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19 May 2023
Blog Post

Creating and Nurturing a Sense of Belonging at HBS

and dreams with others without criticism. Now, after reading what I consider to be a sense of community, I can imagine that you might be skeptical that I would be able to find all of that in one place. But that’s the beauty of HBS! There... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

A World of Difference

unknowable without talking about it. Gino: What I love about this is that we think that we understand each other, but we don’t. You’re reminding me of a beautiful paper by Nicholas Epley and his colleagues in Chicago. They looked at... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

January 2014 (Revised January 2017)
Case

Nivea (A)

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Johann Fuller, Volker Bilgram and Greta Friar

The case describes the efforts of Beiersdorf, a worldwide leader in the cosmetics and skin care industries, to generate and commercialize new R&D through open innovation using external crowds and "netnographic" analysis. Beiersdorf, best known for its consumer brand... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Innovation Management; Crowdsourcing; Big Data; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Research and Development; Social and Collaborative Networks; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Analytics and Data Science; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

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14 Feb 2022
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Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022

shows me how beautiful life is, no matter how adventurous or mundane the setting. He is my best friend, my adventure buddy, and my life partner. I cherish every moment I get to spend with him — because with him, anything is possible.... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

experiences in the MBA Program being enhanced through the use of recommendation engines for courses. Or digitalization could help improve HR practices for staff through the use of people analytics. The list could go on and on. The beauty... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

07 Oct 2020
Blog Post

7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club

livelihood on my own. Having the time and space to openly express my sexuality had been lower on my priority list at the time. Until I decided to fully embrace who I was and celebrate the beauty in being different.” Morgan Sheil... View Details

Portrait Project

Shara Ticku

honor him. We will lose everything we love in the end—it’s the natural course of life. But for me, that’s okay. Beauty in life is in the discovery. More than ever, I feel inspired to learn from my father: to use my brain to be... View Details

13 Jun 2011
HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

for "mobile," and "pesa" is the Swahili word for "money.") But soon after launching the service in 2007, they realized their mistake and quickly repositioned the service with the slogan, "Send Money Home." "The View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

understanding the importance of the role love now plays with my family. #PureLove In August 2018 I perhaps became the happiest man sitting in Aldrich, when my brother and sister-in-law brought the beautiful Rebecca Madeleine Marie Hutton... View Details

10 Apr 2023
News

Leading the Way

direction of Wall Street, writing my recommendation letter for Harvard, to now being my business partner—a lot of beautiful things came out of this relationship. So, I try to do something similar for as many people as I can, because... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

November 2017 (Revised October 2018)
Case

Brandless: Disrupting Consumer Packaged Goods

By: Jill Avery

Brandless, an online direct-to-consumer seller of upscale private-label consumer packaged goods, offered consumers a limited assortment of values-conscious products delivered directly to their homes with the simplicity of one fixed $3 price point that promised an... View Details

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Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method

General Shoe Company case, with HBS Professor Jan W. Rivkin Get a case writer's perspective in An Ode to the Case Method and the Beauty of Engineering Disagreement Stay tuned for much more, including faculty videos about the case method,... View Details

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

to keep up or start questioning their own performance.” 3. Be extra flexible The beauty of classic remote work is the breathing room for employees to take a walk, throw in a load of laundry, or start dinner, all while getting more work... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

extremely clean. It’s lovely here. It’s healing.” Second home: Lille, France. “The church where Charles de Gaulle was baptized is right across the street from my apartment. It’s beautiful there.” Congolese cuisine: “My favorite dish is... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

inspire through beautiful art displays. For example, at the center of one of EcoWorld’s many buildings stands a massive, completely carbon neutral cube, designed to create a space to connect with others and embrace nature (see Figure 2).... View Details

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Accidental Innovator

his important pieces came out of some experiments with unusual tools; he wasn't trying to do a piece of work, he was just trying out the unfamiliar tools, and something interesting happened. Another, a potter, showed me how he would create View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

21 Nov 2015
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values

design and create these beautiful objects that are also very sustainable and do not harm the environment. And why is this so important? Because at HBS, we try to inspire our students to be leaders who make a difference, make a positive... View Details

Keywords: by Brian Kenny; Fashion

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

beautiful place where everyone co-existed harmoniously. But I have come to realize that we are far from that utopia. That's why one of my key life goals is to foster unity regardless of race, religion, gender, economic status, and... View Details

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

first made contact with the firm five years earlier. In a relationship-intensive business, service, communication, and institutional memory are necessary, but not sufficient, he says. Ultimately, quality and beauty are paramount.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

firm specializing in improvisational collaboration and communication in high-performance teams. In their case, "Miles Davis: Kind of Blue", they reflect on the beauty of the music as well as the unusual story behind its... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

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