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- 21 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms
the industry run. Each brightly colored bag of Kahawa 1893 features a prominent QR code that allows purchasers to give to the women behind the beans. “People have been very receptive to the idea,” says Nyamumbo. “Customers tip at restaurants, View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival
nature," the strengths and possibility of a given person or enterprise, leaders must also be able to see an individual or organization's weaknesses. And the case points to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2017
- HBS Case
It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family
restaurants. The question of ownership, however, has not been broached—and the son fears that doing so could jeopardize his business and personal relationship with his father. “The son has this acute... View Details
- 24 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
What is an HBS MyTake?
While it’s true that students come to HBS to develop their leadership skills and learn the fundamentals of general management, what they take away tends to be so much more. When we interview students and... View Details
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
communication and encouragement, they can find the courage to try, fail, redo, and try again. Carliss Baldwin How can companies tap their customers for innovative ideas? Firms... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
should systematically work with community groups and local leaders so they feel intense personal and tangible stakes in the proposal. Detailed preliminary discussions with... View Details
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
chapters and a more prescriptive style to reflect today's world of expanding globalization, accelerated change, and increased complexity. This excerpt discusses the importance for young managers to continue... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 14 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Dyllan Muller
Associate Scientist at Unilever’s Personal Care R&D site in Trumbull, Connecticut. There, I did computational chemistry research and machine learning modeling to find new active ingredients for skincare... View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
behalf of families and (b) bank forbearance policies regarding overdrawn customers. We focus on five factors to explain the incidence of involuntary closures: personal traits, community traits, economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior
not to recall pleading guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in 2009; and when asked whether he served several months at Riker’s Island in 2010, he answered, “I don’t know.” Similarly, in a 2007 Senate hearing to investigate his role... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Vital Signs
rather than hardware, means that DemDx has the potential to scale quickly and globally. It also can be customized to different health care systems and national guidelines.... View Details
- Web
Career Networking - Alumni
Circles are designed to foster genuine relationships between alumnae, and give women the opportunity to learn from, support and inspire one another – both personally View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
seen to be—essential to developing the skills and insights business leaders need?) to the personal (How do we make sure that HBS continues to attract exceptional students as well as remarkable faculty View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 20 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism
examples of where global capitalism is going. (RED) integrates the power of big business, new customer priorities, and the interconnected agents of social change, in the form of the Global Fund to Fight... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy Koehn
- 07 Nov 2022
- News
Victoria’s Secret Buys Alumni-Founded Adore Me
Today, the Journal notes, Adore Me “has more than 1.2 million customers who purchase its products online through monthly subscriptions and one-time buys.” Victoria’s Secret CEO Martin Waters noted that Adore... View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
experiments to optimize customer experience—and their own return on investment. “Very few people know they are participants in this massive experimentation ecosystem,” says Thomke. And it’s not just online.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Hands-on Learning About Global Markets
a team on the project was part of the FGI learning experience. Each person took on a leadership role that played to his or her strength: Laryea’s background is in finance, Israel has technology expertise, Kreeger View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
with their partners. For example, one person said, "When we kiss, we do it in threes. Not sure why this started, but after 22 years, it feels really weird if it is not in threes." Norton notes, "This is their own thing, something other... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall
many types of innovation for the firms that experience them.” There’s also a second, less studied wave of damage, as competitors ramp up product development efforts to snap up displaced customers and... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Veteran Financial Aid Outlook
$2,550 $2,550 Dependent Health Care, Rent, Living Expenses* $30,700 $51,058 $66,672 $73,840 Total $111,818 $132,176 $147,790 $154,958 *For a full breakdown of where these numbers came from please visit the HBS Financial Aid website. For simplicity, View Details