Filter Results:
(618)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (618)
- Faculty Publications (101)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (618)
- Faculty Publications (101)
- Profile
Pranav Kothari
interests. "I was amazed by the infrastructure, how smoothly things functioned here." Impressed both by mechanics and America, Pranav pursued an engineering degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology. There, his curiosity... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
defensiveness in colleagues and subordinates. Second-guessing a senior manager can demoralize and demotivate not only that person but others around him, while eroding his authority and confidence. What's more, the need to overrule a... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
Merkl: Managing water resources for a sustainable future. Photo Courtesy of Andreas Merkl They say all rivers lead to the sea. If that is true, then it's only fitting that Andreas Merkl (MBA 1989) should find himself today at the helm of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
respond to changes in their competitive environment, Sull argues that outward manifestations of success — such as impressive earnings, media attention, and monuments to their past accomplishments — can cause View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Mark Tatum
East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, where he learned early on to love baseball and to get along with all kinds of people. The decision to bypass medicine proved only a momentary redirection in an impressive college career: he went on to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
Professor Jeffrey F. Rayport and John Hagel III (MBA '77, JD '78), a principal in McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley office, detail how managers will resolve the upcoming tug-of-war over this valuable information asset. Until recently,... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
conferences, held in a different U.S. city each year, have provided access to an impressive roster of corporate executives and public-sector officials, often drawn from the host city's leading industries and institutions. Observed HBSAAA... View Details
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
Summing Up The first impression I get from respondents to this month's column is that Steve Jobs can't be replaced as CEO of Apple by just one person. Rather the succession must include at least a head of design (according to Yadeed Lobo)... View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
companies I invest in." Laguë's own desire for active involvement is really what he calls his "entrepreneurship gene" kicking in. "I've always had a bent for the finance side, but I also like to play a strong role in building companies, putting teams together, and... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
Florida's Walt Disney World®, this year marking 25 years of extraordinary entrepreneurial success, was the venue for the celebration of the 21st anniversary of Harvard Business School's Owner/President Management Program (OPM). Under the... View Details
- Profile
Fred Smith
Fred Smith comes from an impressive of line of entrepreneurs. His grandfather founded what would become the largest tour company in Jamaica. Fred's father created his own tour company, then extended the family's interests into real... View Details
- 07 May 2019
- News
How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal
attending Harvard Business School, Hoel Perkins landed a job on the ground floor of the venture capital firm TA Associates in Boston. There she impressed management with her computer skills—all... View Details
- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Learning the Language of Product at Duolingo
Four years ago, I used Duolingo’s free language learning app to pick up enough German to impress my new girlfriend, who had recently moved to Boston from Munich. I was able to use what I learned on the app to not just View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
faculty, staff, students, and alumni; a top-notch research institution; a vital physical plant; and an impressive publishing operation. McArthur's trademark, his commitment to creating a collaborative community, can most strongly be seen... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
products that generate greater disagreement among the employees are likely to have less-accurate forecasts. Get the product testing right. An impressive 78 % of the retailers in our study test new products in a few stores before the... View Details
- 27 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Taking the LEAP into the Case Method
cross-registered the course of Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) for MBA students at Harvard Business School out of curiosity because he has great interest in the Harvard case method and its related knowledge. Dr. Su holds a Ph.D. in View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
alumni and their spouses who are moving into a new career phase). This committee is looking at possible additions to these programs and how best to manage them given existing faculty and space resources. It is particularly interested in... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- Profile
Stephanie Tilenius
and Master’s, she received a prestigious Presidential Management Intern Program position that put her to work on trade relations with Japan. “I quickly realized,” says Stephanie, “that there was no way we were going to drive real reform... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Dean Jay Light Takes Charge at HBS
and programs. Appointed by Harvard President Lawrence Summers as the interim Dean, Light has served the School in a variety of senior leadership roles during his 35 years on the faculty. Asked what’s impressed him most about his latest... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
Park, California, company boasts an impressive list of multibillion dollar market cap successes, including Healtheon, Intuit, Micromuse, and Strata- Com. Wendell passes his craft on to students enrolled in a popular second-year venture... View Details