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- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
taught us the technical skills (“Butler Lumber,” “National Cranberry,” anyone?), while others were incredibly thought-provoking (e.g., BSSE cases taught by Professors Clay Christensen and Willy Shih). Few cases, however, evoked as... View Details
- August 2001 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Sony AIBO: The World's First Entertainment Robot
By: Youngme E. Moon
The Sony AIBO is the world's first "entertainment" robot. Positioned as a household "companion," the $1,500 AIBO has become a smash hit in Japan, appealing to both the young and the old, including those with little technical expertise. In the United States, the AIBO is... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Entertainment; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Marketing Strategy; Technology; Technology Industry; Japan; United States
Moon, Youngme E. "Sony AIBO: The World's First Entertainment Robot." Harvard Business School Case 502-010, August 2001. (Revised October 2005.)
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Bridging Business and Engineering
Erez Perelson (MS/MBA 2020) hopes to build on his technical background and hone his entrepreneurial and management skills in the new joint degree program. (photo by Susan Young) Erez Perelson (MS/MBA 2020) hopes to build on his technical... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Benchmarks Don’t Work
inefficient as the "benchmark" HR group? Obviously, this is an absurd comparison. The HR group that is spending 0.2 percent of revenue is probably producing few employees with the skills required to implement its strategy,... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi
"and I had always intended to go into public service. In fact, I enrolled at HBS to learn leadership skills to that end." Although his gubernatorial campaign was ultimately unsuccessful, Checchi was able to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
nonstarter. Still, it would have been fun to try. What is the most important thing you've learned about business since leaving HBS? I don't know if it's the most important thing, but it was a real revelation to discover that there is a shortage of excellent management... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 08 Feb 2023
- Op-Ed
Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears
the first place. Fortunately, retaining the benefits of inclusion—and protecting the collaborative, innovative cultures that many organizations worked so hard to create—requires many of the skills executives already have, the time-tested... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
- Web
Growing on the Job - Alumni
stage in a larger drama of growth – your growth. In many cases, the job itself will provide the challenges and resources necessary for expanding your skillset and adding depth to your leadership abilities. But regardless of the quality of... View Details
- Web
General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Rosabeth M. Kanter : Received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 Squire Patton Boggs Nonprofit Leadership Symposium. Leonard A. Schlesinger : Received the 2021–2022 Robert F. Greenhill Service Award for continued outstanding... View Details
- 13 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion
companies to expand their brands. FGI teaches you how to grab a blank sheet of paper and innovate in the globally competitive 21st century economy. You will exercise your leadership skills and 200+ cases of... View Details
- Web
John H. McArthur | About
provide financial assistance to Canadians wishing to attend Harvard Business School and acquire the leadership skills to make a lifelong contribution to Canadian society. In honor of McArthur’s 60th reunion... View Details
- Web
Engagement Opportunities - Business & Environment
professional skills and relationships that support their future careers. Program includes a weekend retreat at the Harvard Forest, dinners and workshops with leaders in the field, and a year-end event. Applications due in August. Harvard... View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are You Supporting Your B Players?
By day, managers run themselves ragged worrying about their A players: their stars, their rainmakers, their top 15 percent. By night, the same managers fret over their C players—their bottom 15 percent of staff. The C players are those employees, incompetent by... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2021
- What Do You Think?
Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?
some of it on added training to fight so-called structural unemployment of workers with the wrong skills for our future economy? With that, could we reduce unemployment to less than 3 percent with little or no inflation? Or is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
never imagined we’d see this happen. —Paul Raeder (MBA 1979) 1980s “Any leadership skills I may possess came from this club that dared not speak its name and that constituted the center of my world.” “Any... View Details
- 2022
- Book
Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present
By: Tarun Khanna and Michael Szonyi
How do societies identify and promote merit? Enabling all people to fulfill their potential, and ensuring the selection of competent and capable leaders are central challenges for any society. These are not new concerns. Scholars, educators, and political and economic... View Details
Keywords: Merit; Meritocracy; Society; Government and Politics; History; Power and Influence; Leadership; Competency and Skills; China; India
Khanna, Tarun, and Michael Szonyi, eds. Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2022.
- 03 May 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the First HBS African-American Mother-Daughter Duo
of the hardest in her life in a white-male dominated institution, the struggle was worth it. Growing up, I noticed the value of the Harvard MBA experience, especially as a Black woman. It gave her the skill sets, credibility, and... View Details
- October 2010 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Building a Developmental Culture: The Birth of Deloitte University
By: Boris Groysberg, Maureen Gibbons and Joshua Bronstein
It is October 2009 and Barry Salzberg, CEO of Deloitte LLP, has just returned from the groundbreaking of Deloitte University. When completed, Deloitte University would be a world class learning and development center owned by, and for the exclusive use by the employees... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Problems and Challenges; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Teams; Competency and Skills; Training; Employees; Values and Beliefs; Education Industry; Consulting Industry; United States
Groysberg, Boris, Maureen Gibbons, and Joshua Bronstein. "Building a Developmental Culture: The Birth of Deloitte University." Harvard Business School Case 411-059, October 2010. (Revised May 2017.)
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Leveraging Generative AI
and generating human-like text. HBS is equipping students with the skills and information needed to use AI-powered platforms such as ChatGPT for case preparation—to clarify complex concepts or analyze data—and to reflect more deeply on... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 28 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
Why I Chose to Pursue an MD/MBA at Harvard
other hand, leaders in medicine need more than excellent clinical skills to improve our current healthcare environment: they need clinical insight combined with effective leadership View Details