New York (state, US) - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Nov 2010
News

What Darwin Can Teach Us About Leadership

01 Apr 2008
News

“Let Us Now Praise Famous Women”

at a time could use it), and one time it managed to spill all its cards on the floor. Val remembers that it took most of a week to put them back in order. How were changes in alumni data recorded back in those days? The staff filled in... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2005
News

New Career Wanted

When contemplating a move that will set your career on a new course, be sure to sharpen your navigational skills. “The research and preparation that go into making a move are crucial to success,” counsels Christine Sullivan, director of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2020
News

How Sports Should Use Its Timeout

some of these, I guess I broadly call them sort of infrastructure investments, that leagues and teams could or should be making that are not only going to be useful now, but could be useful in the post-COVID... View Details

17 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

don't work out.” How does it apply? (or, Why there is no “normal” to come back to) Your state, industry, organization—or unconscious mind—may be pinning hopes on some other event or date after which some version of “rescue” will come: a... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

22 May 2007
Working Paper Summaries

The Speed of New Ideas: Trust, Institutions and the Diffusion of New Products

Keywords: by Felix Oberholzer-Gee & Joel Waldfogel

18 Apr 2017
Video

20th Anniversary New Venture Competition Finale

March 2012
Article

New Project? Don't Analyze—Act

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown

In a predictable world, getting a new initiative off the ground typically involves analyzing the market, creating a forecast, and writing a business plan. But what about in an unpredictable environment? The authors recommend looking to those who are experts in... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Managing Yourself; Project Management; Project Strategy; Risk Management

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15 Dec 2020
Video

New Founder Series: Fundraising Essentials

12 Aug 2002
Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

will require a new institution that can harness the capabilities of global corporations and, helped by loans from development agencies, directly attack the root causes of poverty. The need for corporate involvement in the fight against... View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge

01 Mar 2006
News

New Zealand Adventure

It was a perfect summer day in New Zealand, and what better way to ring in the New Year than exploring protected bays, enjoying golden sand beaches, and searching for stingray by kayak in Abel Tasman... View Details

Keywords: Stephanie Herson; Accommodation; Hospitality

23 Jan 2012
News

Some See Two New Gilded Ages, Raising Global Tensions

21 Aug 2017
News

The Principles That Divide Us Might Be Greater Than Those That Bind Us Together

get. I'm watching how conflict is being handled as a guide, and I'm not encouraged.” In a new essay on LinkedIn, noted hedge fund manager Ray Dalio (MBA 1973) writes that Americans are divided in ways not seen since the Great Depression... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

experimentation," he said. "I'm incredibly optimistic. We just raised a new fund at Highland. I've never seen so much enthusiasm in our shop as I've seen in the last few months." Andrea Silbert "I think Springboard... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2017
News

The New Venture Competition Crowns a New Crop

NVC 20: This year marked the 20th anniversary of the New Venture Competition, which began in 1997 as the HBS Business Plan Contest. (photo by Susan Young) After surviving among a pool of 171 alumni teams from 14 different regions, four... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

24 Apr 2019
Video

Blueland Wins 2019 New Venture Competition Alumni Track

08 Sep 2021
News

AI Tools That Companies Use to Scan Resumes Are Stopping 27 Million People Finding New Jobs, a Harvard Report Says

November 2015 (Revised August 2016)
Case

Unilever's New Global Strategy: Competing through Sustainability

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

In January 2009, when Paul Polman was appointed CEO of Unilever, he inherited a company in long-term decline at the beginning of a major global financial crisis. As the first outsider ever recruited to lead the company, Polman lost little time in challenging the... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Competitive Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Consumer Products Industry