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- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
Frei discusses her new book, "Unleashed." Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire Tackling one of the biggest crises of our time—climate change—requires leaders to embrace a new vision of business, argues Rebecca Henderson.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
before targeted), the chotuKool represented a technological marvel—a small, inexpensive thermoelectric appliance powered by a rechargeable battery. The case traces chotuKool’s development and evolution from an initial product concept inspired by theories of innovation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Blog
Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School
year? We spent a lot of time over the last few months thinking about our mission statement, vision statement, and guiding principles, and how all those things align with the current community values and HBS mission. We've also spent time... View Details
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
in? What's our long term vision for why we are here? Just like ancient mariners used compasses to kind of direct themselves, purpose was an orienting scheme. The second was: Purpose became like an operating system. It’s the way... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
with the vision of things to be done." ARD was involved with nearly fifty companies in areas such as computers, food processing, electronics, and oil-field equipment. After Doriot came an HBS deluge, with dozens of HBS venture capitalists... View Details
- 11 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork
founder and a software engineer to build something that would contribute a small part to this broader vision of rebuilding a large, well-paid, highly-trained industrial workforce in the U.S. It’s a critical step on the path to... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
over hundreds of years: scientifically, it's absolutely elegant." Above ground, the garden is a tranquil vision of rustling corn, nodding sunflowers, and whirring insects. Below ground, things are less idyllic. The site's previous life as... View Details
- Career Coach
Meredith Hamilton
Meredith [she/her] has served as a mentor and coach to innumerable mid-career staff as well as several CEOs in the social sector. She is committed to creating a safe space for students and alumni to explore questions of professional identity and career progression... View Details
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
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 garden at a time Future... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
cross-functional faculty group, it's also been a great integrating mechanism for HBS faculty to share our knowledge about different aspects of business among one another." Three years into the program, it's clear that FIELD has achieved the original View Details
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
Creators, on the other hand, are often skilled, specialized employees, and their focus is on a grand vision and mission; they frequently view business concerns as secondary. According to the authors, conflict between stewards and creators... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
borders with minimal restriction and regulation. In fact, two very different visions for financial globalization have been in conflict. The U.S. approach to globalization has been ad hoc, relying on the bilateral influence of the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
vision, guts, and a can-do spirit can transform weak institutions, invent wildly creative contraptions, build fantastic new markets, and conquer distant infidels. American men love the populist guy who stands against dominating institutions, fights for an alternative... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
gradually become obsolete. In the words of John Kenneth Galbraith, one's view of the world "remains with the comfortable and the familiar, while the world moves on." Henry Ford saw more clearly than most the widespread hunger for inexpensive, motorized transportation.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
into the vision for an Allston campus, which had been put on hold during the financial crisis. Then the magnificent gift from John Paulson (MBA 1980) allowed the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ move to Allston to become a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
practice is so much more than what happens on the mat.” Yeung, who helps set Lululemon’s long-term vision and market strategy, says that while principles of yoga have been at the core of the company’s brand and culture, it has only... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
implemented. But strong vision about the wrong decisions, such as subordinate or others' decisions, may be detrimental to strategy and its implementation. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2383972 Cases & Course... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
economies across and within activities vary by activity and type of organic expansion; and (4) across-activity internal economies are asymmetric. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-025.pdf Entrepreneurship in the Natural Food and Beauty Categories... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
me your early indicators and together we’ll devise experiments to tackle the challenge.’ Explicitly signaling you want to know about budding problems will enable greater periscopic vision and access to broader sets of solutions.”... View Details
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- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
managers' ability to put this new technology to effective use, McFarlan stated, "Making it happen is very hard. The major challenge in 1996 is much less the vision than it is the messy, complex problem of implementation." For the next two... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice