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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Ink: The Three-Step Startup
was in the engineering school. And I said to the dean, “It can’t be that I’m supposed to teach a spirit. Imagine if we taught the engineers in charge of building our bridges to rely on a similar bridge-building spirit.” That would be insane, and no one would View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
competition or another investing network. We took inspiration from our club’s mentorship program and came up with a shorter version, where we could advise startup founders.” Pundrik, Mansukhani, and Ventura lead the club’s New Ventures... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
1.1.1 MBA Program Guidance on HBS Community Values | MBA
1.1.1 MBA Program Guidance on HBS Community Values 1.1 Community Values Harvard Business School’s statement on Community Values lays out the principles that enable us to realize our mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world: “an environment of... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
“We’re promoting digital brands, and people need to trust those brands without knowing them,” Azuero says. “Getting that first client, that first user, is harder.” Still, he and Izquierdo are bullish on their prospects, as are investors:... View Details
- 04 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Should You Outsource Your Marketing?
Most companies already outsource a portion of their marketing function—advertising. But what about direct-mail management, lead management, or customer analytics? Increasingly, expertise in these and other marketing areas lies outside... View Details
Keywords: by Poping Lin
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
economic and social value. The goal of the corporation is to add value to employees, customers, suppliers and other partners, and community/society. These CEOs and the companies they lead make decisions with the interests of these other... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
social conflicts. We also observed that when people are experiencing higher levels of nostalgia, they’re more interested in working on tasks with others, and nostalgia has been shown to increase empathy for others and prosocial behavior in the forms of volunteering and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Got Global?
differences, their shared experience at Soldiers Field created a common bond that helped increase trust and respect, which led to the desired de-escalation of tensions. In Shirazi’s view, this kind of global impact is “a uniquely HBS... View Details
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
women. “It appears that increasing your female managers leads to higher profitability over time” In the study, the researchers set out to prove the following hypothesis: "Firms, both foreign and domestic, that do more to hire and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
perform perfectly. They focus myopically on success. That drive can lead to tremendous professional achievements. But as careers progress, continued success requires the ability to change and adapt to new conditions, to take the risk of... View Details
- 11 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?
much more apt these days to hear about loyalty in the context of problems—loyalty to a country or religion leading to fanatical acts of chauvinism or violence, loyalty to family or friends leading to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)
As a portfolio advisor in Houston, I learned people value advice more than just stocks; they’re also looking for informed opinions on trusts and estates, financial planning, insurance, and more, each unique to their own situation. I... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
pioneers a new supplier-retailer partnership between P&G and Wal-Mart. Built on proximity (Muccio relocated to Wal-Mart’s turf in Arkansas) and growing trust (both sides eventually eliminated elaborate legal contracts in favor of Letters... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
Mary Ann Ulrich describes what may be one of the most important challenges in leading the crowd when she comments that "... trusting the result will be the greatest challenge for most leaders and the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
and extraordinarily detailed maps. Leading YOU: The Power of Self-Leadership to Build your Executive Brand and Drive Career Success by Brenda Bence (MBA 1991) (Global Insight Communications, LLC) The most important driver of overall... View Details
- 03 May 2021
- What Do You Think?
Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?
made it clear that “we believe broad participation and trust in the election process are vital to its integrity.” Some of the signatories were recruited in a Zoom meeting of more than 100 CEOs organized by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a professor... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
type of system is not new to the financial services field." And Kim Osorio reminds us, "Within my field of human resources we already have a certification program... ." Will recent events lead to a more intense debate, as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
"That is a big mistake." Predictability allows everyone to know what the rules are, establishing an atmosphere of trust so that people can work together productively in an organization, Stevenson argues. Companies can provide more stable... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
declared. He believed that by winning the support of umbrella organizations that represent many municipalities, such as the U.S. Conference of Mayors, govWorks could quickly go nationwide. But it didn't work out that way. Tuzman and his partner underestimated how... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 29 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Global Change in the Built Environment
estate investment trusts (REITs) are now in countries all over the world with total capitalization five times more than only five years ago. Whether real estate lends itself to being corporatized without losing its entrepreneurial spirit... View Details