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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader
In this excerpt from Chapter 1 of the their book, Dan Ciampa and HBS Professor Michael D. Watkins describe some of the common traps into which new leaders can fall. Falling Behind The Learning Curve Not using the time before entry effectively can undermine one's View Details
Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins
- 20 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Alumni and Students in Climate Networking Series: Boston
Commonwealth Fusion Systems use of magnets to build smaller and lower-cost fusion systems to Sagewell’s use of data analytics to deliver solutions for energy efficiency to Wyss’ ability to bridge the gap between academia and industry to... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Kathryn E. Giusti, MBA 1985
aided in the development of drugs for this and other cancers. A successful marketing executive who had worked at Merck, Gillette, and Searle, Giusti was diagnosed with myeloma in 1996. As she faced a grim prognosis of three years to live,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
support a coherent business strategy. The successful execution of this strategy has made KFC China the industry leader in growth, profitability, market share, and brand recognition in the world’s fastest-growing economy. Megacommunities:... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Our Students for a Changing World
ventures have been incubated at the Harvard Innovation Labs,” says Executive Director Jodi Goldstein (MBA 1996). “Collectively, they have worked on an incredible breadth and diversity of ideas.” 83% of Harvard University students engage... View Details
- 13 Nov 2014
- Blog Post
Finance Conference Recap
inevitable cycles of the industry as well as his optimism in the ability of financial institutions to adapt to the deluge of regulatory changes seen since the financial crisis. His discussion was followed by a selection of panels, which... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
GLF Showcases London
thinking on a variety of timely business topics. Participants will hear presentations by HBS professors Clayton Christensen, Howard Stevenson, Krishna Palepu, Max Bazerman, and Debora Spar, among others. Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA ’69), View Details
- Web
Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage - Course Catalog
competitive advantage and how that affects the general manager's role in formulating and executing strategy. Course Content The course starts by exploring the structure of competitive advantage and how the key drivers of advantage... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Networked Computers behind IT Payoff
the Internet Protocol (IP)." McAfee explains that because they connect people to vast pools of information, networks are extremely valuable tools for businesses. "It may well be that businesses benefit primarily not from the computer's View Details
- 02 Aug 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
After an eye-opening experience as a volunteer mentor, former auto executive Susan Schooner (MBA 1983) launched Girls Group, an organization designed to economically and emotionally support middle and high school girls in the Ann Arbor,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
The Digital Enterprise: How to Reshape Your Business for a Connected World is an authoritative collection of cutting-edge Harvard Business Review articles, edited by HBR executive editor Nicholas G. Carr. Containing the latest thinking... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
detailed panel dataset on supply relationships in the mobile telecommunications industry, we address the following questions: What factors contribute to a firm's ability to learn by supplying, and build technological and market... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
seminar venues in France; and the Vanguard Group, which specializes in investment management in the United States. Breakthrough service providers are changing the rules of the game for entire industries around the world. Their emphasis on an approach to View Details
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: The Secondary Credit Market
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
brings to his new role a broad expertise in global business practice, especially in the area of international marketing. Working with the Global Initiative's executive director Kathleen Cooke Ryan and a steering group of senior faculty,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
William F. Connell (MBA '63)
expensive, and many observers were questioning the ability of this country to compete in the world economy. Convinced that the postindustrial era had arrived in America, the chairman of the Ogden Corporation, a giant New York-based... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
don’t know what the answer is. They have to act, not plan their way forward. Hill began to despair of finding an answer to her problem until a chance meeting with Pixar executive Greg Brandeau in the lobby of a biotech firm—Hill was there... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Get Companies to Invest More in Low-Wage Workers?
the lower ranks. One of the causes may well be inequities in the ability of executives and frontline labor to negotiate compensation for their skills. In particular, the declining power of unions and the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
proposes a mindset that will help executives to expand and grow their businesses in the new international economy and describes strategies that come to terms with the realities of globalization and technological change. Mills, the Alfred... View Details
- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
change he may need to continue into a second year. Yet the physical separation from his family had begun to take a toll. Had the executive done enough to institutionalize change or was it still too dependent on his personal relationships... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne