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Luc Sirois
Windsor/Detroit. “We’ve touched a nerve, and what we’ve unfolded so powerfully in Canada has been replicated just as strongly in other countries,” says Sirois. “The reaction is intense and immediate.” The 45-year-old’s cofounding of... View Details
- 11 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Leadership and Diversity at HBS
intense class, so on some of the harder questions posed by the professor, you could usually hear a pen drop as people mentally prepared their answers. On this day though, everyone could be seen nearly falling out of their chairs in... View Details
- 01 May 2020
- In Practice
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
operations and supply chain will not only better enable them to manage future pandemics, but also some of the disruptions that climate change is bringing like more intensive storms, droughts, and flooding. I also hope that this pandemic... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
primarily service providers. SC industries, especially traded services, have higher average wages than B2C industries. The supply chain economy also has a higher degree of innovative capacity as reflected by a much larger intensity of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Aline Camargo
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? At HBS I was constantly exposed to a great variety of ideas, projects, studies and events. This intense and diverse environment allowed me to test various skills and discover some of my... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
Building a Startup at HBS
certainty for anyone admitted to a hospital, still involved a great deal of guess work and discomfort. We reached out to staff at a number of leading hospitals in Boston and learned that the problem is especially severe in neonatal View Details
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Folafolu Folowosele
A self-proclaimed “global citizen,” Fola Folowosele found the transition from Nigeria to Williams College full of surprises. “It was my first intense winter,” Fola says. “You think you’re prepared, but then you experience it. I’d run from... View Details
- 01 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Reflections on the Peek Weekend Family Business Cohort
three-day program, the intensity of the schedule allowed me to forge genuine friendships with individuals whose interests and aspirations align with mine. To this date, I have kept in touch with members from the Peek network, and I’m sure... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Books: Judo Strategy
belts in putting judo strategy to work. They also suggest why this approach can sometimes fail. Managers reading this book will gain insights that will help them develop their own judo strategies, and sharpen their defenses against judo attacks. “Judo strategy is not... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
The Art of Naming a Start-up
the Schumann piano concerto. What I remembered most about that piece was the cadenza. It was intense and emotionally demanding. I couldn’t practice certain parts of it for more than a few minutes before my hands got tired. As the cadenza... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 04 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
The Peek Weekend Stem Cohort Experience
all very helpful before, throughout, and after the program. Peek for me was an HBS sampler for an intensive few days; with cases drawn from real life, everything we learned was very applicable. I never knew about the network effect until... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
Baldwin could reflect upon his six years -- from 1987 to 1993 -- as a jet attack pilot in the U.S. Navy to put that prospect in perspective. More than most, he knew what it meant to face the pressures of the unknown. In January 1991, after three years of View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Spring greetings to all HBS alumni! The arrival of April signals the start of intense planning for spring events at HBS. The MBA spring reunions are fast approaching, and plans for the annual Club Officers Roundtable and spring Alumni... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
urgent needs of the future. Start-ups, on the other hand, are intensely focused on innovation but are also beholden to the impatience and boom-and-bust cycles of the venture capital industry. In his new book, The Architecture of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
health care. But the truth is that many of these efforts, despite best intentions, have not solved the issues they target, says Harvard Business School professor Jane Wei-Skillern. "Traditional approaches are still falling short, especially as the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Philipp Schäelli
knew that I wanted to work in a larger Private Equity firm to get a great on the job training and education opportunity and a fast start into this industry. After an intensive recruiting process in which I used all the HBS resources and... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
products companies and health care businesses to nonprofits. The companies that seek out this type of intensive leadership assessment and development are often going through significant change—rapid growth, a merger, entry into a new... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Can We Expect in the Other War?
The first is: Are these transitory feelings that may fade in intensity with progress in the war on terrorism? Let's assume instead that what we may experience is an intensification of trends in personal lifestyles already noticeable prior... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Alice Yang
our first year, comparing the U.S. and UK health-care systems. We spent intensive time in Boston and in London, learning from leading health-care policymakers, practitioners, and administrators.” That experience of traveling and learning... View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
What is Field Foundations?
discussions. How is the course connected to the FIELD Global Immersion? FIELD Global Immersion provides students the opportunity to take the skills developed in FIELD Foundations and put them into practice on an intensive project,... View Details