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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
at HBS.” Simons saw entrepreneurship as “the best path to translate breakthrough research into something that can help people.” He launched Akouos (Greek, for “to listen”) with a realistic attitude about risk and a flexible definition of... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
aspects of each class so that professors could focus on their students and the case discussions. To help faculty with the unique challenges and opportunities of teaching online, the Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning compiled View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
the field about customer preferences for new products. Second, they learned how to function as a team to bring out the best in everyone (something they practiced in FIELD 1). Third, they learned a bit of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
I want to show my support for an institution that has made and will continue to make a valuable contribution to management practice all over the world," says Andreas Andresen (69th AMP), a retired German industrialist who recently became... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
an exciting time for opportunity in the logistics industry. “It’s going to raise a lot of questions, none of which are without consequence for the Postal Service,” he says. Through his consulting practice and now as director and strategic... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
climber Charles Sherwood is on a quest to find the best climb on each continent. He eschews the traditional Seven Summits, where height alone is the determining factor, and instead considers mountaineering challenge, natural beauty, and... View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
mentors are pre-matched to each startup team and given detailed information and problem statements in advance so they can provide practical solutions to the challenges the startups are facing. The June session was the fourth one that... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
and faculty to share best practices and interim learnings; use channels like Harvard Business Publishing and Working Knowledge to reach wide audiences. Other HBS Resources—Leverage opportunities such as MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
was booming: The price of bitcoin had surged to nearly $20,000; governments were beginning to recognize the cryptocurrency as legal tender; and industries from fintech to pharma were launching blockchain-related projects. (Though best... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built (HarperBusiness), a new book by HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow, presents fascinating biographical essays of seven men whose products and practices have... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
fully answered in advance. "Executives from each side may have different assumptions about which strategy and management practices will be best for the new company," Beer says. "These issues are often hidden... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 16 Jan 2020
- News
Hitting the High Notes
needs are the same. The number-one priority among C-suite executives is talent attraction and retention,” says Sheridan, who guides companies on best practices for employee engagement. “I’ve run three... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
WILCOX: “At the height of the boom, all venture-capital funds had LPs begging to get in. Today, the really good funds are back competing for the very best deals.” With roughly half of the nation’s venture-capital firms and scores of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
practical guidance, and cutting-edge research, author Maria Ellis offers readers a comprehensive and compassionate understanding of Alzheimer’s disease—from its emotional toll to its scientific frontiers. More than just a reflection on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
chasing the American dream. I never thought I would be Dean of Harvard Business School.” When Harvard President Drew Faust called on May 4 to inform him that he was her choice, Nohria, drawing on his years of work in leadership, told Faust, “Before I get started, I... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
just like a funny insight from it, but it's really engaging and you learn a lot. And actually I tried to put into practice some of it and found that the depth of your conversation and the depth of your engagement is so improved. Billy... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
spread best practice to other communities. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, one such task force, working with the data gathered in a special "State of Racism" report commissioned by the Levi Strauss Foundation,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
and an interest in health-care management. She currently teaches the required course General Management and the Foundations module Leadership, Values, and Decision Making. Twenty-five years after her own graduation, Barrett notes that today's crop of students is armed... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
describe the new conjoining of responsible environmental practices with sound business principles. Defined in 1984 by the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development as business and development activity that "meets the... View Details
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
few women were involved, Farrington offers some practical pointers that anyone can use. Deborah Farrington: I would say not everything is going to go the way that you want or the way that you envision. Be prepared for that. You have the... View Details