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- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary
the NHS Test and Trace program in England during the COVID-19 pandemic. As Singer notes, “The ability not to be destroyed by criticism and not to let external things define you is incredibly important. It allows you to take risk allows... View Details
- 30 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The Life and Role of a CEO
enough; for any decision to work, CEOs need to have built trust with their internal and external stakeholders in advance of important decisions and show continued commitment after the decisions are made. I had three main questions coming... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
4+2 = Sustained Business Success
organization and to customers and other external stakeholders. Keep focused. Grow your core business, and beware the unfamiliar. Execution Develop and maintain flawless operational execution. You might not always delight your customers,... View Details
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Overview
By: Andy Wu
How can technology entrepreneurs build competitive advantage from the ground up? Professor Andy Wu conducts scholarly research and develops course materials that document how technology entrepreneurs can (1) organize for innovation to create new market opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Technology Platform; Technological Innovation; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Video Game Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; China; Southeast Asia; South Asia
- 2024
- Book
Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You
By: Teresa M. Amabile, Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. Hall and Kathy E. Kram
Retirement, as a major life transition, can be both thrilling and challenging in unexpected ways. Written by acclaimed authors in the fields of business leadership, careers, and work, this book goes beyond the typical financial and health-related advice on retirement,... View Details
Keywords: Retirement
Amabile, Teresa M., Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. Hall, and Kathy E. Kram. Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You. Routledge, 2024.
- 31 Mar 2022
- HBS Seminar
John Paul MacDuffie, Wharton
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
the limits of attempts by outside governments to improve business and political conditions in other countries. Answering them, however, required a long and detailed romp through the history of US involvement with what Secretary of War Henry Stimson described as... View Details
- Web
Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni
“negative externalities”—things like traffic congestion or pollution that are unavoidable by-products of their business practice. Typically, governments have dealt with these externalities through either regulation or taxation. But today,... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
illustrated the approach with a variety of examples, from novel customer-facing apps (such as the innovative AI-enabled Google Assistant) to the new AI-enabled infrastructure powering Google’s data centers and cloud services. The announcement was a signal to Google... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Common Strategy Mistakes
profit. I believe that many companies undermine their own strategies. Nobody does it to them. They do it themselves. Their strategies fail from within. Then there is the host of strategy killers in the external environment. These range... View Details
Keywords: by Joan Magretta
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
technological language between suppliers and customers. These standards are primarily business-to-business programs that can be certified by independent agents, similar to how external financial auditors certify a company's financial... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- April 2009 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Buro Happold
By: Robert G. Eccles and Kerry Herman
Padraic Kelly became Managing Director (MD) of the engineering services firm Buro Happold in 1996. One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current size where it was constrained by a structure of having each... View Details
Keywords: Training; Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Organizational Culture; Programs
Eccles, Robert G., and Kerry Herman. "Buro Happold." Harvard Business School Case 409-021, April 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
- 25 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway
People make snap judgments all the time. That woman in the sharp business suit must be intelligent and successful; the driver who just cut me off is a rude jerk. These instant assessments, when we attribute a person's behavior to innate characteristics rather than... View Details
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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni
motivators, leadership style, and needs. Keep in mind that the CEO role is not right for everyone, and some who achieve this goal find that the responsibilities are not in line with what they enjoy doing most. Self-assessment coupled with View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
keeping the learning dialogue open and flowing. In relation to the drive to defend, work groups must be provided with the means to fend off external attacks. They must be able to press their legitimate claims for resources and support... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
underlying principles: Businesses try to learn from noisy signals and quickly adapt their activities to newly emerging information. They actively cooperate with external stakeholders (including, in some instances, their competitors) to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When Goal Setting Goes Bad
HBS, Harvard, and the broader society a better place. And if I do not want externally imposed stretch goals, and believe that I do not need them, I think there are many others out there in the same condition. To Read More: Ordóñez, L.D.,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
we should step forward and learn. Skydeck is the Harvard Business School alumni podcast, featuring interviews and insights from across the world of business. It’s produced by the External Relations Department at HBS. Our audio engineer is... View Details
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Brian Kenny | About
Executive Education, External Relations, Harvard Business School Online, and HBS Publishing. Brian has led multifunctional marketing teams in several global institutions spanning a number of industry sectors. Prior to HBS, he was Vice... View Details