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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning
employees are concerned, the problem in their organization had to do with the fundamentals of management and leadership, not the quality or commitment of the people nor the quality of management systems and processes," write Beer and... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Survey Spotlights HBS Experience
Although HBS is widely known as a training ground for leaders of established firms, a new survey reveals that many MBAs are entrepreneurs too, with nearly half (49 percent) launching their own companies at some point in their careers.... View Details
- 21 Nov 2024
- News
Mother Nurture
Julia Cole, Tina Keshani, and Sophia Richter (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Tina Keshani (MBA 2020), Julia Cole (MBA 2020), and Sophia Richter (MBA 2020) met at Startup Boot Camp in their first year at HBS, they quickly discovered they shared a vision to create a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
Spar In her new book, The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception, HBS professor Debora Spar takes an unflinching look at a taboo topic: the myriad kinds of interpersonal arrangements and financial... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
at Harvard designed to foster student startups. In 2021, the company was a finalist in the HBS New Venture Competition’s social enterprise track and participated in the Harvard i-lab’s Venture Program, where it was named a semifinalist in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
occupies top “best-of” lists in other categories, such as energy and innovation. U.S. News and World Report’s state rankings placed Minnesota at number two in 2018, citing its low unemployment rate. The Twin Cities, Minneapolis–Saint... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
1998 when its symptoms of shaking and uncontrolled movement became visibly apparent. As depicted through Marty McFly, Fox’s desperate desire to get back to normal life seemed to take on new and poignant meaning. A fan of Fox while growing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
better. To this end, they offer a set of management tools drawn from best practices in successful companies, the military, and government agencies. After showing why the federal personnel system needs reform, the book presents specific... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence
self-driving cars to robots mopping up spills at the grocery store. As computer systems increasingly perform tasks that people once did, the implications for business are enormous. Although more than 80 percent of executives believe AI... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
her House of Bread was soon doing a brisk business. “Frankly, the first bakery was successful from day one, and I just thought everything was so easy,” says McCann, who also invested heavily in an information system that tied cash... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Many HBS graduates are now leading companies and nonprofit organizations involved in the environment or sustainability – as entrepreneurs, innovators, financiers, or philanthropists. Following is a selected list of notable alumni and the organizations. Warren Adams... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Turning a Moment into a Movement
banker knew she was eminently qualified, yet such opportunities seemed to evade her. “Everybody wants somebody with previous public board experience or who has been a CEO or CFO at a publicly traded company,” she says. In Dozie’s view, the issue is View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
issue was widespread, Lerner and Holder founded OnRamp to help SaaS companies guide their customers through the implementation journey. Lerner refined the concept at HBS (and was a runner-up in the New Venture Competition) and has been... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Diversifying HBS's Case Collection
Group (CRG) has helped faculty members source case leads beyond traditional networks. With the support of the Global Initiative and Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, the CRG has created a new case tracking View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Professors Fox, Mace Remembered
an antitrust case against seventeen investment banking firms in New York City, an effort that led him to do an exhaustive study of the securities industry. In 1984, Fox received the Harvard Business School's Distinguished Service Award,... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
the corridor, which was populated with glass offices, my workmates would kind of call me in and say, it's been not so good today, Perella just kind of reamed you a new one. So that was one. I was embarrassed by that. The other is, I... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
inspired to address inconsistencies in society by working from within the system rather than pursuing more radical approaches. Joseph Schell: As we turn fifty, many of us finally have time to reflect on our life's ambitions. It's a great... View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
Ballou-Aares told the Financial Times. HBS Professor Michael Porter, an advisor to Leadership Now who also signed the letter, noted that “business leaders need to throw their support [behind] democratic processes at a time when public tensions have risen.” As the View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
someone else has run away with the whole market." Venkatesan points to Apple, which waited for better distribution systems in India before it established its presence. "But Samsung didn't wait, and has the whole market now." The book, he... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
Curriculum. To address this need, the School piloted a new daylong program, Viewpoints, this past spring. “Our goal was to help students understand how they need to think about the broader social context in which firms operate and how the... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation