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- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
the General Management Program at HBS. In advising global firms, Thomke has seen that in many cases, a company’s biggest obstacle to success doesn’t necessarily come from competitors, the economy, or other outside forces, but can actually... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Angela Q. Crispi | About
Angela Q. Crispi Bio Angela is the Executive Dean for Administration at Harvard Business School, leading an organization of nearly 2,000 staff with an operating budget of $1 billion. She oversees the execution of the School’s strategy ranging from academic View Details
- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
What if more managers at big corporations channeled some of the same magic that helped Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos lead their startups to great success? Large companies are actually fertile ground for innovation;... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
the salesman's role in promoting goods was different from that of advertising. To use a military analogy common in the early twentieth century, advertising was a weapon for waging an air war, while salesmen were deployed as foot soldiers in a View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
education program has modest effects, increasing demand for bank accounts only for those with low levels of education or financial literacy. In contrast, small subsidies greatly increase demand. A follow-up survey confirms these findings,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2021
- Op-Ed
When Your Nerves Get the Best of You, Change the Narrative
When I first started teaching executive education classes at Harvard Business School, I was part of a team of five professors who conducted one-week programs for leaders of businesses from all across the globe. Most of my colleagues had... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
she began to hear warnings that a Russian invasion was imminent. So she put her plans on hold, and instead began to focus on finding ways to assist Ukrainians. Ames has deep ties within the region: In 1992, she was named the director of the first Peace Corps View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
voracious consumers of theory. Every plan a manager makes, every action a manager takes, is based on some implicit understanding of what causes what and why. The problem is, managers all too frequently use a one-size-fits-all theory. But the View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
research into this emerging field and its implications for executives. Sean Silverthorne: How did you get interested in studying multi- and two-sided platforms? Is this a new area of research? Andrei Hagiu: During my PhD program in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
yourself, build your professional network, and navigate sensitive workplace issues. Discover how to position yourself for promotion and decipher the unspoken “soft skills” that are paramount to success in the professional realm. Grounded... View Details
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
fence-sitters. It’s important to know who’s who. First, determine who holds the power tools you need—the resources, information or expertise, and support or legitimacy, and then persuade them to invest in the effort. They will also be... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet
could access the resources of innovation and entrepreneurship. These include a wide range of courses and programs; maker, media, and AR/VR studios; experienced mentors; and opportunities for funding. Over the last decade, the ecosystem has expanded to include a virtual... View Details
- 16 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses
addresses, it's difficult to get started in these businesses. Entry and potential entry are an important part of competition. We need to make sure new firms can easily begin operations so that existing providers can't hold customers... View Details
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
technical education to underprivileged students, while other programs strengthened public school infrastructure, provided scholarships, and supported after-school learning. TenarisTamsa, Techint’s subsidiary in Veracruz, had been active... View Details
- 11 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities
those jobs earn. Many participants came to the program with advanced degrees and even holding patents but little, if any, work history. Pisano explains that many of those candidates wouldn’t make it through... View Details
- 08 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders
Ten years before Harvard Business School published its first case study, activists across Europe celebrated the first International Women’s Day. They demanded, among other things, the right for women to hold public office and an end to... View Details
Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
years to finish college. “We want to play offense, we want to innovate, pilot, template it, build for scale, and go." —Mark Norman, Zipcar The meandering and seemingly random path that Osher took in his career and the lessons it View Details
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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
opened a branch office in Chicago in the 1930s and another in Los Angeles in the 1940s. Manhattan: William Street, 1923. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. Digital Equipment Corporation. Programmed Data Processor-1 Brochure.... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
standard theories about organizational strategy, such as planning, hold true in such environments. Building upon the institution-based view of strategy and past research on planning, we explore these issues using a sample of 730 new... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Terrill L. Drake | About
responsible for developing and implementing a strategy to cultivate an inclusive environment aimed at enhancing the sense of belonging amongst faculty, staff, and students in addition to oversight of external relations, programs and... View Details