Filter Results:
(603)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(603)
- People (2)
- News (163)
- Research (167)
- Multimedia (7)
- Faculty Publications (86)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(603)
- People (2)
- News (163)
- Research (167)
- Multimedia (7)
- Faculty Publications (86)
- 16 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
The Rituals of Case Method Teaching
traffic, getting a coffee and a bite to eat at Spangler, and “hermiting” herself in her office for a few hours allows her to arrive in class ready to teach and engage in discussion. “I speed read the entire case, consult my teaching plan,... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
These are important livelihoods for Americans and the number is growing with the gig economy and the opportunity to work remotely. Then there are about 4 million Main Street businesses: coffee shops, dry cleaners, and car repair... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
Hurder, who then headed to a coffee shop and began scribbling equations on a pad of paper. (The team has worked remotely from the outset, with Hurder based in Pasadena, California, and Barrera in Jersey City, New Jersey.) In the end,... View Details
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)
invested in my favorite startups and then reached out to HBS alumni at those orgs. A handful of these coffee chats turned into interviews. I ultimately decided on a Senior Associate role with Trellis Climate, a catalytic capital program... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
among many consumers than any political party, trade union, church, or mosque. Indeed, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz sought to make his coffee shops the "third place" in our lives, after home and work. Marketing is an... View Details
- 04 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS
challenges. Some conversations even pointedly directed her outside of the field. “On some coffee chats there were people I would talk to who would flat out tell me, ‘You are not going to find opportunities like this. This is a waste of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
value (with principles that also apply to governments and nonprofits). For example, rather than merely paying a higher, “fair-trade” price to coffee farmers for their beans, a shared-value approach would dig deeper and focus on improving... View Details
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
find that changes in the local business landscape is a leading indicator of housing price changes and that the entry of Starbucks (and coffee shops more generally) into a neighborhood predicts gentrification. Each additional Starbucks... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
they’ve found is that being single and working under quarantine alone carries a very different set of stresses than being a member of a working family with young children. For employees experiencing the pangs of social isolation, one company launched daily virtual... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
risk-return trade-off. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/molycorp-morgan-brother-s-reverse-convertible-notes-c/an/215002-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-068 Starbucks Coffee Company: Transformation and Renewal This case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
coffee drink sold from a vending machine. Where do we compete? "What should a company's global footprint look like? How should it allocate resources across countries?" Collis asks. In the eternal battle between Coke and Pepsi, should... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Profile
Brittani Rettig
coffee chats with professors, and simply taking risks. HBS is a great time to explore that business venture that's been heavy on your heart or to just think about how you want to leave your mark on the world. You have incredible resources... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS
about the HBS students I had met, but still not sure what to expect the following day when I attended class in Aldrich. The next morning after coffee and discussion group in Spangler, I headed to LEAD class with Section I 2007. At the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
called Women in Business, which really demystified for me what it meant to be a CEO. She told us to think about our lives as a series of five-year careers; that concept has really stuck with me.” Guilty pleasure: Coffee with real whipped... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/218032-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 719-451 Commonwealth Joe Coffee Roasters No abstract available. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
this group formed through their daily 8 a.m. meetings in an alcove of Aldrich Hall, conveniently located near the coffee and muffin stand. b609307dde68f6c8d9abe2cc6ea21555 What was your first official meeting like? Peter Stone: We talked... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
minded people, and you know, have coffee with them. Decide to meet together once a month and talk about what your goals are, talk about how you're making it happen, what baby steps you're using to get to your goal. Another very simple... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
high-fiber grain. Sipping coffee to clear his throat, he adjusted the reading glasses he'd begun using last week and couldn't quite get used to, without shifting attention from the editorial he'd just come across in the business section... View Details
- 14 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS
when putting together offer packages for students. C – Company Conversations. You might know Company Conversations as Coffee Chats at other MBA schools. These 1:1 or small group meetings are a great way to connect with students and get to... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 10 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
PRIDE in the HBS Community
to show me that the LGBTQ+ MBA network, especially at HBS, is strong and growing. Those PRIDE leaders, who are now friends, took time out of their busy student schedules to give advice on applying, have coffee chats, help me prepare for... View Details