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- 16 Jan 2014
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Learning from Helping Others
remembers, was "the hardest two years of my life." "However my training as an actress really worked in my favor. Class participation counted for 50 percent of our grades and I was never afraid to raise my hand. Having an authoritative voice was extremely helpful. Given... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
the book with an anecdote about Bob, this well-liked employee of yours who produced subpar work. Can you recount that story and talk about how that experience was instructive for you? Kim Scott: This experience with Bob was probably the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
pricing puts it on the cutting edge of arts organizations. See how other orchestras, theaters, and performing arts organizations are experimenting with business model and pricing innovations – it’s probably no surprise that Disney has a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
beings working together under various incentive structures and schemes. As a result, incentive and organization design is probably the most important factors in determining whether a business is ultimately successful. And getting that... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
for the very first time in this part of the world. And it was very important for us to start our beta, which we launched out of Dubai, with a consumer base that knew what we're talking about. And therefore we purposefully—actually, View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
VEDP is to be a “super-collaborator.” Economic development is really a team sport, he says. The process was both familiar and unprecedented. “It was similar to any RFP in its elements, but the stakes were enormously different. It’s View Details
- 23 May 2019
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Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
“The mayor of New York City is probably the best political job in the world,” he says. “It’s got every kind of problem, and every chance of a solution.” After his third term as mayor, Bloomberg focused his efforts on giving back through... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
holders; they’re the media. That fourth branch of government is the one that stays in Washington for life, exerting its influence on the way that town works.” Classic Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin “Game Change and its successor, Double Down—which will... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Q & A: Gustavo Herrero
HBS at the LARC was an excellent way to achieve that goal. I believe my prior experience as a CEO of leading local firms will probably help open up some doors, although the School's name is the most powerful door opener you can imagine!... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
this intellectual property are probably the biggest obstacle standing in the way. Unless companies can be convinced their intellectual property security concerns can be satisfied, this idea won’t fly. —Neil Olken (MBA 1960) Got a case? To... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
bulk rental contract and the unit economics work, then you likely have PMF, and it probably makes sense to purchase the inventory required to service these bulk rental contracts. —Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009) Got a case? To take part in a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Oct 2000
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The Class of 1975 in Review
case you were wondering, Larry Fouraker was 51 when we entered HBS -- probably about the same age that most ofus are today. Are you ready to share your wisdom? View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
through sheer size and number of transactions. Unfortunately, there are quite a few good reasons that the marketplace model doesn't work for reCommerce of used electronics (see my article in the March 2013 Harvard Business Review, 'Do You Really Want to Be an eBay?').... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
has had a profound effect on the Alumni Board, on the School, and on how the two work together to produce actionable items. (Ed calls these “deliverables.”) Whether you know it or not, you have probably benefited from some of Ed’s... View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
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Road Work
your travels? Ken: Yeah. I think they are manifold quite frankly, from running out of gas in very remote areas to what do you do? I was in Bolivia. This was probably my longest, most challenging day. So I was literally riding through the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs
China, and others will grow rapidly. The authors predict probable new principles for commercial success, among them that an obsession with return on equity will give way to more broad-based measurements of success, and that Adam Smith’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
all of these things have been areas of great concern and have caused challenges for the fashion industry, because obviously it’s an industry built on premium brands, authenticity, and strong customer relationships,” he says. “Amazon is View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
call center, although he had little to do with the invention of the telephone or computer. Financial and software firms will probably end up paying this fellow several billion dollars in royalties. Fighting his lawsuits would not only be... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
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Academic Cross-Pollination
exciting. There probably are only five or ten universities in the world where you could teach a course like this. We draw on science from labs across Harvard, and our student teams are tasked with determining if there is a market for the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
have significant “skin in the game” when they securitize these mortgages, probably more than the 5 percent required by the Dodd-Frank Act. Lenders should have to hold significantly more capital to protect against losses from these riskier... View Details