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- 15 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult
"When you talk to people on the front lines, they know this is complicated and hard," she says. Communication Breakdown Investing in technology change without organizational change won't work either. For the Harvard Business Review... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- Portrait Project
Jean Hayden
When we came to Harvard Business School we had to squash our lives onto a one-page resume. I hated it – I had to leave off all the weird things about my life that I actually thought were the most interesting. I may have worked as an... View Details
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
organizational knowledge." Joe Violette raises a more practical issue: "Knowledge coaching ... cannot be effectively accomplished on a one-on-one basis. Too few people will benefit ...." Respondents provided possible... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
organization is still important for the best results. A number of factors were cited in determining the mix of inputs, responsibilities, and decisions associated with an RAP designed to maintain organizational agility over its View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
5 Leadership Lessons from the First Year at HBS
elements of their styles that I could adapt into my own way of working. In retrospect, this exercise confined me to a quite narrowly defined view of effective leadership. There was a clear moment during our Taran Swan case in our Leadership & View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
playing all manner of sports, Foster says the fog began to roll in when he started college. He went through cycles of denial, struggling to make peace with his situation. Eventually though, he began to ask the question of "why me" very... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
He recalls when the specter of “Japan, Inc.,” was one of manufacturing’s looming concerns. “We’ve been through a cycle of lost competitiveness followed by renewal,” observes Jasinowski, who once worked on the Studebaker assembly line in... View Details
- Profile
Doha Tantawy
years to address things I didn't understand." Specifically, she wanted to know, "How to lead organizational change effectively; what's the best way to push a vision you're trying to accomplish? And what are the most effective... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
or cult of the CEO was "Made in America." But the main point is that we tend to forget that American firms pioneered a vast, bureaucratic, middle management apparatus. As a trick, I've posted General Motor's organizational chart... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A game-changer for migrant students
Martin Curiel (MBA 2004) knows how hard life can be for migrant farm workers. He went from picking fruit with this family as a youth to creating a way for migrant farm workers to further their education. Curiel cofounded Rising Farmworker... View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
Presentation date: November 2, 2004 The following is a summary of the virtual seminar covering: The definition, levels, and cycles of confidence. How leaders prevent losing streaks and instill organizational... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- Web
Entrepreneurial Finance - Course Catalog
receivables financing. Course Content and Educational Objectives The goal of Entrepreneurial Finance is to help managers make better investment and financing decisions in entrepreneurial settings. The course covers all stages of the venture's View Details
- Portrait Project
Kamoy Smalling
pushed pause on our family’s cycle of intergenerational economic hardship. She promoted us from poverty in Jamaica to working class life in New York City. Nestled in a neighborhood where the sounds of... View Details
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
wedding in 2003. Then life got very complicated. Less than twelve months after getting married, Jen was diagnosed with MFH sarcoma, a rare cancer of the soft tissue. For two years, she endured painful rounds of chemotherapy in her valiant... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Generation Next
"Since well before biblical times, the basic unit of commerce has been the family," explains HBS senior lecturer John A. Davis, coauthor of Generation to Generation: Life Cycles of the Family Business, who... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kelly O’Neil
the compost I so detested. When I look at wastes now, I see their potential. Most of the world's markets are defined by broken lifecycles – we extract, manufacture, use, and then abandon. By finding ways to extract the stored energy from the refuse of our privileged... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Finance (Q3) - Course Catalog
capital and receivables financing. Course Content and Educational Objectives The goal of Entrepreneurial Finance is to help managers make better investment and financing decisions in entrepreneurial settings. The course covers all stages of the venture's View Details
- Portrait Project
Kareem Reda
share, and to replenish my body (with food) and my soul (with faith). As for the rest of the year? I pay no attention to the rhythms and cycles of the earth, to the signals begging to be pondered. Will these days continue to pass me by... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kevin Omwega
I hated Eric for ruining "MY family's perfect life," in him, I found something I never knew I needed – a brotherhood that helped me get to where I am today. Many people don't have someone to help guide them through life like I... View Details
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Yaping Wang
After completing bachelor's and master's degrees that positioned her for a life of research biology, Yaping Wang decided to study .deliciousness. "I discovered that my passion is less about research and more about applications and... View Details