Confidence - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 May 2019
News

Broken Link

is planning to sunset EducationSuper-Highway at the end of August 2020 and says he’s confident they’ll reach their goal of connecting 99 percent of schools before then. That doesn’t mean he’s underestimating the challenge in the year... View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

14 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Making the MBA Degree More Accessible

incoming class, she says, represents a manifestation of the team’s work over the past several years. “My hope is that these efforts helped them to decide that this is the right place for them, and also that they are showing up confident... View Details

16 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate with Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016)

greater impact in the community. The Leadership Fellows Program also gave me an opportunity to explore something beyond working in a traditional business. Working in government was something that I wouldn’t have otherwise explored, but I had the View Details

Profile

Nikki Skovran

way to get exposure to a wide range of industries and functions in a short period of time,” she says. Looking ahead, Nikki is not sure whether she will stay in public service work or shift into private business. Either way, she says, HBS will have helped her “have... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Consulting; Entrepreneurship

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

communication to investors highlights key value and risk drivers, and one that holds senior executives accountable for successful strategy formulation and implementation will give investors more confidence that the company is well... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

02 Apr 2019
Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

who handle their clients’ anxieties with more skill and confidence do tend to set more reasonable expectations for their teams. They know how to narrow the scope of a project to exactly what’s needed and avoid unnecessary effort, she... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy

offered as the high-speed substitute for mail service in the world of tomorrow. Watson was sixty-five years old when the fair opened, an age when many businessmen think about retirement. But Watson had the energy of a man in his thirties, and we can View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

03 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

“We have spent a lot of time over the past couple of years laying the foundation for growth. There are pieces of our business that would be easier to scale, but no part is more representative of Tom’s experience than our body coaches,” Surette says. “We have focused... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

31 Oct 2019
Blog Post

5 Things on My Mind in the Second Year of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

academic life to truly appreciate everything the program has to offer. However, as I reflect on the past year and look forward to Year 2, I am confident that I made the right choice. View Details

02 Nov 2015
News

Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

challenging, painful at times, and really satisfying. I knew I always loved business, but it gave me the toughness and confidence to know I could go out and perform at a higher level.” At HBS, Royster also found his entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Mar 2024
News

The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown

big depositors that you’re seeing a worrisome trend of outflows, you’ll literally cause a bank run. Is there ever a responsibility of the CEO to actually exert confidence and say it’s going to be fine? Even if, in doing so, you’re... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Oct 1999
News

Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic

our customer base with traditional marketing cuts, you don't come up with a traditional demographic distribution. The thing that our customers have in common is an attitude: they are confident people who care about how they look. They are... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Sam Hayes

market is still the most efficient in the world,” he says. “Over the longer term, one can buy and hold investments and be confident that price disparities will smooth out with time and be reflective of real value.” The author and coauthor... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2010
News

Dean Nohria Looks Ahead

blessed to have so much support from our students and our alumni to actually act on this opportunity. Public confidence in business has diminished significantly over the past couple of years. How can business earn it back? Trust in... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

07 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 7

ObenchainHarvard Business School Case 310-055 Facing the worldwide financial crisis, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein considered his options including whether his company could avoid a forced marriage and what steps Goldman Sachs should take to try to restore View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

A Fast Start on Your New Job

successful that the business has real problems. In sustaining-success situations, new leaders have to win the confidence of the organization so that they are trusted to make tough choices about where the business should go. In both cases,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

true cluster in Costa Rica will take decades to complete, but I'm confident that it will be sustainable because the country offers some unique qualities that are a source of competitive advantage — among them, the highest computer usage... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

Profile

Cristina Ros Blankfein

existed.’ We both liked the concept but before getting too married to the idea, we did a pretty good market scan of what the options were out there. When we realized that there wasn’t anything great in the market, we got a lot more View Details

30 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Driving Social Impact Through Consumer Behavior: Nonprofit to Finance to Retail with Nicole Krantz (MBA 2022)

better habits,” she said. Once again looking out towards the future of her career and the skills she would need to advance, Krantz was confident about her next move – honing her leadership abilities at Harvard Business School. The... View Details

Keywords: Retail

20 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)

concrete business model from scratch, skills that can be applied to any sector. Further, the HBS case method helped build my confidence and communications skills beyond the classroom, especially how to listen and act on varied, sometimes... View Details

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