Technical Institutes - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

institutions are in flux. Many of the large German firms have huge legacy costs and entrenched corporate cultures that must change. Remembering August Thyssen reminds people just how entrepreneurial corporate Germany once was. I think... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

has converted part of her luxury accessory company's factory and is leading other New York City leather goods and apparel factories to produce 30-50,000 masks per week for Weill Cornell and other hospitals and healthcare organizations. “We did a lot of research on the... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

History’s Lessons

individuals who can and want to embrace the disruption, who understand how to thrive in ambiguity and respond quickly to its unforeseen challenges. These aspects, the leader realized, depend more heavily on an individual’s temperament and outlook than they do on... View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

successful entrepreneurs talked about with the authors. Learning to handle emotions, manage uncertainty, cope with technical complexity, and build long-term relationships are equally or even more important. This book spotlights eight big... View Details

28 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 28, 2010

These changes did not—as often assumed—result in the decline of family businesses but instead gave rise to a different kind of competitive and internationally oriented "Mittelstand." The study integrates approaches from new View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

on the political and institutional contexts within which opportunities for policy learning emerge. In particular, opportunities for policy learning are examined with respect to (a) agenda or priority-setting on environmental issues, (b)... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Program Policies - HBS Online

changes, time zone miscalculations, or local technical issues. If a participant knows they are or will be in an area with limited internet connectivity, they are expected to plan to meet the course deadlines. Early and active... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

health care industry's prognosis, several HBS alumni and faculty are pushing the medical and business boundaries with fixes that range from the technical to the biological. Your Own Medicine Three years ago, Gene Williams (MBA 1987)... View Details

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