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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
(AMS), an international business and IT consulting firm. "The impact the professors were having on my sectionmates and me made a deep impression." Wasserman recalled that one of the most enjoyable aspects of his work life had been helping... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
recognized tattoo-removal program, free to gang members, here at the QueensCare Clinic in East Los Angeles. A six-year veteran of the police force in El Monte, a heavily Hispanic, working-class city of 120,000 at LA’s eastern edge, Timken also knows something about... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
year to the second. The segment now has a dedicated trade association and big expectations to meet: Global Market Insights predicts the sector will reach $30 billion by 2025. Mariah Wood (left) and Vanessa Royle (Courtesy Tilden... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
expectations and measurement. Donald Regan: he wasn't the most popular guy at Merrill Lynch, but he assembled something that hasn't been duplicated.” Best business advice ever received: “Buy low, sell high. Sounds simple, but it's... View Details
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
chronicles the brand's origins, life experiences, and evolution over time in a selectively constructed story." Keinan recently participated in an e-mail interview about the research and its importance for marketing strategies. Martha... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution
widespread acceptance would prove a bane for incumbent U.S. tire makers. Radials' longer life would decrease unit demand in the profitable replacement market, providing an opening for foreign producers and smaller players like B.F.... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
life transitions—a new job, a sick parent, a partner’s layoff, or a return to work after a maternity leave, Whillans says. “Most employees will go about their day-to-day lives and be fine most of the time,” Whillans says. “But when we... View Details
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
drama' (of which everyone seems to have plenty), it's not worth it." One way around this can be to treat an investment from a friend or relative as a gift rather than an investment; that is, with no particular expectation of being... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
successfully market an innovative product? The idea that we rail against in class is that product development just throws a new product over the wall to marketing and expects them to go sell it. For the last 50 years, innovation theorist... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
Danaher, a conglomerate with brands in diagnostics, life sciences, and environmental and applied solutions. "Stars practice, and they keep practicing long after they become stars." Toyota employs a system known as the Toyota Production... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019
share their interests, their admissions fears, and their goals in our Class of 2020 student profiles. Read More>>> What to Expect from Your First Week at HBS By the time classes started, and before we even knew which sections we... View Details
- 14 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021
story that involves me awkwardly introducing myself on a dance floor in DC. Perhaps, Daniel is saving me from embarrassment. Little did I know in that moment my life would change forever.Daniel was a junior at Harvard College, and I had... View Details
- 10 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Working with Professors at HBS
once in a life opportunity of being taught by so many accomplished professors. Don’t think only those professors who focus on your industry are the only ones with whom to connect. For example, my finance professor, Carl Kester, was... View Details
- 30 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Unexpected Conversations at HBS
One of the things that I enjoyed most about HBS was the number of unexpected conversations that happened almost every day with my classmates. Each one of these conversations made me think a little differently about an issue or introduced me to a new perspective or new... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
U.S. couple of decades ago, would only broadly cover three categories. My life journey over the past 23 years has highlighted how different I was in every scenario I found myself. From the time I realized I was gay (weird, not normal,... View Details
- Profile
Cristiana Torres
Cristiana Torres' great-grandfather built a textile mill in Barcelos, Portugal, a family business that her father ran, her brother worked for, and Cristiana was expected to join. Midway through her undergraduate years, however, the... View Details
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
created by customers and clients and their increasing expectations that we be available day and night. Even more can be laid at the feet of leadership. But ultimately the primary culprit is us. That's my sense of the comments concerning... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
the life I want, not the life that society deems successful. Since then, my goal has been to inspire and empower more Japanese people to maximize their potential in a global context. How has your Asian... View Details
- 03 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
The HBS Show Must Go On
not expect to have the opportunity to continue my passion for the performing arts when I arrived at HBS. However, time and time again, I have been proven wrong. There are multiple performing organizations and opportunities on campus,... View Details
- 10 Aug 2021
- News
Moving Education Within Reach
few years after his diagnosis,” Scheel says. For Carty, what stands out in Ramalingam’s story is the fact he made a difference in the world without any expectation of recognition, in keeping with his humble approach to life. “Mohan’s... View Details