Projects - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Get Off the Dime!

in "Approval," very poor assumptions. At multiple levels in that organization, there were large pockets of complacency—"We have many challenges; uniform business processes is a very low priority." There was fear—"Can I handle this View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen

01 Sep 2005
News

WATER Ltd.

inefficiently — amounts that far exceed residential and personal use. And with the global population skyrocketing, the demand for water to sustain, feed, and employ the world’s people is projected to double by 2025. By that date, nearly... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 2002
News

Class Notes Extra

Smiths managed to construct a modest home and saved about $140,000 by overseeing the project themselves. Halfway through the process, he reports, “I realized, ŒI've got to write this down.' ” The results were The Owner-Builder Book: How... View Details

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

public, going over investment projects, dividends, and share buybacks, dwelling more on this or that depending on the audience. For road show meetings, the IR group prepares comprehensive descriptions of selected investments and projects... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

05 Mar 2020
News

Green Light

from where it is grown to the tables where it is consumed. The global population is rising, with the United Nations projecting it to swell to 9.7 billion from its current 7.7 billion by 2050. “We also have to solve the calorie deficiency... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles

10 Dec 2014
News

Front-Row Seat

says. “We would be in Mrs. Bradley’s library with the card tables set up, and the phone would ring. We’d pick up and say, ‘Research Counsel of Washington, may I help you?’ The absurdity of the situation is inescapable, right? But you have to View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; digital media; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

2004) recently led an effort to save summer internships for Black and Hispanic youth. Bobo is CEO of Project Destined, a nonprofit with a platform that teaches inner-city kids about real estate investment. COVID-19 forced him to move all... View Details

19 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

(cherry blossoms) Project, where the company asked users in Japan to report about how cherry blossoms were blooming near them day by day, had opened up opportunities for the company's consumer business in Japan. The project ultimately... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

increasingly hostile board of directors. At that meeting, he is very tempted to resign so he can move on to his next project and regain the thrill of being an entrepreneur. Purchase the case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2007
News

How Business Schools Lost Their Way

advantage of lax monitoring to build corporate empires with little strategic coherence, producing commensurately lackadaisical results. I do believe, however, that with the abandonment of the professionalization project and the idea that... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Abraham Zaleznik; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

Shah Gordion Knots Books This is a collection of casebooks written as part of Harvard Medical School’s Mentored Clinical Casebook Project. The project pairs a first-year medical student with a clinical mentor and a patient to follow... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

plant in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to introduce a new pilot project designed to enhance the motivation and performance of a group of 200 employees. A rare female manager at Frito-Lay, Johnson finds that her youth, inexperience, and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2012
News

From Where We Stand

and staying engaged in some way are intrinsic to sustaining both confidence and opportunities. Serving on meaningful nonprofit boards that deal with serious business issues is one good route. Part-time projects and consulting is another.... View Details

06 Aug 2018
Blog Post

Parks Management is People Management

not yet becoming clear. This guided my decision to intern with the National Park Service (NPS). My objective was to test the portability of MBA principles to practical and timely resources challenges. The great news is that, half way through my internship, I feel I am... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

Web

Leslie A. Perlow | Working Knowledge

encourages students to be more intentional about their choices, and provides guidance to help them in terms of managing their careers, relationships, and lives. Beyond this course she has become involved in building and studying the HBS alumni community. She leads the... View Details

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Oral History, Business History and Business Archives in India - Creating Emerging Markets

growth of business history in India. Geoffrey Jones (Business History Initiative) discussed the Creating Emerging Markets project and how the oral histories being generated were being used in both teaching and research. Chinmay Tumbe... View Details

Web

TALK: How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog TALK: How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life Course Number 2227 Associate Professor Alison Wood Brooks Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 12 Sessions Final Project We talk to people to achieve success in every aspect of business... View Details

The Visible Hand of History

wonderful atmosphere of collegiality. The weekly seminars on Business History and the video-based methodology of the CEM are just two among many takeaways I carry from the Business History Initiative. Learning about the projects of the... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Student Trio Advance Health Payment Reform

support for bundling pilot projects in the health-care legislation enacted in April 2010. In fact, the legislation inspired Herzlinger to initiate the field study project with New England Baptist Hospital. A... View Details

Keywords: bundling; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

and ongoing education. The checkpoints Fitzpatrick often suggests, including regular 1:1s with a supervisor, a mid-summer check-in with leadership, and an end-of-summer presentation, can be completed using video conferencing with day-to-day work completed using chat,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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