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Commencement 2019 Address | About
today: As you move into leadership roles, and as your duties call on you to make decisions that test your integrity, imagine yourself as the protagonist in a case study. Imagine a future generation of students sitting in Aldrich, debating whether you did the View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
it hit me right there.” That moment, the moment Wilcox fell in love, was the starting point for a wild ride called E Ink, which manufactures the electronic “paper” used in e-readers like Amazon’s Kindle, cell phones, and graphic displays... View Details
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
years later and was named the School's first George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Business Administration in 1963. One of Christensen's greatest strengths in research and case development was his ability to notice and analyze critical aspects of View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
in 1953, he was appointed full professor five years later and was named the School’s first George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Business Administration in 1963. One of Christensen’s greatest strengths in research and case development was his ability to notice and analyze... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/09/contextual-intelligence/ar/1 September 2014 The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption Appetite, Consumption, and Choice in the Human Brain By: Knutson, Brian, and Uma R. Karmarkar... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
celebrated and learned of their new rights as citizens. As Black Texans moved to other parts of the country, they brought their traditions along with them, and Juneteenth continued to grow and develop. Juneteenth’s powerful spirit has... View Details
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
said: Julie Battilana: Put people and the planet at economy's core My hope is that President Biden and his team will help all of us rebuild strong democratic foundations, and place human beings and the planet back at the core of our... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
(bottom) and today in retirement. Says Houghton, “Perhaps the spirit of leadership is the spirit that is not so sure it is right all the time.” Photos Courtesy Corning Inc. Archives (bottom); Justin Ide (top) The case “Corning 1983–96:... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
In 2015 I moved from New York City to Madison, Connecticut, where I met, quite by chance, Ginny Vancil and her brother, Richard. I thought, How many Vancils can there be in the world? I asked if they knew Richard “Dick” Vancil, who was my first professor for my first... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
laws and shareholder rights — are not well established. There's much less competition, but if you are a sharp Harvard MBA who wants to launch a start-up, many of the details will be more difficult in Latin America." Alec Oxenford of... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
are really just made up of hundreds or thousands of human beings working together under various incentive structures and schemes. As a result, incentive and organization design is probably the most important factors in determining whether... View Details
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A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library
he also valued those with humanities backgrounds and began to recruit Kennedy’s students to work at Polaroid. Eudoxia Muller, test photograph, February 8, 1945. Polaroid Corporation Records Related to Meroe Morse, b. VII.66, f. 12.... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
by building a more concentrated portfolio and extending the time horizon for our investments.” How do you use what you learned at HBS in this work? Pradhan: “My time at HBS gave me a great appreciation for the fact that most businesses are really just made up of... View Details
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
corporate) now needed to understand how and why they were doing so and to make sure that those edits were being made in a constructive manner. In a disagreement between human and machine, Belk allowed humans... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
integrating the latest research about the interplay between human behavior, societal needs, and regulatory institutions. The book concludes by setting out a potential research agenda for the social sciences. Creating Value through... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
Norton Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, no. 110 (2009): 152-159 Abstract The present investigation explores the neural mechanisms underlying the impact of social influence on preferences. We socially... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
people. I have been working with them for the last 70 years of my life,” says Bermek, who has worked as a human rights activist in the country and the region for the last twenty years after a long career in... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
"excessive" use of decision rights. Consistent with these implicit incentives, we find that employees in tightly monitored business units are less likely than their loosely monitored counterparts to 1) use decision rights and 2)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
human capital are also important for the effect of FDI on economic growth. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-013.pdf Architectural Innovation and Dynamic Competition: The Smaller "Footprint" Strategy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
two clear, easy-to-read pie charts—one dedicated to human capital and professional services, the other to programs, supplies, and vendor services. Nothing remarkable. But they demonstrated a level of rigor and detail that had been missing... View Details