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- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
Summing Up How best is denial managed? Denial is endemic to management. It is a natural part of human nature, closely related to the survival instinct. It can be useful or disastrous. And it can be managed. That sums up at least many of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
comes from never-ending, short-term pressures of the stock market. An even greater factor is the global nature of competition today, which pits American organizations directly against counterparts in Asia, where work days are long and... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 11 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Recap of the 4th Annual Women in Investing Summit
finance. With my curiosity sparked, I found my first internship at a search fund (largely thanks to my Yorkshire Terrier’s networking skills, but that’s another story ) Over subsequent summer internships, investing felt like a natural... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Snapping Up Voters
cell-phone screen. “One way that 2016 will be different from 2012 is campaigns and super PACs will devote more resources to content production for digital,” says Saliterman. While most digital-first politicos trash the passive View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- Web
Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog
set. We will examine the transformation of the FBI after the 9/11 attacks, Komatsu's introduction of "SmartConstruction," and the digital transformation of a large bank in Latin America (Davivienda), among others, to understand how to evaluate the potential in new ways... View Details
- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
numerous imitators, as often was the problem in the late 1990s, when the funding of "me too" firms became commonplace. Q: Is the nature of the venture capitalist changing? That is, if Arthur Rock and John Doerr each represent... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
graduates, to address climate change?” Ratnika Prasad (MBA 2020), Associate Director at The Nature Conservancy "There has been a seismic shift in the last few years, whereby concern about the climate and sustainability has finally begun... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
graduates, to address climate change?” Ratnika Prasad (MBA 2020), Associate Director at The Nature Conservancy "There has been a seismic shift in the last few years, whereby concern about the climate and sustainability has finally begun... View Details
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
of enablers, such as education, has the potential for leading directly to the development of ideas that actually expand the limits of even those kinds of growth that rely on physical resources with supposedly finite properties. If all... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jun 2019
- News
A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy
and Prevention. “We spent the first year understanding the landscape around gun policy and research,” says Luca, whose research largely focuses on applying insights from behavioral economics to improve managerial and policy decisions. “We knew we had the View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology
alumni who conduct pro-bono consulting work, to develop a marketing strategy for San Jose’s innovation efforts. “If we can tell the innovation story more effectively,” he says, “we can attract more resources to the city.” Those View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
goals for Arctic research is to put in place an environmental observing system that helps us understand changes in the Arctic, a critical component of the global system. We can’t get a fix on climate change just by focusing on what comes out of tailpipes. We also have... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
Growing up in Sharon, Massachusetts, Andrew W. Kendall (MBA 1988) developed a natural affinity for the outdoors from family trips to the beach and from hiking, snowshoeing, and camping in New England's mountains and forests. It wasn't... View Details
- 12 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Applying to HBS in Round 3?
difference I wanted in the world. Even though I loved my job and the people I worked with, I knew I wanted more out of a profession. I am passionate about eliminating animal suffering and slowing the depletion of natural View Details
- February 2011 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
Hindustan Unilever's 'Pureit' Water Purifier
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Mona Sinha
The case asks students to formulate a strategy to respond to various competitive threats to its Pureit Water purifier, launched in 2008, targeted at millions of low-income Indian consumers who did not have access to safe drinking water. The case describes in detail the... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Development; Social Enterprise; Competitive Strategy; India
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Mona Sinha. "Hindustan Unilever's 'Pureit' Water Purifier." Harvard Business School Case 511-067, February 2011. (Revised March 2021.)
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Ideas That Stick
circulate with no resources whatsoever behind them. What we thought we’d do is to investigate these classes of naturally sticky ideas, steal their playbook, and put it to use for people who have important... View Details
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
opposing zero prices, typical Internet-related activities—like surfing the web, web searches, and e-mail, along with behind-the-scenes practices like domain names and the allocation of IP (Internet Protocol) addresses—present a natural... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future
global rather than merely local. The issue of limited resources and inefficient distribution is creating environmental and social problems respectively, that businesses can no longer afford to neglect/be indifferent to. Technological... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire
- 29 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Virtual Networking Tips from HBS Career Coaches
alumni I’ve spoken with have consistently received positive responses to their outreach.” Genuine human connection is especially welcome right now, and with diminished commutes and limited social events, some have more time now than ever to connect. Furthermore, there... View Details
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production
picture are relatively closed compared to the top buds in the picture above). Image source: The authors. Storage/Buffer Space. Image source: The authors. Energy and Resource Consumption The facility is currently heated by View Details