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- 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
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
smart decisions will be made as to where available money is allocated. But the impact will be severe and cause a lot of change in the sector. Ebrahim: The conversation about results and performance management is occurring globally, not... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
building and learning for a new firm in a nascent industry. Through a longitudinal study of a new firm in the nascent smart city industry, we found that the firm failed to make progress on important internal initiatives, despite notable... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
but we do it and we see huge dividends every year.” The many faces of E Ink: In addition to digital reading devices like Amazon’s Kindle and Aztak’s EZ Reader, E Ink’s customers include the makers of watches, cell phones, retail displays, USB flash drives, and View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
you think back before smart phones and tablets, shopping on line was much less convenient. Today online shopping is omnipresent. Now as we have our discussion, I can use my smartphone to order tonight's dinner and a necktie for the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
different attitude from what most people had. To boost the status of entrepreneurial study, I knew I had to get someone whose credentials, integrity, human qualities, and values were unimpeachable. Howard was known as an extremely smart... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
made momentous turnarounds. Through her deeply researched framework, Huang shows how we can turn weaknesses into strengths and create an edge in any situation. Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One View Details
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
you get eight smart people against a small team, they'll come up with more risks. Or a different way of looking at risk. And then what you do is you send the people back, who brought the transaction, to answer the questions that other... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
have to be serious and smart about this. If we don’t structure it correctly, the bailout could very well calm the current crisis, but also provoke even greater – and even more dangerous – risk-taking in the future,” said Moss. One public... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
the nascent smart cities industry and find that firm leaders engaged in a set of legitimation activities intended to help external stakeholders understand and appreciate the firm and its industry. Our analysis uncovers three unintended... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
book deals with two of the biggest problems in business: Why do sane, smart leaders often refuse to accept the facts that threaten their companies? And how do they find the courage to resist denial when facing new trends, changing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
experience? What would you sacrifice to achieve social justice? Lucky, Not Smart By Michael Coles (MBA 1961) Independently published Most people go to Harvard Business School by way of a first-rate undergraduate college. Michael Coles did... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
facilitate innovation among its diverse subsidiaries. But when news reports surfaced revealing struggles within Alphabet companies including Nest, the smart thermostat maker, observers began to wonder if the reorganization made sense... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
traditional products are transforming into smart connected products and ecosystem platforms at a rate much faster than most organizations think. Schaeffer andSovie show how this reinvention is made possible: by AI and digital... View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
my self-worth. I was accepted to Stanford, Harvard, Wharton, and Kellogg, but I truly believed that I wasn't smart enough. And that was the eating disorder voice concocting these lies which were very persuasive and believable. And then... View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
by smart competitors and changes in their industries. In each case, there were opportunities to act before a crisis engulfed the organization. At Kodak, for example, CEO George Fisher attempted to move the company into the digital era in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
discounts and Amazon encouraged consumers to compare prices using smart phones, Best Buy was becoming a showroom for lower cost retail models. International expansion was struggling and domestic sales of digital televisions were cooling.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
Studies Smart Money? The Effect of Education on Financial Outcomes By: Cole, Shawn A., Anna Paulson, and Gauri Kartini Shastry Abstract—Household financial decisions are important for household welfare, economic growth, and financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract This paper explores how entrepreneurs grow a new business in a nascent industry. Through a longitudinal, qualitative study of a new company in the nascent smart cities industry, we examine how company... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
complexity of pulling together idea, sound, and movement into a unified whole. The squirrel skitters to the edge of our path, thinks better of it, and darts back to safety—a smart decision, since Langford never saw it. Which isn’t to say... View Details