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- 10 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points
grasp those few "inflection points" that present themselves to change our lives—if we recognize the opportunity. Howard Stevenson is the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business... View Details
Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson
- Research Summary
Enduring Success
Harvard Business School graduates have achieved many different kinds of success as leaders of businesses, as entrepreneurs and in their public and private lives. After authoring or co-authoring 150 cases, serving on many corporate and non- profit boards, Howard... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught
In 2000, The Entrepreneurial Manager was introduced into the required first-year MBA curriculum. The course—and its presence in the first year—marked an important milestone in the evolution of teaching entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. New Business recently... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 25 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
Starbucks Reinvented
Harvard Business School Professor and historian Nancy Koehn has studied Starbucks and its leader, Howard Schultz, for close to 20 years. For her, the company represents much more than a phenomenal success... View Details
- 08 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer
Stevenson has concluded that public recognition is not the major reason why people make significant gifts. Instead, they want to make a positive impact on the world, says Stevenson, Harvard Business School’s Sarofim-Rock View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
long term. Two Harvard University faculty members—Amy C. Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, and Dr. Howard K. Koh, the Harvey V. Fineberg View Details
- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
to an even higher expectation on the part of those obsessed with "scorekeeping," regardless of their performance. In their new book, Just Enough, Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson of Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival
both in "big L" leadership contexts, and, as HBS Dean Kim Clark says, in "small l" leadership roles. Q: Was Shackleton an entrepreneur? If so, how? A: There's a definition of entrepreneurship that HBS's Howard View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
professor Noel Maurer and economic historian Carlos Yu discuss the canal's complicated economic and political history—including the first proposals dating back to 1529, the massive cost overruns associated with digging the canal in the... View Details
- 20 Aug 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
A Decision-Making Perspective to Negotiation: A Review of the Past and a Look into the Future
Keywords: by Chia-Jung Tsay & Max H. Bazerman
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
celebrity known to her fans as the Snapple Lady. She chatted on-air with Oprah Winfrey and David Letterman, made appearances at retail stores, and accepted Snapple drinkers' invitations to sleep-overs, bar mitzvahs, and proms. On the radio, the brand grew by sponsoring... View Details
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
citizens," in the words of Howard Gardner's recent book, Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed, who watch out not only for numero uno but for the wider public as well. There is no better example of what it really takes to be a... View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
running lab experiments is that we can simulate many different types of inequality and look at many different types of decisions.” "You'd think that with such a large change in our society, you'd see a definitive impact somewhere," says David A. Moss, the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
going in the future? A: This fairly technical chapter, mainly written for scholars and specialists, is Jim's current take on the field increasingly referred to as "negotiation analysis" that was pioneered by HBS emeritus View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
entrepreneurs, says HBS professor Nancy F. Koehn. In Part One of a discussion about her recent book—in the April 16 issue of HBS Working Knowledge—Koehn described the brand-building savvy of three entrepreneurs in the past, as well as... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2024
- What Do You Think?
What's Enough to Make Us Happy?
lifetime. HBS colleagues Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson expressed some of the same thoughts in a book they coauthored titled Just Enough, a personal determination made through “the art of complex... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
it, is defined by my colleague Howard Stevenson as "the pursuit of opportunity beyond the resources you currently control." In short, managers manage assets, entrepreneurs manage opportunity. And... View Details
- 12 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing of a President
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. When the book is written on this election,... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
subordinates to become entrepreneurs. In fact, entrepreneurship has been defined (by Howard H. Stevenson and J. Carlos Jarillo) as "the process by which individuals—either on their own or inside... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 07 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School
history informs the faculty, which in turn develop materials which allow for an in-depth exploration of organizational dynamics. The “starbursts” session provided brief yet in-depth looks at five unique figures in HBS history: John Lintner, View Details