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- 16 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Why Entrepreneurs Should Consider Business School
part is that, through the RC, you'll have learned HBS's method of inquiry: strong opinions, loosely held. Through the cases I’ve read I have new mental models and find myself breaking down problems in a way that wasn't possible when I... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
In 2001, Monisha Kapila (MBA 2005) went to India to help its people emerge from the devastating Gujarat earthquake. As she worked with artisans to reach new crafts markets, she knew she had found a perfect way to use her business skills... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
Working PapersPlatform Envelopment (revised) Authors:Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne Abstract Due to network effects and switching costs, platform providers often become entrenched. To enter established markets, aspiring providers of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
From tech to media to management consulting firms, layoffs are back. Downsizing during a healthy economy can help lay the foundation for efficient growth or make space for new roles that harness newer technology, such as artificial... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wired and Black: Focus on Careers
New economy companies may be moving at the speed of light, but they still need managers who can get the job done, according to career development experts who spoke at the African-American Student Union conference, "The Digital... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
function that made it clear the CEO could carry the new firm forward. An affiliation with a previous employer, which suggested skills and connections that could benefit the young firm. Other people on the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think
In This Series Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it. Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership... View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
George Floyd moment —have really internalized that vision of that. And are now doing work to really understand what's behind this. Does systematic racism really exist and why? CEOs and others have to look in the mirror and simply make the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
but also be really effective. I learned so much at Google about this. I want to tell you the story about getting criticism from my boss because I learned a lot from this moment. It was shortly after I joined Google and I had to give a presentation to the founders and... View Details
- Profile
Frank Spencer
weekend work crew. "I remember being out there on the first day of framing," he says. "We went from slab to entirely completed walls in eight hours." In 2012, nearly 25 years after pounding nails and hanging drywall in that first house, Spencer... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
Clubs News Clubs News Alumni Angels Conference Tackles Post-Pandemic Investing and Entrepreneurship The global pandemic has reshaped the world, and investors and founders are full of questions about the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
organization culture, it prompted several executives and alumni to ask me if I had a comment on the subject. In typical business school fashion, I’m asking for yours. The article cites four case examples--Ecolab, Delta, Ford, and Novartis--in which current or former... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
New Model of Leadership Authors:Michael C. Jensen and Allan L. Scherr Abstract In this paper we provide a new definition of leadership that gives organizations and individuals access to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
after retirement. Levy was seeing the same set of circumstances play out in her day job at the time, as president of Thrive Global, a wellness company she founded with CEO Arianna Huffington. “Something that was quite frustrating to me... View Details
- Web
Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online
technologies and innovations introduced by direct-to-consumer (DTC) companies, their associated marketing risks and challenges, and how to reshape your marketing practices to compete with emerging brands. Highlights Nicholas Ling, Pattern Brands View Details
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-078.pdf Deep Dives: The Role of Top Management in Linking Relevant Capabilities to Core Activities Authors:Howard H. Yu and Joseph L. Bower Abstract The inability of established firms to make necessary and obvious changes has been a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
Against Discrimination, led a town meeting on lessons learned from last year's revelations of racist attitudes among certain corporate executives at Texaco. Hugh B. Price, president and CEO of the National Urban League, concluded the... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About
will need to be resourceful to embrace new opportunities that come your way. I believe that as you look back at your HBS experience a few years from now, you will remember not what you lost , but what you gained : important skills of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
CEOs can meet their challenges once that top position is achieved. The book covers the importance of family, effective time management, discipline in all its meanings, and the relationships between the CEO, the board of directors,... View Details