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- 27 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Working to Change the Food System
lot of time by the water in the San Francisco Bay Area. I would catch and forage fish, crab, mussels, and sea urchin, and bring them home to eat! It was really magical (and delicious) to be able to interact with nature in such a way. Against the backdrop of View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Firm Foundation
Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009) has been playing the long game as long as she can remember. The former Berkshire Hathaway executive grew up in a family business: Her father was a third-generation farmer in Manhattan,... View Details
- 18 Dec 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Grooming Next-Generation Leaders
Narayandas, faculty of the School's Executive Education offering "Program for Leadership Development (PLD): Accelerating the Careers of High-Potential Leaders," are experts on the subject. PLD invites executives with ten to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
accelerate that process without thus far any evidence of safety concerns," says Stern. In other words, just by streamlining its procedures and new product requirements, the FDA can shave months off the time that it takes to get needed... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
bottom of the S). Then more people jump on board, and the take-up of the innovation accelerates (the steep middle of the S). Finally, the innovation starts to saturate the market, as everybody who wants one gets one, or every product in... View Details
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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment
vulnerable areas more resilient and decide when to rebuild, restrict development, or retreat Economic development and innovative technologies have contributed to climate change—and are also essential to address it. Government policies can create incentives to View Details
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Should You Pursue the Certificate of Management Excellence?
learn more, review the CME Overview. You can also learn more about the CME in participant stories featuring Heba Elshakany and Laina Chan. If you are a board director, you may be interested in our Corporate Director Certificate (CDC), designed to View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
negligible compared to the potential harm of the actual virus. By applying the theory of diffusion of innovations, we hope efforts at accelerating global herd immunity through vaccinations will succeed. The implications of global herd... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping
bought-in Maersk was to decarbonization, including their commitment to cut emissions per shipping container by half and cut terminal emissions by 70% by 2030, and their recently accelerating their net-zero targets from 2050 to 2040.... View Details
- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
new engineers at once is not going to accelerate development overnight. Each time a new person comes on board, it’s disruptive to a team’s flow, and this is not just about training them. It disrupts the whole dynamic of the team. If... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- What Do You Think?
What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?
accelerating a trend toward work-from-anywhere policies that were already proliferating. The crisis required all of us to retreat from the offices from which we practiced our leadership and management crafts. We had to find new ways to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
productively, and as a result can often produce good work at what appears to be the last minute. They are focused on their own personal development. They want an accelerated path to success, often exaggerate the impact of their own... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
nearing the budget cap, she again has an incentive to push profits into the future. Because she's not going to get any additional compensation if performance exceeds the level at which the cap is set, accelerating expenses or postponing... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
social media and instantaneous communication Generational change as millennial and Gen Z workers with a more egalitarian, self-expressive style move into the workforce (and, at this point, into leadership roles: the oldest millennials are nearing 40) All of these... View Details
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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online
interactive learning experience. You’ll engage in a new activity every three to five minutes and apply your knowledge through polls, quizzes, and problem-solving exercises designed to accelerate and reinforce your learning. Exchange ideas... View Details
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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society
provide intellectual leadership and research support that accelerates the process of knowledge creation at HBS and leverages the expertise of our facility. We have two groups of scholars: one whose work focuses on the role of business in... View Details
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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
Priority will be given to applicants who demonstrate financial need, current involvement in addressing a social problem(s), and a compelling rationale for how the course will accelerate their capacity for advancing social change. You can... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Video Recording – Less Info - Video Recording Dean Srikant Datar kicks off Reunion Weekend by sharing his key priorities, which will strengthen and accelerate the School’s impact in the world. 10:00-11:15 a.m. EDT Navigating Uncertain... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
further improve efficiency, the number of stock-keeping units were reduced from about 4,000 to 1,000+, and offered special packages that included vegetables, fruit, meat, and medicine to accelerate sorting and delivery. Case 3: Product... View Details