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- 05 Jul 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?
differentiator of star talent. It is an individual's facility for clear thinking or intelligence that largely determines their leadership success." Menkes places his bets on an individual's "executive intelligence," the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back
balance. I knew that my time was limited and that there’s no other place like HBS. I was very conscious of what I wanted to participate in. Knowing that my schedule was going to be hectic, I was able to find the right activities and... View Details
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
time, historians have reconceptualized commodification, sale, and ownership, recasting the market as a place of colliding human ambitions, fantasies of wealth, modes of resistance, acts of brutality, tenderness, and heroism. Slavery’s... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details
- 05 Mar 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?
Sharon Richmond pointed out that, "Because 'trust' is elusive Leaders must always be mindful of their context and audience, and communicate accordingly." And Phil Clark reminded us that "Transparency without context is dangerous . Leaders View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Wheel Change
values.” The NCL Cup’s concluding race took place on August 20 at the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta. “I didn’t think I’d be working 80- to 100-hour weeks so soon after exiting my last company,” Wallace says. “But the time was ripe to... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
to get resistance. And that's what leadership is about. Leadership is about moving companies to places where their normal operating leaders would not take them. And as it relates to this issue in terms of the development advancement of... View Details
- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
interests (e.g., saving money or donating it to a good cause instead of spending frivolously, eating health food instead of junk food). "People focused a higher percentage of their spending on ice cream (and other 'want' groceries) when View Details
- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details
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Events - Business History
and social sciences has exploded in recent years, little sustained attention has been given to questions of how these techniques can contribute to business and economic history. Digitized sources can improve our access to materials and can help us View Details
- 13 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
All Is Well in Texas: How Julia Cheek Founded Her At-Home Lab Testing Startup, EverlyWell
fertility, STDs, and thyroid. In addition to being featured on ABC’s Shark Tank, she placed first runner up in 2016 at the Alumni New Venture Competition, winning the prize of $25,000 and significant exposure to investors. In fact, many... View Details
- 04 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating
play the game. Players received two clues at the start of each round and were allowed to search for more clues once per minute; they had 25 minutes to solve the problem. (The experiment took place at Harvard Business School's Computer Lab... View Details
- 29 Mar 2022
- Book
5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries
successful women. Zia Mody, a founding and senior partner of law firm AZB & Partners, suggests it’s not enough to just bring women into the organization; mentors must actively guide their growth. For example, her firm has a structured program in View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't
act makes it seem like a worse version of a charitable act. So, the difference in framing can affect both whether people want to engage in that behavior in the first place and how much they give as a result. Exley: Another way to increase... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
dumping its waste directly into the ocean. The ensuing shift to landfills and incinerators led to mounting environmental concerns, which the city off-loaded by sending its trash to be buried or burned in places as far afield as... View Details
- 15 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)
novelty into a broad range of video entertainment and information content. TikTok today has the same quirky feel that YouTube once had. It is small revenue-wise, compared to YouTube. Although it does not report financials, plausible estimates View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley
late 2010s, Professor Paul Gompers started noticing clusters of entrepreneurial ecosystems popping up in places around the world not known for such activity: Kenya, Pakistan, the Philippines. What was driving their emergence? What could... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
The Musts of 2023
fictional account, although told in the first person of growing up wealthy, dysfunctional in Beverly Hills, California. I grew up not there, but near there and right around that same period. And the level of detail around places and what... View Details
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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
concern took its place as the fourth-largest investment bank in the country. [13] Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb & Co. expanded its global financial markets, opening offices in Europe and Asia and serving in a financial advisory capacity in... View Details
- 11 Oct 2011
- Working Paper Summaries