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- 22 Feb 2024
- News
GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit
partner with the HBSAAA to produce the event and provide much of the logistical support—including securing the venue, food, and wine. “Part of our mission is to help the alumni affinity groups have events here in Seattle,” says Ayengar.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Firm Foundation
Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009) has been playing the long game as long as she can remember. The former Berkshire Hathaway executive grew up in a family business: Her father was a third-generation farmer in Manhattan,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2014
- What Do You Think?
Is Too Much Focus a Problem?
point, he cites the popular example of an audience of leaders asked to focus on counting the number of times that a ball is passed among a group of people being shown on film. In the middle of one version of the film, a woman with an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
that you bring together a group of people who are having challenges or feeling frustrated, center on them, and then ask them: What have you experienced or observed that is getting in the way of you being able to bring your full self to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
Championing the HBS Fund
Fund Investors Society, which recognizes leadership annual giving, for the past five years. “I see the HBS Fund as an investment in R&D,” says Stavropoulos, a member of the Alumni Board and a vice chair of the HBS Fund Council—a group of... View Details
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Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets
Published Materials 26 Nov 2024 Hachette Book Group The Enduring Enterprise: How Family Businesses Thrive in Turbulent Conditions 18 SEPT 2023 Book Faculty Research Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia By: Meg... View Details
- 10 Sep 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Branding Yoga
Owner/President Management Program, with plenty of lessons about branding and competitive strategy. Two Paths In Branding Yoga, cowritten with HBS Global Research Group associate director Kerry Herman and research associate Annelena Lobb,... View Details
- 27 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution
Goodyear introduced its first belted-bias tire in 1967, Firestone's Research and Development group responded with a matching product in a matter of months and provided a second generation belted bias tire within a year.8 Belted bias tires... View Details
- 21 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
What Does PRIDE Mean to You?
community. Before coming to HBS, I worked in finance, and through joining LGBTQ+ mentoring programs like Out4Undergrad and founding pride networks at prior companies, I developed a strong sense of community. These groups provided a... View Details
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Bringing Music to the HBS Classroom: My Journey as a Nontraditional Student in the Summer Venture in Management Program
progressed with managing my individual part in the larger group dynamic. With the program coming to a close, I committed to applying the Case Method’s principles as a framework for any and all situations of which I would find myself in.... View Details
- 04 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Tech Club
these skills workshops to see if eventually there’s enough there to transition it into the official coursework. The club has been able to nimbly work with similar tech clubs across all the Harvard schools and other schools like MIT. The wealth of differently formatted... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
a verbal discussion of what emerged. If the meeting is larger in size, the meeting can end for now. You could then take time to go through the document and see what materialized. You could share general conclusions and next steps with the View Details
- 11 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams
essays posted on the HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s Blog that highlights their reflections. Learn more about this IFC course on Decarbonization and Sustainable Production by watching this five minute video summary. As part of the Immersive Field Course on... View Details
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
time with a diverse group of people with different backgrounds and experiences. By engaging with others, innovators increase the probability that they are going to gain useful insights. Finally, innovators are constantly experimenting.... View Details
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Harvard Business School
director of Equity Group Investments. Walter Morris Jr. MBA 1975 A senior managing director at Brock, Walter Morris has broad executive management, lending, and advisory experience spanning more than three decades. Morris's career... View Details
- 08 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)
never know what any given day will bring. I’ve done everything from leading a hostile takeover of an ASX listed company (earning the nickname “Black Widow” – hilarious) to negotiating with Aboriginal groups in the Kimberley to... View Details
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
Crossing Borders in a World Where Differences Still Matter. As he sees it, important realities dotting the landscape for business can be grouped into 4 basic areas: cultural, administrative/political, geographic, and economic. Discussions... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Apr 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Pooling on Throughput Time in Discretionary Work Settings: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay
- 04 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Middle East & North Africa Club
includes our 1001 Nights Party which raised $7000 for Syrian refugees and had 450 people in attendance. We also hold small group discussions about a pertinent current events topic in the Middle East. Additionally, we host Harvard Arab... View Details
- 06 Jan 2016
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?
objective observer? At Zappos, CEO Tony Hsieh became enamored with several concepts around the innovative idea of replacing managers (except himself) with “circles,” some 300 groups of self-selected employees assigned to make decisions... View Details