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- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
reputational benefits by integrating community, employee, consumer, and environmental health efforts into a single health impact strategy and appointing a chief health officer to oversee all four. Firms with an integrated health View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
findings. First, non-financial rewards are more effective at eliciting effort than either financial rewards or the volunteer contract and are also the most cost-effective of the four schemes. Second,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
insight led to nine rewarding years as senior vice president at United Way of New York City. Careers & Connections My next turning point came when I realized that I wanted to develop my international skills and experience and somehow... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Jeffrey Dunn (MBA 1981)
Anybody who knows me well knows that I am a total Cookie Monster, right down to the homemade chocolate chip cookies that have always been my weakness. From Baker Library | Bloomberg Center: Do you want to learn more about how you can set... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 Apr 2016
- News
New Venture Competition Winners Announced
audience who would be voting for the $2,000 “crowd favorite” prize at the School’s annual New Venture Competition Finale. “We’re building a telemedicine app for Africa . Half of all outpatient visits can be conducted over a mobile device.” The competition awarded a... View Details
- Profile
Ann Chao
Challenge for Cultural Entrepreneurship—which was just one week ahead. They made the deadline, and although they didn't win, they were among the finalists rewarded with cash and a one-year i-lab residency. "Our year at the i-lab was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Connecting with Clubs
provide IT and Web site support. This year, for the first time, we have created a standing committee that will spend the next several months developing recommendations to make clubs stronger, enhance the links with HBS, and make the club experience even more View Details
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
should government strategy matter to business people? It seems many executives, particularly Americans, believe government is incompetent. Richard Vietor: Business people care in several ways—macroeconomic, microeconomic, and foreign... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
Stick to the Strategy or Make the Sale? A Manufacturer of High-tech Streetlights Considers an Exception to Its New Subscription Model By: Weiss, Mitchell Abstract—A manufacturer of high-tech streetlights considers an exception to its new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
technology on the newspaper business with HBS Working Knowledge editor Sean Silverthorne in this e-mail interview. An article based on Gilbert's doctoral research in this area received the Robert Litschert Best Doctoral Student Paper Award in the Academy of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Inside MTV’s Global Fame
building a global business strategy to establish markets in countries such as Russia and China, which American business interests had largely ignored. Starting out, he crafted a pan-European approach, believing his young audiences wanted... View Details
- 17 Jun 2025
- Blog Post
Balancing Career Stability with Creative Pursuits with Jeff Roslund (MBA 2013)
critically, while courses in marketing, finance, and strategy opened entirely new perspectives. I had never received formal training in those areas—everything was new. Learning those frameworks was a huge leap forward, and I still use... View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Recruiting HBS MBA Students in 2017-2018
have this background, but a great many more have functional skills that will be useful in a role with a strategic focus. Our military veterans may not have consulting on their resumes, but they absolutely understand big-picture strategy... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Navigating the Future of Renewable Energy at Port Esbjerg
towards renewable energy production and CCS, with plans to inject captured carbon into depleted oil fields in the North Sea. Total is targeting 50% renewables in their portfolio mix by 2050. Their strategy... View Details
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
before—coordinating all the top minds in the top office. "CEOs are spending more and more time with their direct reports, in larger and longer meetings," says Julie M. Wulf, an associate professor of strategy at Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
totally new directions, but they also seek out “guardians” whose goal is to protect and make sure that the core—what’s authentic—remains true. Both types of individuals are important during periods of reinvention. They force you to answer... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
that are paying careful attention to the hiring, training, and rewarding of store employees. Our favorite example of a retailer that has used labor successfully is the online retailer Zappos.com. The company pays very careful attention to... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era
before beginning a new venture: What am I betting on? Do I know my economic model? Will I be able to formulate a sound strategy that seizes opportunity and combats threat? Will management be able to transform and reinvent the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- News
Banking on Africa's Future
Tope Lawani Tope Lawani (MBA 1995) is a man on a mission—make that two missions, actually. The cofounder and managing partner of London-based Helios Investments, Lawani says his firm aims to reward investors with "attractive,... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
achieved, they forfeit their pledge to a friend or charity. The reason the strategy works, says Norton, is that instead of prohibiting behavior, as most diets do, it allows users to continue their behavior if they want to—but also sets up... View Details