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- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
in-depth Harvard Business School case studies of almost two dozen companies in order to chronicle their activities and their changes over time. I wanted that scope of research because I wanted to be confident that I really understood this... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship
environment taking action now to move an internship virtual goes a long way in establishing trust and confidence in the organization’s future. Furthermore, by deciding now and making this decision known to incoming interns, your... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
you to confront reality, grow capacity, fuel curiosity, and create change so you can bring fresh eyes and fresh thinking to your leadership approach; increase your confidence in your ability to make a difference; lead at levels you never... View Details
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
include: How does a team leader win the confidence of the group? What's the best method for developing team goals? How can individual performers be developed into team players? How do teams learn? When Goal Setting Goes Bad If you ever... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
This, in turn, had an impact on De Beers' reputation and consumer confidence in the diamond as a product that represented integrity, love, and commitment. In 2000, De Beers' sustainability depends on the ability of its leaders to shift... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
little experience competing for resources and bucking inappropriate processes within a stable, efficiency-oriented operating culture. In order to be confident that managers have developed the skills required to succeed at a new... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career
When you became Dean, were there surprises for you nonetheless? It wasn’t a complete surprise, but one of the interesting things was to see how information dries up when you become the head of an organization. For years I had been a close adviser and View Details
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
lowering his revenues. He has to decide how to manage his banking relationships, the caliber of staff he needs, and react to the declining revenue while maintaining the confidence of his board. About to break bank covenants, Peter Jepsen... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
Terry, “It was clear to me that not enough emphasis or effort was being extended to how we will keep the electric vehicle charging infrastructure up and running at all times so that we can increase confidence in the future of mobility. So... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
a better businessperson and leader, but I think what was most impactful from my time at HBS was the case method itself. After two years of cold-calls, cases, and classroom discussion, I feel much more confident taking a position and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
million, and earnings went from breakeven to $1.5 million after taxes. “The company was on really solid footing and growing rapidly,” says Rogers, paving the way for a $45 million IPO in 1981. Rogers and Cronk now had the cash and the View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
regulation as a general theory of politics. George Stigler himself claimed that "temporary accidents aside," exceptions "simply will not arise: our extensive experience with the general theory in economics gives us the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
following the oft-cited advice to “fail fast” and to “launch before you’re ready,” founders risk wasting time and capital on the wrong solutions. False promises. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted View Details
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
Furthermore, the manager will rely more on persuasion when employee motivation is more important for the execution of the project, when the employee has strong intrinsic or extrinsic incentives, and, for a wide range of settings, when the manager is more View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
customer, while you look after your other constituents on an as-needed basis." In the east quadrant, Simons focuses on performance variables and the theory of value creation. "We build strategy maps and figure out how to assess what leading indicators to... View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
decisions, and specify who should be involved in problem-solving activities. It also helps to have practiced; rehearsing enables decision makers to act more confidently and effectively during real events. If you know, for instance,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
book Confidence suggests there is hope. “The U.S. companies have great assets: brands; loyal, long-term employees; dealer networks; and design capabilities. What they need is the true leadership, innovative thinking, and flexibility to... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
the world after COVID-19 and will perhaps expand further. I believe that startups that offer technology and software that enable physicians to confidently practice medicine from afar will become more valuable. My sense is that this trend... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
are high. With more time and capital, the cofounders are confident they can resolve operational problems. But will they be able to persuade investors to provide more capital? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland where she spoke about the role of confidence in women's economic empowerment. In 2012 and 2013, she partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to study a decade of gender in the... View Details