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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
financial world. "You gave, as needed, advice, encouragement, criticism. Always you have urged us into original and constructive thinking upon difficult problems." HBS students to Georges F. Doriot, quoted in a letter from Georges F.... View Details
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
campaign. To “put it all into action,” she says, the HBSLAA is assembling the Latinx Board Taskforce, aimed at connecting board-ready Latinx alumni and board decision makers to “move the needle on driving diversity in the boardroom.” Club... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
compromises. But it can happen.” In a unanimous decision made shortly after her concluding remarks, the school board appointed Cognetti to its vacant seat. Headlines the next day put Cognetti’s Harvard MBA front and center—a fact she... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
and consumers. I don't think I had two meals alone." From these encounters, Charron soon realized that all of the important decisions in the company were being made by just a few senior managers. One goal, then, was to "win the hearts and... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808128 Linden Lab: Opening Second Life Harvard Business School Case 808-114 In early 2008, managers in Linden Lab, creator of the virtual world Second Life, faced decisions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
difficulty, advisor egocentrism, and advisor expertise. Individuals perceive those who seek advice as more competent when the task is difficult than when it is easy, when people seek advice from them personally than when they seek advice... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
Editor's note: Please see related story, Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It's Effective. To what extent companies contribute to a sustainable society is a question increasingly important, not only to the companies themselves, but also to investors, the countries... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
Working PapersCoupled Search Processes: Why Is It So Difficult to Find that Organizational Design Matters? Authors:Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan W. Rivkin Abstract Organizational design affects performance via coupled search processes. At... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect
the emergence of the CMO position, one might expect that oversight of marketing would be efficiently consolidated. However, marketing decision making has been increasingly pushed down through the corporate hierarchy. While CEOs have... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
management of false negatives is much more complex. False negatives are not only often difficult to recognize, but there is also no single, sure-fire way to deal with them. Meanwhile, the downside to ignoring them is virtually impossible... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
for our users and, in the process, increase our customer lifetime value (e.g., our successful decision to repurpose our video content into textbooks).” Guram: “I remember that the TOM case on Cincinnati Children’s Hospital was really... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
bars handing out student or alumni e-mail addresses to commercial enterprises.) “My feeling is that rankings do serve a purpose by aggregating information for people who are trying to make a difficult decision,” says Kenny, who came to... View Details
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
change through fast enough," says McFarlan, noting that HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen's book, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, addresses this phenomenon. Thus, newly entering startups, whose flexibility enables them to... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
memorable—distinguished by some special aspect of their time here on campus. When I consider you, the Class of 2024, I will remember your efforts to sustain community and build understanding at a very difficult time in the world. Some of... View Details
- 24 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
high, and many of the most difficult challenges have yet to be solved!" Sanchali Pal (MBA 2018), Founder & CEO at Joro "We are in the midst of a unique period of rapid change: shifting from a fossil-fueled society to a clean energy... View Details
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How Sharing Smart Ideas on Social Can Boost Sales | Working Knowledge
important, she says, because “when companies scale without sharing best practices or standards, it becomes very difficult to coordinate the work. People end up reinventing the wheel throughout the organization, which keeps the company... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
practitioners. In this study of athlete endorsements, we find there is a positive payoff to a firm's decision to sign an endorser, and that endorsements are associated with increasing sales in an absolute sense and relative to competing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
organizational coherence in support of the strategy Developing and managing human capital Allocating resources in alignment with the strategy Using performance data for decision making and accountability Here's how these play out on the... View Details
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
the room in order to force its owner to get out of bed. Beset by media attention and consumer interest but still at least a year away from the ability to debut Clocky, Nanda must navigate a series of challenges and difficult View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace