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- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
We suspect that the mistakes happen when firms choose managers at any level—from CEO to business unit head to project manager—based on what we call "right stuff" thinking, borrowing the term from Tom Wolfe's famous book and the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- Profile
Zihan Lin
at CIRTEC Medical Systems confirmed his "innate feeling that my goal was not an engineering goal: I wanted to start my own company." HBS impressed Zi with its health-care-industry depth. In addition to the Health Care Initiative View Details
- 04 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies
maximize reach. If I could innovate on major systems like technology, policy, or markets, it would be more than saving one mountain, but entire ecosystems.” Amanda’s goals remain lofty. As COO and co-founder... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
executive roles at Kemin since joining the company in early 2006. Most recently, as corporate vice president, she managed marketing, sales, IT, operations, and HR. She honed in on personal care in 2010, as consumer demand for natural... View Details
- Profile
Brendan Mosher
Raytheon, helping the Transportation Security Administration ramp up the roll-out of whole body imagers, in the wake of the attempted "underwear bombing" in Chicago. "In one year,"... View Details
- 24 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works
Now, at 79, Fauci is the central figure that Americans depend upon to lead us through this crisis with his honest, candid advice and counsel. Last week he was on all five Sunday talk shows and then on a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
Nearly half of HBS’s 82 clubs and associations sponsor social enterprise programs that put alumni management and leadership skills to work on behalf of local communities and the School, according to a recent survey. Club activities fall... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
GLF Showcases London
will remain active for ninety days. The service debuted in limited release in November and will ramp up to full service early next year. The Knowledge Network Committee, chaired by Debby Farrington (MBA ’76), is working View Details
- 14 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How to Profit from Scarcity
ramping up production of a car is more challenging than printing an extra run of a book. But after its initial error, VW made some smart decisions to mitigate the damage. First, the company rewarded their best dealers by making the scarce... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Leadership Fellow Ming Min Hui: Figuring Out Her Mission
says, “we experienced a complete channel shift in terms of ticket purchases, school registrations and donations; with a corresponding lift in revenues.” On a personal level, Ming experienced a shift herself. “A lot of the point of HBS is... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
recommended curriculum saw larger and faster gains in math knowledge—as much as 7.5 percentile points on a standardized test—than those who did not. The challenge for the CEO was ramping up access to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Career Services Shifts into High Gear
distress and its ripple effects on job seekers. In late September, MBA Career Services staff also traveled to New York to meet with members of the class who were immediately affected by the meltdown on Wall... View Details
- Profile
Marla Malcolm Beck
that characterized her life’s journey, Beck already knew she wanted to start a company. “I always knew business and the language of business,” Beck said. “And I always had the ability to gather people together and get them from View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Immersion Program Digs Deep
NEW FRIENDS: Stephen Kraus (MBA ’08) meets students of Shanghai’s Weihang Migrant School, a privately funded school for the children of rural-to-urban migrant workers. HBS ramped up its commitment to the winter break Immersion Program... View Details
- 10 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?
challenges for founders. At HBS, Professor Bussgang has taught the Launching Technology Ventures course. ----------------- I came to HBS six years ago at a time when the school was ramping up its entrepreneurial programs View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
been testing blockchain’s potential for a few years now. But until Northern Trust’s pilot began this past spring, private equity investors didn’t have a commercial application for blockchain. Aware of the tech’s potential impact, Northern Trust spent years View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
I am thrilled to address you in my new role as president of the HBSAA Board of Directors. I look forward to using this vehicle to update you regularly on the work of the Alumni Board as well as other programs of note to the greater alumni... View Details
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Figuring Out Her Mission | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
“Overnight,” Ming says, “we experienced a complete channel shift in terms of ticket purchases, school registrations and donations; with a corresponding lift in revenues.” On a personal level, Ming experienced a shift herself. “A lot of... View Details
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
short-term increase in otherwise steady charitable-giving patterns among firms that are headquartered in the event's host city. Natural disasters also have a strong effect on firms' giving patterns, according to the study Punctuated... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Jun 2020
- In Practice
Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?
pays to be nuanced here. A large portion of the challenges facing businesses are industrywide (and worldwide). For instance, hotels have government-imposed limitations on the services they can offer. These restrictions bind equivalently... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost