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- 03 Nov 2011
- What Do You Think?
The Ultimate Question in Management
thing:" trust. (There's precious little trust in government, Wall Street, and business in general these days.) I found a strong correlation between trust, loyalty, engagement, and "ownership" among employees in a sample of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
mine]. Our research found that customers can scarcely imagine how to create uncontested market space. Their insight also tends toward the familiar 'offer me more for less.' And what customers typically want 'more' of are those product and... View Details
- 08 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care
Blagg: "Disruptive innovation" is a term you've used in your analyses of other industries, but what does it mean in the context of the health-care industry? Clayton Christensen: People think they know what disruptive innovation means, but I've View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
progress that the effect of such an agreement may have been fatally compromised. But at least it was discussed and publicized. Is it time to revisit stretch? For example, if the concept had been employed in Detroit, would the American auto industry have View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 30 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
Psychological Perspective," has been accepted for publication in Perspectives on Psychological Science later this year. What they found was that psychological science does indeed help explain how governmental decision making is... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
for the creation of jobs and wealth among urban families. Moderator Randall Pinkett of M.I.T. Laboratory Anne Habiby, executive vice president of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a national nonprofit founded by HBS professor... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation
which our faculty provide. EE: What is the typical profile of the group? Hart: The single defining characteristic of our participants is that they have achieved a position of extraordinary responsibility and recognition in their industry and firm. More than half are... View Details
Keywords: Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery
- 04 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
Fellows program . Both ECs also mentioned that the program both found and paid for intern housing, which was an incredible benefit. I decided to apply, while still looking around at different opportunities at health care startups or... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
for an interest in the private sector and ultimately his decision to attend business school. Mbanusi founded and led an organizing initiative that aimed to connect youth to post-secondary opportunities and living wage jobs; part of a... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
for its high concentration of agricultural innovation, Koppert Cress stands apart from its peers for its unique focus on gastronomy and innovative greenhouse production methods. The company was founded by Rob Baan, an ardent microgreen... View Details
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The Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
"and, with application, advance as opportunity permits to higher levels of responsibility." 14 Many HRPBA graduates found employment in administrative positions in manufacturing firms, financial institutions, schools, and colleges. A 1958... View Details
- Web
Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship
recommended reading lists Hand-picked resources for the questions and concerns raised by the Rock 100 founders at the Summit can be found at the links below: B2B Marketing Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors... View Details
- 26 Nov 2018
- News
New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change
the country and found there is currently greater support for government taking swift action to address the problem.” The panel then explored investment strategies and how business leaders consider climate change in long-term strategic... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
alumni and guests gathered at the HYP Club. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PPG (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) was founded in 1883 and is now the world’s largest manufacturer of paints, coatings and specialty materials, with $15 billion in sales.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
began operation as a school without walls. Nine "at-risk" high school students - some of whom had been referred by theirschool guidance counselors, others who found Shackleton on their own - set forth in two specially equipped vans on a... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
exposed to topics such as international marketing, managing organizational effectiveness, competition and strategy, leadership, and negotiations. "The content was very important and relevant," says Meyer, who found the discussions on... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
Matter’s largest financial supporter, meanwhile, is Pershing Square Foundation, started by Bill Ackman (MBA 1992). Pershing helped fund a 2014 ROI study by Columbia University professor Clive Belfield, who found that for every dollar... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
to the next level. Kaplan, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at HBS, and Norton (DBA '73), president of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Inc., found that the diverse companies that used the balanced scorecard... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
and values. But when we found that person, we struck with lightning speed and pulled out all the stops to have him accept our offer. The moral in my story: We knew we had to be willing to leave some revenues on the table by being... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
college. At the time, I was studying economics and found the topic fascinating, from an economic theory perspective; it was—and still is—an unprecedented market failure and tragedy of the commons on a global scale. “Over time, my interest... View Details