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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
for a better future. What is the role of research at HBS? Roy Zider (MBA 1970), Oakland, California NN: Research is the heart and soul of any great university. It is the way our faculty members develop a deep understanding of management and View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
creative ideas from their generation through future use by others. We test the hypothesis that brokered ideas are less likely to be used in future creative efforts. The results... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
Management Practice in the General Management Unit at HBS. Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss: Managers, it’s story time The tech sector continues to shed workers after hiring prodigiously during the demand peaks of pandemic living, a shift... View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value
behavior.) Presumably, these were the shareholders who would have been most likely to nominate new board members if the SEC hadn't delayed the rule. "The Business Roundtable could be right that some shareholders have ideas that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the firm and asks the students to come up with a strategy to improve the way in which Sales and Marketing work together. In the (B) case, we see their strategy in the form of a "unified... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2004
- What Do You Think?
Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?
Summing Up One significant theme in responses to this month's column suggested that there is a role for varying degrees of "buy-in" and "groupthink" in effective leadership. The message seems to be that leaders should to some degree foster both,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Sep 2020
- News
The Business of Access
nonprofits and social services organizations whose staffs had the skills to help, and plotted a different way to give back. “My thinking was, if I were to help people here in California,” she recalls, “that would pay it forward for someone helping my family member in... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
countries generally lack a solid technology base of trained scientists and world-class research universities. 2. Companies in developing countries must manage to eke out a profit while serving customers with low disposable income; per... View Details
- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
Investing: Emerging Trends in a Changing Landscape," a recent panel discussion hosted by Harvard Business School's Social Enterprise Initiative. They also touched on growing trends including venture philanthropy and social impact bonds. "In View Details
- Web
Curriculum | MBA
Curriculum (First Year) During the first year at Harvard Business School (HBS), all students pursue the same course of study: the Required Curriculum and FIELD. By studying under a common curriculum, students build a solid, broad foundation of View Details
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
making a mistake or for trying something that didn't work. Some who study innovation make much of the difference between idea generation and idea implementation. That's... View Details
- 02 May 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?
industry in general fails in: (1) catering to customer desires for short courses that produce quick results, (2) emphasizing, and training for, ways of gaining self-knowledge, (3) providing laboratories for the application of passively... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Origin Story: Mary Chen (MBA 2026)
‘tall’ or ‘high.’ The general idea is continuous self-improvement.” MBAs unite: Chen, classmate Gaby CoSeteng, and 14 other MBA students from across the country are 2025 ClimateCAP fellows, a program... View Details
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Margo Cramer
intellectually fulfilling, "it wasn't a degree that took me in any specific direction." Immediately after graduation, Margo worked as a merchandising team and sales account manager at Commando, a women's luxury apparel brand. She explored the View Details
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Innovating at Scale - Course Catalog
Classes will mix case discussion, expert panels, and exercises (exercises will focus on developing a vision for innovation and persuading others to support innovative ideas) Career Focus: This course is tailored towards students looking to work (1) in established... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
learn; it is something to live. And our greatest joy is lived in deep, loving, and generous relationships with others.” —Isabelle Colin-Hau (MBA 2004) is an impact-education funder who invests in change-makers, as well as solutions and... View Details
- 13 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Experimental Researcher Helps Improve Health Care in Zambia
Sometimes big ideas start with small experiments. That's been the experience of Harvard Business School professor Nava Ashraf, whose experimental approach to research in developing countries has produced insights that have influenced... View Details
- 22 May 2017
- Blog Post
Changing How You Think at HBS
game and learn a new skill set. Going to HBS was a no brainer: the general management curriculum was exactly what I was looking for. Truth is I had been working with US competitors’ firms, and I wanted to get exposure to the US... View Details
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The Coming of Managerial Capitalism - Course Catalog
of technological change, entrepreneurship, and market evolution on U.S. business, managers, the work force, and government. The history of capitalism in the United States offers students a comparative point of reference for considering capitalistic development more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Clubs Hopping
in the midst of a digital revolution, Sandy Carter (MBA 1989) told attendees of the HBS Healthcare Alumni Association’s annual conference during the November gathering in Cambridge. Carter, IBM’s general manager for ecosystem development... View Details