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16 Jul 2024
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Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate with Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016)

thinking about what I wanted from a career standpoint, I realized that I didn't want to be consulting for other businesses in the long run. I had a small business in college, and I knew that pursuing an MBA... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

hockey team at Harvard College. Like many Canadians, McArthur was an avid hockey fan, and he regularly attended the Harvard men’s hockey team games. He also took the Crimson players under his wing, inviting them to have lunch with him at the View Details

November 2024 (Revised March 2025)
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Tim Ferriss: What Might This Look like If It Were Easy?

By: Reza Satchu and Denise Koller

In April 2024, writer-podcaster Tim Ferriss—celebrated as the “Oprah of audio” for his billion-download show and known for NYT-bestsellers like The 4-Hour Workweek—found himself at a crossroads. Despite generating a multi-million-dollar annual revenue with just three... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Personal Development and Career; Business Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-103.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBancaja: Developing Customer Intelligence (A) Harvard Business School Case 107-055 In 1996, CEO Fernando Garcia Checa wanted to make customer analytics a part of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

What is welcome and all too rare? Leaders who care about building great institutions, not just profits. What sets these leaders apart in their practice and outlook? Harvard Business School's Michael Beer in his new book, Higher Ambition:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

party to another, spreading it out over large groups, and (in some cases) simply reducing it outright. These policies, in turn, have profoundly shaped the environment in which business operates. Public risk management itself has obviously... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14

entrepreneurs from other candidates. To address that problem, Butler compared the psychological testing results of over 4,000 successful entrepreneurs and of approximately 1,800 business leaders who described themselves as View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Firm Creation, and Firm Performance” with Astrid Marinoni. Raffaella Sadun : Winner of the 2023 HBR Prize for the best article of the year in Harvard Business Review for “Reskilling in the Age of AI” (September–October 2023) with Jorge... View Details

03 Jan 2008
What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

creator of knowledge with a storyline (comprising ideas, values, and ways of generating emotional energy for the organization) and a teachable point of view, in addition to possessing good judgment. There is no mention of experience,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

04 Jan 2022
What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

score low on both because business success requires a working amalgamation between technological prowess and end-user delight, and not all generations within an organization will be quick to adapt or... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

is general agreement on goals. “Where I think we still have far to go is in teaching the skills for operating in the high-conflict, low-authority zone outside your own firm." —Dutch Leonard "By contrast," Leonard continues, "when our book... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

team at Harvard Business Press, led by the talented Kathleen Carr, had been generating a host of innovative ideas that naturally aligned with this book's innovative format—the use of artistic illustrations... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 May 2013
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Exploring in a Passion Safe Environment

Parsons, Kevin Sharer, Fred Smith, and George Shultz serve as encouraging reminders of a veteran’s ability to contribute, I still feel anxious about the first steps in the journey towards a new career. My classmates and professors have been View Details

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AOM Ethno PDW 2009-2014

AOM PDW 2014: Being There/Being Them: Entry, Exit, and In-Between in Organization Ethnography

Co-Organizers: Michel Anteby, Harvard; Curtis K. Chan, Harvard; Julia DiBenigno,... View Details

11 Apr 2024
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Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

business world. Thank you for reading, and please share your stories with us at bei@hbs.edu! – Lynn Schenk, BEI Director Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste “I... View Details

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

Sometimes executive education has little to do with what happens in a classroom. Mentoring and coaching are the time-tested ways for wisdom and knowledge to be passed through an organization. Harvard Business School professor Dorothy... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Homeland Security: A Ready-made Market

panelists at Harvard Business School's Cyberposium 2003 to address the technology trends, developing markets, and pressing concerns of a swiftly developing market. At this point, panelists agreed little new innovation is necessary.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

and Antonio Serra, generally acknowledged to have been the world's first economist. Harvard Business School is uniquely able to facilitate such research. Not only does Baker Library hold one of the greatest... View Details