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- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
heavily on the sustainability of everything from energy sources to low-cost sources of products and services to security, it is not particularly surprising that for some of the most interesting thinking concerning sustainability we might View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 09 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Career Advancement Without Experience
contract workers are willing to accept, if it means gaining the experience and exposure that will lead to a new position. One technical writer put it this way: "I turned down solid offers from three companies, all paying over $100K a... View Details
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
defending the right to innovate or standing up against the Government's regulatory bias. There was some feeling in this group that Microsoft was unlucky in drawing a judge who turned out to be hostile to their cause. Matt Deter's remarks... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 May 2021
- Blog Post
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
really paying attention to. It turns out from our research, it matters a lot.” Going beyond the term sheet McDonald, along with Columbia University’s Dan Wang and Emily Cox Pahnke from the University of Washington, examined 71,624 funding... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 23 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
How I Sourced My Internship Outside of the US: Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu
geography, and to make that decision she turned the thought process inward. “Initially I thought that I would like to have experience working in the US over the summer since in Africa having US work experience is celebrated and has a... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Diversifying HBS's Case Collection
diversity—in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, political views, religion, class, nationality, and other dimensions. Business leaders need to be able to take those differences and turn them into sources of imagination,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
investment in business performance (IT helping divisions and departments boost profitability), and personal value (CIOs contributing well beyond their area of specialization) — and then communicate these important IT contributions to the firm’s other, non-IT leaders.... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
losses, improve his finance department with the help of a Wall Street private equity firm, and make it a matter of policy to pay closer attention to managing the balance sheet. Makihara then turned his attention to improving Mitsubishi's... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
believe I had the skills to turn around a troubled technology company," says the Long Island native, who had worked at McKinsey and American Express before becoming chairman and CEO of RJR Nabisco. "Over time, the IBM board members... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
higher empathic concern for a person in need, which, in turn increased intentions to help. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-079.pdf Platform Competition under Asymmetric Information Authors:Hanna Halaburda and Yaron... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
struggled for the past several years, and JANA thought the presence of new directors could help turn around its operations, while Whole Foods resisted, adding new directors and announcing ambitious new financial targets. Facing continued... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
business leaders. “It’s disheartening to realize just how many women have had their careers and lives affected. But when you think back to Anita Hill over 20 years ago, there’s a difference now in recognizing how widespread this is, and the conversation really has... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
experiences seem to have that undeniable "wow" factor, while others disappoint customers? Perhaps there's no better place to turn to than the world of magic. Consider that leading magicians are constantly under pressure to come... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
decrease in strength, reach their limit, and eventually turn negative. The limit to network effects is different for different types of agents. For agents with few outside options, the limit to network effects is reached relatively... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
the challenges of client organizations. In 1987, the Academy of Management recognized Christensen's work in corporate strategy and business policy by giving him its first Outstanding Educator Award. The Case Method Christensen turned his... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2025 Commencement Remarks | About
and children, classmates and friends: They had your back. From where they are sitting, they still do! So please, stand up and turn around. Take a moment now to show everyone gathered here today how much their love mattered to you, and how... View Details
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice
and showing that I'm a discrete person that I'm not going to screw you, that I'm not going to make your life miserable. And once that word gets around, other doors are bound to open up for you. And I had to do some crazy things to get this story, you know? One of these... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
darkness, several men appeared in front of them and then several more behind them. It was the Służba Bezpieczeństwa or SB as it was commonly known. “You run left, I’ll run right,” Maj told Janek. Maj took the posters; Janek took the printing machine. Maj was fast, but... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
would turn us down, because they already had so many commitments. But they all said yes. They rearranged their schedules, telling us, 'I want to be a part of this!'" With the program and faculty (which was 60 percent female) in place,... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
first Outstanding Educator Award. Christensen’s “Second Adventure” Christensen turned his attention to case-method teaching in the second half of his career at HBS. HBS ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION, BAKER LIBRARY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS... View Details