Team Design - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jun 2016
First Look

June 14, 2016

and the design and construction of leading-edge buildings. I have identified the leadership practices that make successful cross-industry teams work: fostering an adaptable vision, promoting psychological... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2013
News

The New Rules of E-Commerce

proving the freshness of his eggs. Empower partners over products. Rakuten allows its merchants great leeway in crafting their online portals. Site designs encourage customers to linger and explore rather than purchase and leave, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; e-commerce; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

26 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Climate Week NYC 2023

event hosted by URBAN-X, I bumped into the leadership team of Algoma, a company focused on zero-carbon buildings, which includes two MBA 2023s Seyfihan Usarer and Josef Bromovsky as well as Kyle MertensMeyer from the View Details

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Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellows Program | MBA

development program created by the Faculty of Arts & Sciences (FAS), the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Harvard Business School (HBS) , is designed to help develop this new generation of tech... View Details

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Digital Transformation - HBS Online

New Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy Build the skill set and strategic acumen to compete in the digital world through a combination of forward-looking coursework, unique team activities with a diverse global network, and a... View Details

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South Asia - Global Activities 2021

offering designed to help senior executives in India, one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, elevate their leadership skills and drive success in this competitive market. Since then, some 300 business leaders have participated... View Details

13 Dec 2018
Blog Post

"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012

with influencers and media offline. We do everything from design to production to even analytics reporting. Our model saves marketing teams time and money, and yields an experience that looks and feels as... View Details

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

Kraft's offer, as the Foxboro stadium was poorly designed and in terrible condition, and depended on the Patriots for most of its income. Kraft and his partner were astute enough, however, to spot obscure provisions in the lease that not... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

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Authentic Leader Development - Course Catalog

Additionally, you will learn a set of foundational skills essential to the practice of authentic leadership. Finally, you will engage in several rigorous processes designed to support your continued growth and development throughout your... View Details

04 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Black History Month at HBS

year to design a new Harvard Business School (HBS) course, Scaling Minority Businesses, in which students learn about the unique challenges of Black-owned businesses. Students are grouped into teams and... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

New Venture Winner Mines E-Waste

consumers to access core components. Take circuit boards, for example. The process would begin with grinding up the circuit boards and would end with a yield of refined commodity-grade metals.” Modeled after the School’s student Business Plan Contest, the Alumni New... View Details

Keywords: contests; awards; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining

01 Dec 2017
News

HBS Online Certificate Programs Offer Unique Insight Into Business

Inspired by HBS’s distinctive pedagogy, it would be unlike anything else offered online. In addition to launching its first program, CORe (Credential of Readiness)—which teaches the fundamentals of business—HBS Online has created Certificate Programs, a portfolio of... View Details

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

They include some of the country's largest cities, including Boston, Chicago, Memphis, and San Francisco. Based on a rigorous selection process, the Harvard team invited the districts because each had a performance-improvement strategy... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

24 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

Market Design By: Roth, Alvin E. Abstract—Marketplaces are often small parts of large markets, and both markets and marketplaces come in many varieties. Market design seeks to understand what marketplaces... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Sep 2009
News

Ready for Launch

of 93 teams that competed in the 13th annual HBS Business Plan Contest. Final presentations were held in Burden Auditorium in late April. A number of competitors from years past (Endeca, Finale, New Leaders for New Schools, and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

complicity between workers and management. Perhaps most surprising of all, Anteby argues, is that the practice may help some organizations be more effective. Homer making keeps teams together and skills sharp during idle times in the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

31 Jan 2025
News

New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses

When the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) launched its Small Business Partnership Initiative (SBPI) in 2020, its goal was to simply help small businesses survive the COVID pandemic with guidance from a small group of volunteer alumni advisors. Now, nearly five years on,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

Broughton (MBA 2006) (Harper) A compendium of practical knowledge, trivia, and worldly wisdom for boys of all ages, designed as an informal full-color family scrapbook treasured by generations of one fictional family at their Adirondack... View Details

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Grace Kim | MBA

program #MakeWhat’sNext, our team started out receiving an initial grant of $8,000.00 from the Lemelson-MIT initiative. We then fundraised an additional $10,000.00 through numerous other donors on GoFundMe all over the east coast. Through... View Details

05 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

leading design firms, and its human-centered innovation culture and processes. It is an example of what managers can do to make their own organizations more innovative. In reaction to a rapidly changing competitive landscape, a View Details