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- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
successfully devote itself to providing objective advice and solutions to companies experiencing management problems. In 1933 Bower joined a small Chicago firm of "management engineers," a phrase coined by the firm's founder and namesake,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
put flesh on the bones of independence, the USA and USSR were eager to offer aid and advice to promote their own models. The PRC, suffering the consequences of a century-long tangle with imperialism and decades of war coupled with the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
Arizona, give their CEO updates on their respective projects via video chat. There are more than a dozen reports, covering everything from marketing to engineering to HR. Some are brief, some—a disagreement over a potential... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
HP, like Merck, has a basic interest in increasing the supply of scientists. NSRC has focused on curriculum design and teacher training. HP's technical advice and the active involvement of its scientists and managers have lent a valuable... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
Managing Growth, professional intrapreneurship; 5 Giving Back, easy, satisfying, and a responsibility. Boards That Excel: Candid Insights and Practical Advice for Directors by Joe White (MBA 1971)... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both
his teaching career at Wharton. As a newly minted twenty-nine-year-old professor there, he said, he found himself the recipient of a steady stream of practical advice from the senior faculty. Don't hang back by the blackboard when... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
classmates and many of her teachers, and making it a challenge to find clothes that fit. In the years that followed, Girard grew into “the sixes” now standing proudly at 6’1’’ and the idea for the business she would one day start, a business that would View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Leadership on a Global Stage
visits for a mix of friendship and advice whenever he gets back to Boston. Jefferson has put his unique mix of military and academic leadership training to work in a variety of positions. His career path demonstrates his instinct for... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
poor managers because they persist in their behaviors as reps rather than managers. This article discusses why this is common, the problems with standard advice about how to address this issue, what it now takes to be an effective sales... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
JI: I was legitimately building relationships because I wanted to be helpful or I wanted to learn or I wanted to be a good colleague or I wanted to be a good friend. And I think people see that. You know? And when I give View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
Humanity by Kim Scott (MBA 1996) (St. Martin’s Press) Using stories of her experiences at Apple, Google, and several start-ups, Scott offers advice on such fundamentals of being a leader as how to give and... View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders
perspective and able to give myself a chance to explore.” The Journey Back to Brazil Westphal knew he enjoyed his work in private equity and would consider returning, but as he thought about how he wanted to spend his time at HBS, he... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
spending time with classmates at HBS who came from all different backgrounds really helped give me a broader perspective on all that it takes for an organization to be effective.” Gandhi: “I find myself referencing lessons from my time at... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
different backgrounds really helped give me a broader perspective on all that it takes for an organization to be effective.” Gandhi: “I find myself referencing lessons from my time at HBS almost every day, and sharing them with my... View Details
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
supplier of nose cones and fuselages, a business that many would consider "core" for an aircraft manufacturer. Examples such as these are forcing us to rethink the advice we give about what parts of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
company and raised $2.25 million for it, and then we shut it down. We certainly made a lot of mistakes in building out the company, but my number one piece of advice for the HBS community is that HBS offers incredible optionality and... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
they conclude they can’t stay given the requirements of the job. Unless employers assist them so they can stay in the job, they give up a productive worker. Their replacement is an unknown quantity. Employers constantly make speculative... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
help community organizers establish similar financing pools in which, instead of cash, the winners received building materials, including cement. In addition, CEMEX provided construction advice and blueprints to the winners. The program... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
organization. Having only worked as an investor professionally, I used to think about a given business simply through that investor lens, but spending time with classmates at HBS who came from all different backgrounds really helped give... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
humanizing effect on a lot of us and on how we approach business. I always knew that success would enable me to be able to take care of my family and have control over my own destiny. But what I didnÕt realize is how much it would mean to be able to help other people,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg