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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The Potential of Business to Improve Lives
BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN SOCIETY READ MORE STORIES BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN SOCIETY READ MORE STORIES Those ideas include Ely’s research showing that good intentions and occasional, off-the-shelf training are not sufficient... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care
the highlands of east Africa, it is HIV and TB patients to whom Porter listens intently as they describe their care and treatment. It’s July 2007, and Porter is on a fact-finding trip to Rwanda, part of his work for the Global Health... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?
psychological “nudges” can improve healthy behavior. It’s not that easy, it turns out. One of the prime reasons is sheer forgetfulness, he says. Many of us have every intention of getting vaccinated, but forget when the actual date rolls... View Details
- 14 Mar 2007
- Op-Ed
Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity
and Forstmann Little & Co., have dramatically downsized or announced their intention to cease operations after experiencing investment missteps and succession problems. Meanwhile, new organizations have amassed enormous sums of... View Details
- Web
In-Office, Remote, or Hybrid: Strategies for Success - Recruiting
nourished and avoid unhealthy habits. Keep a water bottle at your desk and stock healthy food to fuel your day. Communication: Clarity and Connection Matter Clear, consistent communication is essential for remote team success. Without the ease of daily hallway chats,... View Details
- Web
Commencement 2020 Address | About
the circumstances you faced during your workday, you take an intentional moment and reflect upon what you can be grateful for that day. Before we say goodbye, I’d like to give you a chance to express some gratitude directly. As much as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
General Electric and its CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA ’82). GE has announced its intention to reach $10 billion in water-business sales over the next decade. Worldwide, as water becomes increasingly precious, it is often predicted that more... View Details
- August 2011 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
Ramesh Patel at Aragon Entertainment Limited
By: Anthony J. Mayo and Joshua D. Margolis
Ramesh Patel, a high potential employee, was excited to be named to the company's New Horizons Board, a select team responsible for producing recommendations for new products or line extensions for Aragon Entertainment. Patel's co-worker and friend, Jeremy Gibson was... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Interpersonal Communication; Spoken Communication; Communication Intention and Meaning; Jobs and Positions; Performance; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Mayo, Anthony J., and Joshua D. Margolis. "Ramesh Patel at Aragon Entertainment Limited." Harvard Business School Case 412-042, August 2011. (Revised November 2012.)
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
The Digital Deck
printed paper, rather than reimagining an entirely new online experience for readers. As faculty chair of HBX, the School's new online learning platform, Anand says the intent from the start was to avoid following in the footsteps of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
Summing Up The title of this wrap-up and the one that accompanied this month's original column basically just deletes "Wikileaks." The original title was my mistake. The intent was not to direct attention to Wikileaks in a... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Becoming an Ethical Negotiator
codified in law. Fraud, for example, is defined as a "material misrepresentation of fact on which someone reasonably relies to his or her detriment." Each of those words carries weight. The notion of misrepresentation implies View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund
with the intent of scaling BIPOC-led and owned small businesses. The team believes that HBS students are uniquely positioned to support these kinds of investments, which typically have smaller ticket sizes, because they can bring down the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
seeing companies build more intentional friction back into the buying process. What might that look like in a retail space? JA: It could be on the inventory side or in the way the physical experience is designed: making you wait for a... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
art of the deal, replicated the Hazleton model, acquiring twenty companies and amalgamating the industry to create a global capability for the world's pharmaceutical makers. In 1987, with the industry for all intents and purposes... View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
We have a great group of people who've come through our associate program, all diverse people who’ve gone on to great business schools and become entrepreneurs. We're finding these people. They can find these people too if they want to, but it takes View Details
- 21 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
How I Used the HBS Community to Hone My Professional Goals
a Michigan fan, with some Michigan State fans... When I started my second (EC) year, I was intentional about my job search. I had spoken to and learned from many of my classmates about their career paths and goals. I was also involved in... View Details
- 27 Jan 2023
- News
Turning Up the Volume
of roughly 1,400 applicants, LEDA accepts 100 of the most promising students, with a broader goal of improving and diversifying the national pipeline for the next generation of leaders. “LEDA is very intentional about its selection... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
start-up with limited resources. Your product is intently geographical. Concentrate on markets large enough to become profitable where you have no competition so you can spend your energy running the business rather than fighting wars. If... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)
have been tempted, on more than one occasion, to simply move from one pressing task to the next. Working on multiple, disparate CHAI projects in parallel has taught me to be intentional about advancing efforts that are important in the... View Details
- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
efforts with the potential to bridge gaps in the curriculum. The goal is to connect student learning experiences with a more intentional and scaffolded progression of learning throughout a student's school experience and beyond.” Climate... View Details