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- 21 Mar 2025
- News
What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”
would be on Zoom and I’m like, I don’t feel that bad for you. I can see your, you know, lake in the background of your house in the Hamptons. I’m sitting in my shoebox apartment in New York. But I did have this idea that kind of clicked.... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
oriented school — who had entrepreneurship as a central focus.” Resolving the situation once and for all would become one of the major goals of McArthur’s administration. And he had an idea about who might lead the charge. In The... View Details
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
"Get it right the first time." On the other hand, some software development processes are designed nowadays so that they can be reconfigured cheaply and quickly. Developers generate new versions of a software system as often as... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 25 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
angles - whether in energy, finance, supply chains, or consumer goods. Engaging in these discussions and networking with professionals, some of whom generously offered to continue the conversation beyond the conference, was truly... View Details
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
the ideas in High Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage. Says Beer, "CEOs of HCHP companies think very differently about their employees. They see them as an asset and care about... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations
in order to proceed with business as usual; today, firms with superior and novel operations can generate huge competitive advantage because of them. Second, where operations was once viewed primarily as a manufacturing function, service... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday
will trade a few hours of sun bathing for bargain hunting? "Whether July 15 is the right day or not, I don't know," Gupta said. "But I think it's a good idea to keep it well away from Black Friday, which View Details
- 28 Aug 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters
decades have generated rich empirical data on firms and business systems that can confirm or challenge many of today's fashionable theories and assumptions by other disciplines. Business history has broadened its scope in the last two... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo
- Profile
Tawanda Sibanda
lasting value with a long-term strategy and mission.” After nearly five years in engineering, Tawanda felt a need for general management skills and believed an MBA would be the best way to acquire them. “I want to return to Africa one... View Details
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Site Credits - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
When most MBA students attend HBS, there is a general feeling that the contract they sign is to spend 18 months getting world-class exposure to cases and principles of business and management and then leave with a license to practice... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World
burdens of debt prompted York, global head of Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs, to endow a fellowship in recognition of his 25th Reunion and add to it for his 30th. The son of a veteran, York supports students who have a military background. “The View Details
- 24 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named
Dx: A diagnostic support tool for health care professionals that augments clinical diagnoses. Alumna: Lorin Gresser, MBA 1998 Region: Europe EZNectar: EZNectar. EZ on your time. EZ on your conscience. For more hummingbirds! Alumnus: David Hill, AMP 159, 2000 Region:... View Details
- 06 May 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup
accelerators, we decided we didn’t have the passion for the idea to be all-in. So, I came to HBS with the idea I wanted to try starting a company again but in a space I was passionate about. Luckily, HBS... View Details
- 29 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?
and took a plunge into the unknown. A relatively small number of largely older, uneducated voters decided that the younger generations of Britons who voted to remain should instead face the growing global competition on their own rather... View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini
- Profile
Amanda Pratt
There's a part of Amanda Pratt that wants a clear understanding of the world's quantifiable pieces, the side that encouraged her to pursue math and science, and to get a graduate degree in electrical engineering. "I liked the idea of... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The MBA Turns 100
an eye on all the details of our infant School,” wrote Edwin F. Gay, the first dean. The Big Idea took root and, over time, spread far and wide. One hundred years later, the MBA is the world’s most popular graduate degree, and HBS remains... View Details
- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
idea to write their own cases, and Takeuchi readily agreed. He works with the small teams doing the work. "This allows HBS to make a difference by leaving best practices for future generations to study... View Details
- 15 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review
entrepreneurial community at HBS, but co-founders as well. I spoke with alumni who were part of the Venture Capital and Private Equity (VCPE) club, and others who were Rock Center Partners. A colleague at Google had even explored a startup View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
On Purpose
entertaining,” Cohen says. “And importantly, when people come out at the end inspired and empowered in a way that they didn’t feel before, these films can do so much good in the world.” These films also demonstrate the financial superpowers that are View Details