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01 Sep 2023
News

End Game

Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral... View Details

27 Nov 2006
What Do You Think?

What’s to Be Done About Performance Reviews?

opportunity within the organization? To map out an individual plan for personal development? All of these? Too often this is unclear. Is it any wonder then that managers, many of whom receive little or no training in how to do it, conduct... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

year; Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) during the January term; new cases in the RC and EC; and opportunities for independent projects. Moreover, the mapping we’ve done to understand what is being taught across different courses in the RC... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

Employees should think about work on the way to work by mentally mapping out a plan for their day. By using the travel time as an opportunity to get into the work mindset, employees are giving themselves a chance to make an easier mental... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

curate and share knowledge between the corporate and academic worlds better, so that managers don’t have to decipher the ever-expanding corpus of journal articles, Krieger says. “Managers need more than just a search engine for scientific articles; they need View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

31 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Transitioning From the Military to Business School

plans do you have for the future? How has your vision of the future changed since coming here? When I applied to HBS I was pretty set on building a career in either finance or consulting. Now, while my road map will still entail a stint... View Details

04 Aug 2011
What Do You Think?

How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?

served or failed us. Most felt that common sense had its place in combination with formal systems of knowledge, research, and planning. As Michael Aschenbach put it, "If you get lost in the woods, it is good to have survival experience. Having a View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2023
News

Step Change

spirit of “founders first” says Enan, a mantra that maps well with her own priorities. “I don’t think I have any secret sauce when it comes to investing,” she says frankly. “I’ve made bad investments. I’ve made good investments. But first... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

25 Mar 2015
HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

four museums, including the acclaimed Tate Modern—has pushed the boundaries of what an art museum can be. Its journey may be both a road map and a caution for many institutions—cultural and business—as they begin to explore the promise of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Accidental Innovator

hard on a predefined objective, can cause you to miss value that might lie in a different direction. In business, there's a saying that goes "if you don't know where you're going, any map will do." You can almost always get... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

IMPRESSION McDonald focused on the startups’ cultural strategies—rhetorical activities in terms of what they said and how that mapped to what they did, and symbolic activities like using labels or analogies to similar players in other... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

22 Jul 2019
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How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

from key external content providers, such as Google Maps and the New York Times, ensuring the provision of early complements. By maintaining secrecy prior to launch and then staging mega-media events, Steve Jobs sought to stimulate... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

personal situations, in part also to motivate them to adapt to new safety practices. Implementing this model of HR management requires new capabilities such as mapping employees’ skills, cataloging competencies, supporting rapid... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

08 Nov 2013
HBS Seminar

Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School

Portrait Project

Kelly Cheng

life. Step back and you'll see a life's map leading to a career as an MD. My parents would be proud! Why business school? Well, life's map has today directed me to a land where MDs are managing directors... View Details

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Wall of Recognition of Service to Country | About

black granite is a monolithic piece that includes four different finishes. In recognition of the global community of HBS, its design features Buckminster Fuller’s projected map of the world (also known as the “Dymaxion Map”). It is the... View Details

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Georges F. Doriot: Educating Leaders, Building Companies