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- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
whether or not the problem is within that person’s purview. As a result, salespeople have to bring those other functions together. Similarly, multichannel selling changes competencies. For one thing, reps who were successful individual... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
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Overview
By: Roberto Verganti
Roberto’s research focuses on how to create innovations that are meaningful for people, for society, and for their creators. He explores how leaders and organizations generate radically new visions, and make those visions come real. His studies lie at the intersection... View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
of the most successful companies in the world where the CEO is openly gay, and no one cared a bit. I wrote Tim Cook a letter the next day to share my experience. He was as moved as I was. —Paul Donaher (MBA 1981) I remember the first time... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student
appointments. I began with a simple question, which was to ask them about their entrepreneurial journey and what they have learned through their successes and failures. The conversations were incredible and provided a lens into the... View Details
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John H. McArthur | About
1994 in accordance with changes in federal law. Executive Education: A Vital Component McArthur saw executive education as vital to the School’s success as a result of its capacity to broaden faculty members’ perspectives through... View Details
- 30 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?
predictors for (the) future success of a company," he suggests that these measures have to be viewed with a long-term lens, one that accommodates the fact in the short-run, managements may take actions to reduce costs and the size of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (MBA 2018)
financially. How did you approach your career search? Was it influenced by concerns about loans or debt repayment? I asked myself, “What does success look like the day after graduation?” Inspired by my mother’s story, my experience as a... View Details
- 20 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism
evident in the success of large companies such as Costco, Jordan's Furniture, Southwest Airlines, Google, and even Starbucks, businesses that meet the needs of a broader set of stakeholders than shareholders. (A recent study of 30 such... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy Koehn
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
work and firms compete to craft successful business strategies. 8 weeks 6-8 hours per week 5 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus... View Details
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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
modern venture capital industry. "We are a movement, not just a company. A commercial bank lends only on the strength of past successes and proven assets. I want money to do things that have never been done before." Georges F. Doriot, in... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
different? A couple of things. One is that more companies are being born global. In the '80s and the '90s, our focus was really more about how established successful companies adapted to the booming global environment. The game was being... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 03 May 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the First HBS African-American Mother-Daughter Duo
encouraged risk taking, and empowered me to use passion as my compass. Entrepreneurship is one of the most successful ways to not only build wealth for your community, but also to close the many gaps that exist due to years of systematic... View Details
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History - Entrepreneurship
50-year career as one of the world's most effective and influential venture capitalists, he helped seed the success of economic powerhouses such as Teledyne, Intel, and Apple Computer. And in 2003, through an unprecedented gift, he... View Details
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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
May 2010 issue celebrating the magazine's 125th anniversary. She was cited for her ground-breaking research on the toll of tokenism, work/family conflicts, fostering diversity, and the creation of successful organizations which has helped... View Details
- 22 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Case Protagonists at HBS
seatmate’s successes or professor’s knowledge. I dare you to try to go a full 80 minutes without laughing or applauding. I bet you can’t. What is a case protagonist? HBS cases all revolve around a decision some leader at an organization... View Details
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
South Africa; and M-PESA, an initiative launched by the mobile network operator Safaricom (in conjunction with Vodafone) to offer a new type of financial service to the poor residents of Kenya. Ultimately, the more successful of the two,... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
announcing that the disruptor's home market is a strategic priority is a clear signal of a growth-driven response. Our theories suggest co-option efforts will be fruitless when success requires different skills or motivation. But when... View Details
- 18 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Family Business Club
to pursue. Some students also consider starting their own business post-MBA. This is a touchy subject which students often struggle with. Members also often battle with issues like succession planning, wealth regeneration, nepotism, etc.... View Details
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Building Effective Relationships Across Cultures
Trust is the foundation of any successful collaborative relationship. In my first stream of research, I draw on the basic distinction between cognition-based versus affect-based trust– that is, trust from the head versus trust from the heart – to better... View Details
- Spring 2012
- Article
Sustainability at Dow Chemical
By: Robert G. Eccles, Kathleen M. Perkins and Mark Weick
Dow Chemical Company, which was founded in 1894, is now the second-largest chemical company in the world. From the outset, the company has been committed to high-technology research and commercial innovation in chemistry, advanced materials, and agro-sciences. But if... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Corporate Strategy; Chemicals; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Chemical Industry
Eccles, Robert G., Kathleen M. Perkins, and Mark Weick. "Sustainability at Dow Chemical." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 24, no. 2 (Spring 2012): 38–44.