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- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job
One of the most essential roles of the general manager is to be the person who can move an organization forward through the most tangled of circumstances, says Professor Amy Edmondson, “where there is uncertainty, different points of view, and high stakes, whether... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Ink: Talking Shop
Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life By Rory Sutherland “This book points out that data is driving too much decision-making and that executives have lost the art of management.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
they exercise, and then monitor it for visual cues indicating when, what, and how much to drink. Hydration can dramatically affect athletes, says Nix founder and CEO Meridith Unger (MBA 2010), a former college basketball player and frequent marathoner. Unger, a... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
of novel consumer goods—ready-made shirts, watches, Japanned fans, celluloid baby rattles, Swiss buttermilk soap, and much more. Heinz could also sense that the pace of urban life was quickening, spurred on by transportation and... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
- 12 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers
jointly decide to donate their bodies to science after they die. In Individuals' Decision to Co-Donate or Donate Alone: An Archival Study of Married Whole Body Donors in Hawaii, published online by the Public Library of Science, the... View Details
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
"Interesting to make analogies, but the basics of medical decision making are grounded in scientific fact whereas there is no unified body of knowledge based on science for the manager." As Todd Rhoad put it, " doctors are... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
creating things that didn’t exist,” she says. “I loved doing science fairs. To me, it was so exciting just to play around and see things and present new ideas to people. There are so many places in my mother’s house that are charred from... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 07 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark
family matters, health issues, disappointments. The most difficult issues often involve life outside the School. Q: What accomplishments are you proudest of? A: When we started out ten years ago, there were several things we were... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
Commercializing Science and included members with medical, science, public health, and business backgrounds from HBS, MIT, and across Harvard University. The realization that DFA’s product had the power to impact the health of millions... View Details
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Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship
of posts on founder mindsets that improve success odds , Tom Eisenmann Managing for Results , Peter Drucker Novations: Strategies for Career Management , Gene Dalton & Paul Thompson The Science of Building a Scalable Sales Team , Mark... View Details
- 25 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Advancing a More Sustainable World with an MBA/MPA-ID
Working to protect the environment has been my passion for as long as I can remember. My father was my earliest inspiration. As an officer in the Indian Forest Service, he devoted his life to balancing day to day realities of economic... View Details
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Courses by Title - Course Catalog
Life Sciences Entrepreneurial Management, General Management Satish Tadikonda Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 ^ back to top F Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Field Course: Business of the Arts General Management,... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
country, manufacturing capacity, supply chains, and money, lots of money. As the head of the United Kingdom’s new Vaccine Taskforce, Kate Bingham (MBA 1991) has a bird's-eye view of the whole process. A life View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
scientific advancement, team-building, and international cooperation. And the goal had never been a world record for one man. “We want to open the door for future exploration by science and business,” Vescovo later explained.... View Details
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Online AI Course | HBS Online
diverse applications of AI, machine learning, predictive modeling, and data science Explore ethical AI-related challenges to implement it responsibly and manage risks Develop the skills and frameworks to shape your organization’s digital... View Details
- 11 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation
most important." I spend my life trying to make the next generation a little less neurotic about money.— Joline Godfrey, Independent Means, Inc. As the founder and CEO of Independent Means, Inc., a financial education company aimed... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
Publication: Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract We examine whether the likelihood of entrepreneurial activity is related to the prior career experiences of an individual's co-workers, using a unique matched employer-employee panel... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50304 October 2015 Health Affairs Exposure to Harmful Workplace Practices Could Account for Inequality in Life Spans Across Different Demographic Groups By: Goh, Joel, Jeffrey Pfeffer,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery
a dime and move into life sciences or whatever the next trend is, he said. Firms also need to grapple with their mission, added Kania (HBS MBA'82). Venture capital as an investment profession can be... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
remarks to a plenary session, Dean Clark highlighted a number of ways in which the School is growing and changing to meet new challenges both at home and abroad. Among them, he cited initiatives dealing with corporate governance, life... View Details