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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
eyeglasses and for software for cardiologists, says she expects to see fewer Internet-related plans this year. Myra Hart observes that while some students may not be as willing to take the risk of implementing their View Details
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
which was facing numerous challenges: a rapidly decreasing market share, falling revenues, and cratering investor faith. Heins went about cutting costs—including the layoff of more than 5,000 workers in May 2012—scrapped plans to make the... View Details
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Negotiation and All That Jazz
into your strategy right from the start. "There are certain things you won't know until you engage with the other side. In other words, negotiation is a dynamic, interactive process," Wheeler says. Whatever questions, offers, or threats... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
succession” is just waiting to happen. — HBS professor Joseph L. Bower is author of The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning (HBS Press, 2007). Reprinted from The Wall Street Journal © 2007 Dow Jones &... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Faculty Books
he seeks counsel from a panel of advisers, resulting in a wealth of teaching moments. Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right by Thomas H. Davenport and Brook Manville (Harvard Business Review... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Alumnae Chart Career Choices and Transitions
integrity in planning the next chapter of their lives," she said. "They want to do something that's right for them and the people they care about, and they are approaching these issues with great... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
company headed in the right direction. "It should be as much a part of an organization's agenda as annual employee evaluations and financial plans," says Beer. "That's the next step in our work." View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
local artisans and the timber trade without degrading the land. Are there similarities between your work in Costa Rica and the Massachusetts Audubon project you tackled after returning to Boston? The plan in Boston was a high-profile,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
their respective world-class companies—but not a start-up. The team members hadn’t been to the right school to create and drive a new-growth project. That relegated Pandesic to a footnote in Intel’s and SAP’s histories. View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
expectations with promises of same-day delivery, the logistics industry is looking to completely new models, like crowdsourcing, autonomous technology, and on-demand delivery. Robert Reisner (MBA 1971), who led the Postal Service’s technology and strategic View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Hoop Dreams
similar results, Belkin nearly gave up on becoming an NBA team owner. But when the Atlanta Hawks surfaced as a hot prospect last August, Belkin moved quickly with seven partners to purchase the Hawks, the Thrashers hockey team, and operating View Details
- Profile
Alex Nelson
match the right skills with the right roles." "The flip side of that," Alex says, "is more personal. We all have the potential to do many things well — but that doesn't mean we'd find... View Details
- Web
Leading a Family Business - Course Catalog
leadership roles you might explore in a family business, a personal assessment on what skills you need to develop to succeed in that role(s), and an action plan to build those skills. Copyright © 2025 President & Fellows of Harvard... View Details
- Portrait Project
Meg Whittenberger
more hardship than most people face in a lifetime, and every day she confronted the grueling trial of living in a world that expected her to fail. I reflected on my own contrasting privilege and my own insecurities, and I doubted if my encouragement could ever be... View Details
- 07 Feb 2019
- News
A Course Correction at Chris-Craft
president and CEO—notes that plans include expanding the plant and the payroll as well as the customer base. “There are parts of the market we don’t participate in and we're going to be able to migrate into those. View Details
- Web
About Us | Information Technology
to meet their needs. Collaborative We can accomplish anything when we work together. We make sure the right people participate in the right conversations at the right time.... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?
remain imperfect. We need more discussion of such topics as the use of company stock in retirement plans and the right balance between defined contribution and defined benefit plans. Nonetheless, it remains... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
- Portrait Project
Jayon Wang
you are?” Welcome to the real world, boy. Big Oil brought me in, showed me who’s boss, and spit me right back out. With only strike-outs to my name, I started a company and set out to defy the real world’s View Details
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
turn, strengthens their bargaining position against each of these technology behemoths. To hub or not to hub: Finding the right path to grow your ecosystem When building an ecosystem, companies have choices: they can be a hub or a... View Details
- 26 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”
he reported directly to the CEO.” More importantly, he got the exclusive rights to one of 3G’s investments: ownership of the Tim Hortons chain in Mexico. With the capital raised, the plan was “to build... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail