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Commencement 2011 Address | About
they are seen to be motivated by higher aims and when they have the fortitude to stay true to their principles. Leaders who are known for their competence and character. That ’... 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
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
motivations behind and value created by business transformations and spinoffs, identify spinoff strategies, and gain insights into managing chief... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
with our mission of providing a free world-class education to anyone, anywhere. What has influenced your thinking in regard to Khan Academy? I know this sounds dorky, but anyone who wants to better understand my long-term thinking and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
Information and the Arts George Yeo (MBA '85). "We are absolutely delighted and honored that HBS has chosen Hong Kong," said Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's chief executive, at the inaugural dinner. Fung added,... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
that such a manager has little hope of retaining this customer from year to year, there is little incentive to encourage consumption by billing in installments. Instead, he can minimize administrative hassles View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
on-time performance, and offered to share equally with all employees 50 percent of the cost savings achieved by better service. Employees were motivated to achieve this goal View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
customers, the press. Understanding what motivates people is the most potent tool and the most challenging aspect of my work, especially in a market such as today's where good people are becoming scarcer.... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
stories that we hope 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)... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
services. In many emerging ecosystems, the numbers are flipped. In sub-Saharan Africa, it's over 60%. It's also how they think about offering the product and service, [and] to who, and that impact is really... View Details
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
How to Judge Your Next Job
just become empty nesters and they don't feel like they're motivated anymore to do the job. Because there's just not enough job for them to do. DM: One of the things I really connected with was this idea of... View Details
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
the basic management issues it raises—the value of Lincoln's clear and consistent approaches to strategy, organization, and what motivates workers." "Motivation is... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
motivation is really to help others. And my faith definitely helps, because from my faith perspective, God loves us for who we are and not for what we do. View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
(MBA 1978). Adams has spent her career as a journalist, author, and convener. Over the next few months, she will share a variety of stories that we hope will teach, inspire, and View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
encouraging labor market mobility. “Setting the table in terms of creating an environment that is attractive to entrepreneurship is one of the most important things that government can do,” he says—and differences in incentives View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
COVID-19 response. In a recent blog post, the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative connected with several first and second year fellows to hear about their work. “Being able to see the impact my work is creating on people on a day-to-day... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
incentive award was announced for the best new application of technology, he set his sights on winning it—and did. "AutoCAD had been around, but it wasn't being used at Bath Iron Works," he recalls. "I ran the numbers on the cost savings... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
Being in a period of indecision may be uncomfortable, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing.” Terrana says she learned that what motivated her fifteen years ago — her career, primarily — had changed to encompass family, friends, greater... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services