Filter Results:
(958)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(958)
- People (2)
- News (381)
- Research (351)
- Multimedia (14)
- Faculty Publications (225)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(958)
- People (2)
- News (381)
- Research (351)
- Multimedia (14)
- Faculty Publications (225)
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
growth mindset, they’re building their grit, their perseverance, they’re taking agency over their learning. And all sorts of beautiful things can start to happen in the actual classroom. Instead of it being focused on the lecture,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
they work to peel away a portion of the consumer decision-making process, the way Birchbox offered women a new way to sample new beauty products from a variety of cosmetics and fragrance companies, without having to go to the Revlon or... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
However, there were interesting positives as these ecological horrors also created opportunities for a surprising cohort of green businesses across sectors ranging from beauty and health to ecotourism. In the 21st century, both business... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
company fixer or rescuer—like Viana: “Il faut les deux.” It takes both. “Jeannette was two wills converging to fight together, the will of the workers and the will of Monsieur Viana. That’s what is truly extraordinary, that’s what has truly touched the people of... View Details
- 2017
- Book
Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book explores whether profits and environmental sustainability are compatible through the lens of a global history of green entrepreneurship between the nineteenth century and today. It tells the story of the extraordinary and often eccentric men and women who... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Entrepreneurship; Green Business; Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Business History; Religion; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Alternative Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Green Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America; Oceania
Jones, Geoffrey. Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
there were beautiful leaves coming down. I was looking out at the water and, you know, the sun was glancing off of the water, and I said, I can never do this again in my life. I can never have another meeting like this. What do I have to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
United States around 1900, and the initial "wow" factor that visitors experience when entering these buildings is often a partial reaction to the scope and beauty of their architecture. There is nothing like walking into the Field Museum... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
professional French-horn player, Brooks came to the subject of happiness by way of art. His early research focused on why people produce and consume art and beauty as well as the motives behind human generosity. He discovered that... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
inspire immediate excitement. Then Jacobson and his crew showed him another example, this time under a microscope, in which the pixels migrated over an electrode to spell out MIT. “You could see the individual particles moving around,” Wilcox recalls. “It was View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
conclusion by manually going through the data,” the lead doctor told the Japan Times, “but Watson’s speed is crucial in the treatment of leukemia, which progresses rapidly and can cause complications.” This is the beauty of Watson, which... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
and Noble in books, Best Buy in electronics—offer similar rewards. Boots, the UK-based pharmacy and beauty supply retailer, offers a substantial reward of 4 percent, but that rate is more exception than rule. This type of reward is... View Details
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
that big is beautiful and will result in lower costs. Very poor idea, but in a way I'm the most sympathetic to this group. Suddenly human resource managers are asked to look into the bowels of this $2 trillion system and figure out how to... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
consumers and shopping habits in the next few years. Real Estate, a Love Story: Wisdom, Honor, and Beauty in the Toughest Business in the World By Joshua Benaim (MBA 2006) Disruption Books With this book, a blend of memoir and strategy,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
only I could think of a way to really butter them up. At the end of the tunnel I see that everyone's lights are on. It's 9:00 a.m.! Why are their lights on? And then I drive out into what was just a beautiful fall day, and it's pouring.... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Overview
I currently teach the history of global entrepreneurship over the last 200 years. The 28-session course called Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism has become one of the most popular second year electives in the MBA program at the Harvard Business School. The cases,... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Government And Business; International Business; Globalization; History; Government and Politics; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; Oceania
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
for “ruffling some feathers” in the process. Recruited to a Fortune 500 grocery and pharmacy retailer after climbing to Associate Principal in McKinsey & Company’s retail practice, she successfully grew their high-margin yet highly competitive View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
old as history itself, and that these interactions, despite their difficulties, is rich and beautiful. After graduation, I will be building a brand called Kin Objects with my husband. We will be making home accessories that showcase balance in its most View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
discover your skincare personality and what treatment will work for you; indulge in this scientifically proven beauty trend once a week; use the six traditional ingredients found in Japanese skincare; and feed your skin with the trinity... View Details
- Person Page
Media
Media
This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details