Vision - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Aug 2016
News

Connecting with the Past

networking cards; Modular Visions Systems; and Gage Electronics, the first manufacturer of computer-based instrumentation. In 1991, the need to find and warn family members of their genetic heritage prompted Diamond to concentrate on that... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

arises from an ethical imperative that falls on the shoulders of the individuals that lead it. In addition to this tradition, in the 1990s there emerged a new vision regarding the role of private companies in society, by a new generation... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

decide which segments to focus on. In fact, the customer is too important to follow the practice of calling everyone a customer. As managers at GE have stated, "Customers are seen for what they are—the lifeblood of a company. Customers' View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

04 Sep 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

achievement. "It's possible to have both family satisfaction and professional success," Hart asserts. "However, you may focus your energy more intensively on one of these goals at a time. Some of the women in the program talked about living their lives... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Profile

Casey Gerald

business schools in the country. Gerald believes in slow growth with a focus on quality rather than numbers. “The idea this year is to get better, not bigger,” he said. “A lot of what we are doing is figuring out what scale looks like in a... View Details

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

England, the Henry P. Kendall Foundation’s work is inspired by a vision known as 50 by 60, which describes a future whereby New England produces 50 percent of its food by 2060. In late March, however, the foundation suspended its regular... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

31 Jan 2023
News

Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

ambitious visions for a better world,” she says. “This VC model is inherently built on making big bets. VCs are after mega-hits who can return the fund with their stratospheric valuations that are calculated primarily on top-line growth.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 Nov 2019
News

Seismic Shift

head of Strategic Partnerships, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at LinkedIn, began working with Culture Shift Labs, she loved how closely its mission aligned with what she works to accomplish at LinkedIn. “Our mission and vision... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

"idle." So it is with organizational conversation, which puts a premium on developing and following an agenda that aligns with the strategic objectives of a company. Over time, the many voices that contribute to conversation within an organization must converge in a... View Details

Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg

05 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research

tools like an infrared eye tracker to measure eye movements and special vision software that analyzes facial expressions to gauge emotional responses. Experiments in the field are gaining popularity too, covering a wide spectrum of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 22

translation of Ratan Tata's (chairman of Tata Motors) vision of a safe affordable car for the masses by Ravi Kant, managing director of Tata Motors into the Nano Project. The case raises questions around breaking the price-quality barrier... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Past Issues - Alumni

plan, and a mission to create deep economic and social change, NBA Africa is shooting for a continental shift in basketball Singing to the Corn Taylor Keen’s Sacred Seed project shows how a Native American approach to agriculture can protect the planet’s soil—one... View Details

21 May 2019
Blog Post

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS

families like mine have the same opportunity to succeed. My time at the Obama White House and on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has been dedicated to that cause. But, more than ever, that vision of America is under attack. I will... View Details

12 Sep 2007
Op-Ed

Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure

blurred vision of the credit rating agencies. Lenders are requiring better credit and more documentation. Brokers are facing governmental regulations. Borrowers must once again save for a down payment. This political season, candidates... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas; Banking; Construction; Real Estate

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

clear that the vision for Singapore was that it not be a nation of shantytowns. Countries like this that try to write the terms of their engagement with the global economy, appear time and again to gain competitive advantage over others. View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

Web

Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

and through triumphs of engineering and optics to develop, produce, patent, protect, market, and adapt aspiring products of superior design and utility that served human needs and expression. His unifying vision of Polaroid took form... View Details

27 Aug 2019
News

A Shot at Success

in 2018 that crystalized the vision for Trey Athletes, which creates cohorts of student-athletes and introduces them to former athletes whose career paths can be models of success. Reynolds was building a new retail startup; Feickert was... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 1996
News

The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson

who are restless and persistent improvers for the customer -- people who can put themselves in the shoes of the customer and then drive change inside our company to meet the customer's needs. We want managers who can articulate a vision... View Details

15 Sep 2015
News

Easing the Costs of Saving a Child

were invaluable in helping Taylor sharpen his vision for the mission. “Lynda encouraged the idea of taking a public company like AmREIT and building an incubator charity alongside it. She felt an entrepreneurial, charitable initiative... View Details