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- Portrait Project
Robert Carpenter
the pieces and make sense of failure and loss. These are not individually striking moments, yet the peace I find in them speaks its own truth about who I am and what I am called to do. I keep a prayer by the theologian John Baillie on... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Creating connections among consumers
embraced technology and tools that make it easier for members to access reviews and deals. “Our members want help with hiring decisions that have a high cost of failure if done improperly, so they’re happy to pay for reliable... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
What Happened to Leadership?
IMMELT: A prescription to fix failures at the top. Sgt. Vincent Fusco/Usma For a speech on “Reviving American Leadership,” General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA ’82) chose a discerning audience: the corps of cadets at the U.S. Military... View Details
- Web
2.3.7 Physical Violence | MBA
or that of another is in extreme jeopardy. Failure to do so ordinarily will result in disciplinary action up to and including mandatory withdrawal from HBS. View Details
- 30 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
4 Ways I've Changed at HBS
priorities, this can create a lot of internal conflict. Thus, making sure that the choices and trade-offs you make align with your values is very important. 4. My acceptance of failure At HBS I started to embrace failure. At work I didn’t... View Details
- January 1983 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Mat MacGregor (A)
Mat MacGregor took charge of a failing project but failed to turn it around because of a variety of personal, technical, cultural, and political reasons. The purpose of the case is to understand the underlying dynamics and their implications. View Details
Keywords: Management Skills; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Failure; Projects; Personal Characteristics
Sathe, Vijay V., and Chin B. Ho. "Mat MacGregor (A)." Harvard Business School Case 483-098, January 1983. (Revised July 2007.)
- Portrait Project
Stacy Sonnenberg
ones, cook extravagant meals, and see plays and baseball game. I want to be brave enough to face failure with a shrug of the shoulder and a desire to try again. I want to be brave enough to believe in myself. View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Setting the Legislative Agenda
assume trillions of dollars in liabilities spent to try to repair a broken system. The costs of regulatory failure and the urgency of regulatory reform could not be clearer.” Related Links Too Big To Fail View Details
- Web
4.5 University-Wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities | MBA
making decisions which concern the community as a whole or any part of the community, officers are expected to consult with those affected by the decisions. Failures to meet these responsibilities may be profoundly damaging to the life of... View Details
- August 2019
- Supplement
Rand Fishkin at Moz (C)
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Startups; Scaling; Entrepreneurship; Failure; Business Startups; Diversification; Growth Management
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Rand Fishkin at Moz (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 820-004, August 2019.
- 2010
- Chapter
Deferred Acceptance Algorithms: History, Theory, Practice
By: Alvin E. Roth
The deferred acceptance algorithm proposed by Gale and Shapley (1962) has had a profound influence on market design, both directly, by being adapted into practical matching mechanisms, and indirectly, by raising new theoretical questions. Deferred acceptance algorithms... View Details
- Portrait Project
Valerie Galinskaya
instead of hopeful. I want to use my love of language to articulate the big questions — about economic freedom, happiness, motivation, resilience, triumph, and failure — and develop a meaningful dialogue. I want to help others expand the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Andrew Levine
I want to fail. Not have a setback or a misstep. I want a failure so bad that future HBS students will unanimously agree that I’m a blockhead when they read the case about my actions. Growing up, I wanted to be an actor. Along the way,... View Details
- March 2020
- Case
Aereo
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jacey Taft
Aereo aimed to disrupt television program distribution by providing consumers access to local broadcast TV programming using offsite antennas, cloud-based DVRs, and an Internet connection. With Aereo, consumers could “cut the cord” and avoid the high cost of a cable TV... View Details
- December 1994
- Case
Intel's Pentium: When the Chips Are Down (A)
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Intel, the largest-selling manufacturer of microprocessor computer chips, finds itself in a brand-threatening situation when a flaw is revealed in its top-of-the-line Pentium chip. The story is front-page news for weeks. The company invested tens of millions of dollars... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Engineering; Crisis Management; Brands and Branding; Production; Failure; Semiconductor Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "Intel's Pentium: When the Chips Are Down (A)." Harvard Business School Case 595-058, December 1994.
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Hoop Dreams
Boston entrepreneur Steve Belkin (MBA 1971) first tried to buy an NBA team — the Boston Celtics — twenty years ago. That attempt ended in failure for the founder and chairman of Trans National Group, a marketing and investment company. As... View Details
- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
Programs By: Hanson, Samuel G., David S. Scharfstein, and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We develop a model of government portfolio choice in which a benevolent government chooses the scale of risky projects in the presence of market failures and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
You Won't Make It If You Fake It
The cover of last January's Harvard Business Review featured the subhead, "When it's OK to fake it till you make it." “Faking it” is the antithesis of authentic leadership. Following this advice is the most likely path to View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 07 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
Takeaways from the Class of 2015
Everything is marketing. What we choose to spend our time on reflects our priorities. We can only expect to get the results that our time allocation decisions predict. Inquiry vs. advocacy. Never assume that you know everything there is to know. The View Details