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Judging | New Venture Competition
capital firms in the US. Also included are some of the most successful Harvard Business School (HBS) entrepreneurs from top companies. Criteria Judging criteria is focused on Customer Value Proposition which includes size of market,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Author: Thomas H. Fischgrund (MBA ’80)
Yes. Students with higher SAT scores do better in college, particularly in their first year. I expect that the kids I interviewed will all be successful in their chosen careers. I plan to follow their... View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- News
Remembering Walter Shipley
string of successful mergers, including the 1987 Chemical/Texas Commerce Bank deal; the 1991 Chemical/Manufacturers Hanover deal; and the 1995 $10bn deal with Chase, which included the sacrifice of Chemical’s name, even though it was the... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Minding Families' Business
successful entrepreneurs, won't find it impossible to carry on family enterprises. Back in 1971, when de Gaspé Beaubien-with his wife, Nan-b - gained control of the then ailing media and communications company Telemedia, he wasn't... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
“Culture Is Everything”
always in transformation.” He then shared some moments of doubt he had at IBM when he first started (“I didn’t even know what a client server was,” he admitted) and said that he planned to work on public education and cancer research... View Details
- 12 PM – 1:30 PM EST, 21 Nov 2024
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Considering Retirement
your spouse? What about the decline in economic, social, and physical potential? A step back from work requires a great deal of thought and consideration, and it's natural to feel uncertain. This program will provide a framework to plan... View Details
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Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills Course Number 2043 Senior Lecturer David G. Fubini Spring; Q3; 1.5 credits Paper Overview: Each year, hundreds of HBS students walk across the Commencement stage with plans to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Online Job Bank Debuts
leveraging the success of the MBA Job Bank upon which it is modeled. “Technology has greatly enhanced the benefits to both job seekers and employers, as searches can now be made by industry, function, location, salary, and several other... View Details
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Video Clips & Discussion Questions - Creating Emerging Markets
Bajaj differentiates between the characteristics of family and professional managers. Which would better serve South Asian business in the future? South Asia has seen both highly successful cases of View Details
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
Preannouncements under Market Uncertainty Authors:Ofek, Elie, and Ozge Turut Publication:Marketing Science Abstract A firm may want to preannounce its plans to develop a new product in order to stimulate future demand. But given that such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 21, 2007
innovating managers will instead segment their markets by the different jobs that customers might use their products for, their probability of success will be much higher. Understanding the job is much more important than understanding... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Action Plan: Yes, Chef!
Universal Studios (today there are 95 worldwide). In 1995, he catered the Academy Awards Governors Ball (he’s done so every year since), which gave rise in 1998 to his full-fledged catering empire. In 1999, a friend’s success with QVC... View Details
Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune
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Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020
from investors in Japan, and in November 2019, with Nakamura and some friends, he presided over a mostly successful “Yasu & Masa’s Ramen” pop-up event in Cambridge. “Everyone ate well, and no one got food poisoning,” he laughs, “but it... View Details
- 27 May 2021
- News
History’s Future
of AlUla, it is AlMadani’s responsibility to chart a future for the historic region, a plan that will include archeological exploration, ecological conservation, and economic development—all with a commitment to inclusivity. The old city... View Details
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
added, "Holacracy strikes me as a positive way to manage professionals, especially in flat organizations where job advancement is limited." Brooks Tanner commented, "Regardless of its level of success at Zappos, this form... View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
Summing Up Stretch—its meaning, uses, and pitfalls—could fill a book, judging from responses to this month's column. First, there appears to be limited agreement about what stretch is and how it works. Some saw it as a variation on long-range planning. Others saw it as... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building the First Sales Team - Course Catalog
happens until a sale is made. That simple point underlines the critical importance of sales. Every operating model and business plan ‘assumes’ a certain amount of sales, but that assumption is the tipping point. Without sales, the entire... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Wide Screen Approach
platforms at once. “Nobody had streamed a service at that scale before,” says Wilson. “We were holding our breath, because we were basically betting our business that this was going to be a successful pivot.” It felt like a sharp turn not... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
© politicalcartoons.com The government’s ever-evolving rescue of the financial sector has already demanded enormous sums, and President Obama’s economic stimulus package will require many billions more. While a stimulus plan would lead to... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- What Do You Think?
What are the Lessons of New Orleans?
Summing Up Management is a complex process. Good plans executed poorly may be worse than poor plans executed well. This is never truer than at times of disaster, in which plans... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett