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01 Dec 2021
What Do You Think?

How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?

[expletive] out of the U-Stor-It.” Recently, Mark Zuckerberg reminded us that the notion of the Metaverse has been flourishing in the tech world. Let’s assume that his adoption of the notion as a central organizing strategy for Facebook... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2012
News

Get Creative

innovation strategy as a pyramid: big bets at the top, a few projects in development in the middle, and a broad base of continuous improvements, incremental contributions, and early-stage new ideas at the bottom. For example, Verizon... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Olujimi Williams

different continents, in addition to classes and seminars, “I got financial training plus managerial experience,” Olujimi says. “The global experience gave me a chance to explore many international settings in a short space of time. I... View Details

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Doha Tantawy

internship, Doha will explore strategy consulting with Ernst & Young in New York. Looking ahead, she believes "the Middle East is a white space to be developed. I'd like to be involved in change in... View Details

Keywords: Retail/Hospitality; Consulting

14 Jul 2023
Blog Post

A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations

service. “I turned to Leadership Fellows because I was interested in contributing to the social good,” says Mizuho. “For those of us entering the social space full-time for the first time, it’s a great place to start because of the... View Details

06 Dec 2017
Blog Post

The 23rd Annual Harvard Business School Tech Conference

key is to learn and keep marching forward. Throughout the day, the conference had many different panels. In order to expose the HBS community to trends in the technology space outside the U.S., the conference for the first time saw a... View Details

Keywords: Technology

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions

Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to hers. Roche asked how his research was going, and in the... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

13 Jul 2020
News

The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)

role? “As some of my classmates can attest to, I often ping friends asking for a copy of a case I think would be relevant to a particular challenge at work. Most recently, I’ve been thinking about the classes I took related to strategy... View Details

04 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

work, so I approached my search explaining that I may not have an investing background, but I have unique and technical knowledge in this space that you need, so I add value here and can learn new skills,” said Sheil. She advises other... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital

01 Jun 2020
News

Unleashed

That’s it. That’s the secret.” Morriss is the executive founder of The Leadership Consortium; Frei, the consortium's co-founder, served as senior vice president of leadership and strategy at Uber. They draw from their work with companies... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

23 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

transformation strategies that can be executed in the capital market. Over the period 1960–2016, we find that (1) unlevered bank assets underperform passive portfolios of maturity-matched U.S. Treasury bonds; (2) the cost of bank deposits... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Dec 2019
What Do You Think?

How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?

Andreas Haas How Does an Organization Like Boeing Coordinate Work Under Intense Competitive Pressure? Our case study on Boeing this month unfolded in real time, leading up to a second critical glitch on one of their products, this time its View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation

06 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Black Investment Club

aerospace industry where she led highly technical teams at The Boeing Company developing disruptive technologies to usher in the future of mobility and responsible innovation. The major focus of her work was on space exploration, product... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Investment Management / Hedge Fund

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

in a special issue of Management Science. Ultimately, the authors believe, neither side is likely to be forced from the battlefield—Microsoft has too much market share and OSS offers too many benefits for users. But there are strategies... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

31 Jul 2019
News

Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens

things that aren't digital, and getting them outside and away from that. And those are really hard. The good news is, and I don't purport to be an expert on digital mindfulness at all, because I think there's so much ink being spilled in that View Details

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Seminar) General Management Andy Zelleke Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage Strategy Eric J. Van den Steen Fall 2025 Q1 1.5 Creating the Modern Financial System Business, Government & the International... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

addition, it will examine marketing strategies for existing programs and services and evaluate their effectiveness relative to the alumni audience they are targeting. The committee will serve as a resource to the School as the capital... View Details

15 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners

energy around shaping its investment strategy, and my role reflected this dynamic environment. My responsibilities spanned two main areas: supporting fund strategy by conducting deep dives into new markets and verticals that might offer... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Faculty Books Published in 2020

business models without doing so? They fly blind. That’s what Harvard Business School professor Stefan Thomke shows in this rigorously researched and eye-opening book. Read the full abstract. Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company's Capabilities... View Details