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- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
business plan vision of Finale hasn't happened yet, which doesn't mean it never will," Conforti adds. "The journey itself has been very rewarding. I've had the opportunity to stretch myself and the organization in ways I didn't expect."... View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
that this has a substantial impact in limiting the inequality of agreements and results in a non-montonicity of the discount rate. The general need to maintain incentives for cooperation means it may appear that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
history is so exciting because these two narrow and broader circles interact. In the past I have considered such vagueness about what exactly business history is to be a source of weakness, but as we put the Handbook together I realized that it explains the vitality of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
property. And so perhaps it shouldn't be built. And if it's somehow important from a socioeconomic [standpoint], I think that's a role for government, not for a private industry. DM: Some of the challenges around adaptation are systemic, right? View Details
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Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School
That could mean articles and reports or it could be videos and podcasts. The challenge is not to jump the gun on any of it and not be able to sustain it. Throughout the last year we gave over 30 presentations to various groups across the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
glorious failure. I figured we would either turn it into a national chain or drive it into the ground trying,” he reflects. “In reality, the most likely scenario is the one that played out. “The original business plan vision of Finale hasn’t happened yet, which doesn’t... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
network, how well you maintained your network, and do you know all of your network. Those were three key elements to understanding if you can protect during an attack. The concept of resilience is really what this is all about. Being resilient View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
push to get me to share, I mostly kept this a secret. Even two, three years after recovering, I still was ashamed that I struggled with this. I mean it's a mental illness, but so many people still look at this as if you chose to have it,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
develop with each other and the program are remarkable. Their entrepreneurial intensity is matched by their sense of loyalty to OPM." « Back It Don't Mean a Thing If You Ain't Got that Green: HBS and the Birth of Venture Capital Without... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
today are searching for a deeper meaning for business leadership than just creating shareholder value, says Professor of Management Practice Allen Grossman. “It’s hard to think of yourself as a business leader anymore without thinking... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
provides students with the means to navigate their way through the decisions they will face and formulate an effective business strategy. This is a much-needed guide to the common strategic issues that arise when firms compete... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
architectural components with 1,157 dependencies between them. We show that the architecture of this system can be classified as a "core-periphery" system, meaning it contains a single large dominant cluster of interconnected... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
mean I’m not trying to be a goody-goody girl or anything like that—then I step back. And some people I meet just want to be on a board, but there’s a job there and you have to do the job well. JH: I’m thinking about Quaker Chemical, where... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
Feedback Shapes Social Networks By: Green, Paul, Jr., Francesca Gino, and Bradley Staats Abstract—Many organizations employ interpersonal feedback processes as a structured means of informing and motivating employee improvement. Ample... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
many managers overestimate the attractiveness of using IP to exert market power. Rather, the value of the various means to protect and benefit from IP depends on firm strategy, the competitive landscape, and the rapidly changing contours... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
deficits, taxes, and transfer payments, depend on one's reference point/reporting procedure/language/labels. As such, they, too, represent numbers in search of concepts that provide the illusion of meaning where none exists. This paper,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
organizations which has largely overlooked the changing design of executive power and the means of senior executives, who have more leeway to construct their roles than managers at any other organizational layer. F.A.R.T.: Top Secret! No... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
more than 2 billion are malnourished, even though we produce enough food today to feed everyone. The carbon footprint of food waste totals 3.3 billion metric tons, enough to rank as the third-largest country in the world in greenhouse gas emissions. Wasted food View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
find excuses to visit Fab 3 just so they could put a bunny suit on.” Fab 3 was also important because it introduced the “McDonald’s approach” to erecting fabs. They were to be made as similar as possible. In the world of “McIntel,” exact replication would View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
potential areas of conflict. Then, to gain the upper hand, companies can use a variety of tools that fall into two main categories: hard power (inducements or coercion to get what you want) and soft power (persuasion through indirect View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne