 02 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs
working paper, "Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship". The news that successful experience, or performance persistence, pays off may not be news at all. But HBS researchers were surprised at just how much it does help. Successful... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
the most popular worldwide choice for getting around—even for the short, solo trips that make up most of driving life in dense cities and sprawling suburbs. Swapping in smaller, energy-efficient electric vehicles, like bicycles and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
What You Know Depends on Where You Go
grow up just like ‘ours.' This approach has led to many failures,” says Arnold. Indeed, research by Arnold and Quelch has found that emerging markets tend to develop and grow quite differently, sometimes with a tighter product life cycle,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
communities alongside First Nations and had a deep appreciation for the natural world. Everyone he knew would feel the impact of this. He was in the midst of a spiritual conversion, too, having become a Christian in 1997, and was increasingly focused on how he could... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
Oxford University Press, 2012 Abstract The concept of insurance was introduced to China in the early nineteenth century by Westerners trading in Guangzhou and practised essentially among them. We argue that indigenization of insurance, in particular View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
Allawi Illustration by Jack Unruh After spending much of his adult life in opposition to Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime, London-based businessman Ali Allawi (MBA ’71) couldn’t say no to an old friend who called to offer him a... View Details
- 02 Mar 2017
- News
Such Great Heights
mountaineering. How long have you been a climber? Tom Vogl: I've been a climber most of my life actually. I started climbing when I was in high school and have continued really through my adult life. And I'm increasingly as I have spent... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
Hicks. CP+B is known for work that challenges the definition of traditional advertising (such as its 2004 Subservient Chicken Web site, created for Burger King). The agency has also garnered its share of attention through numerous... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
products, from venture capital to financial services firms, from manufacturing to services, HBS graduates were helping to create, revolutionize, and reinvent industries. Indeed, life without the host of products and services created by... View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell host of Skydeck. When I was in high school, I worked as a dishwasher at a steakhouse chain in upstate New York. It was not glamorous work. I would clock out covered in a... View Details
- 17 Nov 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?
reported that 18-39 year-olds were more optimistic than people 40-64, and far more than people 65 and older.2 For reasons we don't fully understand but can appreciate, life experience turns some people into pessimists. By the way, the... View Details
- 18 Mar 2021
- News
Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition
sales/finance leader, and inspirational change agent who works at Red Hat/IBM. He was the first blind executive to graduate from Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development and has been featured with NBC, Forbes, the... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
distributor, to fund large-scale battery storage and solar power in New York City as it works to reduce fossil-fuel pollution, upgrade aging infrastructure and systems, and move its electric grid to between 70 percent and 80 percent... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
humility, for humanity as the human dimensions that bring to life our mission of “ educating leaders who make a difference in the world. ” “ Educating leaders ” requires humility : we cannot educate unless you have a learning mindset, and... View Details