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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

Description of silent animated video above: Learner scrolls through video interviews from prominent business leaders About the Professor Jeffrey Bussgang Launching Tech Ventures Senior Lecturer of Business... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details

Keywords: April White

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

this transition into general management." For new general managers—or just as likely in companies these days, senior functional managers who operate as part of an executive team or who have important cross-functional or... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Ignacio Lartirigoyen

After applying his skills at ExxonMobil – "a very exciting time because of the company's size and its level of professionalism"– Ignacio moved to an agribusiness closer to his roots, Adecoagro, where he joined the planning team responsible for making... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

17 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

Last month, US Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and senators Cory Booker and Ron Wyden introduced draft legislation to legalize cannabis federally. Some commentators say that by expunging federal, nonviolent marijuana offenses from... View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson

07 Feb 2019
Book

How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

and safety requirements that can constrain what you can try, of course, but anyone can be deeply involved in creating a culture where things are done differently. What it takes is senior leaders who enable... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

should they balance operational activities and advocacy efforts? How can they better measure performance against their missions and improve accountability to stakeholders?" The authors discuss their book in the following Q&A. Quelch is the View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

each segment, for example, of both the seniors in the early majority and the seniors that are laggards less keen on taking the vaccine. The diffusion of innovations research indicates that a combination of... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

was co-authored by Dr. Mahek A. Shah, a senior researcher and senior project leader at Harvard Business School, and Robert S. Kaplan, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

04 Nov 2015
What Do You Think?

Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

included those that “women have greater analytical skills and coordinate activities with much (greater) ease than men while upholding company values and strategy” (Mathews Daniel Kapito); “Having senior female View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Nov 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Do We Chase Stars?

the time to learn their new company's management processes." Stephen Basikoti put it this way: "The fact that some transplanted leaders do not succeed does not negate the fact that management performance is portable; it simply... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

Selling is changing, but broad generalizations and false dichotomies about ecommerce, big data, and other trends—hallmarks of current sales advice—are keeping business leaders from making sound decisions, says Frank Cespedes, author of a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LINKS SITE CREDITS GEORGES F. DORIOT Introduction EDUCATION Early Years at HBS Educating Leaders INNOVATION & VC Wartime Innovation ARD... View Details

27 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too

can benefit What business leaders might find especially interesting about the research results: Many rituals that couples perform involve some form of joint consumption of products or services. In one study, 64 percent of the rituals... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

that a senior executive is making a poor decision. "Shouldn't we tell her?" he asks his boss, who laughs cynically. "Yes," the boss replies. "Let's end our careers by challenging a decision that won't change.... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

Mitchell B. Weiss has heard it too many times: government doesn't work. Too slow. Too bureaucratic. Too burdened by procurement rules and performance measures. "Some of that is fair, and some of that is unfair, but it adds up over time," says Weiss, a View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Jan 2022
Blog Post

From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business

helped me hone my aspirations for the future (both professionally and personally), but also taught me so much about myself at my core, making me a more effective and authentic leader in the process. In addition, the alumni network was... View Details

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

Government, Business, and Nonprofit Leaders Early-Career Professionals Learn how to evaluate, measure, and manage sustainable investment opportunities with cutting-edge frameworks, strategies, and techniques. The course content is well... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

launching his remarkable career as a scholar, teacher, and administrator and culminating with his appointment as the School’s seventh dean. McArthur’s vision, passion, and unparalleled gift for building consensus transformed the School. “John felt strongly the... View Details

03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Recent Grad Reflections: From Being Cold Called to Becoming a Case Protagonist

priority in 2020. HBS committed to initiatives such as the “Juneteenth Case Pledge” and convened the Dean's Anti-Racism Task Force to work alongside the HBS Case Research and Writing Group to develop more inclusive and diverse teaching materials. Jan Rivkin, View Details

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