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- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job
One of the most essential roles of the general manager is to be the person who can move an organization forward through the most tangled of circumstances, says Professor Amy Edmondson, “where there is uncertainty, different points of view, and high stakes, whether... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Chili recipes
fresh rosemary and fresh thyme. Once the shallots start caramelizing, throw in the ground lamb—I usually do about 3 lbs. Good quality lamb is pretty essential here. I try to get Icelandic lamb—since their summers have 20 hours of... View Details
- 09 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Learning Curve
a step back from the school board in the mid-2000s and currently serves as a trustee of the endowment. “If a founder stays on too long, she can stifle an organization,” Melcher cautions, noting that building a strong, committed board, with diverse skills and... View Details
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
two things that are key to success in the auto industry: refreshing their products, and having the flexibility in their factories to do that quickly and economically. These are essential capabilities because the industry's competition is... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
conflicts. And it was essentially being cultivated neighborhood by neighborhood. Unless you could get really high density, as the U.S. postal service does, and until you got very close to complete saturation, the business was just a... View Details
- 29 Jun 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change
What Should Leaders Communicate? Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times As companies batten down the hatches, we need leaders who do not compromise on standards and values that are essential in flush times. Fortunately, such leaders do... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Commodities Research: data and reports
face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S.... View Details
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Europe’s green transition | Institute for Business in Global Society
Business & Society (CoBS) Strategies for advancing the green transition This essential guide is for leaders and changemakers committed to building a sustainable tomorrow. Download here Learn about CoBS "Think BiGS" interview series:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
Different?”, first published in the Harvard Business Review in 1977, rocked both the business world and business schools with its assertion that, yes, the two roles are different. Managers, he contended, essentially seek to solve problems... View Details
- 19 Oct 2012
- News
Past and Present
employees to get it done than it is about my individual contribution.” But he cites the case method as most influential in his development as a businessperson. “The case method was essentially five laboratories daily in which to think... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management
essential prerequisites for entrepreneurship. But in recent years, increasing numbers of scholars (including Howard Stevenson) follow Schumpeter's lead in arguing that most entrepreneurs bear risk only grudgingly. Instead, these scholars... View Details
- 18 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative
rigorous research is essential to moving forward and making meaningful progress in our organizations and society more broadly. What do you hope prospective students know about the Race, Gender & Equity Initiative? The Race, Gender... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Hybrid Learning the HBS Way
hands, and easily participate as if they were in the room, too. “This completely homegrown piece of the design is probably one of the most essential aspects of . . . [our] hybrid experience,” said Justin Fowler, an audiovisual design... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Advancing the Vision for HBS
essential to the School’s efforts to provide a transformational educational experience. I firmly believe that business is the single most important driver for social good in the world. I firmly believe that business is the single most... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
impact on the size of the start-up's IPO. "Downstream social capital was essential in attracting the interest of a top investment bank and getting a high valuation for the IPO," Higgins says. Such downstream connections can be valuable... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
resources department from a paper-pushing backwater to an entity that is strategically incorporated into the district’s overall mission. “One observation that we made early in PELP is that school systems have essentially not changed their... View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
reports in the news and on social media. Even if gestures of kindness and compassion were not woven into business as usual before the pandemic, they are essential now and going forward. Unfortunately, the notion of kindness in the form of... View Details
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- 05 Aug 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?
is a comprehensive brand a platform? Or are high-tech platforms of a more pervasive order, essentially influencing the way millions of people do business and lead their personal lives on a global basis? If so, what is the likely process... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil
When electronic component distributor Arrow decided it had to be on the Internet, it gave the Arrow.com team terrific new offices, hired young newcomers, and essentially sent a message to mainstay Arrow employees that they were now... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Evelyne White
accumulate reputation-enhancing ratings on one platform. Compared to a small or midsized city, more entrants will vie for dominance in a large city. In a winner-take-all battle between five players, there's essentially a four-out-of-five... View Details