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09 Feb 2016
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Powering into the Future

your body. “If you look at electric vehicles, it’s a great example. One of our customers, that builds probably the largest fleet in the world of plug-in hybrids, has found that... View Details

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

for how to understand the pitches you’re hearing, there are still great ideas and companies out there. The sector has been quite resilient, in many ways. Baskin: How will View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

January 15, 2015
Article

Surviving in a Family Business When You're Not Part of the Family

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer

Navigating office politics in a family-owned business can be challenging for non-family executives. Based on experience with various business families worldwide, this article offers strategies for success:

Play in your room: Non-family executives should... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Employees; Problems and Challenges; Talent and Talent Management

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31 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest

all well and good for people who were already in great financial shape. Interest rates and monthly payments went down for millions of prime borrowers, which was a tremendous boon to the overall economy, not... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

16 Feb 2023
News

Clearing the Air

(MBA 2019) Jonas Lee (MBA 1993) Meghan Kenny (MBA 2019) Jonas Lee (MBA 1993) Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains Scaling carbon capture in Southwest Wyoming Photo credits: Meghan Kenny; Jonas Lee Todd Brix... View Details

30 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides

later? At least in some cases, the answer is yes, according to Harvard Business School researchers who tested the effects of highlighting a product’s trade-offs with almost 400,000 customers of Australia’s... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

31 Oct 2023
Research & Ideas

Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change

More than three in four Fortune 500 companies justify their workforce diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts by making the business case. It sounds like this: By making our workforce more diverse, we’re building a more innovative... View Details

Keywords: by Katherine Hutt Scott and Barbara DeLollis

03 Sep 2013
Working Paper Summaries

How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Imprinting of Individuals and Hybrid Social Ventures

Keywords: by Matthew Lee & Julie Battilana

01 Oct 2000
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The Entrepreneurial Venture

purchase. It was a home run with our customers. Instead of losing them, we developed immensely loyal customers. Sahlman: I took advantage of the opportunity to avoid upheaval by pursuing the only job from... View Details

28 Feb 2011
News

Rebooting the Human Condition

year, he put together a TED panel titled “Threads of Discovery,” whose panelists include a neuroengineer, a surgeon, an artist, a biomedical engineer, an energy expert, and a hematologist. “It's an incredible opportunity to showcase some of View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations (A)

By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro and Mina Subramanian

This three-part, stop action case study, structured for classroom discussion, centers on Harvard’s Program on Negotiation 2022 Great Negotiator, Christiana Figueres, and her efforts as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Negotiation; Environmental Regulation; International Relations; Leadership

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01 Sep 2012
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What’s the Big Idea?

that our most important asset is our brain, which makes it easy to take for granted the people, platforms, processes, products, and politics that create the context for our View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

22 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Balancing the Ideal with the Real: Conveying Corporate Culture to Candidates

The recruiting process among companies and candidates can resemble a two-way talent competition in which all parties serve simultaneously as contestants and judges: just as candidates strive to present themselves in View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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The Challenge of Color - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

more orders for products. Margaret Bourke-White explained that color posed “a great element of chance, as many unexpected and peculiar things can happen” and cautioned photographers to oversee the color... View Details

09 Nov 2023
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What Will It Take to Confront the Invisible Mental Health Crisis in Business?

impervious to mental health struggles. What can be done to better support people at the top? Cohen: This is a great point. There was a paper looking at the deaths of executives... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Health

01 Jun 2012
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Straight to the Heart

but growing quickly. What’s driving that trend? People have realized through the recession that they can lose their job, they can lose their home, but there can still be “life stability” if they have a great... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; marriage; social media; matchmaking; Personal Services

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

Microsoft has been criticized as a company that relies more on predatory tactics than great products and innovation to succeed. What can you say about Microsoft's product development performance over the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 2023

The MBA Tour: Europe

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on October 12th at The MBA Tour: Europe hosted by GMAC. This virtual event is a great opportunity to learn more about... View Details

26 Sep 2023

The MBA Tour: Asia-Pacific

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on September 26th at The MBA Tour: Asia-Pacific hosted by GMAC. This virtual event is a great opportunity to learn... View Details

26 Aug 2023

The MBA Tour: Toronto

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on August 26th at The MBA Tour: Toronto hosted by GMAC. This in-person event is a great opportunity to learn more... View Details

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