Opportunity Selection - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

At the conclusion of the session, McCormick inquires, "So, how did this case method discussion feel to you?" "Frustrating," comes one response. "There are so many ideas and not enough opportunities to discuss or express them," says... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Jun 2025
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Getting the Message

marketing-services firms, describes the $4 billion spent last year as "chicken feed." What he finds interesting about the Web is the impact it is having on the wider area of communication services. Sorrell, whose business leadership earned him knighthood last December,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Business Review Press You’ve shed antiquated systems and processes. You went all-in on digital. Your teams settled into new, often better, ways of doing things. But did your organization change enough to stay competitive in the post-pandemic world? Did you fully... View Details

24 Nov 2014
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New York Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS

future—and to give our institution the resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,” said Dean Nohria. “As we do so, we need to think not only of the challenges and opportunities facing Harvard Business School,... View Details

18 Feb 2016
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Challenge Aims to Speed Drug Trials Process

share ideas on how precision diagnostics and therapies can be brought to market faster. Participants will receive feedback from an online community of precision medicine influencers, executives, researchers, doctors, and advocacy groups. A panel of judges will evaluate... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Ink

you do can be put in three boxes: one, manage the present; two, selectively forget the past; and three, create the future. Box 1 is competition for the present, and Box 2 and Box 3 are competition for the future. Both are important. The... View Details

01 Dec 2000
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New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference

growth," said conference cochair William H. Swift (MBA 1974). The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce sponsored the opening reception at the Ritz-Carlton. The conference kicked off with an examination of trends and opportunities in emerging... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

13 Nov 2020
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Students craft their post-HBS lives

plan, but preparing for a lifelong journey.” — Leslie Perlow Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership To develop the course, Perlow selected 17 second-year students to work closely with her in a yearlong independent study. To find out... View Details

03 Oct 2019
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Clubs Convene to Focus on Health Care

public health care, skyrocketing costs of prescription medications, and how AI-assisted personal medicine is coming in the future.” Ahmed says the Cleveland Clinic Canada (CCC) represents one of the growing patient-centric models of care providing View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Health, Social Assistance

30 Mar 2016
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Alumni in Middle East Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

challenges and opportunities facing Harvard Business School, but also the great opportunities we have to help create positive change throughout the world. “And the Campaign is about more than raising money,”... View Details

05 May 2015
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Alumni in London Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

opportunities facing Harvard Business School, but also the great opportunities we have to help create positive change throughout the world. “And the Campaign is about more than raising money,” he noted. “It... View Details

24 Feb 2015
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Florida Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

institution the resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,” said Dean Nohria. “As we do so, we need to think not only of the challenges and opportunities facing Harvard Business School, but also the great... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top

Last spring, a small, select group of new CEOs and CEO-designates from corporations with revenues of $1 billion or more came to Soldiers Field to participate in the second session of the New CEO Workshop, an HBS program led by Professor... View Details

Keywords: Jon Prestage

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo

mostly teen-oriented, music stores. Accordingly, among the 200,000 units of merchandise available in every Borders store is a sizable selection of music, from Mozart to Madonna, as well as periodicals, videos, and other entertainment... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

11 Jun 2014
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The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)

entrepreneurial and get my hands dirty—I develop fitness choreography, select music, work with graphic designers on the look and feel of my blog, and write all the content." How did Grit by Brit come into being and what are your goals for... View Details

Keywords: fitness; wellness; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2020
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Kill Groupthink

and your organization. Escape the bubble. With more than 90 percent of our information-gathering happening online these days, we are subject to more and more confirmation bias in the information we consume. The result is de facto tunnel vision and View Details

01 Jun 2014
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Start Me Up

media attention, and more than $10 million of in-kind support. At the conclusion of each program, a panel of startup CEO judges awards $1 million in cash prizes to as many as 20 startups selected for their global-impact potential. To... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

22 Sep 2016
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Words and Pictures

photograph and provide editorial (and life) advice to the authors of the selected essays. The project has been integrated into the MBA curriculum: New students view and respond to a Portrait Project exhibit as part of START during their... View Details