Values And Beliefs - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Mar 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO

hesitant. Yet sometimes, this is necessary. But when? You should fire your CEO under two of these three conditions: (1) there is a weak and unfixable fit between the CEO's skills and the needs of the... View Details

10 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

it to capture the benefit of doing something good for the planet on its balance sheet. Reduce the participation cost like FOSS does. Free and open source software allows newer individuals to contribute in ways other than writing code,... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020

that they needed more time to execute on the strategy to better prove the value of its mobile app and ecosystem-driven strategy. The students were concerned that the company would suffer from the aborted... View Details

14 Jun 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia

2003), president of the HBS Club of Japan, ended the program. During his remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will have lasting value for the School and that... View Details

18 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is

and develop new workflows. “We can put sensors on something and get great data out of it, but then the question becomes what are we going to do with that data—and how are we going to make money off of it?”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

Portrait Project

Shardule Shah

in. The lines between parenting and working are increasingly blurred, but I am here for all of it. It took me a while to realize that having kids adds value even in business. I had thought that the guiding... View Details

01 Jun 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

Enfants du Paradis (1945). “The dialogue, the acting, the cinematography are all sublime. I also love The Last King of Scotland with Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin and Blood Diamond with Leonardo DiCaprio. I’ve met similar mercenary-type... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

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Jay Bhandari

losing consciousness. His story reminded us that the strength of our values is revealed by our choices during difficult circumstances. What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one thing you'll... View Details

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

While the US Food and Drug Administration has chiseled away pharmaceutical review times over the years to speed innovative drugs to market, the opposite seems to have occurred in the agency's approval of medical devices. Instead of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

December 2020 (Revised December 2022)
Case

The Dance of Dharma: On the Difficulty of Being Good

By: Arthur I. Segel and Tyler M. Richard

When deciding how to be good and act well, we often seek outside help. Many of our oldest and most frequently consulted sources of ethical guidance are our religious traditions. Just as one might consult a thoughtful friend, countless people seek direction from their... View Details

Keywords: Hinduism; Ethics; Religion; Values and Beliefs; Decision Making

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Nashae Roundtree

food dinner, and running around with other kids in our churchyard while we waited to eat. As an only child, I valued time spent with other children in my community and... View Details

27 Aug 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Market

Keywords: by Yongwook Paik & Feng Zhu; Legal Services

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Erin Kaivan

move for an officer transitioning to civilian leadership. "HBS, more than other business schools, really values general management and respects leadership experience," Erin notes. "It's a way... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

04 Jul 2005
What Do You Think?

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

specific knowledge," and emphasis on "more variables [that] enter into people's choices than just value maximizing." Don Cameron thinks that "The problem with research is not the research... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2023
News

Step Change

long after, she left Global Ventures, citing a misalignment of values with a male partner who has since left. “It wasn’t that they were wrong and I was right,” Enan says. “I just wanted to do something... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

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Monitoring Jobs & Troubleshooting - Research Computing Services

information about the job state. This value will typically be one of PENDING, RUNNING, COMPLETED, CANCELLED, and FAILED: PENDING: Job is awaiting a slot suitable for the requested resources or you've gone... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details

14 Oct 2015
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Scott Stern, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

07 Oct 2021
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Planning Ahead

the School will need many years from now. He notes that since his gift won’t benefit the School until after his passing, and because he is confident the future stewards of HBS will use his support where it will have the biggest impact, he... View Details

March 2013 (Revised March 2015)
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iMatari

By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Matthew Preble

In late 2012, recent Harvard Business School graduate Hannah Lopez is given the opportunity to lead entry into a new market for Plámo, a company that created startup companies in Europe and emerging markets based upon existing successful business models. She had only... View Details

Keywords: Ethical Behavior; Ethical Judgment; Entrepreneurship; Imitation; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Europe; Middle East

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