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- 13 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit
time and energy to something greater than myself. So when I left the Army to attend HBS, I knew I wanted to try and capture that same sense of purpose. Enter fall internship recruiting. While my classmates were all knee-deep in case... View Details
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Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog
requires cultural and relational prowess. Today’s managers must be able to author resonant stories that spark conversations that capture attention, generate engagement, and provide culturally-relevant meaning to consumers. Learnings will... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
Sylvia Wachsner (PMD 35, 1978), director of Sociedade Nacional de Agricultura in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Drawing from the faculty’s industry knowledge, I have learned about consumer behavior and have captured insights that I’m able to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
expectations; create and implement an effective customer-access strategy; capture and leverage the customer’s voice to set priorities and improve products, services, and marketing; and use customer-relationship- management systems,... View Details
- 23 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?
factor by noting connections such as directors who come from the same city or attended the same school. But that fails to capture the richness of social relations that transcend such formal connections. Researchers found that the social... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
2011 Khan Academy launched. Today, Khan Academy has 130 employees who create instructional videos and practice exercises in math, science, computer programming, history, economics, and more. Its work has captured the support of thousands... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
bars. Before starting to mow, I consider what i want to solve, and then just let it go. I don't press for ideas, but let the notions drift into my consciousness when they are ready for primetime. Then I capture them! People Have an... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
posted, occasionally offering a comment, but often just scrolling down through content. As such, Facebook is a retrospective medium, a place to share experiences already completed and then put them on display. But the company does little to View Details
Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 05 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
fashion and consumer products, and tough tech. The NVC truly captures the spirit of entrepreneurship at HBS.” “In a world crying out for solutions to environmental, health, racial equity, and other social problems, the Social Enterprise... View Details
- 28 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Novo Nordisk
sustainability. Our research had not captured how important symbiosis has become for the entire Kalundborg region—businesses and households alike. Symbiosis is a real-life example of “one man's trash is another man's treasure.” To learn... View Details
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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library
the mid-19th century, the family partnership evolved from a general store to the fourth-largest investment banking house in the country. HBS Entrepreneurs Collection In 2001, Harvard Business School initiated a two-year oral history project to View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
In 2011, Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) returned to his high school alma mater in Wilmington, Delaware, to serve as the first non-clergy president in the Catholic school’s century-long history. “Salesianum School’s transition to lay leadership was a big step, and it... View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
chemical fertilizers. Soil from the average cultivated field contains 0.5 to 1 percent carbon, while soil from the average virgin land, including forest and prairie, contains 3 to 7 percent. “Carbon capture is the only way to get out of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Preferreds to Generate Long-Term Income by Simon Wadsworth (MBA ’73C) (Bookmasters) Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now by Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze (MBA ’98D) (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
could a small brand compete against a company that had captured the hearts and minds of consumers? Which brand-positioning concept should Paez choose to best capture consumers' attention and interest and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
Danner was about to make his first presentation to the board of directors of Codon Devices, a one-year-old biotechnology start-up based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After a month as the company's CEO, Danner was prepared to lay out his strategic plan for the firm. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
bureaucracy can be wildly at odds with what entrepreneurs and their backers really need. Economists have also focused on a second problem, delineated in the theory of regulatory capture. These writings suggest that private- and public-sector entities will organize to... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
so that vast amounts of data can be captured and analyzed in order to improve the allocation and use of natural resources. Working with Microsoft and Cisco, Living PlanIT is doing this through its Urban Operating SystemTM—a unified,... View Details
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
This has led to a much greater reliance on pay for performance. On the other hand, pay for performance produces large payouts that periodically capture the attention of the public, not all of it positive. They helped raise the ratio of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
certify (upon penalty of legal action against them for failure to do so) the quality of internal control structures and procedures. You can imagine how this provision has captured the attention of CEOs across the country. In response to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett