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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dare to be Different
successfully offer products that are meaningfully different. As a result, Moon writes a book about business that does not read like a business book. What motivated you to write Different at this point in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Ideas That Stick
memorable. Dan spoke from his home in North Carolina. How did you get the idea to write a book about sticky ideas? We were puzzled and a little disturbed by the fact that a lot of “junk” ideas succeed in the world, while a lot of... View Details
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Amy Yamner
In 1999, Lourdes sashayed into my eighth grade classroom. She was, in a word, saucy. A self-identified chismosa, she passed notes and talked incessantly, even during my lessons. It was obvious she did not care about U.S. history. At the end of the year, however, she... View Details
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FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Scholars even in an unfunded capacity. Does Michael Porter write endorsements for new publications? Michael Porter has a long standing policy of only writing endorsements for his closest colleagues. View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Dear Future Author…
three-time entrepreneur and coauthor of Entrepreneurs in the Midst “The only advice I was ever given that bore fruit was that the art of writing is the art of application—the application of the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
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A Capitalist in China
fictional, the descriptive events bear such close resemblance to reality that the reader is left with an informed perspective on the people, the culture, and the day-to-day business realities within China.” When asked what motivated him to View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
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Good as Our Word
uses ratings, and how they are used. The case concerns the strategic options facing a new entrant hoping to exploit the potential crack in the dominance of Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P. Becker was spurred to write it when he realized the bond... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
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Analyze This
Story ideas sometimes come from unexpected places. I would hazard to guess that this issue of the Bulletin offers a first in the magazine’s long history. Inspired by a copy of our international mailing list, Senior Associate Editor Garry Emmons proposed View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
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Feedback
Our New Look Welcome to your new HBS Alumni Bulletin. Over the past several months, we've done a deep dive—polling you about your likes and dislikes, reconsidering both what we write and how we write it, and... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
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Who We Are | Research Associates
proactive, and dedicated staff members who support faculty's scholarly and teaching output. Whether they're using advanced statistical techniques or writing thoughtful analysis of groundbreaking findings, our researchers share a sense of... View Details
- 18 Apr 2016
- News
Copy Success
(Xerox Corp.) (Xerox Corp.) Joe Wilson (MBA 1933) made Xerox a brand so recognizable its name is also an everyday verb. In the process Wilson, who passed away in 1971, turned around a dying company and left a legacy of leadership that continues to inspire Xerox... View Details
- 18 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Brand China Can Succeed
Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.As the British nineteenth century commentator John Ruskin... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Jun 1996
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GMAT Added to Admissions Criteria
relating to the test itself, the kinds of students who are now applying to the MBA Program, and the type of applicant we're looking for. There have been significant improvements in the structure of the GMAT. One recent addition is a View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Hollywood Backstory
more cognizant of what I'm writing and how I'm writing it. What we choose to create is an extension of our selves, our ideals, our musings. Writing a script is not unlike... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
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Islam’s Great Culture Is Dying
resurgence” has metamorphosed into a death march of Islamic civilization, Allawi writes in his recent book, The Crisis of Islamic Civilization (Yale University Press). Although Islam as a religious faith nurturing millions of believers... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Crucible: Relocation
Illustration by Caroline Tomlinson When we discussed the concept of crucibles at HBS, my best guess then—based on my dating record and polycystic ovaries—was that I might struggle with finding a life partner and with fertility. As I re-emerge from my first real... View Details
Keywords: Zhang, Qian
- 04 Apr 2022
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Strengthening City Hall’s Foundations
mayors and key staff in Israel every year. Bloomberg writes that, while there are “all kinds of leadership training programs for CEOs and senior executives, mayors are thrust into the job and the crises that arise without having a lot of... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
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A talent scout for tomorrow’s Africa
Williams talks to prospects, writes to them, reviews their resumes and essays, and, as part of Prospective Students Day activities for the annual Africa Business Conference, meets with them personally. “I help them put their best foot... View Details
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Stephanie Atiase
she was a Trustee Scholar, Stephanie put her ideals into practice, becoming a co-founder of the Writing Our Dreams Project. “It’s a program for charter schools that encourages literacy development,” Stephanie explains. “Students in... View Details
- Student-Profile
Do Yoon Kim
friends. Advice for prospective students Keep a journal of things that interest you. One of my advisors recommended I write down ideas as soon as they come to me, and to do this as early as possible. I try to do this, and also to sit down... View Details