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Whit Collier
work in the context of life, and has participated as a volunteer with Leslie Perlow’s EC course “Crafting Your Life”. While grounded in foundational virtues of self-reliance and hard work, Whit also believes in the transformative power of... View Details
- 06 Dec 2012
- News
New Thinking on Healthcare Reform
complex." "As a designer, I see my job as navigating the interface between people and the world around us," said IDEO's Tim Brown. "Designers are good at simple and naïve ideas," he added. "Here's mine: Patients are people." So what does that mean in the View Details
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
"decouple" payments to European farmers. Explores the logic behind agricultural supports, with a focus on the economic, political, and cultural context of French farming. Discusses efforts to reform the CAP in the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
New Idea: State of the Art
selected from 10 Smithsonian collections—that feels particularly relevant to Belsky these days as he and his Adobe team build virtual tools. “Sometimes,” Belsky says, “considering the history in a field helps set context for the future.” View Details
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
business as well. “In the context of teams or negotiations, adopting a competitive mindset can lead to undue pessimism about how others feel,” Lees says. “These inaccurate beliefs can lead to missed business opportunities. But if those... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
individuals approach a potential moral choice, whether they have the ability in the moment to enact it, and how it is encoded in the action's aftermath, feeding back into future approaches. Throughout, we attend to the role of organizational View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Time to Make Time
POZEN: Getting people to think about how they are managing their careers in the evolving context of their own personal and professional lives. HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen is living proof of the adage "If you want to get something... View Details
Keywords: Time management
- Profile
Max Wibaux
welcomes the gray areas. "In business, sometimes there’s no black and white – you may have to make decisions with incomplete information. You need to be flexible – you want to get the best outcomes possible within the context of your... View Details
Keywords: CPG
- 21 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 21, 2010
historical figures in Irish political economy along the analysis of major thematic issues, schools of thought, and major policy debates within the Irish context over this extended period. Publisher's Link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Jonathan Bailey
plus accounting plus macro economics. You're always looking at problems, not as an analyst, but as a manager who must put them in the context of ongoing leadership." Expanding his reach Ultimately, Jonathan says, "I think the... View Details
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Gordon Ross
businesses in the context of the greater world. I wanted to know how companies should be structured.” Learning through debate and discussion With an ultimate ambition of business ownership in mind, Gordon decided to take a deeper dive... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
eight experts and practitioners, all with ties to HBS, to examine the state of boards today, what lies ahead, and what needs to change in the context of an increasingly global world that has seen the complexity of corporations increase to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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Tim Nicolette
finance, but in leadership, operations, and marketing—and in how they all fit together for high-performance. That’s what attracted me to HBS's general management approach. Second: the case method. It helps you develop functional expertise, yes, but always within the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Innovation Imperative
of a major research project that addresses whether rapidly growing Chinese universities will set the world standard for excellence in the 21st century. When I talked with Nohria recently about the year ahead for HBS, I asked him to assess Kirby’s observations in the... View Details
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Chiedu Onichabor
listening to a section mate's "left field" comment or question that added additional color and context or highlighted a previously undiscussed edge case to our discussion. If you could give one piece of advice to prospective students,... View Details
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Sarah Zia
features of the case method is the opportunity to hear classmates' personal experiences and share your own to provide unique context and perspectives. Prior to business school, I worked on Disney's Strategy team, so I shared a longer... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- News
Phone Fun
disciplines involved in the role, combined with the pace and focus on tangible deliverables is intellectually, creatively, and emotionally fulfilling,” he elaborates. At HBS, Braterman developed the skills to put marketing into context at... View Details
- 25 Jul 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Evolution of Apple
In the context of the computer industry at large, professor David Yoffie explores the ups and downs of a company that's always been a bit different in "Apple Computer, 2006." The case poses this question: Given its 2 percent... View Details
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Kristen Jones
to do and to find my strengths, an MBA felt like the right move.” Cases in context At first, Kristen did not consider HBS among her options, because she believed she had already experienced Harvard as an undergraduate. “But when I... View Details
- 30 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent with Professor Hakeem Belo-Osagie
to the class the African context and peculiarities. Many of these peculiarities also apply to emerging markets in general. By inviting leaders and practitioners from the continent there is a sense of immediacy and reality that makes it... View Details