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- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
instructor, and later as a strategist for the Pentagon: O: Observe O: Orientate D: Decide A: Act Boyd's insight came from the need to develop a strategic approach—simple in nature, easy to execute and communicate—that made up for the fact... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
equipment and manufacturing. “This is about trying to build food system activity all around different elements of the food system,” says Kendall. “It’s reflective of our orientation to the market approach.” That approach harkens back to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
exploit Chinese offshore deposits. In 2010 he is trying to decide how to drive further growth in a company that has grown 556 times in less than 30 years, with profits grown 2,600 times. He believes that the way CNOOC has been managed, a blend of market View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers | Working Knowledge
He learned quickly to orient his business within the broader needs of the economy, linking his pitch to the job market and a criminal justice system that’s bloated and costly to taxpayers. By 2022, Blakeman’s team developed ConflixAI,... View Details
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’
as right, but "transformative" seemed closer to hype. Having seen it happen again and again, I now share the optimism. As our orientation session draws to a close, I join the executives and fellow faculty as we head en masse to Kresge... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery
- 30 May 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride
attributes are most easily explained in terms of a spectrum, with entrepreneurial firms falling on one side and more bureaucratic firms on the other. The first attribute is pursuit of opportunity. Strategic orientation is driven either by... View Details
Keywords: by William Mahoney
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
week-long boot camps, or team-building activities for conventions,” she says. Markowitz notes that two HBS students—Meredith Uram (MBA 2014) and Andrew Dunckelman (MBA 2014)—helped to orient her and her board away from their original plan... View Details
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
characterization. They demand multiple epistemologies, theoretical orientations (e.g., construction, analysis, or intervention), and value considerations. As our understanding of this emerging field of study grows, we become aware that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
more oriented to determining the right risk exposures of long-term investors. Once they have decided upon them, they can then look for skill elsewhere. There is no evidence that demographic changes have influence on stock returns and on... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
skill,” wrote Levitt, citing the railroads as one example of a business that lost its way. “They let others take customers away from them because they assumed themselves to be in the railroad business rather than in the transportation business. . . .They were product... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Orientations of Black and White Men Working in Elite Jobs Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Stephanie Creary presents "Who Helps Who and How? Comparing the Helping Orientations of Black and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
students by name by the time the required curriculum began. ° Snow depth during the first two days of Foundations set an all-time record of 30 inches at Logan Airport, breaking the 29-inch record set by the blizzard of '78. ° Orientation... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
Stevenson. "Our entrepreneurially oriented executive programs, the Owner/President Management Program (OPM) and the Presidents' Seminar, which work with presidents of entrepreneurially oriented firms, rely... View Details
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
learning capabilities intertwine with managerial cognitive capabilities to support the processes of sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring. We draw from the literature on team learning to develop four categories based on the orientation... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55053 2018 Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient Revenue Farming Reconsidered: Tenurial Rights and Tenurial Duties in Early Modern India, ca. 1556–1818 By: Sheth, Sudev J... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809093 Iris Running Crane: March 2011 Harvard Business School Case 809-071 In Spring 2011, Iris Running Crane, a 2009 HBS MBA, has finally achieved her goal of job offers from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
States. "Like the supermajors, we have to be global in our orientation — albeit on a smaller scale — and that includes how we manage our human resources. It can be a challenge to find skilled, multilingual employees who are willing to... View Details
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
promoting these individuals when looking to fill executive jobs. Managing diversity is also one of the core competencies used to assess managers' performance, and it's included in the mandatory training and orientation of new managers... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 14 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism
cooperation among countries, as we've seen in some of these post-Soviet cases. Q: You've written about how different countries in the former Soviet Union have reacted toward or against Russia. What about Russia and its own orientation and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
Listen Better What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman