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- 18 Jan 2018
- News
Making a Mark in Multicultural Marketing
Ford Motor Company, and AT&T to multicultural markets. “Even though there are so few people in the industry who look like me, I understand that I should belong, I do belong, and that I have an important contribution to make,” she says.... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
Tetsuji Shibayama (MBA 1990) is helping Japanese businesses understand the importance of art to their corporate cultures and their bottom lines, while also introducing art students to the principles and practices—and the ready market—of... View Details
- 10 Dec 2015
- News
Leveraging Curiosity to Broaden the Impact
family and my community.” Giving back to the community has always been important to the Los Angeles native, who used to mentor high schoolers from minority families in South LA, helping them prepare for the college application process.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
the surface of their needs and trying to embed those ideas into their corporations are the black swans of the business world.” — HBS professor RANJAY GULATI writing on the importance of making the customer a partner in business... View Details
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Inside the Learning: How Faculty Prepare for Class
whose voice would be interesting to hear on a given topic. I also try to consider the class content from a participant's perspective—if I were thinking about a given concept for the first time, what questions would I have? Of course, this preparation only takes me so... View Details
- 31 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How to Come Out at Work
India.” Seek Out Mentors What if you are unsure of how to bring your full authentic self to work? That’s where mentors can play an incredibly important role. “If you have any doubts about your ability to do this (bring your full self to... View Details
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
implication is that policies that foster domestic savings are important in developing countries because private savings is an important input in attracting foreign investment in frontier technology that... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
important to note that the leadership failure here lies not just with the SEC but also with the accounting firms, which were well aware that their addiction to consulting fees was compromising their independence as auditors. Also culpable... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
session was devoted to the topic "Profits for Nonprofits: Challenges of Earning Your Own Way." (Starbuck's CEO Orin Smith addressed a related theme—can for-profit companies integrate non-profit values—in his keynote speech earlier in the day.) Can we teach... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
conjuring up. 3. Emphasize coaching and mentoring over managing the details. Talent is the most important strategic resource for future success, suggests Hargrove. You can't win the talent wars without putting leadership development at... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization
includes how we refer to people.” For example, Manso-Brown noted the importance of rejecting the word “Caucasian,” which was language that came out of the eugenics movement, claiming descendants of the Caucasus Mountains were the superior... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
essentially took micro economics knowledge of structural analysis of industries and made it accessible to managers. That was a very important contribution for a practical purpose. The discussion on the idea of clusters is not exactly a... View Details
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FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
leadership is crucial to success of the project. The second important consideration is the numerator of the value equation; To facilitate comparisons across processes, collection of medical condition outcome measures must occur prior to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
best innovations: Find and fill an important unmet customer need. Plan for profitability. Strive for sustainability. Establish credibility. Gather necessary resources. Lead and manage effectively. Maintain balance and learn to enjoy the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
very important marker for COVID-19. When they debuted, smart watches seemed like sort of silly pieces of technology people used to count 10,000 steps, but they are becoming very important in giving early... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
ask for legal help and being able to process that help effectively are teachable managerial skills. Managers also need to understand the importance of keeping their lawyers in the loop, not just on discrete legal queries but on an ongoing... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
likelihood of valuable outcomes. However, the methods you'll use will differ from, and sometimes conflict with, methods that work when you do know where you're going. There is an increasingly important category of work—knowledge work—that... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
embrace change.” At the same time, as a student of organizational behavior, Nohria said he understood the importance of remaining resolute about certain traditions that have made HBS great, such as the case method and professors close to... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- Profile
Michael Son
important commodity," Mike accepted an engagement with Shell that lasted four years. Responding to the right challenges In one of his last, big assignments, Mike was responsible for selling a new road-making product, Instapave, in an... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
was the most important event in our history,” says Kwiker of the club’s first visit by an HBS Dean in twenty years. As for other monthly events, club members participate in educational luncheons, trips to the symphony, and, most recently,... View Details