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- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
have to understand what they're doing and why," Amabile says, adding that it's important that the goals be reachable in a realistic time frame-owing to the idea of small wins. "So, for instance, rather than having the sole View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning
students worked with seven NGOs, small businesses, and a government agency, variously focused on issues of social enterprise and business development. Student teams tackled projects with the goal of providing concrete solutions to... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Advancing Change
How can we foster this kind of leadership? Universities have a role to play when they replace the ivory tower with the goal of serving society. Universities can bring together groups of people that are highly diverse, with a range of... View Details
- 14 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise
would be to consider what your career goal is 5-10 years from now, and distill the role into the skills and experiences that you’ll need to succeed. Luckily, I realized prior to starting at HBS that I needed more industry exposure, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
water. But at the end of the day, it starts with governments implementing the correct policies, not just regarding water reform, but in matters such as poverty alleviation, environmental regulations, and so forth. We need to focus on the UN View Details
- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
against similar goals others have strived for), significance (a positive impact on people you care about), and legacy (establishing your values or accomplishments in ways that help others find future success)." According to Nash and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Profile
Maria Brewer
experience important to me. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? While I truly loved my experience prior to school, I wasn't sure if the way in which I was contributing in operations resonated with my... View Details
- November 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
AppHarvest: Rebuilding the Appalachian Economy Through Agriculture
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, William R. Kerr and Christian Godwin
In 2021, AppHarvest completed construction of a 60-acre indoor farming facility, one of the world’s largest, recorded its first sales, and went public in a multi-billion dollar IPO. Described as “a force of nature,” Jonathan Webb founded the company to bring jobs back... View Details
Keywords: Agricultural; Entrepreneur; Business Startups; Development Economics; Sales; Goals and Objectives; Going Public; Growth Management; Buildings and Facilities; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; North America
Krieger, Joshua Lev, William R. Kerr, and Christian Godwin. "AppHarvest: Rebuilding the Appalachian Economy Through Agriculture." Harvard Business School Case 822-067, November 2021. (Revised March 2022.)
- November 1999 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Woodland Partners: Field of Dreams?
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Theodore D. Seides
Elizabeth Lilly, Richard Rinkett, and Richard Jensen are pondering whether to launch a new investment management firm and, if so, what growth strategy to chart for the potential firm. View Details
Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Decision Making; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Business Processes; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Theodore D. Seides. "Woodland Partners: Field of Dreams?" Harvard Business School Case 800-070, November 1999. (Revised February 2000.)
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
that self-help peer groups encouraged greater savings, there was another question to answer: Why? Were members motivated by public goal setting? Regular feedback? Shame at not meeting targets? The researchers suspected increased... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- Profile
Jonathan Evans
with students of astounding diversity - attracted me to HBS. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? My two years at HBS have been formative. My experience has shaped my View Details
- 21 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Leveraging Academic Opportunities to Attain My Post-HBS Job
Cabinet, she was familiar with Plaid’s role in helping small businesses and was excited to oversee my Independent Project. Another part of the curriculum that supported my career goals was the Scaling Technology Ventures course I took... View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
Creating Leaders: An Ontological Model
By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen and Kari L. Granger
The sole objective of our ontological approach to creating leaders is to leave students actually being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural self-expression. By "natural self-expression" we mean a way of being and acting in any leadership... View Details
- Profile
Claire Freidman
of entertainment professionals as well as to countless resources that could help me achieve my career goals. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? I've been one of the few people I know who came to HBS... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
Island has led to several ventures involving conservation easements that create economic value from open-space preservation. As chairman since 2013 of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, Zuckerberg looks for ways to bridge the sometimes disparate View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Books
activating two forces that enable progress: catalysts (events that facilitate project work, such as clear goals and autonomy) and nourishers (interpersonal events that uplift workers, including encouragement and demonstrations of respect... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
address critical needs arising at certain inflection points for alumni along their career or life paths. Together, we can develop programs and learning opportunities that create value for you, when you need it. Together, we can View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 13 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril
relationship with them is important." Hayley Blunden That’s a problem, since rubbing powerful colleagues the wrong way could impact “every aspect of one’s career, from opportunities for promotion to abilities to develop one’s network to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Robert Leke
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? An MBA at HBS was important in providing the opportunity for me to step back, assess my current capabilities, and develop the additional skills I lacked to become a successful manager in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
groups such as the Global Business Coalition for Education have been pushing governments to meet the UN's Millennium Development Goals around education." —Ashish Dhawan TAKING... View Details