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02 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps

motivating those who already did support them to go out and vote. The knock-on-door effect But just because the candidates couldn’t change minds doesn’t mean minds can’t be changed. That’s the result from Pons’ final study, Will a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Public Relations; Public Relations

01 Sep 2010
News

Dare to be Different

everyone else is doing. To be an extraordinary marketer today, you have to do something extraordinary. Something different. Something that a textbook isn’t necessarily going to prescribe. You present successful brands in several... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Cruikshank;Youngme Moon; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services

January 2021 (Revised October 2024)
Case

Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

Aptiv’s board must decide whether a joint venture with an auto maker is the right next step in the company’s efforts to develop and commercialize a production-ready autonomous driving system. While many commentators believed that Aptiv’s self-driving technologies had... View Details

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01 Dec 2012
News

Tidy Minds

employees, Sorrell replied: "I think they should be smart; the word aggressive is overused, but pushy; confident but not arrogant; intelligent but not overly intellectual. You have to be able to cut through the wooliness of things and get to the point. You have to... View Details

Keywords: Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services

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Patent search: application status

How can I monitor a patent application status? If the patent application is filed in USPTO, go to PAIR Webpage, select Private PAIR or Public PAIR, and begin a search by various... View Details

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Top research analysts

Where can I find a list of the outstanding research analysts of the year? Go to Institutional Investor: Select the "Research & Rankings" tab at the top of the page Select "Leading Analysts" View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

The People’s Pods

podcasters—James Allworth (MBA 2010) and Roben Farzad (MBA 2005)—weigh in. HBS: Why did it take so long for the form to find its footing? Allworth's Aha moment RF: Technology. All that stodgy equipment you’d have to go to a View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Mar 2012
News

Capitalism’s New Agenda

degradation; failure of the rule of law; failures of education and public health; state capitalism; radical movements and terrorism; and pandemics. But the business leaders were also disturbed by an 11th disrupter: the inadequacy of... View Details

Keywords: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine; social activism; Occupy Wallstreet; Corporate Services; Finance

13 Jun 2017
News

Finding Common Ground

When he took some skeptical conservationists to a meeting at agribusiness giant Monsanto’s headquarters not long ago, Richard Crespin (TGMP 4, 1999) says it seemed the only thing missing was ominous John Williams theme music playing in the background. “One of them told... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Jun 2007
News

Fixing America’s Leadership Deficit

four years after the current president leaves office will be among the most consequential we’re going to live through. The decisions we make, or don’t make, will be of enormous importance to American history for the course of the 21st... View Details

Keywords: Government

22 Oct 2014
News

Preparing middle school students for the opportunities that lie ahead

done a lot of work supporting the public school districts and I was becoming more and more familiar with what was going on in the public schools in terms of student achievement... View Details

02 Jun 2015
News

Pointing the Way to a Better World

people involved and to show they care in order to bring about change It’s not going to work to assume there are people in this or that nonprofit saying, ‘Okay, we’re going to lift people out of poverty.’... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2025
News

Agenda: Stacy Sonnenberg (MBA 2003)

pledged to the investment. You have not pledged to have your salary go to a set account to pay back the bank [for your mortgage], right?” “In Europe, where there is a lot less public investment into these... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

01 Jun 2000
News

Of Dugouts and Sweatshops

going to be exercising leadership in a world in which information is much easier to access than it was before," he said. "This changes the implicit rules in terms of what I call public ethics, because View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

16 Jul 2016
News

Angie’s List Introduces 'Freemium' Model

will now allow non-paying members to access and write reviews. “It’s never easy for a public company to change its business model,” Durchslag told the Indianapolis Business Journal. “Ninety percent of millennials were saying as a matter... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Mar 2016
News

Feedback

December 2015 Deconstructing Draper Re: Golden State of Mind I admire Tim Draper (MBA 1984) for his sustained interest in rebooting public education in California. Too few HBS alums are engaged with public... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Lessons from Private Equity

specific and focused version of the following question: ‘If I put a dollar into this capital project, am I going to get three dollars back out?’ Public company managers who apply the same analysis with... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management

28 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Nairobi Love: Heading Home

Ah, Nairobi! I love my home city...every time I return home, I am inspired by how much has changed, and motivated by how much opportunity there still remains for change. My family has been involved in public service since Kenya gained... View Details

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Harvard Business Review | Baker Library

Harvard Business Review Harvard Business School's monthly publication covering business theory and practice. Access via Business Source Complete. Get Access HBS Faculty, Students, and Staff Remote access available HBS Executive Education... View Details

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Harvard Business Review: Executive Education Access

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