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- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
Philippine tech incubator behind a number of remarkable companies, including Ayannah, which uses social media and mobile platforms to provide digital commerce and payment services to the world’s unbanked; PawnHero, an online pawnshop that... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
stakeholders and good workplace practices. They are better prepared to deal with and mitigate crisis, like the current coronavirus pandemic. If there were ever a time to “think outside the building” and be more aware of the wider system, it’s now. Operating in silos... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Charts & Statistics - Leadership
Medium-High 60 1960 s 19 Civil rights movement gain strength Antiwar sentiment divides electorate FDA approves oral contraceptive pill Influence: High 70 1970 s 19 National Organization for Women mobilizes for Equal Rights Amendment Roe... View Details
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
launching its MVP in Detroit automotive plants when COVID shut down businesses around the world. Yanez pivoted and developed a mobile app that would enable front-line workers to safely return to work. Between Q4 2020 and Q4 2021, Andonix... View Details
- 18 Feb 2019
- Book
What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology
non-committal prices. That is, until Birchbox came along in 2010 with an innovative offer: Pay a monthly fee and receive a curated box of beauty samples by mail. “They said, ‘We're going to start off doing this one part of the customer... View Details
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
solutions to this issue include membership-only stores or allowing for price matching so that the consumer is unlikely to leave the showroom without making a purchase. Retailers must find ways to get consumers or manufacturers to pay for... View Details
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
productively, and as a result can often produce good work at what appears to be the last minute. They are focused on their own personal development. They want an accelerated path to success, often exaggerate the impact of their own contributions, are not willing... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Web
MBA Program at Harvard Business School - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
the first year of the full MBA program. Dean Teele had argued, "that the young woman with an MBA will be given more responsibility and more pay than our Harvard-Radcliffe Program Graduates. This is particularly true if the young woman is... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
world are declaring a climate emergency and a growing number of whistleblowers are coming out to tell the truth. What would telling the truth mean for your business? Supporting people to engage in social movements. Ecosia pays the legal... View Details
- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
on a separate matter involving the China Written Works Copyright Society, which accused Google of failure to inform or pay authors of books it was digitizing. Google issued an apology. My suspicion is there was thought to be a quid pro... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
Qwest was headquartered. Within a year of the reporting, the story had escalated to federal regulators, and Qwest agreed to pay $250 million to settle a SEC investigation into its accounting practices. Then, in 2009, two months shy of its... View Details
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
distributions of income and wealth have grown more unequal, and rates of socioeconomic mobility have declined. Millions of households have had to work longer hours, add additional income earners, and devote more effort to succeed on the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
solutions such as the construction of mobile COVID test units with medical teams, which have so far tested over 60,000 people. The design was donated to 10 hospitals and is now also available for free online. Case 2: Leverage and protect... View Details
- 15 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem
wireless carriers, has seen little traction with its mobile wallet for similar reasons. Pitching Security One marketing pitch Apple is sure to try out with potential users is security, especially after notable breaches at Home Depot and... View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: New Insights into Career Development
Harvard Business School researchers are offering unique insights into our workplaces and careers. In this world, taking a pay cut can help a career, promotions aren't always good things, and networking may send you to the nearest tub for... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
afford to pay their mortgages but walk away from the property instead. (Boston Globe, December 22, 2009) “How predictable was it five years ago that probably well over 90 percent of pictures are taken off smartphones?” — Jim Balsillie... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- News
Phone Fun
Braterman: The man to call when it comes to selling phones. Photo courtesy Russell Braterman When it comes to selling mobile phones to a youthful market, Phones 4u’s marketing director Russell Braterman (MBA ’00) favors ad spots during... View Details
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SMS Terms - HBS Online
your use of the Services is at all times subject to the Harvard Business School Online Terms of Use Terms of Use which incorporate these SMS Terms. If you elect to receive Messages, we will send you recurring Messages to the mobile number... View Details
- 18 Nov 2016
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Making a Fast Start on a New Job
improves job performance in the long run. Related Reading: ARTICLES Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable Leaders rarely make a lasting impact on their organizations—even the really, really good ones. Then out of the blue comes a Churchill. Is it... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne