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- 30 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The Life and Role of a CEO
enough; for any decision to work, CEOs need to have built trust with their internal and external stakeholders in advance of important decisions and show continued commitment after the decisions are made. I had three main questions coming... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Bringing Out the Best
Cynthia Foster Curry (MBA 1990) Cynthia Foster Curry (MBA 1990) ruefully admits that she didn’t appreciate her first-year Organizational Behavior course at HBS. “I remember the professor saying, ‘People take this View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
pleasant memories of his class back in the early 1960s. What I remember of Mr. Levitt (he was always “Mister” to me) is his furtive pacing back and forth in front of the... View Details
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 May 2013
- News
The Power of Three
Reunion. Demonstrating the leadership skills they honed at HBS, the three women initiated innovations—such as pre-reunion receptions and fundraising “captains” organized by city, rather than by section—that... View Details
- April 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
Amazon in China and India
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Kairavi Dey
Amazon has been unsuccessful in its efforts to develop a business in China. Even though Amazon was an early entrant into China’s e-commerce space, its domestic rivals, especially Alibaba, created innovative business models uniquely suited for the conditions in China. ... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; Business Strategy; Expansion; Business Model; Retail Industry; China; India; United States
Palepu, Krishna G., and Kairavi Dey. "Amazon in China and India." Harvard Business School Case 120-111, April 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
imaginable form of government, all others excepted. Maybe the same applies to market capitalism. Uwe Lembke (MBA ’61) Saint Germain-en-Laye, France Beyond Class Notes Usually I just scan our View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Edward D. Bullard: The Personal Touch
closed its last offices in California. Bullard has "done the chairs" at various professional organizations, he has served on the School's Alumni Association Board, and his "Greetings from View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 17 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
The Art of Perseverance and Resilience: Reapplying to HBS
realized that the MBA experience I had worked so hard to obtain would look quite different, with remote or hybrid classes and some missed opportunities, like international courses. However, I knew that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The New Tech Meccas
was happening." The discovery set Schroeder off on a yearlong reporting trip, capturing other untold success stories for Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
MBAs by the Numbers
The MBA Program recently released statistics on its newest recruits — the Class of 2002 — as well as job placement information on graduates of View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
impeccably turned out in a suit and tie, he required all of his students in his class at HBS to dress accordingly. “Sport coats are for newspaper boys and college boys,” he would chide his pupils. The more I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
up with a look at the many HBS alums who have played similar roles in business schools around the country. For example, after selling my first venture, I launched UC Irvine's program in 1984 and then... View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
tones while she delivered a PowerPoint presentation. The institute, she explained, would partner with Delgado Community College in New Orleans, which will expand its existing culinary studies program. The... View Details
- 02 May 2022
- What Do You Think?
Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?
cases everywhere. There is an old saying at the School that so-and-so is so good at teaching that he or she could teach the newspaper. In fact, the late professor Theodore... View Details
- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
This is the third and final article of the "Leading in the Digital Era" series. Read parts one and two. Leaders who set out to reshape their companies to compete in a... View Details
- 2017
- Working Paper
The Use and Misuse of Patent Data: Issues for Corporate Finance and Beyond
By: Josh Lerner
Patents and citations are powerful tools for understanding innovative activity inside the firm and are increasingly used in corporate finance research. But due to the complexities of patent data collection and the changing spatial and industry composition of innovative... View Details
Lerner, Josh, and Amit Seru. "The Use and Misuse of Patent Data: Issues for Corporate Finance and Beyond." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-042, November 2017.
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
a single class of his in his absence. Although it was a marvelous experience (and, I think, a reasonably good class) and I was very proud to have done it, I was also very relieved when he returned. I am sure that this experience was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
in an aristocratic Viennese accent, he gave the impression of complete spontaneity, even though he prepared every class with meticulous care. Using no notes, he dazzled students with his erudition. “He never... View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
The International Experience at HBS
geographies. As a matter of fact, I was part of the French Society, the European Society, the Middle East and North Africa Club and View Details