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- 01 Mar 2017
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The Middle Way
had stuck with him, including the best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA)—which essentially entails outlining a fallback plan if things go awry and offering a reality check for people caught up in anger. It was a particularly... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
discretionary behavior, and they’re certainly not wasting time reading the company handbook. They even resist restrictions such as vacation or expense policies, which Netflix has essentially abolished. The company’s expense policy is,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
development, and other business activities where on–demand creativity is essential to success. — Deborah Blagg Wheel, Deal, and Steal by D. Quinn Mills (Financial Times Prentice Hall) As a follow–up to last year’s Buy, Lie, and Sell High:... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
or friend over the long haul, this book is your essential companion, from beginnings, through the ups and downs, to farewells. You’ll have the support of caregivers who are walking your path, and the inspiring wisdom of counselors—hospice... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
companies over the past 25 years. Much of the previous work I did was essentially heavily government-subsidized R&D – and quite frankly, I was always quite nervous because I do not like being dependent on the government. The... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
other HBS scholars are essential to understanding the realities of doing business. They provide what Asia-Pacific Initiative director F. Warren McFarlan calls “local content.” For HBS faculty, access to such information has been made... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
questions for leaders and potential leaders. What does it take to lead effectively now? What does leadership even mean? In Lead to Win, Carla Harris examines the journey from individual contributor to leader. She targets the essential... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
that's where I'm really tough. But when it comes to money, I'm surprisingly easy to deal with. Hanna: So what was it that made you realize that those foreign language classes were an essential part of any contract that you negotiate?... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
promote greater parental participation in the schools. “This was essentially a start-up effort within the department,” Kete says. “The hiring process was managed not by the districts but at each of the city’s schools, something without... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Your Whole Self
book, The Leader You Want to Be: Five Essential Principles for Bringing Out Your Best Self. Those principles are what she calls her five Ps: Purpose, process, people, presence and peace. And in this episode of Skydeck, contributor April... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
gathered from interviews with senior executives at about five hundred major companies in China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Deshpandé and his team discovered that many of the "strategic levers" essential to high... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
so that it was sufficient for firms to be operationally effective," continues Crane. "Now strategy is much more customer driven, and a firm's brand is more important than ever." Marketing that brand, in fact, has become so essential that... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
challenge faced by business schools since their appearance on America’s university campuses a century ago. During the 1980s, while the goal of management as a profession was never explicitly renounced by business schools, the essential... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
which I remember it very, very well about strategic competence and trying to figure out what kind of unique competence we might have, which were essentially the kinds of things that Christensen really pushed forward in those days. And... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
Management (Harvard Business Press, 1992), coauthored with HBS professor Robert Eccles, with James Berkley. “We tried to identify what is truly essential about management even as management always changes,” says Nohria. The book proposes... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
sitting in or that you own or manage, and we bet with just a little effort you could find out precisely how much energy it uses in a typical year. That’s because it essentially only takes one or a handful of cheap sensors and a couple of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
talented and highly capable individual, invariably with a memorable personal story and important life lessons to share, as the following profiles attest. Photographed while enjoying favorite places or activities both on- and off-campus, these seven members of the Class... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
required 807,615, despite a reported personal investment of $5.2 million. Breaking up California, Draper reasons, would essentially offer a chance to return to first principles and get a fresh perspective on state government’s shape and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
every time, all day long." Lopez maintains that a few of the two dozen or so movies that come out in 3D each year are essential to see in that format, such as the Oscar-winning Gravity. For others, consumers will choose a showing more by... View Details