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- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
years to come,” says Dubin. “In the past we never did that. There were little jewels of wisdom that Seiju spoke about that will be really useful for teaching, and for other students, and for understanding... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 23 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation
to answer: Would negative publicity from the accident affect future innovation in that segment of the medical device industry? Would people’s perception of safety issues reduce demand for products using... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
When Dean Nitin Nohria stepped onto the Burden Auditorium stage on the morning of October 1 to welcome a standing-room-only reunion crowd back to Harvard Business School, his audience was as attentive as any... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
teacher and gentle man, he was always eager to share his insights and wisdom with students and colleagues alike. A mentor to many members of our faculty, Ray inspired us all with the extraordinary quality... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
question the wisdom of using its own stock to hedge merchant investments rather than contracts with bona fide counterparties. It failed to monitor the conflicts of interest... View Details
- 21 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store
surprising difference in the way rewards programs changed the buying behavior of a retailer's best customers versus lower-spending customers. How does this shift conventional wisdom? A: Conventional wisdom... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
Major miss. From that experience I learned to trust my gut more on the role people play in the success of a startup. Sunil Nagaraj (MBA 2009) Ubiquity Ventures Lessons from the Fall It was the summer after my HBS graduation when we first... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
world of the HBS classroom, a dynamic environment where faculty display their talent not only for presenting new ideas and breathing fresh life into traditional academics, but also for drawing out the wisdom... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
In One Hundred Years of Solitude, his epic allegory of Latin American history and sensibility, novelist Gabriel García Márquez describes how a revolutionary technology from the outside world is brought to... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
chick” and said she performed surgery “like a girl.” Jurors ultimately awarded her $168 million, the largest judgment for a single victim of workplace harassment in United States history. Years later, sexual harassment remains a problem... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
current day, in terms of the entrepreneurial thinking. That ancient wisdom comes from the Talmud, and in the Talmud it’s phrased as “Gam zu l’tovah,” this will also be for the best. We have to go and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
Illustrations by Greg Clarke Recent alumni may not believe it, but there was a time when it was the Written Word — more so than cold calls or attacks of classroom amnesia — that struck fear in the hearts of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
this book shows how it’s done. Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary P. Pisano PublicAffairs Every company wants to grow, and the most proven way is through innovation. The conventional View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
long espoused a “doing well by doing good” philosophy going back to founding figure William Lever. In the late nineteenth century, Lever had built a business by making and selling household soap that he hoped would improve hygiene and reduce illness in the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
that does not come as easily to public company leaders, with the exception of the higher-ambition-type leaders we studied. Public company leaders have the constraints of capital market expectations for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
Editor's note: Check out the crowd at a concert, a movie, a school play, a beach—heck, even a funeral—and you'll likely see several people sneaking prolonged peeks at their smartphones. They just can't help themselves. Ringtones and... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
environment and the quality of life if it is to stay competitive. Building Global Bridges Dean Clark's Sunday afternoon address outlining his vision for the School in the 21st century complemented the conference's global theme. Addressing... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
paper. One was a scene that Homer saw on a visit to Boston, his hometown. His illustration shows a crowd of abolitionists on the brink of eviction from a church; at their front... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is often lauded for bringing economic growth and know-how to developing countries. The conventional wisdom is not necessarily wrong, but the real story is much more nuanced than is commonly believed, says... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
of the experience. You are paying almost $500 for lunch, so being made to feel part of the in crowd is actually really beneficial and important. [Noma] has one four-hour... View Details