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- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
investment firm, he and his partners paid particular attention to defining their corporate culture by considering, “How are we going to behave with each other, how we’re going to be with clients, how do we practice our authenticity?” he... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
portfolio of businesses, each of which might be grown or harvested, bought or sold, in service to a larger corporate purpose. Most dangerous of all, the prestrategy worldview lacked a rigorous sense of the dynamics of competition — “If we... View Details
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
negative jobs to be done, as well as positive jobs to be done. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School and edited by Craig McDonald.... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
35-year-old institution. We have been working on the transition to a clean, prosperous, and secure low carbon energy future for the last 35 years. I joined the organization three years ago, with a specific mandate from the board to take the organization to the next... View Details
- 29 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 29, 2007
before deciding to have surgery. Direct-to-consumer advertising seems to play a substantial role in surgeon and patient decision making in orthopaedics. Future efforts should be aimed at improving the quality and accuracy of information... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Digital Exhibits | Baker Library
Intersection of Science & Art: Edwin H. Land and the Polaroid Corporation This exhibit brings into focus the formative years and trajectory of the company and the career of Edwin H. Land. A scientist and inventor, entrepreneur and CEO, aesthete and humanist, he argued... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
mean we work 32 hours now? “We didn’t build the company with the idea that this was a 40-hour expectation. From the beginning, we wanted this to be a place where we set goals that are ambitious but reasonable for us to accomplish... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
And if you look at the consumption habits, the buying habits, the investing habits of the folks in the generations that will be inheriting that wealth, they are completely and totally different, completely different than those of previous... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
participants - OPMers (who attend one three-week session per year for three years) must be both significant owners as well as the CEO or equivalent of their company. "With its approximately 2,300 graduates,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
Clifton says. “He hasn’t really lived here and walked the walk. He is not one of us at the present day. He may very well be one day. It will be interesting to see if he stays... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
relationships to attain the desired outcome. Of comparable importance is an understanding of why the other partner wishes to engage in the collaboration so that the participant can be responsive to those goals and needs. In thinking about... View Details
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
supposed to be bad, and there was little debate about what companies or managers could do about it. For me this just sounded too simplistic. Moreover, the focus on national laws led to policy recommendations that were sometimes too... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
several Silicon Valley firms as well as a former congressman from the area, spoke about how new concepts of entrepreneurship, leadership, and partnership are emerging from the new business models of the information revolution.... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
and organizations, leaving few left for newcomers and growth. In this context, some networks seek to sell the addresses they previously received-sales that can usefully transfer resources to the networks that most need them, but with certain risks that must View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
staggered boards at all companies (boards traditionally elect one-third of their members each year); requires that all directors receive a majority of votes cast to be elected; mandates the creation of a board risk committee; and forces... View Details
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
her to help them get inside the minds of undecided voters in swing states. So Hessan joined the campaign. She kicked off a voter research project that is now extended well beyond the 2016 election. Her approach is qualitative. She's in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
mechanical engineering courses at Northeastern University, and two years as a second lieutenant in the Army (“doing a major’s job”)—proved to be ideal credentials for Knott’s eventual role as founder, president, and CEO of Riverdale Mills... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
improvements lagged well behind automobile production, stalled by conflicts over where they should be built, who should control them, and how they should be funded. Finally, in... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
mission is to bring together leading scholars and business practitioners to study and shape the digital transformation of the economy. Accordingly, “Beyond Chicken and Egg” included three industry executives, as well as two academics who... View Details