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- 26 May 2015
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First Look: May 26
strategic priorities. This article explains core links between selling initiatives and basic drivers of enterprise value, and it provides suggestions about how best to communicate strategy to busy people in the field. May 2015 Management Science When 3+1>4: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
world-beating performances out of some good-but-not-great players and even to motivate others to take pay cuts in order to play for him, an anomaly? Can unusually gifted managers improve employees’ performance to such an extent that it is... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
listen, realizing that the boy was releasing the small stones at consistent intervals. The young man had a terrific gift for precision and a keen focus, revealing capabilities that reached beyond his disabilities. The encounter... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
more to share, more to inspire. At 37, she was diagnosed with terminal metastatic colon cancer, dying at 42. But her insights, lessons, and thoughts on humanity during those five years are nothing short of gifts to the rest of us.” —James... View Details
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
Thousands of large, profitable companies have all the right intentions of giving back to society—and yet a sizable number of them have corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs that provide little benefit to either the community or... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
99. Yes, that’s true. Richard Gere picked up a case of Pellegrino from us, Barbara Bush purchased gift wrap, and Vanna White bought some toothpaste, believe it or not. Elizabeth Taylor even wore some very stylish reading glasses that she... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
inflection point today, and we must seize the opportunities before us that are central to our mission. Let me give you an example. In the coming years, the leaders of major enterprises will need a truly global perspective. Events such as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
combination of beliefs and preferences that drives his or her motivation, decision making, and leadership style. The authors discuss four types of highly successful “business builder” personalities: the Driver, the Explorer, the Crusader, and the Captain, each... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
in Eastern and Central Europe, has suffered significant declines in its financial performance, is at risk of defaulting on its debt, and is under pressure from its largest shareholders to give them control of the board and to restructure... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
Associates, Robert Waldron turned a company that was in decline in 2008 into a profitable $190-million business 10 years later by developing online learning tools as well as print workbooks for schools. In 2017, the company gifted the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
history of women in business to give her audience some perspective on the transformational effects of economic independence. Among the first places U.S. women worked outside the home were textile factories in Massachusetts, she noted. The... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
highly-diversified food service company into what became a highly-focused Dunkin Donuts. I will always be grateful to Professor Salmon for his training and wisdom in those HBS years and in the time and counsel he provided me in subsequent years. He was truly a View Details
- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
signaled by public market shifts. Becoming the Boss Author:Linda A. Hill Periodical:Harvard Business Review 85, no. 1 (January 2007) Abstract Even for the most gifted individuals, the process of becoming a leader is an arduous, albeit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
$1 million annually in cash and in-kind gifts and helping the organization to expand nationally. City Year in turn played a central role in helping Timberland develop and implement its strategy for community service and a high-engagement... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
forgotten figures to light, and how her finance career prepared her for assembling an art exhibition. READ MORE Julia Hanna: Denise, can you just tell me about the process by which you began thinking about a career in art history? You worked in finance for 25 years. I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
into the vision for an Allston campus, which had been put on hold during the financial crisis. Then the magnificent gift from John Paulson (MBA 1980) allowed the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ move to Allston to become a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
received numerous awards for teaching at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Since 1995, Rogers has combined his firsthand business experience and solid academic foundation with his gift for pedagogy to make his... View Details
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
It's also true for some of the most admired in business. Here's a familiar success pattern that should give pause, but instead seems to shed all possibility of providing "sticky" lessons: After a meteoric rise in his company's... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
from mistakes can give managers an instinct for better navigating through the minefield the next time around. To illustrate how powerfully managers' prior experiences can shape the skills that they bring to a new assignment, let us... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
send gifts to their friends. (4) Offer incentives. Apps that give away mobile minutes, for instance, can entice customers. (5) Entertain. Red Bull and other companies have devised popular games focused on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne