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- 13 May 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Contaminating Effects of Building Instrumental Ties: How Networking Can Make Us Feel Dirty
- September 2020
- Case
Minerva 2004: Discovery
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
After nearly five years in operation, Doctor Cynthia Bamdad, founder and CEO of Minerva Biotechnologies Corporation (Minerva), was reflecting on the company’s next steps. In a few short years, she and her small team had managed to develop a nanoparticle process for... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Biotechnology Industry
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Minerva 2004: Discovery." Harvard Business School Case 721-389, September 2020.
- October 2014
- Case
Mothercare, 2014
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In early 2014, Mothercare was the UK's leading retailer of mother-and-baby products. In fiscal 2013, it generated £341 million in revenues from its 255 UK stores and £128 million online, and was more than three times the size of its next biggest competitor, Mama and... View Details
- Profile
Claudia Hill
hearing from different members of my section and the various leadership roles they have undertaken. They have broadened my perception of what good leadership can be and reinforced the humility required to enable them to reflect and seek... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
Professor of Business Administration. Tip: Use COVID-19 as a time to reflect Make time for introspection. The coronavirus represents a historic inflection point that is likely to forever change us, as did the assassination of President... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
All Is Well in Texas: How Julia Cheek Founded Her At-Home Lab Testing Startup, EverlyWell
company full-time. Although Julia does not regret the choice to focus on schoolwork, reflecting she thinks maybe should have used that time to start a company instead. After HBS, Julia ended up taking a job, and then another, before... View Details
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
April 2016 Review of Economic Studies Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring By: Stanton, Christopher, and Catherine Thomas Abstract—Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract with each other directly.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Chief Sustainability Officers: Who Are They and What Do They Do?
Keywords: by Kathleen Miller & George Serafeim
- 23 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Brand a Next-Generation Product
from 2300W to 2900W. For the second group, the first four models were named sequentially—2300W to 2600W, but the last three models reflected a brand name change—MagiColor, MagiColor II, and MagiColor III. Based on the names alone, on a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
wanted time to carefully craft the words I would use. I wanted to give us both time to reflect and process. Selfishly, I wanted to spare myself from a potentially negative reaction. “I hope this doesn’t change anything between us. I am... View Details
- Web
Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
social learning opportunities. In addition to module and assignment completion, we expect participation in the social learning elements of the course by offering feedback on others’ reflections and contributing to conversations on the... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
defense against hearing the truth because it’s hard to have your assumptions and practices disconfirmed,” Beer says. “But it’s important to listen.” Reflect, diagnose, and develop a plan. The leadership team needs to reflect on the truth,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
effectiveness Create a diagram of your professional network in order to visualize, reflect on, and better utilize professional relationships Reflect on what you’ve learned throughout the course, and consider... View Details
- Web
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principles, and process of establishing your unique personal brand. Apr 16 12 PM – 1:30 PM EDT, 16 Apr 2025 Career Check-Up You give your automobile regular maintenance check-ups, why not do the same with your career? Too often, days lead to months and years without... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Again and Again
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Jason Holley Whenever he’s presenting to a large audience, Professor Michael Norton likes to pose this question to the crowd: After you get up in the morning, do you brush your teeth first and then shower, or vice versa?... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Blog Post
How to Fit in at HBS
I just finished my first year at HBS and, COVID-19 aside, I have spent a considerable amount of time over the past week reflecting on how incredible, humbling, enlightening, and roller-coaster-like the past 12-months have been. It is hard... View Details
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
By: Meg Rithmire and David Fagan 2025 | Report | Faculty Research This report provides a data-based assessment of how U.S. companies perceive geopolitical risk and articulates a recommended decision-making process and framework to manage such risk. The research View Details
- 29 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?
inequality over time, researchers often use the Gini coefficient to capture the concentration of income in geographic locations. And in many cases, the Gini coefficient is a useful metric that accommodates such comparisons. However, the Gini coefficient may not always... View Details
- Profile
Maha Malik
then a classmate will say something that makes me question how I've thought about something for years!" Her internship experiences reflect her twin interests. Last summer, she interned with the World Bank in Washington D.C. This... View Details
- July 2013 (Revised August 2017)
- Case
TaKaDu
By: Elie Ofek and Matthew Preble
In December 2012, Amir Peleg, founder and CEO of TaKaDu, reflected on how to position his young firm for the next fiscal year and beyond. The small Israeli startup had developed an innovative software system that used patented algorithms and statistical analysis to... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Customer Selection; Business Marketing; High-tech Marketing; Enterprise Resource Planning; Water Resources; Water Management; Utilities; Product Positioning; Expansion; Resource Allocation; Applications and Software; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Utilities Industry; Australia; Israel