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- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
capital firm Accel Partners; Susan L. Decker (HBS MBA '86), president of Yahoo! Inc.; and Eric Kim (HBS MBA '81), senior vice president and general manager of Intel Corporation's Digital Home Group. The first computer, the ENIAC, cleared... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
school; those early impressions, right or wrong, can really stick. And the stakes are high. Failure to create momentum during the first few months guarantees an uphill battle for the rest of their tenure in the job. Building credibility and securing some early wins... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53786 forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Scope versus Speed: Team Diversity, Leader Experience, and Patenting Outcomes for Firms By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Martine R. Haas... View Details
- 02 May 2018
- Blog Post
Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
and contribute to an organization’s agility in a fast-moving competitive landscape. It also can build cohesion among employees and provide them a shared sense of mission. Vineet Nayar, former CEO of India-based HCL Technologies, is a firm... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
out in India over the next few decades. Serial Innovators: How Individuals Create and Deliver Breakthrough Innovations in Mature Firms by Abbie Griffin (MBA 1981), Raymond L. Price, and Bruce A. Vojak (Stanford Business Books) This book... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
graduating from Harvard Business School, Ronnie Cohen made a smooth transition to the high-powered world of McKinsey & Company. Thus, it came as a surprise to his colleagues when he decided to depart two years later to cofound a firm that... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
made to contain the risk that such outside organic matter could introduce. Visitors are asked to dip the soles of their shoes into a shallow plastic water bath, so as to limit contamination by pathogens and insects. Entry into one of the... View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
capacity to deliver those services, as the risk of damage to its bases and ports increases. This article examines the Navy’s approach to climate change and reflects on the implications for business. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
corporate governance. “When you think of the factors that have made capitalism such a successful model for economic growth, the separation between management and ownership, with the ability to disperse ownership and risk over many... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
companies, and later served as a director at the Boston law firm of Hale and Dorr, LLP, before joining Genzyme in 1997. While at Hale and Dorr, she assumed leadership roles on the boards of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the... View Details
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
year deeply disturbing. I am appalled at the instances of greed and corporate wrongdoing uncovered at firms and organizations once held up as paragons of success, and I am dismayed to see the destructive effect these instances of... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
effective channel strategy, and produced high and increasing EBITDA margins. After holding it for eight years we decided to sell to the private equity firm Madison Dearborn, after the firm’s cofounder, Paul Finnegan (MBA 1982), made the... View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
the Aldrich classrooms on the Harvard Business School campus where other people's ventures are the usual topic of discussion. Judges—a mix of angel investors, VCs, serial entrepreneurs, and industry executives—score the plans on criteria including financials, people,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
financials, people, risk management, opportunity, and context. By afternoon, 28 teams in the business and social venture tracks will be named semifinalists. A later round of judging will narrow the field to nine finalists, with the... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
Moritz, Joachim Henkel, and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract— This study sheds new light on first- and early-mover advantages. Research on this classic topic often assumes that each firm participates in the entirety of the innovation process.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
bankers’ preferred conditions exist there. Revenues are sketchy, exchange rate risk is real, political uncertainties abound, and expertise is thin. Yet projects get funded and built. Capital lessons What can be learned? First, direct... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
first-date spot: In their online profiles, women got younger and men got taller. As the stigma of online dating faded, the idea arose that the Internet could make dating easier for everyone. Asking someone on a date via email was less of an emotional View Details
Keywords: April White
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
service. And at the same time, they have been shown to register three times the profitability of S&P 500 firms in recent years. Aisner: That’s a perfect lead-in to the next question. In a 1994 Harvard Business Review article, you all... View Details
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
answers to secure donations. Blonde and Blue-eyed? Globalizing Beauty, c.1945-c.1980 Author:Geoffrey Jones Periodical:Economic History Review 61, no. 1 (February 2008) Abstract This article examines the globalization of the beauty industry between 1945 and 1980. This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
DOWNTIME: Varma and Agarwala take a break. Photographs By Tom Pietrasik Imagine that you’ve quit your high-paying job with a big, prestigious firm to launch a financial advisory service tailored for India’s rapidly growing middle class,... View Details