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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

to him for their education. “What an opportunity it is,” he reflected in an interview, “to have the privilege of being a teacher, the greatest of all vocations, for it keeps us... View Details

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Ted Obi

necessary to achieve my goals as my interests evolve over my time here. Being part of the HBS community is like Winning the lottery but feeling an immense sense of humility and responsibility. Humility from... View Details

09 Mar 2023
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

your other degree program, and why? I applied to HBS as part of the 2+2 program while I was a senior in college. I was attracted by the opportunity to spend time developing my skill set in the professional... View Details

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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

Professor Mihir Desai Build an intuitive understanding of financial principles to better communicate with key stakeholders, drive business performance, and grow your career. 6 weeks, 6–7 hrs/week Pay by August 14 $1,850 Certificate New... View Details

01 Aug 2023

Life at HBS Chat with the Entertainment and Media Club

Virtual Life at HBS Chats are a unique opportunity to hear straight from current HBS students regarding their MBA experience. Join a panel of students from the Entertainment and Media Club who will share... View Details

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Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Eligibility & Criteria Awards How to Apply Past Projects Independent Projects in social enterprise complement the classroom-based courses by providing second-year MBA students the opportunity to apply their skills to the real-world... View Details

04 Aug 2010
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A Lonely Crusader

opportunity to make his case, something he never hesitated to do — at length. Even as the investigations continued, Ackman continued to bet against MBIA. Author Christine Richard’s narrative tracks the twists and turns View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; subprime mortgages; Finance; Real Estate

27 Mar 2024
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Video: Inspirational Women in Business

important to pull generations of other women forward. Veronica Chua: I actively seek out opportunities to mentor and uplift others, especially young women entering male-dominated fields like tech,... View Details

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

Many employees fall into a rut. They do their jobs and respond to challenges in a set way to deliver stable results. But consistency can give way to performance gaps between a company’s high achievers and its weakest links. Fortunately, seeking help and adopting the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

2022
Conference Presentation

Organizational Competition: A Catalyst for Workplace Diversity and Desires for Uniqueness

By: Samantha N. Smith, Edward H. Chang, Erika L. Kirgios and Katherine L. Milkman

Competition is prevalent in organizations. For example, people often compete against their colleagues for status and recognition in the workplace or for opportunities for advancement. Workers also compete against others to get hired into organizations in the first... View Details

Keywords: Status and Position; Organizational Culture; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior

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Spring 2012
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Sustainability at Dow Chemical

By: Robert G. Eccles, Kathleen M. Perkins and Mark Weick

Dow Chemical Company, which was founded in 1894, is now the second-largest chemical company in the world. From the outset, the company has been committed to high-technology research and commercial innovation in chemistry, advanced materials, and agro-sciences. But if... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Corporate Strategy; Chemicals; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Chemical Industry

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25 Jul 2023
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Why Leaders with Big Egos Worry Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott

In a recent profile in the Australian Financial Review, Rob Scott (AMP 179, 2010), CEO of Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers, discussed his career path and management philosophy. “I actually think that one View Details

14 Jun 2022
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Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association

The Jewish Student Association (JSA) serves as a resource to develop, inform, support, and enrich Harvard Business School’s Jewish students and those interested in learning more about the Jewish faith and heritage. Open to the full gamut View Details

22 Sep 2021
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Meet LASO: The HBS Latino Student Organization

sponsorship opportunities to companies to support our members. Now I’m honored to serve as one of our Co-Presidents helping unleash the amazing potential of an already... View Details

2009
Working Paper

Principles that Matter: Sustaining Software Innovation from the Client to the Web

By: Marco Iansiti

Economic analysis often reviews the role of principles—such as respect for intellectual property rights—in driving innovation. Given the interdependent nature of innovation in information technology, three core principles have emerged that work together to ensure that... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Partners and Partnerships; Competition; Information Technology; Internet and the Web

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Katie Sadler

art scene. Above all, the community is unparalleled; I still go back to my high school, Forest Hills Northern, to visit my old teachers. What has changed about your understanding of leadership? While it’s important to have an opinion,... View Details

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Social Technology: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Improving Care for Older Adults

By: Arthur Kleinman, Hongtu Chen, Sue E. Levkoff, Ann Forsyth, David E. Bloom, Winnie Yip, Tarun Khanna, Conor J. Walsh, David Perry, Ellen W. Seely, Anne S. Kleinman, Yan Zhang, Yuan Wang, Jun Jing, Tianshu Pan, Ning An, Zhenggang Bai, Jiexiu Wang, Qing Liu and Fawwaz Habbal

Population aging is a defining demographic reality of our era. It is associated with an increase in the societal burden of delivering care to older adults with chronic conditions or frailty. How to integrate global population aging and technology development to help... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Age; Service Delivery; Information Technology; Collaborative Innovation and Invention

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

years. There, he was primarily responsible for identifying new business opportunities in the Japanese market and was involved in the expansion and development of Kikkoman's health club business. Andy has... View Details

26 Jun 2013
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How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case

without anybody taking dangerous risks." The case was a breakthrough for Stevenson and helped him formulate his now-famous discipline-defining description of entrepreneurship as "the pursuit of View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

November 2023 (Revised April 2025)
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Norse Atlantic Airways

By: Willy Shih

Bjørn Tore Larsen, Norse Atlantic Airways' founder and CEO, hadn't planned to get into the airline business. But when the COVID-19 pandemic depressed the global demand for air travel and the lease rates for jetliners, he realized if ever he was going to get into the... View Details