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- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
marketing at Merrill became one of our first major investors and has invested in every single one of our funds since. So there’s a silver lining to most things. JH: In his second year at HBS, John Rice (MBA 1992) conducted a field study... View Details
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
to lead the way, forcing other countries to act with or without an agreement? And should countries that will benefit most from the entrepreneurial opportunity, as Bharath Krishnan and Ajay Kumar Gupta implied, help finance others? What do you think? Original Article... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
Alexandre Menard (MBA 2005), a senior partner at McKinsey Paris. Menard, who led the conversion to 4G and today heads the McKinsey Center for Advanced Connectivity, says that 4G was more of a step change by comparison. The advent of mobile video “unlocked completely... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
- virtually an HBS case study itself in logistics management. According to one planner, Foundations core design team member Stever Robbins (MBA '91), coordinating 253 individual schedules and the needs of... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
read the NERC case study to participants, in some cases giving them the real vote totals of Boaty McBoatface at 124,109 votes, and David Attenborough at 11,000 votes, and in... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
attributes such shortcomings to a prevailing "sense of entitlement" that's fostered in part by the absence of competitors. "You could make a good case that the very promise of job security is the first step in destroying... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
Prospective Students' Day on the HBS campus Friday afternoon. The oversubscribed event included a case study led by HBS professor Thomas J. DeLong and a talk by Lillian Lincoln (MBA '69), the first... View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
wedding-gift list. This change certainly looks permanent. But is it? Just note the popularity of "Downton Abbey"! THE WESTMORELAND STORY IS A "CATEGORY OF BUSINESS HISTORY." IS THERE A PLACE FOR THIS SORT OF HISTORICAL STUDY IN THE MBA... View Details
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
fear of speaking up, even with pro-organizational suggestions, is pervasive and, for many, a source of intense negative affect. A second study used scenarios about speaking up to deepen and extend these findings. Quantitative and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
cases escalate, tariffs placed on Chinese exports by former President Trump. This move is emblematic of a global turn toward protectionism and trade restrictions in the last decade. Businesses have taken diverse approaches in adapting to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
helped with your business career? The HBS approach to case studies and the analytical frame of mind that they teach are invaluable. My whole analytical framework came from Harvard. Now, what didn’t work very... View Details
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
correct some of the biggest challenges today, like climate change, oil dependence, and life-threatening diseases. Outsourcing by itself is not evil, Shih says. In many cases it makes perfect sense, but "we need to be more thoughtful... View Details
- 04 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water
on Lake Nipissing and its waters flow directly next to our family property.” Tim’s journey of studying water has provided that link between community, environment, health, and business and climate change. Tim credits his return to Harvard... View Details
- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
alumni mentors are “leading professionals from either HBS or one of our partner institutions and represent a wide range of sectors including finance, industry and government. They are very committed to giving back to the community in which they live.” Using the HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
be in a position to do that." Mills is looking at models for delivering capital to these companies, including the SBA's Small Business Investment Company program (SBIC). This program, which in most cases allows private investment... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Let Customers Call the Shots
service. What kinds of resistance have these companies experienced? Has the resistance surprised you? A: Like many recent newborn companies, the ones we have studied have made bold claims such as: "Let's change the balance of power... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS
group of students specifically interested in your industry/function/location. I – Industry Education. Industry Education presentations are non-recruiting educational events open to both first year and second year students. Come to campus to talk about a recent deal, an... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
1930s. 43 HBS faculty used photographs contributed by U.S. Steel for exhibition and classroom instruction. They also drew on the images as a source of illustrations in case studies, the HBS instructional method centered on students... View Details
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Sebastien D'Incau
never imagine you could get so close to so many people in one year," Sebastien says of the section experience. "At first, it's a bit daunting to be surrounded by so many smart people who have achieved so much. But everyone wants to know each other on a deeper... View Details
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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
for Social Impact Social Entrepreneurship More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case... View Details