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- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
positions that helped him understand the complexities of the company—from shift supervisor in a manufacturing plant, to new product development, to business development. Weeks, a quick study, has 26 patents pending despite a lack of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
industries, organizations operate in increasingly complex and uncertain environments. To succeed in such environments, organizations require their members to think creatively and integrate conflicting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Complexity (C3) initiative, which aimed to develop energy-efficient superconducting supercomputers. At first, Levy envisioned developing superconducting servers that could speed up data center operations... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
professional network for physicians.) Each year, Rock Health selects about 20 companies from thousands of applications to receive backing in the form of funding (grants up to $20,000 or convertible notes of $100,000) and services (office space, View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
since 2007 by Cynthia Carroll (MBA ’89), the first woman and first non–South African to hold the firm’s top spot. In addition to South Africa, from which it derives roughly half its profits, Anglo operates in some 45 countries, employing... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
brands in a country where small, individual stores selling no-name goods have been the rule for decades. But success doesn't arrive overnight. Biyani cited a few factors to consider when launching a retail operation in India: Foreign... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
dramatically downsized or announced their intention to cease operations after experiencing investment missteps and succession problems. Meanwhile, new organizations have amassed enormous sums of capital in short periods. Even a quick... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
drivers, nursing homes, and homeless shelters. “We’re running twelve-to-sixteen hours a day, seven days a week.” Lessons in Leadership For Patel, both the intensity and the complexity of the pandemic response offer important lessons in... View Details
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Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon | Information Technology
Christine Day assumes leadership in mid-2008, tasked with driving the company toward a $1 billion sales goal while addressing operational inefficiencies, underperforming stores, and diminishing cross-functional teamwork. This narrative... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Life Lab Nurtures Early Stage Startup Day Zero Diagnostics
the i-lab have given us the opportunity to do just that,” says Lee, who explains that the amount of capital required to do complex wet lab science is an order of magnitude more than what a typical software venture needs. “The Life Lab... View Details
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
well as better bottom-line results. Environmental questions are cause for pessimism. In most arenas, successful managers search for opportunity in adversity and find in complex problems a chance to separate their companies from... View Details
Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt
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Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Generative AI for Business Leaders Course Number 1301 Professor Suraj Srinivasan Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits Project Course Overview Generative AI (GenAI) stands at the forefront of a technological revolution, poised to redefine how businesses View Details
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Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Meaningful progress on complex social issues depends in part on the entrepreneurial ideas and energy of the next generation. In recent years, we have seen a sustained increase in HBS students launching social impact ventures. In response... View Details
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Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions Last Updated: 22 Jan 2025 By Course Title View by Unit | View by Course Title | View by Faculty | Print View A B C D E F G I L M N O P R S T U V W A Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits A Manager's Guide to Leveraging... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
and mobilizing employees to embrace them, and practicing dual-minded leadership. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55837 March–April 2019 Harvard Business Review Operational Transparency: Make Your... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
PublicationsCapitalism: Its Origins and Evolution as a System of Governance Author:Bruce R. Scott Publication:Springer-Verlag, 2011 Abstract Two systems of governance, capitalism and democracy, prevail in the world today. Operating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation
executives who failed to speak plainly in a way investors could understand faced various market consequences, including lower trading volume, restricted price movement, and inconsistent analyst forecasts—all after controlling for the actual earnings news. “When it's... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
are very important. One is generalist investment skills combined with industry specialization. A balance between investment prowess and operating knowledge is important as well, since we really do typically lead or colead our investments... View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
investment in Duck Creek Technologies, a technology provider for property & casualty insurance companies. The deal required a complex carve-out from Accenture, Duck Creek’s parent organization, and several View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
the rocket, which was built and operated by another company, the United Launch Alliance.” While we were addressing one possible example of a lack of coordinated, long-term thinking under pressure (among other things) associated with the... View Details