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- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
concluded with four separate breakout sessions in HBS classrooms, each lead by one of the guest CEOs. “It was a fantastic evening,” says Sharon Lewis (MBA 1983) the HBSAB’s Vice President for Programs. “We’re giving our members direct access to some View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
When Pigs Fly, the now popular New England bakery. Lagace: As you write in the book, the number of small-business starts has been declining. Why? Mills: This decline in starts is extremely worrisome. We used to average 500,000 to 600,000... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53388 Intermediation in the Supply of Agricultural Products in Developing Economies By: Ferreira, Kris Johnson, Joel Goh, and Ehsan Valavi Abstract—Problem Definition: Farmers face several challenges in agricultural supply... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
year—most from its acquired labels Pixar, Marvel Studios, and Lucasfilm. In fact, Disney produces nearly twice as many tentpole movies as any other major Hollywood film studio, but fewer movies overall than all but one of its rivals. Box-office failures can be View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure
make it extremely difficult to read . Schumpeter's student Paul Samuelson later commented that the book's arguments "began to smack of Pythagorean moonshine."8 Schumpeter himself had ambivalent feelings about his framework. As... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
officer in the Marine Corps. I have to understand who the local power brokers are, what the major issues and challenges are, and how I can use my resources to make a difference while at the same time trying to accomplish my mission. It can be View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
the case that the Clinton and Bush administrations and members of Congress of both parties pursued an extreme affordable-housing agenda that led to the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. If Fannie and Freddie had not failed, requiring... View Details
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
their extreme positions. This will require some leadership on both sides. The United States has failed to take a strong position of leadership. Second, unlike for trade, a multilateral agreement on investment will involve obligations on... View Details
- Web
Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
Schools (NLNS) is a national nonprofit organization devoted to improving education for all children by attracting and preparing the next generation of outstanding leaders for urban public schools. NLNS aggressively recruits extremely... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
to make sure the product gets made efficiently and that it’s marketed effectively. I also have to solve problems every day within a corporate culture that changes with every movie.” “The negotiation courses I took at HBS have been View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
unemployment at 4.6 percent, we have a number that is extremely positive despite the fact that, as the election result made clear, there are also pockets of long-term unemployment in several parts of the country, groups of fellow citizens... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
hand, the company was finally gaining traction with developing its technology, and the search to replace the current CEO had yielded two prospective candidates who were extremely well suited to drive the company forward with a more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online
of the course to be extremely informative and applicable to the real challenges of being a leader. I loved the frameworks and the case study model of the course, and I thought the course was very manageable on top of a full-time job."... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
may indeed have been the best of the best, McCall’s theory gives a causal explanation of why. It wasn’t because they were born with superior skills. Instead, it was because they had honed them along the way, by having experiences that taught them how to deal with... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
A Conversation with Dean Clark
extremely well. Our long-standing programs, such as AMP, PMD, and OPM, are likewise thriving. In fact, the tremendous growth in our programs is creating a real challenge to our capacity. BULLETIN: What are you doing about that challenge?... View Details
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
process. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54030 forthcoming Academy of Management Journal The Role of Investor Gut Feel in Managing Complexity and Extreme Risk By: Huang, Laura Abstract—Securing financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
giant customer, but only if such deadlines are not commonplace. Too many deadlines and people will just feel like they're on a treadmill—going nowhere fast. "We found that in general, extreme time pressure is bad for creative... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
hundreds of techniques to help managers decide which projects to fund. Yet despite the volume of proposed solutions, project selection has turned out to be an extremely difficult problem. A few selection techniques have become popular in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
characterize what we found this year sort of as follows. I think, number one, what we found is that there's a very important moment here in the world economy and it's extremely important that policy makers and corporate leaders don't over... View Details
Keywords: by Staff