celebrations - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?

world. Countries have long used the spotlight the Olympics provide to celebrate their national pride and improve their international image. The first of these was in 1936, when Adolf Hitler used the Olympics in Berlin to try to show that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising

01 Mar 2012
News

Capitalism’s New Agenda

School’s centennial celebration a few years ago, we convened groups of business leaders in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the United States to consider the future of the global market system. In keeping with the School’s learning model,... View Details

Keywords: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine; social activism; Occupy Wallstreet; Corporate Services; Finance

28 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

handbags, accessories, and fragrances. Founded in 1996 in London by couture shoe designer Jimmy Choo and Vogue accessories editor Tamara Mellon OBE, the brand enjoyed immediate success and rapidly acquired a sophisticated clientele. The brand's reputation as a View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Dec 2024
News

The Golden Thread

Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustration by Nigel Buchanan; retirement; careers; psychology

01 Dec 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

Schumpeter. From Eli Whitney and his cotton gin to the Broadway smash, Hamilton, their stories capture the essential themes of entrepreneurship, highlight the rules for success, and celebrate the expansive sweep of innovations that have... View Details

16 Nov 2017
News

The Business of Social Justice

Keeper, a faith-inspired humanitarian organization that partners with South Sudanese women in support of social, political, and economic justice. In 2016, Brooks and a friend spent four days hiking the 26-mile Inca Trail in Peru to View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Aug 2001
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

in which alumni reconnect with the School and its intellectual capital. The spring meeting of the Board is always a bittersweet one. We review the year and celebrate our successes, and we also salute the retiring Board members who have... View Details

Keywords: John Hoffman

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

Geradin Abstract—Many of the largest and most successful businesses today rely on providing services at no charge to at least a portion of their users. For consumers, it is easy to celebrate free service. At least in the short term, free... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

leaders do it by focusing on culture—hiring the right people, celebrating certain behaviors, and establishing norms that communicate “this is the way we do things.” Some leaders do it by relying on incentives. As you think about the best... View Details

15 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction

iPod. As I finished writing Speed Trap, the music industry was celebrating the shutdown of Napster, and the major labels were busy organizing their own download services. A few months later, like a bolt out of the blue, Apple launched the... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Technology

29 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad

Super Bowl Sunday is sure to bring the usual barrage of clever soda, beer, and car ads featuring everyone from Vegas showgirls selling Coca-Cola to pop celebrity Psy charming us to buy pistachios Gangnam-style. But at a whopping $3.7... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

ed. The First Venture Capitalist: Georges Doriot on Leadership, Capital, & Business Organization (Calgary: Gondolier, 2004), xiv. 40 Gupta, ed., First Venture Capitalist , xx. 41 Ken Olsen, "Digital Corporate History," in D.E.C. View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Faculty Research Symposium

Pay Check: Equity-Based Compensation and Incentives Creativity in a Crunch Nobody's Perfect. Now What? Last spring, a special symposium was held on campus in celebration of faculty research. The one-day event, sponsored by the Division of... View Details

30 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

office environment.) He was the life of a party, particularly one celebrating Southwest’s employees. (At 4 p.m. Dallas time he would reach into his bottom right-hand desk drawer to pull out a bottle of his favorite beverage, Wild Turkey... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services

20 Mar 2017
Book

Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies

during a symposium celebrating von Hippel’s 70th birthday. Those papers—many of them written by von Hippel’s former students and colleagues—became the bones of the book Revolutionizing Innovation: Users, Communities, and Open Innovation,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Profile

David A. Frankel

David Frankel, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Founder Collective David Frankel, co-founder and managing partner of Founder Collective, arrived at Harvard Business School without a clear internal mandate for his presence at the View Details

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Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA - Course Catalog

conversations between students and alumni and a celebration at the end of the semester where LIFERs will welcome you into the LIFER community. Course Structure and Requirements LIFE has two sections of 40 students each. This class size is... View Details

20 Oct 2015
First Look

October 20, 2015

feared and loathed in some quarters, celebrated in others. With nearly $120 billion in assets under management in 2014, and big players like Icahn Enterprises managing $22.3 billion, Pershing Square managing $13.4 billion, and Third Point... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 16, 2010

School Case 811-031 Henry Phipps, Jr. made his fortune in the steel industry alongside one of America's most celebrated entrepreneurs—Andrew Carnegie. His wealth was administered in the form of trusts, which he hoped would provide a... View Details