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- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
industrial and energy services—and was close to defaulting on its financial obligations. Some managers felt the company was also bankrupt in terms of ideas. There was insufficient communication across the company, including few common... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 25 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
ClimateCAP is an initiative manage by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business whose mission is to prepare business leaders to understand and respond to the climate challenge. They provide learning resources for MBA students interested in the intersection of business... View Details
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Maggie Sanchez (MBA 1990) on Purpose-Driven Board Leadership - Blog: RGE Report
demonstrate how she’d effectively guided other entities. From there, it was a matter of communicating her skills and knowledge. Boards used to look for directors with functional expertise in one industry, she says, but today they want... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
community and examined paths to success in the new economy. Held during the last weekend in February, the three-day event, titled “The Digital Dilemma: Challenges to Excelling in the New Economy,” gave participants an opportunity to... View Details
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
Who Will Benefit Senior Managers and Consultants Analysts Aspiring Finance Professionals Use financial tools and metrics to inform strategic decision-making and drive business performance. The program expertly leads you through progressively more View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
complex scents, both of which contrast with the Asian preference for light scents.” For an industry which looks global, it has some decidedly local characteristics . World War I helped launch the beauty revolution. In close quarters, soap... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
field and the central research questions that it sought to answer. However, the commitment to engage with the complexities of business and the disinclination to rely on models with simplistic assumptions about business behavior also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
and AIDS exert such power to wreck communities and companies that they should almost be viewed as a metaphor for "disruptive technology" along the lines of the model proposed by HBS Professor Clayton Christensen in his book, The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
place, or to community – than water. We hope these stories showcase a range of ways in which some alumni have connected their bond with water to action in the business world. Thank you for reading, and please share your stories with us at... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
cost-benefit approach is proposed to analyze an individual’s incentives to produce speech and is then applied to assess the role social communities play vis-à-vis individual dissent. This analysis underscores the important and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
relationships, with communicating verbally as well as reading gestures, and with using their imagination. Many ASD sufferers prefer routine to novelty, and exhibit steady focus and repetitive behavior patterns. If employed, they... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Center Focuses on Europe
has gained importance particularly at the European level; and the European corporate world has to work with the public sector at regional, national, and European levels, and that adds complexity to conducting business. You should know... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
leadership style: We know that the increasing diversity within business organizations and the growing interdependence of players—from business partners to NGOs—within a business ecosystem mean that leaders need to adopt a more inclusive, collaborative style. It's also... View Details
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
globalization and liberalization have increased the competitiveness of product markets, one explanation for the trend towards decentralization could be increased competition. Of course there are a range of other factors that may also be at play, including human... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
of entrepreneurs supported. Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/wkerr/121212-Female1_Spatial.pdf For Mobile Devices, Think Apps, Not Ads Authors:Gupta, Sunil Publication:Harvard Business Review Abstract Many companies envision mobile ads becoming an integral part of their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
Obstacles facing companies in today's hyper-competitive global markets are seemingly more complex than ever, to the point that managers must rethink many of the basic principles of good operations management, says Robert Hayes. In a new... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Commencement 2019 Address | About
than it has in the past. Around the globe, people are wrestling with growing inequality, increasing divisiveness, and the rising threat of systemic challenges such as climate change. They are living with the terrifying insecurity that their jobs may vanish and their... View Details
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
assigned to this role by Sheikh Mohammed, the Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Al Roumi attempted to drive national progress towards happiness in UAE society through several means: measuring happiness in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
which made it to the “refinement” stage, including Regan’s. “The hypothesis that we are testing is that if a complex legal brief is viewed firstly as a bundle of tasks to be integrated to create a customer outcome, productivity and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
roast beans—becoming one of only a small group of people in Starbucks' history to be judged qualified to do so. As a teenager, Michael Dell enjoyed taking complex computers apart, repairing or upgrading them, and putting them back... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace