Growing Organization - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 May 2006
Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

and the needs of his or her new employer.Not all managers are equally suited to all business situations. The strategic skills required to control costs in the face of fierce price competition are not the same as those required to improve the top line in a rapidly View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment

19 May 2021
News

Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online

high-impact boards ready to face the unprecedented challenges of a post-pandemic world. In response to steadily growing interest among HBS alumni in serving on nonprofit boards, the Northern California and Boston clubs have previously... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

19 May 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts

any initiative to empower the poor and the equally critical importance of available credit to allow poorer families to invest in their future. Despite the plethora of education-related activities and the rapidly growing success stories in... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Financial Services

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

the results of his inquiry in a new book The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World, which deals head on with the growing management complexities in the new economy. “What's going on now is a return to an earlier... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

years, we've produced sixteen teaching cases, two conceptual notes, and a working paper. Q: The performance problems of U.S. public education are receiving growing attention. How are urban schools performing in terms of student... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

01 Sep 2011
News

Extraordinary People

role that is most important to Harf is being the cofounder and chariman of DKMS, the blood cancer cure bank. Now the most successful organization of its kind in the world, he launched it in 1991 after losing his first wife to blood... View Details

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Managing Service Operations - Course Catalog

depends upon it. Yet, service organizations are often designed and managed in a way that prevents us from realizing our potential. Service organizations are complex and diverse, and they continue to View Details

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Catherine Yeo | MBA

Catherine Yeo Computer Science, Secondary in English Dunster 2023 Cohort 4 No founder succeeds alone — not without the most suitable co-founder(s), the right team, and a strong community of peers and mentors to build and grow together.... View Details

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AllWorld Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Affiliated Organizations... Affiliated View Details

05 Aug 2015
News

Bringing New Life to an Iconic Magazine

Growing up in Washington, DC, David Bradley (MBA 1977) aspired to be a politician, not a businessman, but figured he should have a strong financial base in order to launch his political career. In 1979, he formed the Research Counsel of... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

The Transformers

to scale couldn’t find a chief financial officer or a chief operating officer, so we got into executive search,” adds Bradach. To address this need, in 2003 Bridgespan launched Bridgestar, offering a full range of executive search services and an online jobs board.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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The Global Health Delivery Project - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Affiliated Organizations... Affiliated View Details

28 May 2019
News

A More Perfect Union

Entrepreneurs supports the growing number of leaders who are helping expand civic and grassroots engagement, providing resources and connecting leaders in pursuit of these goals. Rob Zeaske (MBA 2002), president and cofounder Issue One is... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

John Irving’s Lessons for Business

Growing Up Creative: Nurturing a Lifetime of Creativity. More recently, Amabile drew on that interview and subsequent correspondence with Irving for an article she wrote for a special section on creativity in American Psychologist.... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2012
News

A Better World, One Idea at a Time

A dozen budding social entrepreneurs pitched their ideas for innovative products and services during the annual Social Enterprise Conference in February, and four came away with top honors. The sold-out event marked the 13th year of the conference, which is jointly... View Details

Keywords: contests; awards; cosmetics; Crop Production; Agriculture; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

family companies in the Gulf Region was written for a conference organized by the Kennedy School in Doha, Qatar in 1997. The frameworks and approaches I used in this article really helped me get some leverage on understanding the problems... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman

16 Aug 2013
News

Women's Business Leader

growing segment of new businesses in our economy and the trend is growing. Under Carla's leadership, the NWBC will be an effective advocate for women-owned small businesses, ensuring they have access and opportunity and make a strong... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

25 Mar 2016
News

Putting Faith in a Good Education

commandments by God to serve the poor.” Crane led Opportunity International until 2009, after growing private revenues by 30 percent, compound annual growth rate, and increasing its client base from 375,000 to 1.5 million. He also walked... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2016
News

Offshore Learning

growing number of students from high-poverty neighborhoods. “Our core mission is to help close the STEM achievement gap among students of diverse backgrounds in Boston,” Pearson explained in a traveling conversation this summer that began... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Outward Bound; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

11 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: HelloFresh

with your friends, families, colleagues and loved ones. Our growth trajectory and expansion have been phenomenal over the past few years, and look set to continue as the market grows globally. How long has your View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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