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01 Sep 2023
News

Returning to the Roots

Dulles-to-Geneva flight, relying on Swiss efficiency to get to Burgundy.” Running a 226-year-old winemaking company is a bit different from the tech industry where Latour has spent his career, working in software, B2B, and more recently,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; wine; entrepreneurship; family business; innovation; climate change; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

23 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

Sooner or later, every company runs into challenges that force them to make tough trade-offs during the innovation process. Harvard Business School associate professor Rory McDonald calls these moments “tensions.” The streaming service... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

that researchers can potentially invoke to supplement other resources available to them. We propose a framework of antecedents for the use of professional social networks by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Cold Calling - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

for example, call on a student from the same geographic region as the company in the case or a graduate of the same school as the case protagonist. This approach can be used to lighten the mood or add humor... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Made in Italy

focused on the past, present, and future of capitalism and the iconic brands that have established the “Made in Italy” label as an international symbol of quality and luxury. The School’s elective IFCs bring... View Details

Keywords: April White

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

his office isn't as big as Jenny's. And he blames others when he screws up. Joe is an HNAP, or a high-need-for-achievement professional, according to Harvard Business School professor Thomas J. DeLong, who... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

23 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

Software Innovation Authors:Ned Gulley and Karim R. Lakhani Abstract We investigate if the actions by individuals in creating effective new innovations are aligned with the reuse of those innovations by View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Skydeck - Alumni

political spectrum How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team Scott O’Neil (MBA 1998) , CEO of the group that owns the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and several other sports properties, on why his View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan

program in Afghanistan, is a founder, and former naval officer Ben Bines (MBA 2015) worked initially with the team. Rumi Spice cofounders Kimberly Jung and Emily Miller, pictured holding saffron, While Jung... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2024
News

Game On

display announces the day’s run of show. Beginners get designated time in the morning so that they can play in the forgiving company of other... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

29 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side

Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile is in the midst of a ten-year study looking at, among other things, how time pressure in a corporate setting affects employee creativity. She recently... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Fine Arts

30 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

markets allow the backward linkages between foreign and domestic firms to turn into FDI spillovers. Our calibration exercises indicate that a) holding the extent of foreign presence constant, financially... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

HBS - The year in Review

business context and local cultures FIELD Global Immersions Article First Chief Digital Officer Appointed Katia Walsh joined HBS as the School’s inaugural Chief Digital Officer. In this role, she oversees the growth View Details

07 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic

When COVID-19 first sent office employees home last year, many managers filled their teams’ calendars with online check-ins, drop-ins, and updates to make up for the loss of spontaneous interactions—often... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

28 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 28, 2008

Case 308-073 After opening 60 schools in eight years through opportunistic growth, the national office of the KIPP schools network has designed a strategy dubbed "smart growth." Each KIPP school is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

When Agreeing to Disagree Is a Good Beginning

Disagreements don’t have to end discussions. In fact, as researchers from the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School discussed at a recent event, engaging with those who hold opposing views can be constructive and lead to new... View Details

Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette

06 Jul 2023
News

Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

of other companies would want to take advantage of that scale as well. We did the same thing with our streaming product. And so we built a... View Details

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

mask on first, before attempting to assist others” is a potent metaphor. In the blink of an eye, self-care for leaders of organizations has transformed from a feel-good nostrum to a strategic first priority.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Sep 2019
Book

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, some saw it as proof that the color of one’s skin could no longer hold people back from achieving important leadership roles in the United States. Not true,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Dec 2020
News

Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta

community, both in Boston and in Tokyo. We hold several events every year to encourage young people from diverse backgrounds to apply to the MBA and executive programs at HBS. Also, we hold events in Japan... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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