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- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
other disasters in one part of the world. Operating a lean organization in a global economy, the argument goes, results in more use of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 May 2017
- News
How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook
she would publish it, but when she woke up, she changed her mind and put it on Facebook. In Lean In, Sandberg had admitted to crying at work (another confession the media jumped on), but this was the first... View Details
- Web
Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building the First Sales Team - Course Catalog
leanings from the case. More than one unexcused absence will affect your final grade. Entrepreneurial Sales 101 is recommended but not required for this course, as 102 builds on many of the concepts introduced View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
a start-up, discuss lean prototyping techniques for hardware, identify costly outsourcing mistakes, provide practical tips on user acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
share my healthy tips and inspirational stories on major media outlets like Good Morning Texas, Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In online community, and on Greatist.com. In addition to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Crucible: Relocation
Illustration by Caroline Tomlinson When we discussed the concept of crucibles at HBS, my best guess then—based on my dating record and polycystic ovaries—was that I might struggle with finding a life partner and with fertility. As I re-emerge from my first real... View Details
Keywords: Zhang, Qian
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Turning Point: Make Your Life Count
eventually joined us in Knoxville. We endured because we had each other, determination, and a lot of help. This help came in different shapes and sizes: We depended on food stamps and View Details
- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
At the gambling meccas that employ them, they are called "casino hosts"—essentially front-line employees with nevertheless big responsibilities. These staffers work to develop one-on-one relationships with high-rollers to make sure they are very happy customers. The... View Details
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
incentivized to lean harder into the “dirty” refinery business to recoup investment value before ultimately selling the business in a typical fund cycle. A hopeful view on their capital choice is that... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Turning Point: Ready or Not
was so lost in the black hole of Zoom meetings and other pandemic-related frustrations that it was easy to forget the necessity of showing unqualified love, concern, and attention—the sort of care I remember receiving from my grandmother.... View Details
- 11 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
responsible for documentation, research, and maintenance of shipwrecks, reefs, downed WWII planes, boat docks, and everything in between. My role was to help them design a more sustainable operating and funding model to ensure their... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Class Day & Commencement
experiences at HBS, Schock noted, “We've all learned there's no better place in the world to be than here. In the future, we'll realize there's no better place to be from.” Plunkett praised the character of... View Details
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’
unthinkable to the eight women who joined the program in 1963. This article is part of a continuing series on faculty research and teaching commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first women to enter Harvard Business School's two-year... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette
- Profile
Tafadzwa Samushonga
Tafadzwa first witnessed the positive impact that a community can have on its members’ lives at home. Her mother, a single parent, leaned on the support of family and friends to juggle raising three children while working and furthering... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: That’s Classic
to be killed, but I could be fired by my board of directors.” Give an example from the course of how you compare and contrast contemporary and ancient texts. FF: In the module Not Forever, we read Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s [MBA 1995]... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Web
Tough Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
strategies and tactics for managing risk vs. reward. Historically, most entrepreneurship courses (at HBS, and elsewhere) disproportionately focus on consumer- and /or software-centric business model and product experimentation tools (e.g., business model canvas, View Details
- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
and improve knowledge and skills regularly ." Robert Soloman observed that the problem is not universal in that "companies that follow a lean methodology, where the initial focus is on a Minimum... View Details
- Profile
Anna King
November and not know what I’m going to be doing next year, but in other ways, it's exciting. I feel confident that I can find something I'm passionate about because I have the Harvard community to help me. The reality is, we can View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
My Pandemic Year
resilient and to lean on each other when times are tough. Video Embed As the MBA drew to a close, we came together as a section for the final time in April during Bridges. I cannot express the feeling of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Teaching and Learning Center Established, Honors Christensen’s Legacy
improve teaching across the faculty. The center is named after C. Roland (“Chris”) Christensen (MBA 3/’43, DCS ’53), a much-loved HBS faculty member who had a powerful impact on HBS students and faculty as well as educators around the world during his years at the... View Details