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- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
effectively, fulfilling those responsibilities, in a complex situation. Decisions facing the company include how to sustain credible research on the drug's efficacy and safety, how to increase manufacturing capacity to meet expected... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Commencement 2015 Address | About
leaders. Indeed, the Purpose of Harvard Business School is to prepare graduates like you for a life of leadership and impact. So as you begin the next phase of your professional lives, I hope you keep in mind the role that Purpose can play in increasing the View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
through improved management of the district’s resources.” Another Broad resident executive is Monique N. Epps (MBA 2000), who left a position with the National Basketball Association “to fulfill my passion of working in education.” For... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
supervision. While Thyssen delegated tasks and expected managers to achieve certain objectives, Taylor's management principles had managers and workers run through a checklist of motions or functions to be fulfilled in order to achieve a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Understanding Users of Social Networks
Firms should begin to do the same and help people fulfill their social needs online. To continue the earlier analogy, "You should come to the table and say, 'Here is a product that I have designed for you that is going to make you... View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
difference and achieve financial success, simultaneously. “It will be so much more fulfilling personally and it will lead you to the types of endeavors the world needs, to tackle the tough social problems we face,” she says. “Don’t accept... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
Stream insisted that their projects were aimed at fulfilling goals of the EU's energy policy (reducing the use of fossil fuels to combat climate change and guaranteed physical availability and affordability of imported fossil fuels). But,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
they were stepping stones to a larger goal. Before reaching middle management, he had had a total of twelve different assignments (nearly all lateral moves) in seven different functional areas, including those in facilities management and affirmative action.... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
this way can it begin to fulfill its most important responsibility: ensuring the company chooses the right leader for its future. Bill George is executive fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004.... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
given this increases a project's cost and introduces additional technical risk. It is better for a program manager to coordinate the development and validation of these core infrastructural technologies, making sure that they fulfill the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
have documented the existence of user innovation back to the monks" —Carliss Baldwin After all, who knows better how to improve a product or fulfill a need than the person who will ultimately benefit? For the better part of a decade,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
it is more important than ever. Nonprofits rely on corporations, foundations, philanthropists, and ordinary citizens for funding, all of whom have far less money for donations than they did prior to the financial meltdown. The donors understandably want to see every... View Details
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Desktop Search and Revenue Streams
different products. His answer, "our monetization strategy today, which has been effective over quite a long period for Yahoo, is to fulfill the unmet need of the user." Lahiri said his company has taken a similar approach over... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 18 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
A Peek Inside Peek Weekend
fulfilling intersection of experiences – a networking opportunity, women’s forum, leadership training, think tank, dialogue, classroom the list goes on. HBS promised a “peek” into its classroom, and delivered a full-immersion business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Case Study: Power Nappy
Second, some customers simply won’t buy certain products without physical inspection, which requires physical presence. Third, the cost of acquiring customers online is increasingly high. There’s also a cost to retail, of course, such as margin costs and View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
that both satisfies stars and fulfills the strategic imperatives of the business. Did your research unearth surprises? Tierney: One of the biggest surprises, I think, was how similar most professional service firms really are when you... View Details
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
originations, rejections, and “any additional data that the Bureau determines would aid in fulfilling the purposes of this section.” We believe that CFPB should use this authority to shine a light on bad actors in small business lending,... View Details
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
in order. Third-party ratings are produced by profit-making firms, and that system, which has generally worked very well, is not flawless. If you want to really know the value of a security, there is no shortcut to doing the work yourself. Nevertheless, ratings still... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
others’ abilities, likely from a very young age,” Coffman says. “Until we can change these stereotypes, it’s essential to think about how we can better inoculate individuals from biases induced by stereotypes, helping people to pursue View Details
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It
but as fulfilling a larger obligation that they felt toward their country. Once you understand these often surprising bundles of associations, you can reinforce and sometimes alter them with the messages your company sends to consumers.... View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers