Priming - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jan 2017
News

Sir David Clementi Named BBC Chairman

for TV licences for over-75s. In news, the BBC has to innovate to meet the digital demands of a new generation of consumers. And in entertainment, where it has long been used to being the biggest beast in the jungle, there are new predators such as Netflix and Amazon... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

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Nim Ravid | MBA

the intersection of technology and business: I discovered my passion for healthcare innovation during Covid while serving as the Spokesperson of a Committee appointed by Israel’s Prime Minister to slow the spread of variants. Since then,... View Details

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Politics and War - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

the suspension of gold payments by the Bank of England. Prime minister William Pitt was forced to implement the issue of paper money when the Bank announced a gold shortage, due to loans it had made to finance the war with France. Rumors... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

One Student’s HBS Journey

interests choral conducting, prime numbers, carpentry, writing, and yoga. She spent the January Term backpacking around Africa by herself before joining the HBS Outdoors Club to scale Mt. Kilimanjaro. In a regular Harbus column, titled... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

06 Mar 2023
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Dean Announces 2023 Alumni Achievement Award Honorees

(GMP 18, 2015) CEO and President, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Depelsha Thomas McGruder (MBA 1998) COO and Treasurer, Ford Foundation Founder, Moms of Black Boys United Raymond J. McGuire (JD/MBA 1984) Former Vice Chairman, Citigroup Antonis C. Samaras (MBA 1976) Member,... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Innovation as P&G’s Key

Charan (MBA ’65, DBA ’67) team up to show how P&G has reconnected with customers and primed a sustainable innovation engine. Charan contributes cases and lessons from companies he has worked with, including IDEO, Nokia, Shimano,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

The really good news, I think, is that opinion leaders in Japan have been persuaded by the book. I was invited to personally give a copy to the prime minister. We are hoping that the book becomes the basis for—and becomes an important... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

21 Sep 2015
News

Helping Japan Build a Strong Economic Future

Partnership (TPP) with the United States, Singapore, Australia, Chile, and seven other countries. “Strong political sensitivities over comprehensive tariff elimination—a TPP negotiating principle—made Japan’s participation extremely divisive,” notes Munakata. She... View Details

Portrait Project

Matt Segneri

got a new prime suspect. And I'm staying in hot pursuit. One thing's for certain: though I haven't cracked the case, I'm thrilled to be working it. There's so much good detective work left to do — in the world and the world within. View Details

03 Feb 2023
News

Immersive Field Courses Take the Classroom on the Road

students heard from President Nana Akufo-Addo, who discussed the challenge their country faces creating future opportunities for the younger generation. Read more. London In Entrepreneurship in the UK and Europe, with Professors Greg Marsh and Jeffrey Rayport, students... View Details

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Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills - Course Catalog

mindsets, MCAS aims to differentiate students from the pack and prime them for impact from Day 1. This course addresses a growing demand within both HBS and the consulting firms many HBS students join after graduation. It was created by... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Joel Bines

offered by his parents, who, he says, "taught me the value of extending myself and working hard." Bines's forays into the unfamiliar began just after his graduation from Bates College. After serving as a student intern for the Manhattan-based public relations firm Nike... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

24 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

Sadiq Khan. The political realities will quickly become clear. Look for Boris Johnson or Michael Gove to become the new British prime minister within 60 days. There is no point in David Cameron hanging around until October. He blew... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

24 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 24

PublicationsiPhones for Friends, Refrigerators for Family: How Products Prime Social Networks Authors:Lalin Anik and Michael I. Norton Publication:Social Influence (forthcoming). Abstract We show that View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2005
News

Time to Trek

homes of HBS students, and met with numerous business leaders and politicians, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “Treks really open up the field for students and expose them to industries and jobs in locations that aren’t typically... View Details

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

19 Sep 2019
News

Predicting Human Behaviors

“Self-driving cars today know what they are seeing and how fast the object is moving, but they aren’t good at predicting what a human will do next,” explains Misra. “We want to help machines understand humans.” For Perceptive Automata, the road to CES (where the... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2005
News

Job Interviews

important; the rest of the meeting often serves to confirm an initial judgment made very early on.” That confirmation process frequently begins with an open-ended question such as, “Tell me about yourself,” which Butler views as a prime... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Apr 2020
News

Launching in a World in Limbo

the context. With potential customers largely confined to their homes, it will now go up against established platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video that can be watched on any screen, including the living room TV. Quibi works only... View Details

01 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718039 Harvard Business School Case 517-064 Note on the Impact of Millennials on the Food System In 2016, the millennial generation (those age 19 to 35 in 2016), the largest generation by population in the U.S., was entering its... View Details