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- 05 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How New BofA Executives Learn its ’Deep Smarts’
Company's Deep Smarts offers a roadmap for ensuring that critical knowledge remains in the organization. This excerpt focuses on the executive onboarding practice at Bank of America. Dorothy Leonard is the William J. Abernathy Professor of View Details
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
It may have been a year—or 50—since the six dozen Harvard Business School alumni gathered in an Aldrich Hall classroom Monday morning had dug into a case study. However, once they got over the initial fear of being cold called by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
focused on the role of business leaders in this issue. For the HBS faculty team, that meant engaging with HBS alumni in multiple ways. First, the Project launched an unprecedented survey of all alumni “to get their perceptions on how the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
materialize," says Stewart. "As a trade lawyer, I see missed opportunities for American firms caused by the West's failure to set up lines of credit to deserving enterprises and by the unimaginative approach to doing View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
firm's intellect away from my perhaps not-so-remarkable talents, and we ended up with remarkable outcomes for over 30 years. So that system only happened because we had an early disaster. Dan: In the book, Steve, you write that every year, when you address the... View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
significant changes in technology and business models, which explains the many challenges and incumbent failures highlighted in a variety of research.19 A common failure of... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 17 Jul 2025
- Blog Post
Turning Doubt into Drive: Embracing Entrepreneurship with Kait Stephens (MBA 2020)
I walked onto the Harvard Business School campus in 2018 with a clear goal in mind: I wanted to be a founder. Yet, along with the big dreams born from watching my dad build businesses, I was also carrying with me fears and doubts. Was I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller
ever offered me a normal job. Obviously, it would be much nicer to be the chairman or CEO of a high-performing business that floats gently upward. I do what I do because the river carries you in a certain direction.” And there’s an... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
How much is the Grand Canyon worth? What would you pay to prevent developers from building condos on the Cape Cod National Seashore? As difficult as it may seem to answer those questions, Linda Bilmes (MBA 1984) has made it her business... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Meaning of Ramadi
lessons I’d learned earlier in combat and proved that they applied not only in war but also in business and life. Here are a few of those lessons; maybe some will ring true. First, I’ve learned that time is a precious gift, and with that... View Details
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
Working PapersLetting Misconduct Slide: The Acceptability of Gradual Erosion in Others' Unethical Behavior (revised) Authors:Francesca Gino and Max H. Bazerman Abstract Previously titled "Slippery Slopes and Misconduct: The Effect of Gradual Degradation on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog
internationally. We will have many case protagonists and other guests that have been successful and failed. Family Businesses are not only meaningful but can also be emotional-exciting and scary at the same time. This course will journey... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
Less than 20 percent of new businesses last five years. Despite those daunting odds, three MBAs from the Class of 1998 are among the elite who succeeded, and their stories make compelling reading in a new book. Former Washington Post... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Alumni Books
Stephen H. Baum (MBA ’65) with Dave Conti (Crown Business) What made Jack Welch, Gordon Bethune, and Cathy Black extraordinary leaders? Based on interviews with more than two dozen CEOs and a career of serving and observing CEOs as a View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership
on that potential pricing structure. At the same time, US businesses now wield more and more political power to influence such policy, thanks in part to Supreme Court rulings like Citizens United that enable them to spend unlimited sums... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
CEO about as tough as it ever has been. Companies need world-class efficiency, constant innovation, and a customer orientation. This requires a group of talented, dedicated people working as a team across business units and country... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
HBS, I don’t remember any of my professors as having been openly left-wing or right-wing political ideologues. We studied business management and the “bottom line.” But since Professor Kanter has introduced the subject of political... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- Web
Career risks and professional growth: Finding a fulfilling career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 22 Jan 2025 Career risks and professional growth: Finding a fulfilling career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) Paige Arnof-Fenn Author Alumni tag All Industries All Locations Alumni Student & Alumni Stories When I decided to attend Harvard View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
Purdue University in the early 1970s, Harris saw lots of classmates veer down the wrong path. Seeing the high failure rate among minority students, he joined a campus group of black engineers, where, he says, "Our entire objective was to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
had difficulty obtaining peer-reviewed government research funds for nearly a decade. Third parties’ lock-hold on reimbursement punishes innovators. When the Duke University Medical Center’s innovative new program for people with congestive heart View Details