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- 12 Sep 2019
- News
Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Today's episode of Skydeck features alumni weighing in on where and when they do their best thinking. The podcast team collected these thoughts during Spring... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
Bean, for instance, is a company that has excelled at learning through customer intelligence. The outdoor products retailer has gained success not only by accumulating information in a thorough way but by interpreting it with great View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
solutions. In order to help students prepare, we have developed an innovative prematriculation program, most of which is online. Our Prematriculation and Academic Services teams have developed a first-rate Web site where admitted students... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
great day!” What does this honor mean to you, personally and also professionally? Pradhan: “This really is a team award. On the personal side, it is an award that belongs to my wife, my parents, and my broader friends and family, who... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off
traditionally used for absorption in the aerospace and healthcare fields. The insert is a small adhesive square that can fit into any shoe but has more odor-absorbing surface area than a tennis court. Originally called "N'Odor," the View Details
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)
capital sources including TopCo equity, project equity, grants, debt, and government support. There is no one correct approach on how to fund these projects. The uniting characteristics of projects that do successfully fundraise are a View Details
- 26 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Driving Change in Education-to-Employment
interns hosted at a large corporate partner and 2) drafting a case study that documents the ripple effects of Year Up’s program within large companies. The second project is particularly exciting as it requires thinking creatively about... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
When you do that, over time the revenue gains peter out. And without revenue gains, people go to divesture and restructuring, and in-appropriate acquisitions. As a result, companies can’t make the numbers, and people start to get into View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
inclusion in organizations enhances various kinds of performance, from creativity to profitability. A growing body of research tells us this. So they are not just the right things to do; there is both an economic and social argument for... View Details
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
risk and uncertainty. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-127.pdf It Is Okay for Artists to Make Money...No, Really, It's Okay Authors:Robert D. Austin and Lee Devin Abstract In this paper, we examine the apparent conflict between artistic and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
concluding section. Global companies will need to organize cross-functional value capture teams focused on appropriating value from their know-how and reputation by combining different institutional, market, and nonmarket tools, depending... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
huge amount of unglamorous business activities behind the scenes that is critical to Skullcandy’s survival. Let’s talk about the glamour for a minute—the celebrity sports endorsements, team sponsorships, promotions featuring models and... View Details
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
shapes one's perceptions, emotions, creative imagination, thinking, planning, and consequently one's actions in the exercise of leadership. Being a leader and the effective exercise of leadership as one's natural self-expression does not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
separates professional service firms from other businesses is that the employees are their most important assets. Yet professionals in any field — independent-minded, creative individuals—can be difficult to manage. In LPSF, we use an old... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Righting the Ship
Fourth, Shackleton made his men believe that they could do it, that they could all get back to safety alive. How did he do this, create such self-belief in his team and thus make them part of the solution? Partly by his showing up every... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
return. Statistically speaking, documentaries don’t make money. Learning how to lead a team of very talented and creative people has also been challenging for me, as I come from a very data-driven,... View Details
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
execute this study? How did you choose Maverick as a research site? Was the company open to this kind of study? Sandra Cha and Amy Edmondson: Hypocrisy was not at all on our minds when we started the research. Our initial interest in this company was View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
management team and bring in a whole new team, but rather add key outsiders—who don't have the same history and the same biases—to the mix. So, one issue is: How does our prior thinking about an industry constrain the way that we might... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
elaborate geysers with Diet Coke as their main ingredient, were among the most viewed online videos at the time but were not initially sanctioned by the company. Donnelly knew that opening up the brand to creative consumers was necessary,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
initiative of the club, connecting alumni to each other and to the communities it serves. Elaine MacDonald (MBA 1998) Elaine MacDonald (MBA 1998) “We deliver expert goodness,” says HBSCP executive director Elaine MacDonald (MBA 1998). “Our View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley