Complements - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

Research Summary

Overview

By: Vincent Pons

Professor Pons studies questions in political economy and development with the goal of understanding how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved.

He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

Pricing, product customization, and service customization cannot be entrusted to either group alone. The impact on economics, the whole account base, and corporate strategy require an integrated approach. At the small account end, the sales force competes with and is... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

director of operations told us. They complemented this broad messaging with daily meetings before each shift focused entirely on safety protocols involving both operation managers and employees. Employees participate in monitoring and are... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

01 Dec 1996
News

Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business

killing, and then bury the competition, right? Well, half right. Competitors aren't the whole picture. Providing complementary products - or making sure they are available - is the other half of the game. A complement to one product is... View Details

27 May 2021
News

Sal Khan (MBA 2003) Awarded Honorary Degree by Harvard

peer-to-peer tutoring resource meant to complement Khan Academy.” Khan spoke to the Bulletin last year as part of a conversation with Senior Lecturer John Kim about the pandemic’s lasting impact on education. View Details

Career Coach

Matt Spielman

the globe. To complement his training as a certified executive coach, Matt draws upon his operating experience working as a Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, SVP Strategy & Innovation and Chief People Officer. Matt... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Sports; Technology; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All)

01 Dec 2011
News

The Evolving Case Method

Simulations and role-plays complement and reinforce the power of traditional case method instruction and have become fixtures of several courses. Professor David Garvin explains how this has worked in Leadership and Corporate... View Details

Keywords: the case method

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 05 Mar 2019
Webinars: Career

Starting a New Position? How to Ensure You're Successful

About to begin a new role at a new company or one within your existing organization? Inflection Point Partners' Matt Spielman (MBA 1999) shares the five-step process that he has put into practice with executives across the globe to help ensure success in those first... View Details

Career Coach

Yanzhan Wen

advice in networking best practices. As a Canadian, he offers unique perspectives on overcoming challenges international student commonly encounter, complemented by strategic tactics to navigate such hurdles effectively. Work Experience:... View Details

Web

The Field Method | MBA

The Field Method Bridging the knowing-doing gap As a complement to the case method, the field method enhances our capacity to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. The idea behind these complementary methods—case and... View Details

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Strategy for Entrepreneurs - Course Catalog

your startup idea. SfE’s unusual structure and focus on developing and testing a startup idea make it an excellent complement to more case-centered early-stage entrepreneurship courses like Launching Technology Ventures (LTV), Avoiding... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

White knight in the rye

collecting and philanthropy. His grand gesture toward Salinger was complemented by his charitable view of Maynard, the target of unfavorable comment from many quarters, not the least of which was the National Review, which dubbed her an... View Details

15 Nov 2020
News

How Scholarships Helped One Student Achieve Many Firsts

took full advantage of the opportunities available to her, and how her formal business education complemented the informal lessons she learned from the small-business owners in her family’s restaurant plaza. View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

New Spaces: Convening Power

Green and Pavilion, an open, social gathering space just north of Spangler Center—in the footprint of Burden Hall—as well as Burden Park, a welcoming gateway to the School’s south campus. Both spaces will complement and extend activities... View Details

Career Coach

Deborah Resnick

Deborah (HBS '06) has deep expertise in consulting (breaking into consulting, navigating a career in consulting, and breaking out!), complemented by a diverse set of operational and managerial experience across Fortune 500 companies and a... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Retail

Profile

Joseph Blair

says, “I wanted a general-management MBA that would complement my work history.” Interactions on campus and in Chennai “When I first came here,” says Joe, “I was most impressed by the way students interacted with each other – that’s the... View Details

21 Nov 2013
News

Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins

firms to develop software to complement the firm's devices. But the problem wasn't with one or two design decisions—it was likely more deeply rooted in its processes and culture, a pattern I've seen affect many successful firms. They... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

Portrait Project

Lincoln Alabaster

always been "to gain the leadership and business skills that complement my natural creativity." After all, the number-one goal of the film producer is to make a positive return on investment. So NPV aside, the central... View Details

Portrait Project

Anonymous

develop a business that uses its profit-making discipline to best enable economic development. For my personal life, I hope to first find my complement and then raise children as fortunate as my sister and I. View Details

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