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  • 03 Dec 2021
  • Blog Post

Physicians Off the Beaten Path

engineering and was required to spend equal amounts of time at a laboratory, in front of a computer and at the hospital. “Doctors,” this professor said, “won’t trust you if... View Details
  • 04 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

world seems suddenly uncertain. There are new questions about where we are going as a people, as business leaders, and as good citizens. Leaders have to be able to manage in stable, prosperous times View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

fewer, higher-paying management positions. The other was to train thousands of entry-level workers at its stores to manage themselves. This enabled Taco Bell to assign one manager to several stores and to increase the "span of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 25 Apr 2024
  • News

Origin Stories

American Petroleum Institute. At Harvard and Harvard Business School, Hess learned the language of business and the languages of the countries where Hess did business, including Spanish, Arabic, View Details
  • 07 Jan 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

On the face of it, social marketing is a cinch. Here's one scenario. You as a marketer want people who are living in poverty to take better care of their health. So, given your profession, what do you do? You can persuade them—through public service announcements,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • August 2011 (Revised October 2011)
  • Case

PureTech Ventures in 2011

By: Andrei Hagiu, Cesar Castro and Sarah Murphy
In early May 2011, Daphne Zohar, founder and managing partner of PureTech Ventures, a life science venture creation company in Boston, MA, was reviewing a term sheet she had just received from a venture capital (VC) firm for one of PureTech's portfolio companies. The... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Negotiation; Partners and Partnerships; Science-Based Business; Opportunities; Boston
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  • 18 Jan 2024

2+2 Program Application Q&A

of time for questions. As this event will be primarily Q&A based, we encourage you to attend a 2+2 Program Information Session beforehand and come with questions. View Details
  • Web

Spreading the Word – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

ultimately securing national stability at a time of economic and social unrest. 11 Elton Mayo, The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization . New York: MacMillan, 1933, p. 159. The "Hawthorne Effect"... View Details
  • 15 Jul 2020
  • Blog Post

From Teacher to Student: The Important Ways HBS Professors Showed Me How to Lead

classroom doors close, our professors become true conductors – bringing together 90 discordant voices and opinions to create a symphony. They know who to call and when, how to build to a crescendo, or View Details
  • Web

Knowing Your Students - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

C. Roland Christensen once noted that the art of case method teaching is the ability to ask the right question of the right student at the right time in the right way—a virtually impossible aspiration without deep knowledge of one's... View Details
  • December 2023 (Revised February 2024)
  • Case

21Seeds: Taking Shots at Breakout Growth

By: Elie Ofek, Julian De Freitas, Michael Moynihan and Nicole Tempest Keller
21Seeds, a female-founded flavor-infused tequila startup launched in 2019, had made inroads into the alcoholic beverage industry by focusing on an underserved consumer segment in spirits—women, primarily in their 30s and 40s, many of whom were moms—and by following a... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Distribution Channels; Sales; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • October 2013
  • Article

Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption

By: Clayton M. Christensen, Dina Wang and Derek C. M. van Bever
Consulting fundamental business model has not changed in more than 100 years: very smart outsiders go into organizations for a finite period of time and recommend solutions for the most difficult problems confronting their clients. But at traditional... View Details
Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Consulting Industry
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  • 04 Feb 2010
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?

we rely less on so-called "experts" and "stars"? In short, should we be spending more time examining our true decision-making abilities and the things that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Dan Lufkin | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Department of Environmental Protection in the 1970s, was one of the founders of Earth Day, and remains an environmental advocate today. He returned to DLJ for a stint in the 1970s to help the firm weather hard View Details
  • 24 Jun 2021
  • Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

presents a unique opportunity for Joint Degree graduates to make a difference. Reflecting on his time at HBS and HKS, Soo’s memories center on the people he shared the classroom with. “Being in this cohort... View Details
  • 10 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

perspective is at the same time grounded in theory and in the experiences of particular places. Reviewing state-of-the-art of economic geography, setting agendas, and with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 1982
  • Article

A Negativity Bias in Interpersonal Evaluation

By: T. M. Amabile and A. H. Glazebrook
Two studies were conducted to demonstrate a bias toward negativity in evaluations of persons or their work in particular social circumstances. In Study 1, subjects evaluated materials written by peers. Those working under conditions that placed them in low status... View Details
Keywords: Social Psychology; Status and Position; Prejudice and Bias; Performance Evaluation; Situation or Environment; Perception; Attitudes
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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

When Batteries Meet Hydrogen: Dual-Storage Investments for Load-Shifting Purposes

By: Christian Kaps and Simone Marinesi
Power systems account for nearly 40% of global emissions. As the world tries to reduce emissions by increasing renewable penetration, storage technologies are playing an increasingly important role in matching variable renewable supply with demand. Batteries have... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Renewable Energy; Transition; Utilities Industry; Battery Industry
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  • 28 Jan 2016
  • Blog Post

Why Get an MBA?

Monitor Group, I moved on to Corporate Strategy at PepsiCo to pursue my interest in consumer goods.  I loved the job.  I worked with inspiring, intelligent people on big issues driving the company.  The job also afforded me time to spend... View Details
  • Profile

Davida Bynum

Coming to HBS is like Opening the secret door to Narnia. As an applicant, it seemed like a magical land far, far away where my wildest dreams (and professional ambitions) could come true. And, during the time that I have been here, that... View Details