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- 10 Jul 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?
in sessions she facilitates, the role of followers. She observes that, in her work, "even leaders (agree) that when they are a follower they would rather commit than comply." Apparently speaking as a potential follower, Wale... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 06 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
8 Ways to Make Olympic Stadiums Useful After the Games End
Isao Okada of Osaka Seikei Univerity and HBS marketing professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser—a longtime student and observer of the Olympics—conducted extensive field research at 10 of the 12 Summer Olympics sites since the 1972 Munich... View Details
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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020
proceed with the IPO on October 15, 2020. The move proved fruitful—Kaspi.kz was oversubscribed by five times and valued at $6.5 billion. “At the end, Kaspi.kz London IPO was a success,” observes Ivashina, “but the case illustrates the... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Keen wades into the mass of foliage, checking the corn’s progress: “Oh, cool. A little bird relative dropped us a feather.” Solid and broad-shouldered, he’s a sensitive observer but also a Nebraska Golden Gloves boxer. “I found my sweet... View Details
- 10 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces
on the school’s training programs and read extensively about charter schools in general, for additional context. As they read through their notes, Ramarajan and Reid observed a clear, common theme: Tutors were struggling to implement the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
specific use of the asset class when he observed that a possible use of Bitcoin could be “hedge funds betting on sovereign debt defaults.” Charles Sabatier III added that Bitcoin is the most secure financial network in the world. “The... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
investment banking," observes Fisher. "It takes a great team of people working together to do the job well. I've always enjoyed being a part of that process and seeing it unfold." View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
she increased Nabisco Biscuit's profits by more than 50 percent. Astutely observing the public's growing concern about nutrition and health, she then led the 1992 launch of SnackWell's line of cookies and crackers, which pioneered low-fat... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding
German Soccer League over a season. Our research results show that leaders can reinvigorate a failing business using team members already in charge, and without large-scale change of direction. We observed that Small C retooling can... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
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Emily Schlichting
large public agency." Other schools offer joint degree programs, but Emily observes that, "Harvard is the only one that offers a seamless experience and strong community. You get the same class cohort of 20-40 people who study... View Details
- 04 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
visit out to Biscayne National Park in Florida, to observe the team in action, and work with a few community groups. I learned way too much about shipwrecks all over the country. It was truly an unforgettable three months. Did I walk away... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Innovation Outside the Boundaries
the way of solving problems across today’s interconnected organizations,” observes Thiry. “The knowledge sharing happening more and more between HBS and other Harvard schools is extremely important.” O’Leary calls the new joint MS/MBA... View Details
- 18 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior
organizations schedule time for workers to reflect on their workdays. (Previous research has shown that taking time out to reflect on work improves job performance in the long run.) “Our results show that one reason we observe unethical... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
problems, taking money from friends and family may send a negative signal about the startup's prospects, especially if the startup is beyond the early launching stage. One serial entrepreneur observed that founders who fail to raise... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
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Inside the State: Bureaucratic Norms and Primary Education in Rural India (Book manuscript in progress)
When and how do poor democracies implement primary education effectively? India has earned accolades for its robust democracy. Yet the state’s historic... View Details
When and how do poor democracies implement primary education effectively? India has earned accolades for its robust democracy. Yet the state’s historic... View Details
- 17 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers
Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
exceeding the optimal point of inequality and descending into an era of a vanishing middle class and, with it, the spending power and inclination with which it fuels an economy? A growing number of observers are saying yes, pointing to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
Dakar, Senegal, and Giza, Egypt, and observing the impact inside and outside the stadiums. “Just this season, we have engaged more than a hundred local vendors, entrepreneurs, and freelancers,” covering everything from uniform production... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell