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11 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?

Very little scholarship has been done around the subject of marketing and democracy. In fact, many believe that politics needs less marketing. Harvard Business School professor John A. Quelch and research associate Katherine E. Jocz see it differently. What the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

November 2002 (Revised October 2003)
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Circles: Series D Financing

By: Paul W. Marshall and Kristin Lieb

Circles, a corporate concierge company on the verge of profitability, must make a decision whether to take a D-round venture capital despite ever-changing and ever-worsening terms. A four-year-old company with several major clients, it has met its business plan... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Financing and Loans; Management Teams; Growth and Development Strategy; Negotiation Process; Venture Capital; Governing and Advisory Boards; Entrepreneurship; Service Industry; Consulting Industry; Massachusetts

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23 Jan 2023

2+2 Program and Admissions Virtual Info Session for Amherst College

Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and learn how an MBA in general management can open new doors for your professional and leadership development. Come learn more about the MBA program at... View Details

26 Apr 2023

2+2 Program and Admissions Virtual Information Session

Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and learn how an MBA in general management can open new doors for your professional and leadership development. Come learn more about the MBA program at... View Details

04 Jan 2023

2+2 Program and Admissions Virtual Information Session

Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and learn how an MBA in general management can open new doors for your professional and leadership development. Come learn more about the MBA program at... View Details

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

That includes, especially, an understanding of the open standards process through which the Internet was built, with engineers stacking one set of open protocols on top of another from the physical—how you plug the wires together—through... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

19 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book

practices emerge, possibly inspiring others to take up the charge. Hopefully out of that bottoms-up process some standards will emerge more spontaneously than they would from the top-down. What excites me so much about this idea is that... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria; Accounting

01 Dec 2000
News

Core Values Keep Airline Flying High

Good people are essential for success. Keep the product and the process simple. Deliver the most reliable service at the lowest cost. Invest the time to connect with employees and customers. These are the basic tenets fueling the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Air Transportation; Transportation

29 Mar 2022

HBS College Programs Information Session at the University of Michigan

Do you know where an MBA can take you? HBS offers four programs for college students that could be of interest to you including three preview experiences (Peek, Virtual Venture into Management, and the Summer Venture in Management Program) as well as the 2+2 deferred... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Search in Progress

Twelve senior HBS faculty are working with Harvard President Drew Faust and several other faculty members from across the University as part of an advisory search group to consider the opportunities and challenges facing HBS as it selects a new dean. The group’s work... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Field Course: Investing for Impact - Course Catalog

cross-registrants from other Harvard graduate programs. To be considered for enrollment in Investing for Impact please submit this form before 5pm (Eastern time) on Wednesday, August 13 2025, although early applications are welcome and encouraged. This application... View Details

14 Mar 2024

2+2 Program Application Q&A

If you’re a final-year undergraduate student (or master’s student) contemplating or gearing up to apply for the 2+2 program, this virtual session is for you. The session will be hosted by a member of the MBA Admissions Team and will include a short presentation on the... View Details

Michael A. Volkema

business. In addition to this plan, Volkema created a more cost-effective production process and introduced an array of new customer products, allowing HM to return to profitability, earning net income of $144 million in 1998. View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

18 Apr 2016
News

Copy Success

(Xerox Corp.) (Xerox Corp.) Joe Wilson (MBA 1933) made Xerox a brand so recognizable its name is also an everyday verb. In the process Wilson, who passed away in 1971, turned around a dying company and left a legacy of leadership that... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship

decision made by the end of August. The selection process will give priority to alumni within five years of graduation, including members of the current year’s graduating class. To learn more, visit... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

employees will actually listen to tough messages, question old assumptions, and consider new ways of working. This means taking a series of deliberate but subtle steps to recast employees' prevailing views and create a new context for action. Such a shaping View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

26 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

The Roman god Janus had two sets of eyes—one pair focusing on what lay behind, the other on what lay ahead. General managers and corporate executives should be able to relate. They, too, must constantly look backward, attending to the products and View Details

Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman

January 1994
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Note on Financial Programming Over Long Horizons

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Introduces students to financial programming as a way to incorporate concepts and tools from modern corporate finance theory into a framework for managing over long horizons. Particular attention is paid to corporate capital budgeting and investment processes. View Details

Keywords: Framework; Theory; Investment; Business Processes; Capital Budgeting; Corporate Finance

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Reflections: Voice and Silence in Workplace Conversations

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Tijs Besieux

We highlight conversations at work as an arena of change. Drawing on and extending the psychological safety literature, we offer a new framework to distinguish between productive and unproductive forms of both voice and silence. The framework’s four... View Details

Keywords: Conversation; Silence; Voice; Psychological Safety; Interpersonal Communication; Quality; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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