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- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road
elsewhere. Thirdly, foreign firms during the post-war decades lived in awe of the alleged superiority of U.S. managers, and it was not until the 1980s that European firms began to feel sufficiently confident to intervene and take greater... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
remains overlooked. The author provides an insightful view into differences between confidence and competence while also recommending several ways to address the issue of incompetence at the ‘top.’ It’s a relevant discussion for so many... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
course, and it has been shown that effective styles can vary over a wide range. They can stretch from the eloquence and self-deprecation of Abraham Lincoln, to the bombastic preening of Douglas MacArthur, to the confident and infectious... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
companies do business in China to stay competitive in a global economy. He has been Class Secretary for the Class of 1977 since 1981. Twenty-five years ago, members of the Class of 1977 departed with confidence from the safe haven of the... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
offers consumers an extra benefit: online payments tend to create records documenting the fact of a customer's purchase; consumers of free content may feel more confident that their purchases will remain confidential. More broadly,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
have another car blow up or another thing on the house that goes wrong. We’re not on the razor’s edge by any means, but...we go to reunions, and of course you know some classmates are pretty well off, and sometimes they’ll confide in me... View Details
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
the confidence and skill to analyze the viability of innovations in terms of their technological, public policy, and structural impact and to have a sure sense of the mood of consumers who, all over the world, are deeply interested in... View Details
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
of what it takes to launch the business? Do women invest less because they lack confidence in their businesses or the size of the opportunities? Do they have reservations about their ability to see the venture through hard times? Is their... View Details
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Commencement 2020 Address | About
with the confidence that things will break their way. I hope the two years you have spent at Harvard Business School have imbued you with this sensibility. Indeed, as I count my reasons for gratitude, I am grateful to you, the Class of... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
confidence for entrepreneurs, a group that had sometimes been considered quirky or marginal. These individuals reported to be more satisfied, wealthy, and energized by their jobs than their classmates who worked for others - and no more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
efficacy. Most important of all, they showed farmers that Notore and its products could be trusted. Earning confidence among trading partners is a slow but essential enterprise in professionalizing agriculture, especially in a country... View Details
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
When Standard & Poor's Rating Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States from AAA to AA+ on August 5, it was a shot heard 'round the world. Stock markets plummeted, investors covered their eyes, consumers' View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
GUIDES is an easily remembered framework that can help the business leader and student to confidently and quickly identify, organize, and interpret a country's key economic indicators. Alternatively, it can help them to evaluate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
"A" awarded by the company auditor in his thirty years at Unocal. Now a production foreman, Thompson still lives and works in Van, just like always. "We are all blue-collar guys, we all like what we do, and we all feel View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
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Online AI Course | HBS Online
valuable shared experiences, feedback and was able to be a thought partner around strategies and best practices in varying scenarios. Raymond Porch Manager of Diversity Programs at Boston Public Schools The course has given me the View Details
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
understanding of what to expect and when. I’m not always patient with my son, but when things take longer to sink in than I’d like, I have confidence they’ll sink in eventually because of my experience with Mike. “On a bigger stage, my... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
leading from the sidelines, where their most valuable, freedom-loving employees preferred them to be. It’s a model that reveals another foundational truth about leadership: some of your best people don’t always want you in the room. Culture gives you the View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
pattern recognition. Our partners combine tenacity and confidence with a large dose of humility. Accel prefers early-stage companies. Isn’t that the riskiest strategy? It is certainly the riskiest part of the business. At the same time,... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
begin in childhood, Fisher and two partners developed the basic structure for FitMoney, a program to be embedded in K–12 curricula. “We want children to become confident and competent in managing their personal finances, and to take... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
Ahead, which is open to women and men who are alumni of the OPM Program. In A New Path, Kraus says competence and confidence are typical concerns. "These women may need a check-in on their marketing or finance skills if they're reentering... View Details