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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
need to maximize moviegoing to Hollywood blockbusters and also source smaller movies that appeal to our diverse audiences throughout the year," says Frank, who cites Lopez's "incredible positive energy and vision" as the key reason for... View Details
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Tencent
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-426.
Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking... View Details
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- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
emerged with a "fortress balance sheet" and an improved position in the banking league tables. Nevertheless, the bank faced pressure from many directions, including large civil fines to settle, analysts' arguments about its... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
this one addressing a white audience, telling them exactly what they could be doing to help support the Black community. The positive response to that episode led Rogers, a retired senior lecturer to write his recent book, A Letter to My... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
he calls “the cross-country test.” To wit: “Are you really going to want to wait eight hours to recharge your vehicle?” says Camargo, who positioned the first Cadillac hybrid for the American market in 2013 before joining Cox. “Probably... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
differences, proposes a sequence of stratagems that may enable entrepreneurs to alter strategy while portraying faithfulness to enduring aims. Our theoretical framework posits that for ventures, reorientation without penalty may depend on... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
So, that was a very positive environment he grew up in. But, meanwhile, around him, there was a tremendous amount of racism. Kenny: You mention the fact that he went to college at a young age, but he talks about the fact that when he got... View Details
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
strategic decisions on whether to go deeper (expand to grades 4 and 5) or go broader to more grade 1 to 3 children. They were wrestling with the question of which option would lead to more impact and leave their social innovation in a sustainable View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
positively predict CL reviews and substantive characteristics of such reviews, including the number of issues evaluated and the seniority of SEC staff involved. These results, robust to identification concerns, are inconsistent with SEC... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
talent from, but by the time you get to positions of real responsibility, the fact is you are almost joined at the hip with the family. Q: Koç makes a point that the company has no hesitation about becoming involved in the personal lives... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
from these temporal inconsistencies, positing that the "should" self dominates during the prediction and recollection phases but that the "want" self is dominant during the critical action phase. We draw on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
dean. Then, in 1991, a chance encounter with Morgan Stanley’s John Mack led to a position on Wall Street as the firm’s chief development officer, responsible for human capital and issues of organizational strategy and change. “Like the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
program’ systematically to improve the efficiency of marketing beyond the borders of the home country. Instead, he shouts: ‘Wake up!’ ” Throughout his career, in different ways, Levitt kept shouting. When HBS Dean John McArthur appointed him editor of HBR (a View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
signatures were obtained. How is it possible to deny the right to a secret ballot election in a free and democratic society? Dick Lindsay (PMD 32, 1976) Portland, OR Union Position Unpersuasive In regard to the Employee Free Choice Act, I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
consumer-driven health care. “By showing the positive impact of making health care more consumer-oriented, Shouldice has helped recraft thinking about the field,” Herzlinger says. In her course Innovating in Health Care, she uses the case... View Details
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
likely not like the real thing. Keinan: That is what's interesting about both cases—these are artists with a vision, passion, and a mission, but they are also good at marketing, promoting, and positioning their brand. It's not by accident... View Details
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
first outsider Chairman and CEO in Gillette history, Jim Kilts led a remarkable turnaround. But by late 2004 he had to make a difficult decision. To better position the 104-year-old, Boston-based company, he opted to sell it to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
lawmakers make mistakes and sometimes do more harm than good. But government can also make a very positive difference, and we know it has done so in the past. Based on that history, I think that government is a necessary and powerful... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
creation in that era. When my grandfather moved from his teaching position at Tuskegee University, to start the first black technical school in Delaware, he had to self-finance their home as he was unable to access private financing or... View Details
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1.5 Attendance | MBA
Program’s policy on remote attendance is meant to preserve the immersive HBS learning experience while providing reasonable support to students facing difficult personal circumstances. Remote attendance may be approved by the MBA Program for a very limited number of... View Details