Shaping the Waves - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2000
News

Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right

who also headed a think tank for creating patentable business ideas. "When Jay first started talking about the principles that would shape Priceline, I knew we were really on to something," Brier says. Once... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

answers to issues of capitalism? A: Think of a Russian doll. Business is inside capitalism, but capitalism is inside society, and society is inside history. The forms that capitalism takes in different eras reflect View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Introduction - The Medium - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

photography, Machine Age photographers created elemental shapes and abstractions of industrial production that extolled the functional beauty of worker and machine. In an image produced for View Details

16 Dec 2021
News

A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic

COVID 19 infection in the first and second waves experienced in Mumbai, with the second wave associated with the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Finding the Confidence to Apply to HBS

conversation and your motivation to shape the world are what count the most. 2) The application process itself is worth View Details

10 Dec 2021
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on the Midwest

growing up in the Midwest shaped your values and leadership style? Growing up in the Midwest (specifically East Chicago) gave me empathy for people from less privileged... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

A lifelong mission to save the oceans

Andreas Merkl (MBA 1989) is on a mission to protect the world’s oceans. The president and CEO of the Ocean Conservancy is devoted to supporting delicate ocean... View Details

29 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022)

abnormalities. The natural and social sciences are interconnected, and I am fascinated by how their intersection shapes health and treatment of disease. This summer has reaffirmed my commitment to using my... View Details

2011
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American Exceptionalism?: A Comparative Analysis of the Origins and Trajectory of U.S. Business Education Development

By: Rakesh Khurana

As business education in an academic setting becomes an increasingly global phenomenon, the university-based business school in America remains a unique institution. This holds true despite the fact that the American business school as it evolved in the post-World War... View Details

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Business History; Business Education; Power and Influence; Society; United States; Europe

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14 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

develop a folding bicycle with the look and feel of a traditional bike," Tripsas remarks. "But if you mention a folding bicycle, most people conjure up an image of a small-wheeled, oddly shaped... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation

04 Mar 2002
What Do You Think?

Why the Bull Market in Leadership Books?

... leadership of (especially people) assets." The timing of this "bull market," Chris Wolfington writes, may be accounted for by "the wave of managers who were hired at fast growing... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Understanding the Benefits of Our Virtual Programs

flow of the cases, the carefully selected people in your cohort, the diverse population of backgrounds, professions, and regions shaping View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Priceline's Jay Walker: The Future is Wow

The future of e-commerce will be shaped by a new generation of companies that can consistently deliver convenience, information, entertainment, and savings -- an as-yet-unrealized package that will have an... View Details

18 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative

Gender & Equity Initiative’s mission is to accelerate the advancement of women leaders and promote gender equity in business and society. Importantly, though addressing the underrepresentation of women... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Examining the Magnitude of Syria’s Refugee Crisis

attitudes toward the Syrian conflict—such as the continuing desire of refugees to return to a unified Syria—which has helped to shape discussions about peace and reconciliation... View Details

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From the Dean - Annual Report 2020

Harvard Business Review’s circulation climbed to 340,000, the highest in its 97-year history, evidence that the Publishing group continues to produce insights that shape... View Details

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From the Dean - Annual Report 2014

in April and as part of a broader University-wide effort, we launched The Harvard Business School Campaign. Our goals for fundraising and, equally important, for alumni engagement are ambitious, as we view our aspiration as no less than... View Details

02 Jan 2013
What Do You Think?

Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?

collaboration. An entire generation is being prepared to enter workplaces like this, organizations that reward extroverts who show initiative in stepping forward to shape the nature of View Details