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- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
Ballou-Aares told the Financial Times. HBS Professor Michael Porter, an advisor to Leadership Now who also signed the letter, noted that “business leaders need to throw their support [behind] democratic processes at a time when public... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
each day I was able to take what I’d learned from class and apply it to real situations,” she says. “It was beyond the Socratic method---like learning how to fight in the ring with your opponent in there with you.” Running a company in... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
expertise can easily slip out the door when an employee leaves or retires. You need to capture and transfer that knowledge. One way to do that is through coaching, and the following book excerpt discusses the identification and development of knowledge coaches.Many... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
entire companies and the driving force behind the turnaround of the American economy, is suddenly under siege,” the New York Times declared in June. In the months since, the chorus of voices questioning today's business leaders has only... View Details
- Profile
Paul Lenehan
"I had spent enough time listening to lectures," Paul says. "At first, I wasn't sure how we'd be able to debate issues with ninety-four people in a classroom. But when you study with the same people every day, you develop a... View Details
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Linda Leung
Lucas’ science-fiction epics. “In real life, ion propulsion would never work for fighters,” Linda explains. “It just doesn’t create enough acceleration. But it might be perfect for deep space travel in which efficiency is more important... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Flight Path
engineers devoted a good chunk of 2015 and most of 2016 to developing a drone that could be piloted in real time through a complex, three-dimensional course of gates and obstacles. That meant creating a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Turning Point: Getting to Giving
classes I teach at our church. Now I talk to people about money all the time. At HBS, Professor Malcolm Salter gave us this advice in our last class together: “Live beneath your means.” At the time it struck me as an almost... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Big Ambition Behind Educational Innovation
Innovation has been in the School’s DNA since it introduced the case method for management education almost a century ago. Sometimes innovation is about creating bold, new ideas, as happened when the field method was introduced to provide students more hands-on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
Senior executives have taken most of the heat for the headline-grabbing scandals that have rocked corporate America over the past few years. Scott C. Newquist (MBA ’75), president of Board Governance Services, wants to shift some of that scrutiny to company boards.... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- Profile
Matt Oppenheimer
for Youth. "My initial plan was to spend more time in business directly out of college," Matt says. "But I decided to get my MBA earlier to help me fulfill my nonprofit commitments more effectively." Engaged, energized... View Details
- 25 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Machiavelli, Morals, and You
they sort of coordinate their 'To Do' lists for the next day. There's a certain amount of bickering, but they do care about each other." At the end of the story, though, Stevens emerges as someone who poured everything into his career: he made that choice, and at... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
StarNight Hotel Construction Bid: Real Time Competition on Schedule, Scope, and Cost Harvard Business School Case 209-067 The case is intended for use with the HBS Educational Technology Group... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
“Real estate chatter is the most popular sport in Manhattan,” says Kirk Henckels (MBA 1976), who has made a career buying and selling some of New York City’s most luxurious apartments. In his new book with Annie Walker, Life at the Top, Henckels—vice chairman of New... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
entitled We Shall Not Surrender this Television Station. As Tom Wolfe says, who needs fiction with reality like this! Writing and teaching a case with material like this is a real pleasure. Q: Can you identify the key miscalculations made... View Details
- 01 Aug 2014
- News
The Secret Sauce
Email communication was key to achieving a class best of 53 percent participation. When asked to lead his class’s 30th Reunion Gift participation efforts, Atlanta-based real estate developer Scott Hawkins was up for the challenge.... View Details
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
degree in aerospace engineering and several years at a real estate development and investment firm. But they collaborated on multiple ventures over the last 17 years. The most recent is NowAccount, a fintech startup that helps small... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 08 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
On the Road: HBS Midwest Tour
went to summer camp in Michigan, and spent time in Minneapolis as a child while my father was doing his medical training. It was good to be home. The All-Star Game/HomeRun Derby in Cincinnati brought a real... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
would slowly migrate to the small and medium-sized businesses. Suddenly, Apple comes in with Apple Pay, and you have all these new players that are blocking Square from moving up. And it is only a matter of time before Apple comes up with... View Details