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23 May 2018
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Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987

Enterprise to list of 75 Most Powerful Women in Business 2011 Releases album, Unceasing Praise 2013 Named Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley 2014 Publishes Strategize to Win 2018 Named by Savoy Magazine to list of Most Influential Blacks in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Sep 2022
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Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

pretty long list for the world’s two largest economies, which are connected by some of the busiest trade routes. If the situation were a business analogy, it would be as if a company not only competed intensely with both its important... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

20 Jan 2023
Blog Post

The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang

especially true as the first in my family to go to grad school. The biggest influence in my life has been my parents. Throughout my childhood, my parents worked multiple jobs to give me the educational opportunities I had—that’s a big... View Details

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen is living proof of the adage "If you want to get something done, ask a busy person." Throughout a distinguished career that has included often-overlapping leadership roles in business, teaching,... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

29 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

whom were above median wealth. This finding suggests that an important part of the positive relationship between personal wealth and entrepreneurship may be driven by the fact that wealthy individuals with lower ability can start new View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

Frances Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management, is an expert in the intersection of leadership and inclusion. Francesca Gino, the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration, studies... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

26 Jan 2022
News

Making Peace with Anger

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Willy Walker (MBA 1995) is the chairman and CEO of Walker and Dunlop, a commercial real estate finance firm founded in 1937 by his grandfather and his great uncle. Walker joined the View Details

14 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

typical consumers think. That's fine if you only want to keep making incremental improvements to your products, says Jill Avery, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and a former brand manager at Gillette, Samuel Adams, and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

On Tuesday, the family of deceased musician and celebrated marijuana user Bob Marley announced what it claimed will be the first global cannabis brand, Marley Natural. Suddenly, marijuana is a growth industry—and increasingly, a legal... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

October 2002 (Revised February 2011)
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Union Corrugating Company (A)

By: Paul W. Marshall and Julia Stevens

Lauri Union graduates from Harvard Business School and takes over her family's steel-corrugated roofing and siding manufacturing firm, which her mother has most recently run. The industry is mature, entry barriers to competitors are low, and the company is over 50... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Gender; Manufacturing Industry; Steel Industry; Industrial Products Industry

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

entrepreneurship immediately, or acquire more business experience first? When you feel ready to be a founder, you'll need: An idea for a problem to be solved And/or a team of partners who have a marketable idea, or have skills/experiences... View Details

28 Feb 2019
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New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures

committed $10 million from their family foundation to endow the new program. The gift is in honor of Tom’s 30th and 35th HBS Reunions. A collaboration between HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences... View Details

December 2011 (Revised October 2015)
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K&N's: Health and Happiness for Pakistan

By: David E. Bell, Damien P. McLoughlin and Mary Shelman

Keywords: Family Business; Growth and Development Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Pakistan

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17 Feb 2022
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When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

book, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies, I explore how some leaders embrace “deep purpose” as a generative force that can be a catalyst to achieve both impressive economic results and positive social impact. The book demonstrates how... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

Harvard Business School faculty members, looking at the U.S. financial crisis from a variety of disciplines, urged caution and prudent analysis in a recent panel discussion. The discussion titled "Turmoil on the Street: Fathoming the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

05 Oct 2020
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Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

After earning a doctorate, Ashley Whillans received two tempting job offers: one in her hometown, where she could remain close to family and friends and work reasonable hours for the local government, and another that required a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

two-week spectacle that captures the attention of people around the world. With the Games of the XXX Olympiad off and running in London, three Harvard Business School professors offer their insights. Stephen A. Greyser, Richard P. Chapman... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

17 Apr 2006
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Resisting the Seductions of Success

York family and practiced estate law in New York City. In his spare time, he wrote scores of well-regarded novels and short stories about characters who inevitably reflected the men and women—successful lawyers, bankers, and View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

30 Apr 2020
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Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

08 Jul 2024
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The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

than others. “Every company today needs to think of themselves as a tech company,” says Andy Wu, the Arjun and Minoo Melwani Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

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