Reaching Your Potential - Publications - Faculty & Research

June 2023
Case

Verve Therapeutics: Taking DNA Editing to Heart

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

Verve Therapeutics, a public biotech company based in Boston, created a novel approach to addressing cardiovascular disease (CVD) - a leading cause of deaths globally. The company's approach was a single shot treatment to permanently lower cholesterol, thus reducing... View Details

Keywords: AI; Genetic Engineering; Medicine; Health Care and Treatment; Genetics; Innovation Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Medical Specialties; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Biotechnology Industry

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26 Jan 2024
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Access real-world employment data from HBS alumni with the Career Trends tool

grads to reach the executive level?” And remember, the tool is only as good as the data it utilizes. While you’re checking out Career Trends, please consider adding your own information to the database. Easy... View Details

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Are You a High Potential?

What does it take to be a high potential today? You are expected to be both a value creator and a game changer. Are you preparing yourself to lead? Professor Linda Hill will share imperatives of leadership as well as examine what it takes to build your network and... View Details

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Negotiation

By: Alison Wood Brooks

Negotiation is an Elective Curriculum course for HBS MBA students. Success at work and at home requires the ability to negotiate. Whether you are forging an agreement with your suppliers, trying to ink a deal with potential customers, raising money from investors,... View Details

23 Oct 2014
News

8 Strategies To Find The Perfect Business Partner

30 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date

there’s a third, darker reason. Potential questioners, such as a manager, may not ask because they don’t care about the answers—they may feel apathy or disinterest in what the other person has to say. “This type of apathy is often... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

14 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

The Network Effect: Why Companies Should Care About Employees’ LinkedIn Connections

as a result, on the periphery of the same community. “What we’re trying to say is there are many more jobs than you might imagine where having the right connections can be helpful to your company.” The study reinforces the value of human... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

07 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

This is the second of our three-part "Leading in the Digital Era" series. Read parts one and three. For the past two years, we've been asking executives: Where is your company in its digital journey, and where do you want to go?... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

01 Oct 2021
News

Here’s What Would Happen If Americans Could Easily Look Up Everyone’s Salary

14 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 14

would be a multilateral agreement, past efforts to conclude one suggest that reaching agreement is unlikely in the near future. Building an appellate process, providing for symmetry in access to arbitration, and mid-point guidance might... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

for the business, family, and owners. In many cases, family members have multiple roles in the system, like father-owner-manager, daughter-employee, or aunt-owner. These multiple roles and ties can create more shared objectives and as a consequence, more View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

assumptions, and values as well. Authority cannot compel such change. Your Formal Authority Is Less Likely to Elicit People's Knowledge and Insight Every individual in an organization possesses knowledge, skills, and new ideas of View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

Industry Harvard Business School Case 507-021 ViaGen has invested heavily to develop cloning technology for the livestock industry. Cloning has the potential to significantly improve the genetics of livestock, leading to higher quality... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

Tarantino, 353-365. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008 Abstract Abstract not available Reaching Your Potential Authors: Robert Steven Kaplan Publication: HBS Centennial Issue.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

Like: Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here? What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose Stereotypes and Politics Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image:... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

25 Apr 2023
Op-Ed

How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

information technology to directly match consumer demand to dispersed production by a collection of factories in China. This method of reaching customers should inspire any business that provides products or services that come from many... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products

03 Oct 2023
What Do You Think?

Do Leaders Learn More From Success or Failure?

do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. References: Amy Edmondson, Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well (Atria Books, 2023) Amy C. Edmondson, “Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams,”... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

September 2014
Case

OvaScience

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Tom Nicholas, Toby Stuart and Noah Fisher

In early April 2012, Michelle Dipp, MD, Ph.D, CEO and co-founder of OvaScience, had just received a buyout offer from PG Ventures, a private equit's first promising fertility treatment, AUGMENT (Autologous Germ-line Mitochondrial Energy Transfer), had the potential to... View Details