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- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
Harvard Business School Professor J. Gunnar Trumbull balks at the ubiquitous idea that the concentrated power of a few billionaires controls public policy and government regulation. Exaggeration of the impact of big business on public... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Advancing the Mission
and generate ideas that have the power to change the world. Far-Reaching Impact From the Classroom to Casablanca Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Fueling Innovation View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Multimedia Simulation Provides Real-World Reality Check
four of these teams are then aggregated into an industry. Team members study data and collaborate on beer design, pricing, and packaging, as well as on decisions concerning manufacturing and marketing. After each round, reports are View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Reinventing the Wheel
extracting carbon black from discarded models to create new ones. Cardozo first heard about the idea in 2013 while serving as an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Dutch incubator YES!Delft. The idea of... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Books
and perspectives. The authors explain how to generate ideas with these skills, collaborate with colleagues to implement ideas, and build innovation skills throughout the firm. What to Ask the Person in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Convening Power
A significant new structure will open in 2018 on the HBS campus, designed to harness the energy, creativity, and ideas of the thousands of students, faculty, alumni, and leaders of all kinds who convene at the School each year. The... View Details
- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
commensurable, which in turn is critical to enabling market exchange. For example, until the early 1990s, when 20th-century Indian art was generally characterized as "decorative art" in international art circles, it was... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
elaborated on the importance of these themes for large organizations as well as startups, citing the need for leaders to support what he calls "lean experimentation," centered on the rapid testing of a lot of ideas rather than... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Oct 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?
achieve more than one disruptive technology in their lifetimes. Why is it so difficult? Does it require too much continuity of leadership, focus on long-term performance, willingness to cannibalize existing products, organization disruption, or investor patience? If... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Become a Value Creator
As a young teacher at Harvard Business School, Brian J. Hall called on longtime professor James Cash for a favor: Hall wanted to study the inner workings of General Electric, and he needed Cash's help to get in touch with top-level... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team
naturally become increasingly concerned that they attract, leverage, and retain the best knowledge workers. In addition, our culture is very enamored of stars and with the idea that extraordinary talent accounts for individuals'... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
idea was that maybe it was alright for GE, but could a smaller, less well financed organization employ it? And how safe should an organization play it when employing such a strategy? Several of you offered other examples of performance... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
explain how to generate ideas with these skills, collaborate with "delivery-driven" colleagues to implement ideas, and build innovation skills throughout your organization to sharpen its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
A defining global experience before college can unlock a lifetime of potential
involved in projects in Asia, Latin America, and Africa and another 200 alumni already making a difference as leaders on college campuses nationwide. Falik conceived the idea for Global Citizen Year after high school, when she moved to... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010), CEO of East Boston Social Centers, spent time in foster care as a child, living in more homes than he can remember,... View Details
- Blog
How the Pandemic Changed Case Development in Latin America
develop research ideas across disciplines and across institutions. In this dynamic case development process, faculty may be supported by a team of researchers and case writers based at HBS Research Centers around the globe. Opened in... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path out of Polarization
politics. The fact that Americans can’t agree on facts right now isn’t a unique experience. What does historical context suggest about breaking the cycle of misinformation or finding a way to move forward? Rawi Abdelal: I think that pushing against the View Details
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Matthew Mariner
emphasized general management. "I realized there would come a time when what really matters is management leadership. I've found that to be the toughest part about business: That's what makes or breaks success." From then on,... View Details
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
take the ideas from our MBA social entrepreneurship course, which has been taught at HBS for many years, beyond the walls of the HBS classroom. The book is geared toward students with whom we would not otherwise have the opportunity to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
General Georges Frederic Doriot, but I do know that in 2002, when I looked into the sparse literature on the history of venture capital, his name kept popping up. I found a bunch of newspaper and magazine profiles, a chapter on him in a... View Details