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- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
a lot more of the idea of what is the road ahead of me and the awareness of that, but then there’s also the awareness of me. What are the ways in which I have to go and project myself into that road ahead?... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
Photos by Webb Chappell At first glance, the MBA Class of 2006 is an interesting collection of data points: 897 students from 67 countries, 34 percent women, 32 percent international, and 21 percent minorities. But look again, deeper this... View Details
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
Summing Up The exportation of jobs "will create bigger markets and opportunities to sell goods and services from the developed economies," says reader Suman Das. "This is indeed very... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
WILCOX: “At the height of the boom, all venture-capital funds had LPs begging to get in. Today, the really good funds are back competing for the very best deals.” With roughly half of the nation’s venture-capital firms and scores of... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
deep financial distress and had no choice but seek a foreign partner. Ghosn, who had never worked in Japan but had extensive experiences in other parts of the world, motivated the middle management at Nissan... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
management case: “How do you try to understand the experiences and motivations of your colleagues and then pull everyone, together, onto a more sustainable path?” Previously in... View Details
- 31 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It
Most managers today understand the strategic implications of the information-based, knowledge-driven, service-intensive economy. They know what the new game requires: speed, flexibility and continuous self-renewal. They even are... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
has more information on that dog than you do as a potential buyer or pet guardian, and that can lead to adverse situations,” Exley says. “The information asymmetry and search costs were what really View Details
- 05 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)
human capital from the country. “One problem we are facing is super practical and that is navigating the Visa issues to make the model sustainable,” Takatsuka said. “The second problem we want to solve for is how to View Details
- 16 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design
will teach, inspire, and motivate our readers to create their own positive stories - ones which prioritize the human side of climate change. About the Author Jacqueline Adams (MBA 1978) has spent her career... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
leaders to support social causes and institutions, using traditional and new approaches for effecting positive change. ... “What motivates today’s alumni to take action on a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
motivated not only by the desire to make a profit and to sustain viability and profitability, but also by the desire to beat their rival. Indeed, the language with which... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)
It's June 1996. Black churches are burning in the South, and up North, in Long Island, New York, a young African-American man named Shane Daniels has lain for several weeks in the hospital teetering between life View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 25 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Michael Schrader (MBA 2012) on Finding Entrepreneurial Success with HBS Resources
have the motivation that you are doing something that could be meaningful to the world helps you stick it out through the hard times." A mechanical engineer by trade who had worked in design for Honda View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Karen Gordon Mills
years in business. “I've learned how to see the path ahead and motivate people to move forward productively,” she says. “I can't see the future, but I can see what makes sense View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
resourcing, establishing targets and measurements and incentives that you would attach to any other strategic initiative that mattered. Third, I would say don't demand... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
the company’s larger insight that it didn’t need to be a totally different McDonald’s, just a better one. “We just need to tell more compelling consumer stories, and continue to connect with our customers in a really inspiring, View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward
member of our community to fully benefit from their experience. This work requires ongoing commitment and focus. We must ensure that we create an environment where learning occurs at the deepest level—preparing students with the... View Details
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment
Alla Jezmir MBA 2009 | Investing in Change “Being part of the collective effort to reduce and mitigate the adverse consequences of climate change motivates me to keep working harder every day.” Jules... View Details
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Casey Gerald
iconoclastic rock climber and founder of Patagonia. Rather than a focus on the wealth creation and empire building that drives most entrepreneurs, Gerald, the co-founder and... View Details