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- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
fear around being gay in the business world. I felt it would be damaging to my career to be found out, so I limited myself to creative industries where I thought my gayness would be more acceptable if revealed. I worked at Apple for five... View Details
- Portrait Project
Amy Long
smashing. Now, I write — but only in bullets, always in threes, and never below the fold. In the commodities business, there is only fact, never fiction. Yet even as I tamped down my creative side in favor of the analytical, it reared up... View Details
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
needs of their target customers. "WIZZIT essentially took a banking service like the one we have here—depositing salaries in the bank that we draw down to make payments—and decided that this is what the poor wanted, too," Rangan says. "Of course the... View Details
- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
Anita Elberse, a Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School, studies high performers in creative industries—from basketball superstar LeBron James to pop diva Lady Gaga, from actor Tom Cruise to... View Details
- Web
Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
creative problem-solving tools to develop innovative solutions to your most challenging business problems. 7 weeks, 6-8 hrs/week Enroll by May 8 $1,850 Certificate Disruptive Strategy Professors Rory McDonald & Clayton Christensen... 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
- 10 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points
colleagues or bosses why I regularly took time to meet with him. On this particular morning I was telling Howard about my friend Michelle, whose boss had unexpectedly announced her retirement. Michelle is an extraordinarily creative and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson
- Research Summary
3D Negotiaton
In articles and books, often with David Lax, I have been developing a broad approach to effective negotiation that encompasses three "dimensions." In this "3D" approach, our first dimension — "tactics"-- is the most familiar territory. Tactics are the persuasive... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
creative decisions that really matter, while the repeatable actions are done by a sophisticated machine.” Theuerkauf came to HBS with a good understanding of the problem. He and Stockmann formulated the Syrup solution after meeting in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 May 2022
- What Do You Think?
Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?
opinion from the instructor, the traditional response from the instructor is, “What do you think?” I’ve been asking it in this space for 22 years this month. "The case method requires that instructors often pass control of the learning process to the class." View Details
- 04 Feb 2010
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?
to help predict the future, it may be a good idea to refer to it. But in most cases, the decision maker is posed with a unique challenge." Vanitha Rangganathan, arguing for the role of intuition in the creative process, commented... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
participants, the introduction of a sponsor had no significant effect on the choice to compete; this was true even when the protégés were told they had been specially chosen by a sponsor. “I think it’s great that we’re being more creative... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- March 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Systems Infrastructure at Google (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
This case describes how a senior vice president of engineering at Google, Bill Coughran, leads a high-performing engineering organization. The case focuses specifically on Coughran's encouraging two teams of engineers to develop competing solutions for application... View Details
Keywords: Independent Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Leadership Development; Product Design; Groups and Teams; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Competitive Strategy; Technology Industry; United States
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Stecker. "Systems Infrastructure at Google (A)." Harvard Business School Case 410-110, March 2010. (Revised August 2010.)
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
ongoing enticement for Birnbaum and the other alumni interviewed for this article. "Luxury goods are in essence a highly creative field," notes Thuy T. Tranthi (HBS MBA '93), president of Thomas Pink USA, the London-based... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?
Washington Kinyanjui summed it up by saying, “This is a method that sends the students to task, and while at it their creative thinking juices flow, and much as their ideas may differ one from another, the engagement will leave everyone... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
Sezer, and Michael I. Norton Garcia-Rada says companies could find creative ways to leverage the research results, for example by figuring out how they can foster relationship rituals in consumers. "Most companies that sell products and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
The Product Design Sprint - 5 Things I Learned in Launch Lab 1
ideas into primary categories, and then use those overarching principals to inform our actual designs. This process helped us be creative in a controlled way and led us to great solutions. 5. Remember, your team is everything. For any new... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
contributions across four areas: Required in-course elements, such as in-course reflections, cold calls, and shared reflections Peer Help (answering questions, sharing particularly interesting or creative observations, or even asking... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
keep the team progressing toward their goal, but to properly address all concerns raised along the way. Use the “clean sheet of paper” exercise to think creatively about company processes Another best practice is to perform the clean... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
executive, she was promoted in 1988 to president of the Nabisco Biscuit Company, the largest operating unit of the Nabisco Foods Group. It was at Nabisco that Marram's creative business sense came into full bloom. In 1989, the first year... View Details