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- 24 Feb 2021
- Lessons from the Classroom
What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace
common to success in all three of these areas—leadership, strategy, and negotiation—it’s the need for a high degree of empathy,” he says. “If you want to lead, you need to understand how those you lead think and feel. If you are to strategize, you must understand how... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
at first company officials cited all kinds of outside influences that were doing damage, including the video game fad, increased global competition, and even dropping birth rates. But newly appointed 35-year-old CEO Jorn vig Knudstorp... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
David Berman (MBA 1991) is a successful hedge fund manager and a regular commentator on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, who has been deemed “the king of the retail jungle” by Fortune. But none of this, he says, would have been possible without the View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 30 Nov 2016
- HBS Seminar
Melissa Valentine and Michael Bernstein, Stanford University
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Chip Brewer (MBA 1991)
(photo by Christina Gandolfo) Perhaps not surprisingly, Oliver “Chip” Brewer III (MBA 1991) found his first job in golf while playing the game with a friend who happened to know the founder of Adams Golf. At the time, Brewer was working... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 20 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Three Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
how I wanted my personal and professional life to unfold. Because when you grow up on the more eccentric and feminine side of certain social norms, it can feel like your adolescence is a long catch-up game to understand how the outside... View Details
- 16 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
2 Tips to Beat Imposter Syndrome
“I have written 11 books, but each time I think ‘Uh-oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re going to find me out’.” –Maya Angelou In my second marketing class ever, only two weeks into my first... View Details
- Portrait Project
Wabantu Hlophe
games. My sanctuary was a realm where I could defy circumstance, write my own narrative, and one day give voice to stories that my countrymen could not. Gaming planted a seed of idealism within me—a belief that even in the face of... View Details
- 30 Apr 2020
- Book
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Unlocking the Power of Community
Bleacher Report launched that interactive loyalty program in February 2023. After signing up, participants have access to trivia competitions, including a weekly real-time game accessed by a QR code during the broadcast of Inside the NBA.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 30 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators
Calling a game “Wall Street” brings out less generosity than calling it “Community,” even though the payoffs are identical. When negotiators use words like “ultimatum,” “opponent,” and “winning,” Bazerman says they can unknowingly set the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
restaurants of gaming the system by stacking reviews by friends and family, or simply falling prey to a popularity contest by uninformed palates. "Given the evidence, I don't think many people would dispute Yelp's influence,"... View Details
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal
written to protect renters in Britain when their landlord put their flat up for sale. Renters had a right of first refusal to purchase the property. In the end, however, the right worked against the renters. The issue in both contracts, says Roth, who specializes in... View Details
- 09 Jun 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, intellectual property in this country is worth more than $5 trillion—about twice the amount of the current federal budget. The question: Are companies taking advantage of this value? Not as much as they could be, is... View Details
- 27 May 2015
- Blog Post
What is an HBS Section?
(Something like the houses in Harry Potter except EVERYONE thinks they’re Gryffindor). Section activities include: Events/Mixers (karaoke, trampoline dodgeball, bowling, brewery tours, board game night) Holiday Celebrations (Thanksgiving... View Details
- 02 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
The Benefits of a Residential Campus
late night social activities. Sometimes a friend on campus hosts a game night last minute. Sometimes people read cases or watch a movie together. Even if the activity is off campus, you can find a bunch of people willing to share a ride... View Details
- 17 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
KFC’s Explosive Growth in China
for Western companies to see," says Shelman. Younger employees, for example, are encouraged to socialize over company-provided video games on their breaks. This practice serves several purposes: It eases the minds of parents anxious... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
game between buyer and seller in which one's gain is the other's loss. Pricing is at the center of this part. But, there is a second, win-win part of most buyer-seller relationships, including almost all business-to-business... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
game board, whole sections of which were grayed out and unplayable, she says. Her professional network, skills, and expertise were all intertwined with an industry that felt toxic. From 2006 to 2008, by then “hiding out” as a stay-at-home... View Details