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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

introducing the work of leading photographers into its feature articles. Fortune “used the intersections of fine art and mass culture . . . to position the engines of capitalism as critical to the functioning of a healthy economy but also... View Details

05 May 2011
What Do You Think?

How Ethical Can We Be?

when we have insufficient time or information ("bounded awareness," which often occurs in large organizations in which functions are walled off from one another). We may do it in ways that allow us to preserve our perception of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

‘sustainability’ or ‘climate’ does not need to be in your job title for it to be incorporated into your work. They stressed that achieving the pace of transformation needed to decarbonize our economy will require collaboration across all View Details

28 Oct 2022
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Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)

scale. HBS played a critical role in equipping me with a general management skill set. The case method, specifically, prepared me to confidently take on work across new industries from consumer goods to travel & tourism to EdTech as well as new View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Derek Ferguson

inside of the courtroom more than once), hip-hop is as much a lifestyle as a musical genre. Yet the company’s spare, functional Times Square offices don’t suggest any of these bad boy qualities — and neither does the genial, relaxed... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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HBS OnBoard | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

nonprofit founders, CEOs, funders, and board members. Effective Fundraising December 15, 2021 A key function of an organization's board is to ensure adequate resources to fulfill the mission. And yet, many board members do not have... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY

Creativity’s reputation as a mysterious, unknowable trait (something of a myth in itself) has led to some erroneous ideas about what it is and how it functions in organizations. Here, Professor Teresa Amabile quashes some of these... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Management

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Reverse Innovation

VG and Chris Trimble reveal a bold discovery with far-reaching implications in REVERSE INNOVATION: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere (Harvard Business Review Press; April 10, 2012;... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

provide the best experience and functionality for learners. Learners may find it beneficial to use a desktop computer monitor when working on the exercises due to the number of columns and rows in each spreadsheet tab. What are the... View Details

12 Feb 2020
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Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)

in case discussions and workshops with current and past CEOs aimed at uncovering the reality of how to best prepare to become CEO and how to function effectively in the role. The course starts by analyzing the pros and cons of early... View Details

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

Firestone's bottom-up capital budgeting process functioned flawlessly, quickly converting Ford and General Motors' demands into concrete commitments to radial production capacity. In a November 1972 Executive Committee meeting,... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

Current 21% Executive Education Tuition 14% MBA Tuition & Fees 6% HBS Online 3% Housing, Rents, & Other MBA Tuition and Fees Tuition and fee revenue from the MBA program increased by 11 percent to $152 million in fiscal 2023 from $137 million in the prior year. This... View Details

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

they find, in the late Steve Jobs's words, "the key, underlying principle of the problem" and then the "beautiful, elegant solution that works." Once the problem has been defined and the desired target established, there are two key View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

Mintzberg argues that the best kind of leader doesn't try to effect much change. Rather, she functions like a queen bee, which "does nothing but make babies and exude a chemical that keeps everything together." It is the other... View Details

Keywords: by Nick Morgan

John C. Mulliken

Strategy consultant, former CTO & CPO, public & private company board member, retail & climatetech entrepreneur, early stage investor. Father of two, husband, sailor, hiker, and aspirational road biker.

John is a senior lecturer in the... View Details

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

function more at the center of things and avoids a risky conversation with the CEO about why training might not solve the problem. “It is threatening, which is why most people don’t want to go through what we call an honest collective and... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Influence: Medium 70 1970 s 19 Wage controls OSHA created Service economy expands Women enter the workforce in large numbers Influence: Medium-Low 80 1980 s 19 Air traffic controllers' union dismantled Union representation drops Information technology redistributes job... View Details

24 Jun 2021
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Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

“professional people person,” his work involves leadership development; talent management; diversity, inclusion, and equity; and more in creating sustainable competitive advantage through human capital. “The relevance of human resources as a strategic View Details

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

understanding of the facts on the ground, the plans going forward, and the rationale behind those plans. In times of crisis, this function is—in a turn that should surprise no reader by now—more important than ever. Gianpiero Petriglieri... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

31 May 2017
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Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?

share and then progressing through this wheel of retailing is in the past. Smaller retailers are gaining influence by playing in very special niches where they don’t have to win with low prices ” Nick C said: “Perhaps it is a function of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

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