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- 12 Sep 2019
- News
Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse
actually after 8:30pm after my son goes to sleep. I have this golden three, four hours that is just so uninterrupted. I was not at the office, I was not distracted, I was at home and I could just be by myself and when it's quiet at night... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
Jakarta has a reputation as an impenetrable place. Viewed from atop one of the many business hotels in the center of the city, the Indonesian capital is a sea of gray stretching into the haze. No one knows for sure how big metropolitan... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
yourself,” says Arthur C. Brooks, Arthur C. Patterson Faculty Fellow. “You're not going to be a good entrepreneur unless you see that your life is your enterprise; your life is your startup.” Here’s what Brooks and four other HBS experts... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
Books; bookstore and publishing house founder I fell in love with reading when I read Charlotte’s Web as a little girl and it made me cry. I realized then that books can really make you feel. But it can be hard to make time for books in a busy life. I have View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
plans that our team could use to execute different projects; then I was able to choose a couple to pursue for my own interest,” recalls Naidoo, who also cites the need to immediately shed any sense of MBA “specialness.” “At Oxfam, there was no place for egos — only... View Details
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
landing on an aircraft carrier in darkness, flying combat missions over Korea, breaking the sound barrier, and then teaching others to do the same. This is the story of that journey. The Big Ordeal: Understanding and Managing the... View Details
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
Business Is Broken By: Lorsch, Jay W., and Emily McTague Abstract—When organizations get into big trouble, fixing the culture is usually the prescription. That's what most everyone said GM needed to do after its recall crisis in 2014—and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
online travel guide business, he joined the Internet search giant as director of product management. He was the driving force behind the February 2011 launch of Social Search, which incorporates content shared or created on social media sites into Google search... View Details
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
change and the creative destruction it unleashed would have a big impact on the business of making and distributing music. In 1981, for example, U2 made a video for the song "Gloria," which was one of the first videos to slide into... View Details
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
"The GPP's intent is not to discover the next big idea," Rangan says, "but to find models that business can use to engage with the base of the pyramid." Poverty can only be truly addressed if you meet View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
clinical trials. The couple adopted the cause as their calling and organized a fundraiser to support the work of Jen’s doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center. “Our idea, which came to be known as Cycle for Survival, centered around indoor cycling. Each... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
Keeper, a faith-inspired humanitarian organization that partners with South Sudanese women in support of social, political, and economic justice. In 2016, Brooks and a friend spent four days hiking the 26-mile Inca Trail in Peru to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- Web
Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture - Course Catalog
works. This course tackles a critical yet often overlooked question: How do you sustain and expand a product or service’s impact over time, rather than just launching “the next big thing”? Educational Objectives: Drawing on the spirit of... View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- News
Getting Back Together for Global Networking Night; Healthcare Conference Draws New Interest
events in person by following COVID safety protocols. Another 16 groups hosted virtual events, while three groups offered hybrid events of small gatherings with a virtual participation option. The HBS Club of India hosted in-person events in View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
arena, where he was president and CEO of GE Commercial Insurance, and into something with strong growth prospects. Four months later, Parker’s wish came true: He became president and CEO of GE’s new Homeland Protection unit. In July 2005... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
experience, which makes them more productive. Say they join your company at age 24 or 25 and then after four or five years, they decide to start a family. They’ve got five years of work experience; they have a network inside the company;... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
future. He also offers suggestions for avoiding the worst mistakes and gives advice for reviving your own company. For most companies, a big jolt in the industry landscape is a pretty rare event, Sull says. The travel industry, for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
the Lewis and Clark Trail combined with two subsequent annual rides — helped raise almost $500,000 for Children’s Hospital in Seattle. Next summer he plans to complete the U.S.A. Four Corners Tour, a two-month, 14,000-mile odyssey that... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
Arctic Circle. “Denali was my first big-mountain expedition, and I experienced and learned more on Denali than any other mountain,” he says. Four months after Denali, Frey’s close friend and climbing partner, Steve Gasser, died... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken