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- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
developers, and CEOs. They reveal what makes a building healthy and show how tracking health performance indicators with smart technology can boost performance and create economic value. While the “green” building movement tackled energy,... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
Silicon Valley is the poster child for capitalism, the synergistic geography where smart private money supports cool ideas, creates jobs, boosts national productivity, and provides a handsome return for investors. Less well understood... View Details
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
on the EPS of both sides—and determine whether it is in the best interests of Mellon, the city of Pittsburgh, and Mellon's shareholders. Purchase the case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208129 KIPP 2007: Implementing a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
“My concern right now is that although there’s an enormous amount of discussion about the $700 billion, the discussion may not be sufficiently sensitive to the need for reasonable oversight of the financial system. ... We have to be serious and View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
within this virtual format. April: I imagine that like most of us, you have been on a lot of video calls since the beginning of this crisis. What are some of the smart and useful ways you've seen people adapt to this new work environment?... View Details
Keywords: Zoom
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
think are smart and necessary. And since we’ve had to cut back on daycare, I’m definitely spending more time with the kids these days. It’s a new phase for us. + ONLINE web-only content “In my experience, there were several careers that... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
That balance of risk versus ambition: How fast can we go? What's our capability? How far can you test people who've never done it? We've got lots of smart people whose experience is very limited in international business. So that's the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
better than the risk for getting into the Internet." Startup Smarts Previous work experience is often the critical factor in helping an aspiring entrepreneur make the judgment calls necessary to spot and develop a good business... View Details
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
those countries because people just didn't have credit cards or credit ratings so they could do a monthly billing. Those sorts of innovations might not be unique to a South African company, but they could just be what happens when you have a View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
Russo at home in her Brisbane apartment. She credits her domineering Sicilian father with teaching her the street smarts to succeed in business. PHOTO BY PATRICK HAMILTON /NEWSPIX/NEWS LTD. Every successful entrepreneur can look back and,... View Details
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Thirst for knowledge High energy Both intellectual and street smarts Creativity Willingness to change Inquisitive Writing, communication and time management skills What makes it challenging to work in Marketing and Communications? Rapid... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
bottles of correction fluid later, Staples continues to expand. "You have to live the reality," explains Stemberg, "but dream the dream." Yet the plethora of products, services, and satisfied customers is more than even Staples' visionary founder fantasized a decade... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
Traditions LLC) In this second book of a series, Beck has compiled over 500 college sports traditions (for every collegiate sport and both genders) from over 350 schools. No Boston Olympics: How and Why Smart Cities Are Passing on the... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
Facebook make a 100 percent return, society doesn’t question it—it’s absolutely fine to make money if you are a smart investor or entrepreneur or just plain lucky, glory be to you,” says Rangan. “But just imagine making—on the backs of... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
Harvard, over a hundred leaders who have failed. Not one has failed because they weren't smart enough. They failed because they lacked emotional intelligence. They weren't aware of who they were at a deep level. They lacked passion for... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
change. Encouraging self-organizing networks to let them investigate whatever they want to through company channels can produce new business ideas, as IBM found in the early days of virtualization. When talented employees leave to start ventures, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time. Myisha Cherry Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside Myisha Cherry is Assistant Professor of Philosophy... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
video, all to improve the at-the-game experience and to keep pace with the coverage enjoyed by fans at home. Engineering Excitement If the NFL has seemed preternaturally blessed by good fortune and smart management, some of its success... View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders
At Harvard College, Westphal felt overwhelmed and underprepared at first, and knew he would need to put his head down to keep up. He studied Economics, based on his interest in business and entrepreneurship, and when a lot of smart people... View Details