Disciplines - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Pursuing Independent Projects

outside of the case-based class. In terms of challenges, there’s very little structure compared to a traditional class, so you have be very intentional and disciplined to get the most out of the experience. I set aside time on my calendar... View Details

15 Nov 2021
News

Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)

discipline and focus and HBS with opening up the world of business to him.” Thankful for the opportunities both experiences offered him, Waite continued to serve in the US Army Reserve for 20 years after completing three years of active... View Details

21 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

company. Gail McGovern: In many companies, marketing exists far from the executive suite because the CEO perceives that there is not the same pressing need to master the marketing discipline as there is, for example, to master finance due... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

consumer privacy per se. It has often been suggested that transparency, together with competition, will discipline the amount of consumer information disclosed in the marketplace. This view contends that lack of consumer privacy is a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

29 Apr 2015
Blog Post

2+2: Challenging Conceptions of Business

what made you interested in applying? I had no formal business background so I always assumed I was not the right candidate for HBS. When I discovered the 2+2 Program and learned that HBS was committed to engaging students in diverse View Details

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Once in a Lifetime Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

WAVE (West Africa Vocational Education), Misan Rewane (MBA 2013) is frank. “It’s been a wild ride. I’ve learned so much, both about myself and... INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or... View Details

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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment

Business (pdf) ,” World Water Council, accessed September 9, 2019. “ Materials ,” Project Drawdown, 2019, accessed October 6, 2019. Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

The Well-Healed Athlete

neuroscience research and social justice and economic inequality initiatives, among other areas. To establish the Alliance’s research agenda, Wu Tsai began meeting with leading experts in a variety of disciplines in the fall of 2019.... View Details

Keywords: April White; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

04 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 4

there is no significant relationship between service quality and profitability. My findings highlight the importance of attending to process discipline in certain service settings. They also show that too much corporate emphasis on... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

billion in sales, many believed that a more disciplined approach to operations would be important for future growth. As a result, the company hired Bob Nardelli, a former GE executive, to lead the change. When Bob Nardelli became the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

perspectives and make it accessible, in English, to a broader audience. Additionally, we felt that the moment was opportune for such a survey because the discipline of business history is at a crossroads. There are some researchers who... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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Content & Community for Students | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

believe the role of social enterprise at HBS is to both innovate and draw lessons from classic managerial disciplines and apply them to help businesses and organizations create positive change in the world. It plays an important role in... View Details

19 Jan 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis

across the board, but rather weed out less effective initiatives and consolidate good ones. Effective programs that serve the community in a compelling way, and that also demonstrate a strong potential to influence the business, must be retained and grown. Corporate... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent

Fund, said, "What I do today is based on the premise that globalization will take place in Africa." Ndiaye said he believes that globalization has generated a discipline among many governments and businesses in Africa that was... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

26 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Climate Week NYC 2023

compelling efforts coming from every discipline imaginable. It may be that a 4 am breakfast is the only time that the dynamic group of alumni climate leaders will be available, but, hey, it’s NY. Then you can spread wide across the city,... View Details

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History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

support from the John C. Whitehead Fund for Not-for-Profit Management. INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Alumni Books

Press) Faced with thousands of studies, theories, frameworks, tools, and best practices in the discipline of leadership — an enormous, confusing body of knowledge — how does one learn to become a better leader? To find the essentials of... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2006
News

Enron’s Legacy

today? The answer is yes and no. The no (or probably not) answer reflects the likelihood that executives of private-equity firms do not, on average, possess any more ethical discipline than leaders of public companies. Maintaining ethical... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Enron; Finance

18 Mar 2019
Blog Post

"It's Important to Have a Compelling Story:" Jodi Glickman on Being Great on the Job

thinking that I probably couldn’t fit another little person into my life. But I decided that would defeat the whole purpose of being an entrepreneur—if I couldn't live the life I wanted, what was the point of running my own business? So I made it work. I am not a very... View Details

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Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest - Race, Gender & Equity

Brooks Ifeoma Ajunwa: Limitless Boundaries of Employee Surveillance Ifeoma Ajunwa: Limitless Boundaries of Employee Surveillance Read the Transcript Candice Morgan: Navigating Inclusive Strategy in Tech Candice Morgan: Navigating Inclusive Strategy in Tech Read the... View Details

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