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- 04 Feb 2022
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Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries
Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The Life and Role of a CEO
recommendations on the company’s most crucial issues. After every such meeting, I always wondered “what is it like to be a CEO, having multiple rounds of these meetings every single day?” “The Life and Role...
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- 31 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not
project across the organization, he gathered useful technical and tactical information that he then brought back to the team. He frequently recognized good work on the project, almost always in a public...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Bower, the Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration, in his 1986 book, When Markets Quake, documented the problem as it affects the petrochemical industry. He has also observed it in other sectors over the years. "In one...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 1999
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Ikenna Okezie
So far my life has been filled with exciting challenges along with God's blessings," says Ikenna Okezie. Indeed, "challenge" seems to be the operative word for the soft-spoken Okezie, who is about to become one of the first two people...
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Feb 2023
- What Do You Think?
Will Hybrid Work Strategies Pull Down Long-Term Performance?
(iStockphoto/AndreyPopov) Remote work has always been an essential part of economic activity. Some people work from home, some work from anywhere, and some work where customers need them. But the COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to both...
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by James Heskett
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What is an HBS Section? - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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Brooke Biederman
family, and a whole lot of luck on my side. Slowly, I learned how to eat again, how to read again, how to write again, how to walk again, and yes, how to run again. Before this, I had always been cheerful,...
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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
PhDs." As McKinsey adapted to the new needs of the times, Daniel also focused on making sure it remained true to its founding principles, such as always seeking to have a significant impact View Details
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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni
of leadership and advanced career responsibilities, you almost always have choices. The real issue is not the availability of choices, but their consequences – many of the possibilities afforded us may mean compromises in our careers, our...
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- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
entrust their money to one of the big investment banks or brokerages—Citibank, Chase, Merrill Lynch, or Bear Sterns—which then invests it for them in hedge funds. Funds of funds, the word is on Wall Street,...
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by D. Quinn Mills
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Yael Taqqu
tired distinction: the CEO is busy managing the story of the business just as the directors, producers and writers frantically spin their stories for the audience. want to know both spheres. I know that my greatest liability is my fear to leap – fear of freefall, of...
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- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
always says. There can’t be multiple people making decisions that conflict with each other. “While most people would recommend not bringing business to the dinner table, I personally believe that the two businesses––the View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
The only way to truly appreciate what you have is to work for it," says Roy W. Simmons, the 82-year-old chairman of Utah-based Zions Bancorporation, one of the most successful bank holding companies in the country. Simmons speaks from...
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Sylvester Wee
class the next year. I lost four teammates during a military jungle exercise but persevered until I made it out alive. Many see what I’ve accomplished, but few know what I’ve gone through. There have been instances when I came close to giving up, but my mother never...
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- 26 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews
There’s a saying in hospitality: The customer is always right. In fact, customers might be more influential than ever, according to a study of online restaurant reviews. Yelp, the website where consumers share their service experiences,...
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Tim Kluska
Coming to HBS is like... Stepping onto a roller coaster with a blindfold—it's thrilling, unpredictable, and slightly daunting. Yet, you have faith you're on the right track, and as the ride progresses, you discover this experience will...
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- 28 Sep 2023
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Screen Time
iStock/ST.art MBA 1982’s Section B had already formed a close-knit group that gathered often in the decades following their time at the School, when the pandemic appeared in the spring of 2020. Unable to enjoy one another’s company in person, the group didn’t miss a...
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Margie Kelley
- 15 Dec 2023
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Like-Minded
Yumiko Murakami (MBA 1994), Miwa Seki (MBA 1993), and Kathy Matsui share the same month and year of birth, so the friends started an annual birthday get-together to reflect on the year ahead. Work was always...
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- 11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony
Confucianism, with its emphasis on education and self-improvement, as well as duty to elders, parents, and teachers, probably comes closest, although it’s more a philosophy than a religion, he notes. And while he respects teachers, he...
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