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- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
business and society. In its Winter 2008 issue, Business History Review included five articles on salesmanship: "Selling the American Way: The Singer Sales System in Japan, 1900-1938" (by Andrew Gordon) "Inventing the U.S. Stove Industry, c. 1815-1875: Making and... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
computer ended the use of typewriters, or how electronic fuel injection systems replaced carburetors. It's probably more accurate to say the Apple Watch introduces several impressive incremental innovations that improve and combine... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
were able to understand how firms are approaching the tremendous uncertainty related to COVID-19. One of the aspects of this research that has impressed me the most is how, for many companies, this crisis has created an opportunity to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
associate professor Yasheng Huang asserts that it is not strengths but weaknesses in the Chinese economy that are responsible for some of the country’s impressive FDI figures. Huang argues that foreign direct investment in China surged... View Details
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
considered to be the first formal textbook specifically designed to "teach leadership". Since then, the field of leadership has exploded. A simple Google search of "leadership books" returns more than 84 million hits.... View Details
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
Summing Up The first impression I get from respondents to this month's column is that Steve Jobs can't be replaced as CEO of Apple by just one person. Rather the succession must include at least a head of... View Details
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
George C. Lodge
In 1961, at the invitation of Dean Stanley F. Teele, George Lodge came to Harvard Business School to complete his first book, Spearheads of Democracy: Labor in the Developing Countries. He didn't have a master's or a Ph.D. and never... View Details
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- 24 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
10 Reasons Why HBS Peek Weekend was worth the trip across the pond - a british perspective
countries. The first evening we had a large cohort dinner and for the rest of the evenings we all got to know each other in the dorm lounges while going over a case study or two. It wasn’t just the diversity of backgrounds that was... View Details
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
When Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria first moved from India to the United States more than 30 years ago, he was impressed with how well the highways and airports hummed along in this country. Yet... View Details
- 04 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water
to locate along these waters,” Tim said, “where the Ojibwe people of the Dokis First Nation have been fishing, trading and hunting since long before we arrived. The Nipissing First Nation, a longstanding... View Details
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
through a pretty harrowing experience. —Joshua Coval "We almost didn't run the first simulation because we figured everyone would easily see ahead to what would happen and that there'd be no trading at all," says Coval.... View Details
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
impressive monitoring system. However, the truth is that opportunities to add capacity with new dams are limited. Building dams is difficult due to the complex siting requirements and opposition from local residents who are often... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dare to be Different
MOON: “Differentiation is not a formula. Rather, it’s a way of thinking.” Professor Youngme Moon, who teaches one of HBS’s most popular electives (Consumer Marketing), has recently published her first book. In Different: Escaping the... View Details
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
Strumpf call "samplers"—an older crowd who downloads a song or two and then, if they like what they hear, go out and buy the music. Interestingly, the first half of this year saw the release of numbers seemingly supporting this... View Details
- Profile
Deborah A. Farrington
earned her the title of “Queen Midas” as the highest ranking female VC on the Forbes Midas List. Farrington’s experience at HBS has had a big influence on her career and she remains closely connected to the school. In 1999, as she was getting her View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
in New York, working with inner-city at-risk youth. He saw a presentation by then-NFTE president Steve Mariotti and was impressed by the organization’s practical curriculum for teaching entrepreneurship. Bhargava and his wife, Aruna, a... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
startup pymetrics, solving the bias problem meant first acknowledging that humans are the most biased decision-makers of all. As a neuroscientist who spent 10 years studying the bias systems wired into our brains, Polli knew that... View Details
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress
Barcott explains, “but now there is a surge of more than 100 next-generation veterans planning to run for House seats in 2018.” “We are looking to help veterans who commit to forming a coalition that will put country first over party,”... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
alumni might find useful at different career and life stages. Thanks to the encouragement and strong effort of this committee and the larger board, the School has developed an impressive menu of programs offered specifically to alumni,... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
implications for anyone looking to impress others, for those who are tasked with forecasting consumer behavior, or for salespeople who consult with customers on prospective purchases. In short, it’s dangerous to predict what others will... View Details