Team Building - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 May 2020
Blog Post

Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

thinking about the next step of my career. I’d learned a lot at Google while working on some of the biggest mobile apps and products in the world, getting exposure to thinking strategically, managing teams and having impact. However, I... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

several years Land and Wheelwright set up operations at various locations in the Boston area where they continued to expand their laboratory and manufacturing facilities to design and build specialized equipment and machines that would... View Details

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

personally was in the field for at least 180 working days during that time and even spent one week at a non-Toyota plant doing assembly work and spent another five months as part of a Toyota team that was trying to teach TPS at a... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

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Judges - Alumni

Start-up culture and operations · Business model development · Team building and coaching · New business development Industry Consumer Products and Services (B2C), Technology Verticals Beauty, E-Commerce,... View Details

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

Specialisterne almost implies a seal of approval, offering reassurance for companies worried about accusations of exploiting a vulnerable population, Austin says. Anka Wittenberg, SAP’s head of diversity and inclusion, was so impressed by Ferose’s effort that in 2013... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

11 Oct 2023
Blog Post

A Journey of Discovery, Teamwork, and Impact with FIELD Global Immersion

DoctorNow. 2. Teamwork requires work Initially, I thought teamwork would be intuitive, especially for a group of accomplished HBS students; but teamwork takes work! As such, my team and I were intentional about getting to know each other... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

From Big Pharma to Startup

Hunter Goble (MBA 2022) did not enroll in Harvard Business School with dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. After earning his MBA, Goble intended to return to Eli Lilly to continue to work building brands and launching products. He... View Details

Keywords: April White

30 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

disclosures with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). While many companies have been trying to build more inclusive workplaces, only half of S&P 500 companies had gone as far as naming a chief diversity officer as of 2021,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Oct 2019
News

Bridging Business and Engineering

Erez Perelson (MS/MBA 2020) hopes to build on his technical background and hone his entrepreneurial and management skills in the new joint degree program. (photo by Susan Young) Erez Perelson (MS/MBA 2020) hopes to View Details

October 2016
Supplement

24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million members. Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness operated clubs in 13 states. Having grown rapidly to become... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Buildings and Facilities; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Age; Training; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Journals and Magazines; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Market Entry and Exit; Media; Organizational Design; Private Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation or Environment; Welfare or Wellbeing; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Software; Web Sites; Value; Valuation; Health Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; California; San Francisco

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08 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate

question of when life begins.” You Might Also Like: How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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Working Groups Update | About

learning opportunities, and events. Thank you. Antisemitism Working Group The group’s work primarily focuses on HBS students, staff, and faculty, with outreach to alums and Executive Education participants, and revolves around three streams: the Jewish experience at... View Details

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Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Align your organization around a value-based strategy: Build a firm foundation for exploring and implementing strategy transformation Manage the issues that arise when implementing new approaches Lead strategic and organizational change... View Details

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AOM Ethno PDW 2009-2014

AOM PDW 2014: Being There/Being Them: Entry, Exit, and In-Between in Organization Ethnography

Co-Organizers: Michel Anteby, Harvard; Curtis K. Chan, Harvard; Julia DiBenigno,... View Details

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

14 Apr 2022
Op-Ed

Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned

inequities resulted in team members being unable to bring their whole selves to work, which meant that organizations were operating with sub-optimal contributions. Also, excessive hierarchy that sought to drive efficiencies actually... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

command-and-control approach to management, remains in place, the newer tools designed to decentralize strategic decision making will never achieve their full potential, Hope and Fraser argue. The solution is not better budgeting "but rather abandoning budgeting... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

26 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/articles/2010/fall/52111/selling-to-many-cultures-within-the-us/ Building Intercultural Trust at the Negotiating Table Authors:Sujin Jang and Roy Y.J. Chua Publication:In Negotiation Excellence:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Investor - Entrepreneurship

coach Build relevant startup experience to make you a better investor Join a Startup Bootcamp team Plug into the Investor community Join the Venture Capital/Private Equity , Entrepreneurship through... View Details

04 Sep 2019
Blog Post

A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship

possibility through another angle, seeking advice from Thomas Eisenmann, co-chair of the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and faculty co-chair for the MS/MBA program. Professor Eisenmann knew two previous students who now led the Product View Details

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