ambition - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom

’09), “and when I asked my host family what they were planning to do in the context of time lines and schedules, I realized that my tendency toward accomplishment and ambition didn’t seem to match with my family’s outlook on life.” As is... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

the preeminent financial institutions in the region. However, following the global financial crisis of 2008 and the Arab Spring, NBK had to slow its regional expansion. Dabdoub wonders if the bank is positioned to thrive and fulfill its collective View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era

located on the company's front lines, many are feeling the need to push the strategy process deeper into the organization. At the top of the company, the critical task is to frame strategy within a broader sense of purpose — according to Bartlett, "a stretching View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

07 Sep 2021
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Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1

cares, like, where you went to school [laughing]. Like, you know, if it's ... DM: [laughs] JI: ... it's all about, like, who you are and can you bring heat ? So I think the combination of all those things kind of drove an ambition but... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects

ambition and great expectations." Alumni Message Boards While the campus community came together to cope in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, members of the extended HBS community did the same. Given that two of the attacks... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

01 Feb 2002
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Redefining Success: Women & Work.

flexible schedule, the lack of appropriate role models in traditionally "male" industries, the impact of maternity leaves on promotion opportunities, and a realignment of ambitions after experiencing parenthood. Barbara A. Piette (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

organizations view the world, and their choices, in profoundly different ways. What do these people have in common? They know that productivity relies on making certain choices: the way we frame our daily decisions; the big ambitions we... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

the Class of 2006 Diversity & Ambition India Arrives Economic reforms and a young, entrepreneurial workforce have lifted India into the global economy and raised its hopes for social development. HBS alumni talk about doing business in a... View Details

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restrictions that threaten to "decouple" the U.S. economy from China's? What happens to firms caught in the cross-fire of deteriorating US-China relations? Will China's ambitions to become a "self-sufficient" superpower succeed or... View Details

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