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- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
healthcare. After eight years in leadership roles at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Rentas joined the New York State Executive Chamber as Assistant Director of Health in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. She has since returned to... View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Box Office Power of Stars
Success of Entertainment Products." Sarah Jane Gilbert: Tell us about "star power" and how it contributes to a film's success. Anita Elberse: The concept "star power" captures the extent to which an artist's involvement with an entertainment... View Details
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
Last year, foreign investors set new records for their acquisition activity in the United States. And 2008 began with nearly daily stories of American financial executives courting foreign direct investors, particularly sovereign wealth... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- Profile
Brandon Lovell
youth in corporate internships. In 2009, Brandon earned a position at a New York investment bank; after six months of training, he obtained his formal internship where he "learned about investment banking and management consulting: I... View Details
- 14 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving
A majority of commuters admit to multitasking on the road, including texting and reading emails, according to new research that reveals the widespread extent of distracted driving. About 87 percent of commuters are engaged in at least one... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- Web
Diversity and Equity - Alumni
When City Fresh Foods, which serves meals to many in Boston’s under-resourced communities, needed go-to-market strategies for a new product line, it turned to MBA students for advice. Researching Women's... View Details
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
leading research universities, low cost or highly trained labor, and geographic bounty. Understanding how clusters work can help governments develop effective policies for creating them, as well as direct entrepreneurs to the best locations to build their businesses.... View Details
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
are still required for our credential programs: CORe and CLIMB.) You can now immediately enroll and start taking the next step in your career. All programs require the completion of a brief online enrollment form before payment. If you are View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Giving All Stakeholders a Voice
traditional approaches in building enterprises, their governance, and growth.’’ The technology is open source, so different teams can build together. Participants value open information flow, universal accessibility, and decentralized governance of businesses and View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Task Force
Monroy can make that claim. Based in Mexico City, Zubale crowdsources the expensive and inefficient task of merchandising, using its app to connect independent contractors with major brands looking for the on-the-ground help needed to get their View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
research rethinks what academics and practitioners have simply called the supply chain—a loose federation of individual suppliers that feed companies with the goods and services necessary to create products for consumers and businesses.... View Details
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
What's good for General Motors may no longer be good for the country. In its place must arise a new model of the company, one that serves society as well as rewarding shareholders and employees, Kanter argues in her View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
realities of the project. Q: The One Strategy approach is mirrored in your discussion of the "innovator's reality." The reality is that in designing new products innovators can't ignore the... View Details
- 21 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms
to tip. She believes consumer education and trust, as well as frictionless tipping options, will drive those numbers higher. When Kahawa launched tipping capability for customers who purchase directly from the company website, in the... View Details
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
framework for building and financing new ventures, and make your entrepreneurial dreams a reality. 4 weeks 6-8 hours per week 4 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online.... View Details
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
performance, in whatever way one chooses to define performance (for example, quality of life, or value creation for all entities), and provides access to that causal link. Integrity is thus a factor of production as important as knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- September 2023 (Revised August 2024)
- Case
Avive: Resuscitating a Defibrillator from the Regulatory Brink
By: Satish Tadikonda and William Marks
Avive Solutions set out to create a better Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) that would solve many of the problems with existing solutions, including lack of connectivity, difficulty-of-use and requiring prior training for successful use of the device, data... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Product Development; Business and Government Relations; Research and Development; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
Tadikonda, Satish, and William Marks. "Avive: Resuscitating a Defibrillator from the Regulatory Brink." Harvard Business School Case 824-070, September 2023. (Revised August 2024.)
- 02 Aug 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?
change.” In the opinion of davidfinaz, employees walk through the door of their new employer with hidden skepticism based on previous work experience. “Organizations have a huge hurdle of mistrust to overcome.” Christopher Hunsicker... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
What should business leaders know about the ambitions of Russia, China, and the European Union? They should know how geopolitical conditions exert enormous pressure on companies, according to Harvard Business School professor D. Quinn Mills and coauthor Steven... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Real Wal-Mart Effect
This opinion piece, first published in the New York Times in August 2005, has been updated by Pankaj Ghemawat for HBS Working Knowledge.Mighty Wal-Mart's headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, must feel less like a hotbed of retailing and... View Details