EXECUTIVE Ability (Management) - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2001
News

Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues

Barksdale Group and former CEO of Netscape; Hank Barry, CEO of Napster; Irwin Jacobs, chairman and CEO of QUALCOMM; and Carl Yankowski, CEO of Palm, Inc. Representatives from top venture-capital and consulting firms joined a diverse mix of corporate View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Mar 2004
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors

outreach of clubs and associations. One key recommendation involves deployment of new technology to improve club communications, including the ability to broadcast e-mail and share member data. The Alumni Career Services Committee is... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses in supply chain management, service operations, and the investor's perspective on operations to MBA students and executive education participants. Fisher, the UPS Professor of Operations... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Bringing the Environment Down to Earth

status quo is an option. It is common to use the status quo as a baseline – to look at the way things are today and to think about how you can change things on your own. But some change is likely to occur in any case, and managers need to... View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt

05 May 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Denial Endemic to Management?

Bullard suggested that "Ruthless realism is, itself, pathological . The professional pilot denies a crash is inevitable until a second before impact, and that ability to believe one can save the ship is critical to the attitude of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

26 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 26

expertise, is central to the way in which the risk managers in our study garner influence in their organizations. Based on our field study, we identify two dimensions that help to explain experts' organizational influence: their View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2013
News

Faculty Opinion: Making It Better

to our detriment. Americans and other Western health-care leaders are often unaware of the many advances in health-care management and delivery that are being made "under the radar" in diverse parts of the world. To further disseminate... View Details

Keywords: Herzlinger, Regina; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

03 Mar 2017
News

Big Blue’s Big Bet

that we’re smart in the things we’re attacking, and to try to solve real-world problems that make an impact.” Watson General Manager David Kenny (MBA 1986) adds: “The tech sector tends to reward short-term thinking.” But Watson is... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

Student-Faculty-Profile

Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell

them. Ryan: At HBS, research literally meets practice. The questions we tackle arise from a deep understanding of both the extant theory and the real problems managers face. Michelle entered the doctoral program fascinated by impediments... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century

(Palgrave Macmillan) make clear, the blowout that killed 11 people and created an ecological miasma could have been prevented by any one of dozens of managers or executives speaking up about eight serious... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; oil spill; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2008
News

Where Are They Now?

Christian University, he was not only TCU’s first African American basketball player but also the first in the entire Southwest Conference. In 1975, about the same time a kid named Bill Gates opened a shoestring operation called Microsoft, Cash was closing in on his... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Management; Management; Management; Management; Management

01 Feb 2000
News

HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues

a statement urging more business schools to focus on those areas. "The ability to integrate these considerations into business activities is a competitive advantage," the CEOs wrote. "Critical to success in these endeavors are... View Details

Web

Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling - Course Catalog

at school was how to sell.” -Dean Nohria Entrepreneurs and general managers must not only understand the sales process but also embrace that the ability to sell is the single most critical success factor of... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

Faculty Research Online

Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model Associate Professor Tarun Khanna examines a “Robin Hood” cardiac hospital in India, which treats patients regardless of their ability to pay. His findings? A solvent, successful model of... View Details

Keywords: nonprofit; social impact; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Person Page

Read excerpts from DENIAL

By: Richard S. Tedlow

The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears

Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)

From Denial: Why Business... View Details

Profile

Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo

looking forward to in your career? The impact I can make. The ability to move things forward, to make change. For me, impact is not just about profits, but also the social environment, the overall effect. I look forward to proposing... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Consulting

01 Jun 1998
News

Katharine Graham Offers Advice on Leadership

Introduced by HBS Dean Kim B. Clark as a business leader who "exemplifies the character and values that we hold dear at Harvard Business School," Katharine Graham, chairman of the executive committee of the Washington Post Company, spoke... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Character Studies: The Class of 2001 Graduates

HBS with a unique perspective that contributed to the growth and knowledge of the class. As they prepare to go forth from Soldiers Field, we present a half-dozen members of the Class of 2001 whose abilities are leading indicators of many... View Details