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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life
concept of "knowing-and-not-knowing" in business histories all the time. People, both in business and in life, often find themselves in states of "rational apprehension" that do not result in "appropriate action." It's one thing to know... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business
one of the first firms in Thailand to develop its own written code of ethics. The company's philosophy is rooted in the Buddhist concept of fairness and also stresses product quality, the value of the individual, and concern for social... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
capture a few moments of enjoyment will be key to recovering from the current economic downturn. Building Competitiveness in Africa’s Agriculture: A Guide to Value Chain Concepts and Applications by C. Martin Webber (MBA ’80) and Patrick... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
use his or her network, assets, capability, and time to focus on one city to revitalize and come up with a rebirth project. DM: Yoshi, you have written in the past about the concept of “kokorozashi” and its importance in your life. Can... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
revenues of $7.7 billion in 2007. She is particularly proud that 1.3 million people make some part of their living selling things through eBay. “Our concept has been to make a small number of rules and get the heck out of the way so that... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
the concept for the Dreamfly allowed her to leave her homeland roots and return to HBS, where she was greeted with enthusiasm and support for the idea. “I somehow felt authentic being there. The HBS experience felt more real, that I could... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
sure that the technology you develop will be used properly to help people." The concept of achieving personal success through helping others is the driving force that has cut across all of Anquetil's ventures. What really gets me excited... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
community culture that could produce an innovative, coherent brand image. One of the strongest ideas that emerged from the labs was a desire to focus VW’s existing sustainability initiatives into a marketing concept called “Think Blue,”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
specifically the ability to identify what is distinctive about markets that differ from the students’ home environments, and how to manage in such unfamiliar terrain. The centerpiece of FIELD 2 is an exercise that challenges cross-section groups of six students to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The State of Play
up. This is the category in which you’ll find a growing list of concepts like escape rooms, high-tech art animations, virtual-reality pop-ups, and interactive, Instagram-ready dreamscapes. On the more traditional side, it also includes... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
Ballroom dancing, painting Recommended Reading Einstein's Dreams, by Alan P. Lightman "Written by a humanist/scientist, this is a compelling collection of fables focusing on various conceptions of time, as seen through the imagined dreams... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
cluster concept pioneered by Michael Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor (Renewal Leave) at HBS, Mills argues that organizing a region’s small and large businesses around specialized industries—such as biotech in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
which fired Condo’s imagination. He was also excited by the concepts in HBS professor Michael Porter’s watershed 1990 book The Competitive Advantage of Nations. “My decision to study at Harvard was inspired by the idea of teaching and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
Yale's Barry J. Nalebuff), this theory is also the basis of the MBA elective Changing the Game that he currently teaches. A game theorist, Professor Elon Kohlberg is studying the foundations of the equilibrium concept in game theory,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
our interests. This is a concept that business leaders instinctively understand. They may have close relationships with suppliers, customers, or competitors, but ultimately the company must develop its own strategy and policies in order... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
different." To achieve that, the company follows a process that features a continuous series of brainstorming sessions, where new concepts are presented to a "product planning council" representing all parts of the organization, from... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- News
LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
regularly for support around personal, family, and business matters. Modeled on the concept developed by the Young President's Organization (YPO), the forums were pioneered over 20 years ago by Bob Halperin (MBA 1982), who leads HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
interested in running a business -- either experienced managers or students -- will benefit from understanding these new concepts and approaches to implementing strategy." The Arc of Ambition by James Champy and Nitin Nohria (Perseus... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
uncertainty. Even in the smartest venture firms, failures are more common than successes. This is a difficult concept for governments to accept. France, for example, has a tendency to set up entrepreneurship initiatives and pull out after... View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
wife also tend to 20 sheep, two alpacas, three dogs, and a cat. The couple grow their own produce and are awaiting the spoils of a recently planted truffle orchard. Gower says his time at HBS gave him the clarity to take that leap and change his career and life paths.... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers