Vision - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

technology. Do they have a clearer vision than the one some of us thought we had eighteen years ago? Has the New Economy finally arrived? What do you think? References: Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson, Machine, Platform, Crowd:... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ‘The Art of Negotiation’

of unusual state of mind)." Fear throws us off balance, not just emotionally but physically. Our muscles tighten and our vision narrows. As Nachmanovitch observes, this literally cramps our style. "If I 'try' to play, I fail; if I force... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael A. Wheeler

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Waking Up a Sleeping Company

undermined the company's performance. For all its strengths, it was my impression that Medtronic's culture was too Minnesota Nice. I realized that these aspects of Medtronic's culture had to change if we were going to be an effective competitor and realize our View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

08 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

management. “We have decided to start building a product for which there is an urgent need amongst our target customer base as well as a willingness to pay,” said van Poecke. “Needless to say, our medium-term product vision is larger as... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

22 Jul 2019
News

A Way Forward for Women

network cofounded by fellow WOB participants Lisa Pent and Bonnie Hagemann with a vision to become the go-to source for corporate boards to find and recruit highly qualified women. Initially, Pent, an account executive at Grant Thornton,... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

15 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture

introductions, that believe in your vision and in you. Are you entering into this business relationship with people, you know, that you trust, and that believe in you?” There are several avenues for funding for founders – from venture to... View Details

11 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes

as their sense of taste,” she notes. “The two are intertwined.” For her second book project, she’s looking at how companies produce and market products that appeal not only to a consumer’s vision and taste, but also texture and sound,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

13 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?

Additional information and data gathered from the event is expected to be distributed later this year. "We need a vision that says transportation and infrastructure (are) important, so important that a lot of people have to come to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation; Air Transportation; Auto

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

series of articles and HBS Working Papers, he explores the process of how firms in business-to-business markets manage customer relationships. As a frame of reference, Narayandas explains that modern marketing occurs at three distinct levels. Companies craft their... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

02 Aug 2024
HBS Case

How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture

says. “Being a founder is all about maximizing learning and learning is all about making consequential decisions. Have you led a life where you've learned a lot?” Act on your vision now, not later. “A lot of people go to business school... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Information Technology

20 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

Associate at Shell. Ignacio Fernandez Herzog (MBA 2022, Section C), Summer Internship: Business Strategy MBA Intern at Solugen Solugen wants to build a sustainable future with synthetic biology. Its vision is to decarbonize the products... View Details

17 May 2018
Blog Post

HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans

is to supervise and ensure that the milestones are being hit, and to synthesize everything into a strategic vision for the future. I have to be the one with my head ‘out of the foxhole,’ so to speak, to make sure my team is looking ahead... View Details

Web

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

initiative," Doriot wrote. "Seek out creative men with the vision of things to be done. Help breathe life into new ideas and processes... with more than capital–with sensitive appreciation for creative drive... with loyalty to the idea... View Details

25 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

homeownership fund. He said, “I intend to use my time at HBS to turn my vision for community-centered urban development into an actionable, scalable business model.” Lee Martin (MBA 2026)Lee began a mentorship and tutoring affinity group... View Details

24 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 24

Pfizer, as well as nonprofits and international government agencies, the authors show how successful leaders of innovation don't create a vision and try to make innovation happen themselves. Rather, they create and sustain a culture where... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

shared the vision that would, over the course of a year, be translated into the specifics of the USLP. During that year, Polman replaced more than a third of Unilever’s top one hundred managers. In his first meeting with analysts, Polman... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Finding My Passion in the Startup Space

With a vision to make people feel at home wherever they choose to live, Blueground offers fully-furnished and thoughtfully equipped apartments for a month, a year or even longer. Essentially, Blueground is transforming the way people rent... View Details

27 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

sustainability company. Pixxel, with its focus on earth observation technology, stands at the intersection of climate and space exploration. Despite skepticism regarding its mission-driven vision business model, Pixxel holds immense... View Details

16 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Finding my Passion in the Startup Space

conditions in Greece at the time). Blueground has managed to scale seamlessly with over 2,500 apartments and 400 team members in nine cities; New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Washington D.C., Dubai, Istanbul and Athens. With a View Details

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

candidate to present their vision and demonstrate the set of the skills required to make it happen. Finally, if boards are going to focus on what it takes to be innovative in the long term, then they will need to be able to devote the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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