Disciplines - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

disciplines have become so important in finance." After sixteen years as a "classic, two-career, childless Manhattan couple," Layton and his wife, Sandy, welcomed their first son into their lives in 1990. Their second son was born in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

management to what you originally wanted." At the same time, the fixed-performance contract fosters the fear in managers that if they don't spend what's left over in their budgets at the end of the year, their funding for the next year will be reduced. Cost View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

of technology, order, and modernity, not ancient disciplines involving hand-to-hand combat. At the time, Sityodtong was setting up the Asian office of Izara Capital Management, the $500 million hedge fund he founded in New York; Evolve... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

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Fast Facts - Health Care

Health Care MBA Health Care Club 600+ Students engaged in Health Care Club activities Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details

Profile

Peter Gumulia

Growing up in Indonesia, Peter Gumulia experienced life as a cycle of “school, athletics, homework, and repeat. Discipline played an important role early on in my life.” This pushed Peter onto the national golf team when he was only... View Details

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Investor - Entrepreneurship

entrepreneurs and investors have a wide range of backgrounds and diverse skillsets. Meet Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Stay in Touch You can get more information, updates, and alerts by subscribing to our slack channel and joining our mailing list. Subscribe to Rock... View Details

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Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

and you submit future renewal applications, the committee will require details that show evidence in the areas outlined above. INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve... View Details

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

creating value. Danielle Kost: What is different about the companies that put value at the center of their strategy? Felix Oberholzer-Gee: I admire how disciplined they are. Every company that I studied for the book has many talented... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

disciplines and schools working on similar challenges.” In this conversation, Segneri highlights the broadening of the initial i-lab model as an educational collaborative just for students into a three-lab ecosystem that also engages... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

frank. “It’s been a wild ride. I’ve learned so much, both about myself and... Starting a For Profit Social Enterprise at HBS Philip Blackett 2016 INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or... View Details

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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Commission for Investment Promotion, Nicaragua, Richard Lumpkin Service Leadership Fellow Meredith Weenick, City of Boston Mayor's Office, Baker Foundation Service Leadership Fellow Robert Zeaske, Mercy Corps, MBA Class of 1973 Fund Service Leadership Fellow... View Details

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Research - Health Care

and Management Regina E. Herzlinger General Management Leslie K. John Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Rosabeth M. Kanter General Management Robert S. Kaplan Tarun Khanna Strategy Karim R. Lakhani Technology and Operations Management Gary P. Pisano Michael E.... View Details

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Joiner - Entrepreneurship

Subscribe to Rock Center slack channel Join our mailing list Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details

05 Sep 2014
News

Keeping Education in Check

the schoolyard.) He traces his disciplined approach to the financial world and some of his financial smarts as a hedge fund guru back to chess. And he’s quite certain it was chess that brought his grades from a D average in high school to... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Education to Help Meet the Needs of Learners Everywhere: SE Summer Fellow Angel Njenga (MBA 2022) Angel Njenga 05 Aug 2021 INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details

18 Feb 2020
Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

separate ways. By our senior year, somehow we’d managed to share two disciplines and never sit a course together. We’d both been committed to the local sustainable food movement. We’d spent three years hanging out in neighboring houses,... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

but unique specialty component from an Asian company with a plant in China that has shut down. Supply chain managers who previously focused their attention one or two levels down into their supply chains will have to go back to work and develop the systems and View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

those communities can offer frank feedback on the organization's work. Ebrahim's research suggests that measuring results is valuable as a discipline for nonprofit managers, even if they don't find universal metrics for social impact. "It... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

interference from the community because of their favorable reputation, while layoffs by other firms elsewhere were met with unrest and angst. The approach of the study is important, too. The discipline of strategy is not rich in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Oct 2017
Blog Post

How My Engineering and Manufacturing Background Prepared Me for an MBA

crucial skills that prepared me for the MBA experience: A structured and practical approach to problem solving The discipline I acquired to methodically think through problems has proved to be valuable. Breaking down complex problems... View Details

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