Filter Results:
(501)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,229)
- People (7)
- News (501)
- Research (1,232)
- Events (12)
- Multimedia (16)
- Faculty Publications (642)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,229)
- People (7)
- News (501)
- Research (1,232)
- Events (12)
- Multimedia (16)
- Faculty Publications (642)
Sort by
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
influential professor. He taught us about the fundamentals of manufacturing, but the most important things he taught us were a variety of philosophies and standards of behavior that have served society and all of us students well. Gilbert... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
afraid that most managers still see environmentalists as adversaries. This is a fundamental problem. Too few managers appreciate the integral relationship between the economy and the natural environment. I believe the time is coming soon... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
ECY winners for more than 20 years. “We care about, and choose, companies that will hopefully stand the test of time,” says Druyan. “We look at market cap, growth, whether it’s a compelling business. Companies have to be fundamentally... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
about the glamour for a minute—the celebrity sports endorsements, team sponsorships, promotions featuring models and freestyle rappers. Is branding your top priority? Building brand is fundamental to what we do. We play at this very... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career
of values. The fundamentals I experienced as a new faculty member — the engaged classroom where students actively participate in the learning process, the dedication to ideas that have power in practice, the real sense of community you... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
the moment because we’re not going anywhere, for the most part. COVID-19 is going to fundamentally change some aspects of our lives. People are cooking more and creating new spaces for themselves to work from home. I have 24 plants in my... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
associates whom they respect. Thus, the leader’s responsibility, be it in a church, NGO, private corporation, or executive branch of government, is to force debate on the most fundamental issues confronting the organization, even though... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
to do is work on is following a phased plan. And there are three phases to the plan. Phase one was fixing the fundamentals of the business, which are making sure you're operating well, making sure you got high-quality food and system.... View Details
- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
events. "In America and around the world, the public has lost trust in business," says Hess. "Business and society have never been more divided. Even as the economy has recovered, trust has not. As business leaders, we need to remind the public that business is a force... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
both communities and businesses in the coming decades, HBS professors are making a significant contribution to the urban recovery movement. Building Sustainable Communities Many approaches to revitalizing the inner city have focused on the social problems, but the more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
crisis. What is cause for celebration or pride or shame. Culture even determines something as fundamental as what is funny. Humor is not a universal truth; it’s a cultural one. For example, a culture challenge at Riot Games was that... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
innovative business units to attack the problem. Others prescribe the more radical and risky measure of throwing out old success formulas in order to remake the company from scratch. Sull favors a third approach. “Managers can View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
about the glamour for a minute—the celebrity sports endorsements, team sponsorships, promotions featuring models and freestyle rappers. Is branding your top priority? Building brand is fundamental to what we do. We play at this very... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Vijay Govindarajan (MBA 1976, DBA 1978) (Harvard Business Review Press) Leaders understand that creating a new business and optimizing an already existing one are two fundamentally different management challenges. The real problem for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
a huge opportunity for those coming out of this with some financial strength, because I don’t think people’s desire to have food away from home is going to fundamentally shift. It may take a while to get back to the same levels of demand... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
bring you closer to being how you mean to be. The Three-Box Solution: A Strategy for Leading Innovation by Vijay Govindarajan (MBA 1976, DBA 1978) (Harvard Business Review Press) Leaders understand that creating a new business and optimizing an already existing one are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
Leslie Hale (MBA 2001), CFO and sVP, RLJ Lodging Trust, Bethesda, Maryland The fundamental responsibilities of a leader today have not really changed over the past 50 years. However, the context in which we operate today has shifted the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
forces of natural selection and enable us to take control of our genes. We will be able to alter our own species and many others—a good thing, the authors suggest, given that our eventual survival will require space travel and colonization, enabled by a View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
understand two fundamental things about himself: “One, I am hardwired to run something and make things happen through people. And two, I wanted to lead with purpose.” That’s when he decided to apply to HBS. Foremost in his mind in seeking... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
incorporates the lessons and insights that the authors have gained in the past five years. Two new chapters critically examine the role of organizational culture in promoting or hindering ambidexterity and its underlying fundamental... View Details