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- 31 Jan 2019
- News
A Global Mission
Art DeFehr (MBA 1967) didn’t plan to become a businessman. The Canadian-born DeFehr always imagined life as a diplomat—until he ran afoul of the FBI. As a college student in Indiana, DeFehr had become involved in anti-Vietnam protests and... View Details
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Kevin Nazemi
new opportunities for the organization to pursue.” “I suspect a lot of people doubt that the case method is an effective way of learning practical skills,” says Kevin. “It’s hard to imagine how a case-based finance class would progress,... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Charity
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Imagining Pre-Industrial Credit Credit and... View Details
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Business of Ideas - Course Catalog
social, cultural, and political trends, examining how the business of ideas has changed over time, and how and why it has influenced the ways in which individuals and societies today imagine themselves and the world they aspire to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Transforming the IRS
Returns is a way for me to state my deep conviction that any organization, even a tax collection agency, can serve its stakeholders at higher levels than it ever imagined — if its leaders resolutely and passionately set out to do so. What... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Creativity Maze
To understand the differences between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, imagine a business problem as a maze. One person might be motivated to make it through the maze as quickly and safely as possible in order to get a tangible reward,... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa Amabile
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Bruce Levy (MBA 1977)
United States. Imagine if you’re an African American player who has never left Louisiana, and all of a sudden you find yourself in Japan. I realized very early on the importance of educating the team on how to best employ the player, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Chris Sorensen
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
A Man of Influence
native would have relished every whistle-stop appearance of his book tour. Ambitious, inquisitive, and brimming with gusto for life’s adventures, it’s easy to imagine Valenti sitting down with Charlie Rose or holding forth at a book... View Details
- 25 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups
introduced SnapTax, a smartphone app that lets users file their 1040EZ form in 10 minutes. Cook also stressed the need of having a strong, overriding company vision when establishing an innovative, experimental culture. Intuit's vision: "Change lives so... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- What Do You Think?
Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?
perceive to be a fundamental shift in U.S. foreign policy to appropriate worldwide responses to such things as terrorism and twenty-first-century plagues. Based on an unscientific sample, is it my imagination or is it possible that a more... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Ann Chao
imagination by pointing me toward the plethora of resources at HBS and giving practical advice. How has HBS prepared you for your summer internship? The many career resources at HBS have helped me in reevaluating my career direction,... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
- 03 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
“I Can Acquire Important Skills, But Also Gain the Big Picture Perspective of a Founder.”
Global Immersion (FGI) program where students work with global partners on a project, he was assigned to his first choice of assignments, Bocadio, a food venture in Peru. “I had never imagined that I’d end up working in South America at... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 19 Aug 2010
- News
Classroom Hijinks: Catchphrases, Mottos, Cheers, and Mascots
variety of ways, from catchphrases to elaborate pranks. Executive Education classes, also taught in one classroom, are together for a shorter time and are, perhaps, less impressionable than the younger MBA students, but they, too, develop a sense of class solidarity. I... View Details
- 13 Jan 2023
- Blog Post
Video: Introduction to the Harvard MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences
Christoforetti: The world doesn't show up with a problem and you just solve it. The students who come in the MS/MBA students that we have in this course, they're creative people who have this latent capacity to imagine things,... View Details
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From the Dean | Annual Report 2024
the communities they serve, the impact they realize—are the measure of our success. We want to be present for our alumni throughout their professional journeys and are excited to imagine how new AI tools will enable us to reshape the arc... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
A Bridge to the Future
been able to come back together and sit in the place where we started this whole journey with the people who made it so interesting and transformative. I can’t imagine not having had this opportunity.” View Details
- 28 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home
Connection on January 31. Other major manufacturers and retailers are soon to join, and IBM intends to find other ways to enhance small business growth. Imagine the possibilities for a national campaign to reduce unemployment and grow the... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 06 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow
found myself imagining what a section mate might think about a certain topic or looking back through my notes to remember some framework. As the summer approached an end, I was eager to see everyone on campus and get back to class again.... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
variety of known causes, but this is the first time a genetically driven form of hearing loss has received rare disease recognition. We think the designation will broaden medical research in this field and ultimately lead to a range of new targeted therapies.”... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
algorithms. So much richer, in fact, that my engagement with a particular brand might be very different than yours, because it’s customized to each of us. I can also imagine this predictive learning being combined with new user... View Details
Keywords: April White