Potential - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2025
News

Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward

With Harvard navigating an array of pressures, Jana Kierstead, Executive Director of the MBA and Doctoral Programs and External Relations, spoke with Dean Srikant Datar about how HBS is responding to new challenges while maintaining its focus on strategic priorities.... View Details

04 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

goal – earning his MBA at HBS. Morgan Sheil’s Road to HBS Morgan Sheil’s path to HBS began as an undergraduate chemical and biomolecular engineering student at University of Maryland. She was accepted into the 2+2 program and set out after graduation to explore View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital

01 Jun 2008
News

Alfaro Named Young Global Leader

accomplishments, commitment to society, and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world. A native of Costa Rica, Alfaro earned her Ph.D. in economics from UCLA. View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management

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T. J. Dermot Dunphy | Baker Library

potential given the right management. The company, Sealed Air, invented the now popular plastic bubble wrap, but the founders weren’t sure how to market it. Dermot took over the company and in the process essentially invented the... View Details

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Complex Assets - Alumni

limited partnership interests Private equity, venture and hedge fund investments Pre-IPO shares If you are interested in donating complex assets to HBS, please contact the Office of Planned Giving. Working with you and your advisor, our team will review issues such as... View Details

9 AM – 10 AM EST, 23 Jan 2019
HBS Online

HBS Online Disruptive Strategy

Make innovation a reality with strategies from two-time World's Most Innovative Business Thinker, Clayton Christensen. Program Dates: January 23, 2019 - March 6, 2019 View Details

07 Dec 1999
Research & Ideas

Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century

efficiently as possible. Increasing the company's product line was a potentially quick, inexpensive way to shape a nascent market for processed food. It was also a means, Heinz reasoned, of building the brand. In the 1870s, branding was a... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn

13 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably

recyclable cardboard “TopClip” to replace the conventional glue and plastic approach to hold a six-pack together. We learned that this innovation has resulted in significant savings in methane emissions. Grolsch is also investigating View Details

Profile

Shana Hoffman

deeper understanding of the potential for health-care technology. “Some people said I should just go right into business. But I thought I could combine education and entrepreneurship together,” Shana says. “An MBA would be a low-risk... View Details

25 Mar 2008
News

Whistling Past the Graveyard

with, and research inside the corporate and financial sectors, know firms’ operations and industry practices well. They have a pretty good hunch where the corporate O-Rings are located — those potential pressure points that could explode... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

04 May 2020
Blog Post

Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust

urgent challenges. In March, community trust would prove critical. While taking a deep dive into the potential for tax policy to incentivize housing development, “COVID-19 really hit,” Patel says. Virtually overnight, Patel’s housing... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Closing the 'Network Gap'

Schrier. Interviews with potential advisees helped the cofounders create a viable business model. The Equity Network would be a mentor marketplace to give the next generation of Black, Latinx, and Native American business leaders greater... View Details

Keywords: April White

Portrait Project

Anthony Terrizzi

products as I could find, from Asian boneless spare ribs to Italian meatballs, exposing customers to old and potentially dangerous foods. I recently printed and framed a picture of Asian boneless spare ribs to remind myself of the dangers... View Details

19 Dec 2019
News

A Ranch of One’s Own

from fellow creators,” said Lin, who spoke to the Skydeck podcast in March 2017 before the release of Lego Batman. (The Two Popes, with plenty of advance Oscar buzz, streams December 20 on Netflix). “We want to bring people and ideas together to elevate the View Details

Keywords: LEGO

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2015 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

should avoid evaluating potential employees one at a time. Max Bazerman suggests that to be more equitable, profitable, and successful, organizations should avoid evaluating potential employees one at a... View Details

24 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud

acknowledges that her international status made the process more challenging. In addition to potential language/cultural barriers, there is the hard wall of visa status. “A lot of companies will help you through the process,” Noa says.... View Details

04 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

the marketplace to new approaches. Entrepreneurs learn to identify ideas by raising their head above day-to-day operations and expanding their vision. They then prioritize and narrow the many ideas they generate into a potential... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

Frank W. Woolworth

Woolworth spotted a potential enterprise in stores that sold only low, one-price goods. Despite the failure of his first store, his later ventures proved immensely profitable, allowing him to combine his business with his brother and... View Details

Keywords: Retail

29 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014

create organizations that bring people together to successfully solve problems? Research on the potential downsides of "connectedness" by Jesse Shore, Ethan Bernstein, and David Laze. View Details

01 Sep 2003
What Do You Think?

To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

if anything, would the courts have to say about it in response to potential shareholder lawsuits? As it turns out, the two final bids involved two news organizations, one with a stellar journalistic reputation willing to pay 20 percent... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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