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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

‘objectively’ the myths of the American experience.” 24 PR departments in industry thus eagerly enlisted artists whose names could lend both prestige and a sense of social realism to their portrayals of large corporations. Corporations, in turn, provided artists with... View Details
  • 28 Mar 2016
  • Blog Post

Why I Chose to Pursue an MD/MBA at Harvard

get an MBA but can’t really pinpoint why me, why this, why now. For people considering an MD/MBA, my advice is to figure out why you want to do it and how you think it will help you reach your long-term goals. View Details
  • 20 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

version. Further along, Musk wants to land people on Mars. Long-term NASA partner Boeing continues work on its CST-100 Starliner commercial orbiter, and the rocket manufacturer is collaborating with NASA on human commercial flights to the... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation
  • 06 Jun 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?

on the part of the advantaged of the world? Or are they in the long-term best interest of those who have benefited the most from irregularities in the "field"? And just what can leaders of disadvantaged economies do on their own... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 02 Apr 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

in those areas. As people draw on each other's experience and knowledge, they begin to build a lasting advisory network. Clearly one of the long-term benefits of the program is being part of such a fantastic network of advisors, coaches,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 29 Sep 2021
  • Research & Ideas

For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas

researchers write. Choosing quality comes with risks Another observation from the study: entrepreneurs overwhelmingly choose quality over adhering to a timeline, the researchers discovered, which ultimately can bode well for long-term... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • February 2019 (Revised August 2019)
  • Case

KangaTech

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Patrick J. Ferguson, Sarah Fleischer, Jin Hyun Paik and Steven Randazzo
On a warm January afternoon in 2019, Steve Saunders, Dave Scerri, Carl Dilena, and Nick Haslam (see Exhibit 1 for biographies), co-founders of KangaTech, wrapped up the latest round of discussions about the future direction of their sports-technology start-up. Focused... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Technology Commercialization; Prototype; Business Startups; Technological Innovation; Sports; Health; Commercialization; Research and Development; Decision Making; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Sports Industry; Health Industry; Australia
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  • 2008
  • Chapter

Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model

By: Rakesh Khurana and Herbert Gintis
Since the mid-1970s neoclassical economic theory has dominated business school thinking and teaching in dealing with the nature of human motivation. However valuable in understanding competitive product and financial markets, neoclassical economic theory employs an... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Ethics; Managerial Roles; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mathematical Methods; Behavior
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  • January 15, 2019
  • Article

Is Your Company's Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?

By: Josh Baron
The legacy of Vanguard founder John Bogle has brought attention to the transformative influence of ownership structures within the business world. Bogle's revolutionary insight into the limitations of active fund management led to the widespread adoption of index... View Details
Keywords: Ownership Type; Business Strategy; Organizational Structure; Strength and Weakness; Competitive Advantage
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  • 07 Mar 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Scott Stern, MIT Sloan School of Management

  • 21 Nov 2022
  • Blog Post

HBS Student Club Spotlight: Sustainability Club

sustainability, create forums for discussions on sustainability-related cases outside of the classroom, and help curate professional opportunities for students to pursue long-term careers in climate. Erin O’Malley: I’ve spent my career... View Details
  • 12 Nov 2021
  • News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

health justice, and social justice. Ultimately, we need to create a new decision-making paradigm, where our business strategies and choices fully consider the short- and long-term impacts we have on the environment, on communities, and on... View Details
  • 12 Jan 2023
  • News

‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data

believes BetaBank can have a long-term impact well beyond the boundaries of its balance sheet. The goal, he says, is to provide fair access to capital. This means not only businesses owned by minorities and women but also the rest of the... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
  • 10 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

your operations is critical because, even if you are not prioritizing it, your competition is. In addition, your competition may also be operating with 10-20 percent less real estate needs post-pandemic due to a long-term increase in... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
  • 09 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

when other approaches would produce better results for customers, employees, and shareholders and foster better long-term performance of the company. “I’ve been a leader during three recessions, and I’ve never heard a management team talk... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics
  • 28 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It

the way customers view you," Borders' Eiland observes. "If a customer is looking for an obscure title that we're out of, there's likely no long-term damage done. But customers looking for the latest Harry Potter book expect us... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
  • 19 Mar 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

long-term effort for us," he said. "Starting this month, my own speech will simply be in English." All workers were required to take a two-hour 200-question test to assess their reading and listening comprehension of... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 29 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

entitled, but also obligated to do that. Not so fast, say Henderson and Ramanna. They argue managers have another interest, not just to serve as agents for their shareholders, but also to serve as agents for the system as a whole. It is not in the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 09 Jun 2024
  • Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

factoring in long-term economic sustainability should be standard in developing any corporate strategy—something I learned through the course and have already been able to apply. After taking this course, I firmly believe that what’s good... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • Blog Post

What is the HBS FIELD Program?

realized how different brand perceptions could be across various cultures and countries. Through multiple customer interactions, we synthesized our findings to develop real short term and long-term strategies for the company to pursue. My... View Details