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- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
based at HBS, Christensen's influence and legacy extend well beyond the banks of the Charles and transcend the study of business administration. When he received the School's Distinguished Service Award in 1993, Christensen was honored... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
question-and-answer period for the ambiguity of a hard-to-plan, free-flowing discussion driven by student ideas, which may well follow unusual paths and come to unexpected end points.” Although his teaching and research activities were based at HBS, Christensen’s... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
sites CareerBuilder and Headhunter.net. Of course, it's still possible that rapidly integrating a new acquisition may destroy the unique capabilities of the venture. But acquisitions can create a new platform for growth while decreasing some of the View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
innovation, as well as its generative potency. Finally, implications for theory, practice, and future research are offered. April 2015 Institutions and Ideals: Philip Selznick's Legacy for Organizational Studies What's So Institutional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
writing in one of three lanes: the measures of a just political economy; the role of firms; and the roles of institutions and governments. The result is a wholly original and urgent new benchmark for the next stage of our democracy. Leadership to Last: How Great... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
new world. Typical approaches used by legacy players such as using technology to improve efficiency, encouraging business units to do digital experiments, or launching independent units to spur innovation have met with limited success.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
stringent measures to regulate the industry. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51895 Alternative Paths of Green Entrepreneurship: The Environmental Legacies of The North Face's Doug Tompkins and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
company’s legacy as Viana, who imagines his children’s children enjoying Jeannette madeleines. On break but still wearing her hairnet and white uniform, Régine Podgorny predicts the future: “We will be in our retirement, proud of what... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
five minutes or so.” Fast-forward 37 years, and that same roadway is 10-lanes wide and jammed with traffic from 7:00 in the morning until 9:00 at night. During more than 70 visits to China, McFarlan has watched the leaders of a nation still shadowed by Mao Zedong’s... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
Petrom's legacy as a state-owned company, such as lack of investment, aged assets, operational inefficiency, and bureaucracy while successfully managing the triangular partnership between the acquirer OMV, acquiree OMV Petrom, and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
forward. The Turkish banking industry was undergoing a transformation prompted by the demands of the country's digitally savvy, young population, and by new regulations on consumer banking that threatened banks' profitability. Akbank had a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
to weigh the political ramifications as he considered which initiative to pursue. He knew that despite his various accomplishments, this choice would likely impact his legacy as governor. As he weighed the decision, Daniels began to jot... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
From this vacant piece of pavement, Cummings can see one piece of his father-in-law’s legacy and a hint of Detroit’s future development. Max Fisher and his partner Al Taubman were the first to build apartment towers along the Detroit... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
in a transition economy and the role of legacy and geographical neighborhood in the process of economic upgrading. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/713479-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
Railways: Building a Permanent Legacy (B)? Aldo Musacchio, Tarun Khanna, and Rachna TahilyaniHarvard Business School Supplement 711-083 Supplement to case 710-008. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
He had passed away. His wife wanted to keep his legacy alive. It was very important to her. And so she actually mortgaged her house and put all that money in the funeral chapel. She owed the IRS a lot of money. Her life was in very, very... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
legacy evident in her “Osaka-ben” dialect. For centuries, merchants from the city have spoken the regional dialect known for its disarming charms. “It’s soft on purpose because it makes it much easier to win a negotiation without the... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
of the firm. There is substantial evidence for this: see Danny Miller and Isabelle Le Breton-Miller's book Managing for the Long Run: Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses. These leaders also start with the motivation to leave a View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
the introduction of a new dominant design. Drawing on the case of mechanical watchmaking, it reveals how technology reemergence is a decidedly cognitive process, unfolding in two phases: a first phase marked by a redefinition of the meanings and values associated with... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
his brain to science, to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, a joint program between the Boston University School of Medicine and the Sports Legacy Institute, where he is a member of the board of directors. Kacyvenski... View Details