Confidence - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Aug 2023
News

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

going to be successful in the new world that we're moving towards? So one is, I would say just have the confidence that what you're doing is important and the way that you do it matters. Our labor is a really important resource that we... View Details

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

coffee business, and last September she took charge of Post Cereals as well - a $1.3 billion operation. Not surprisingly, the New York Times calls Fudge one of "the top twenty women in American industry." It's the confidence instilled in... View Details

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

potential investors. To the extent that founders tend to be very confident in their startup's prospects, they may even be more inclined to take money from friends and family, happily imagining those close to them sharing in the startup's... View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

25 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

building EVs as we invest in our own capacity to process these materials (e.g. portfolio company 6K Inc.)” Despite the widespread and growing anti-ESG sentiment in Congress and in a majority of state legislatures, Hilton is confident the... View Details

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

scrolls through video interviews from prominent business leaders About the Professor Bharat Anand Economics for Managers Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration “Economics for Managers is a course that we hope will give you much more View Details

2008
Working Paper

The Ontological Foundations of Leadership and Performance: Being a Leader, and the Effective Exercise of Leadership, A New Model

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger

This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed by the authors and taught at the U. of Rochester Simon School of Business. The intention of the course is to leave the participants actually being leaders and being able to... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Business Education; Knowledge; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Performance Effectiveness; Attitudes; Behavior; Perspective

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

University. HMC has managed the Harvard endowment portfolio since 1974. Its mission is to ensure the University has the financial resources to confidently maintain and expand its leadership in education and research for future... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

The Internet's Next Frontier

While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical construct: it is a sandbox—an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

Innovation Finance & Accounting Marketing 90% are more self-assured at work, 10x return on investment, 84% have more confidence making business decisions — From two 2022 surveys of past participants across all HBS Online programs,... View Details

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Student Spotlight: 2023 HCC Co-Presidents Reflect on Their Time at HBS and the Current Health Care Systems - Blog: Health Supplement

relationship with the patient and is able to leverage that in leading change in the system as a whole. What experiences or faculty have had the most impact on you? I took nearly every healthcare course in the EC year and can confidently... View Details

Portrait Project

Ninad Kulkarni

succeeding simply meant failing less often. My ambition was just fear wearing a nice suit. That ends here. I will make mistakes again. I am sure I will fail. But I will value the failures as much as I value the successes. Because failure means having the View Details

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

21 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)

However, the laws did not accomplish this alleged objective. Contrary to the argument used by the Supreme Court in the 2008 case Crawford v. Marion County to uphold the constitutionality of one of the early strict ID laws, we find no significant impact on fraud or... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

18 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

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

sense of confidence it starts to take off.” As customers get more used to the idea of connected sensors in their products—and see the benefits they bring—eventually they may start preferring them. From there, it’s only a matter of time... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

grew from $141,935 in 1937 to $1,032,425 in 1941. 23 "Through the Depression, Polaroid's business remained small. But Land held on to a conviction that science pointed the way to products of the future," Forbes magazine noted. "By 1940, this View Details

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship

qualities, he said: Modularity. There has to be a natural progression from one part to another—some connection. Healing power. It has to solve an important, visible customer pain. High quality. The supplier must be confident of its... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2008
News

THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY

that they’ll make a cognitive association that incubates overnight and shows up as a creative idea the next day. One day’s happiness often predicts the next day’s creativity. Competition Beats Collaboration. The most creative teams are those that have the View Details

Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Oct 1997
News

High Fives

learned at HBS: “I developed a sense of confidence in myself and in my ability to go out and compete in the business world.” Inspirations & role models: “As a woman, there were no role models!” Best business advice ever received: “When I... View Details

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

values extend throughout the entire organization? These are the questions that need answering, and it's up to the emerging generation of leaders to answer them. Q: It is a paradox that leaders must inspire confidence in others, yet to be... View Details