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- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
sectionmates, your classmates for help—and by all means, do attend those reunions. This is Aarati Rajwade, MBA Class of 2010. I was too hard on myself and my definitions of success when I graduated. I had goals with years in a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- What Do You Think?
Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?
make them wiser. An observer of policy based on behavioral economics might well conclude that an assumption of irrationality may be valid, but irrational behavior is hard to predict. Why, for example, do people (even experts and managers... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
environment often demands a team approach to problem solving. This requires a leader who, among other things, is comfortable sharing power and generous in doing so, is able to see extraordinary potential in ordinary people, and can make... View Details
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
to make the $3.5 million Roadside Romeo. The first-of-its-kind animated Hindi movie barely broke even. All told, Hollywood studios invested an estimated $100 million on producing films in India between 2007 and 2009. But box-office profits were View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
Business Review You Need an Innovation Strategy By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract—Why is it so hard to build and maintain the capacity to innovate? The reason is not simply a failure to execute but a failure to articulate an innovation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
imagination, and plain old hard work). The third component, and the one with the greatest implications for business environments, is what Amabile terms "intrinsic motivation." Below are some of her thoughts on the topic, which... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- Blog
Crossing the Bridge from Program Learning to Practical Application
successful partnership for the Risk Management program. Kaplan says, "We had had great success inviting past participants to share how they've implemented program learnings. It's a powerful way to demonstrate the program's relevance and... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By: Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan Abstract—At the time of the American Revolution, China was... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?
seeking cheaper labor, at home and abroad, is corporate America shooting itself in the foot? Never before has America competed on the basis of having a low-paid workforce. American workers' purchasing power is now lower than that of... View Details
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
definition of moral leadership, a definition that they build during the course sessions and document, at the end, in a course paper. Each class is dedicated to debating and drawing lessons from a powerful work of fiction, biography,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
ability to act on ideas using zero-cost trading tools like Robinhood. On the positive side, Cohen notes, meme stocks signal levels of engagement with the stock market that haven’t been seen in decades. But the valuation of meme stocks is inflated to levels that are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
note that this is not the first time that Americans have gone through intense questioning about the system and the conduct of its actors. For example, in the latter part of the 19th century, the railroad, the telegraph, and a host of other innovations related to them —... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
really great cultures,” said Donna Dubinsky (MBA ’81), cofounder and CEO of Numenta and former CEO of Palm Computing and Handspring. “That’s what pulled us through the hard times and made us more resilient and flexible for change.” HATS... View Details
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
Gaurav Goel: "Analytics is a powerful weapon but we need prudent processes for data capture that ensure a consistent quality of data." The tone of responses suggested that there was little question that the analytics of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Building a DTC Brand Through COVID
Reflections Typically, in my blog series, I discuss the differences in building a company in the COVID world vs. the non-COVID world followed by some takeaways. In both worlds, I’m fortunate enough to have my HBS community. However, the slight difference is that in a... View Details
- Profile
Yi-An Huang
internal consulting group. How is your current job related to your HBS experience? When I came to HBS, I had been working in global health and development issues. I had realized that healthcare is an exciting sector with powerful social... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- Profile
Folafolu Folowosele
winners – it’s really there to encourage kids to work hard academically and enjoy sports.” Learning how to apply business principles to drive social impact was part of Fola’s motivation to attend HBS. “This is an institution,” Fola says,... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
iPhoto For businesses and other organizations seeking to overcome roadblocks to sustainability over the last few decades, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to... View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate
his background in formal economics along with a jagged streak of lightning called genius that enabled him to succeed at so doing," Tedlow and Abdelal wrote in a recent paper on Levitt. As a prediction of things to come, it's not hard... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
DIVERSIFYING OUR CASE PROTAGONISTS: HOW IS HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL DOING A YEAR LATER?
but I never suspected we’d be able to write so many relevant cases so quickly,” said Hammond. “This has been a difficult year for everyone, and it is simply breathtaking to see the commitment and hard work the HBS faculty, with stellar... View Details