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- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
social component, where the pursuit of those ideals occurs in the context of enduring communal relationships. Our proposal then is to look at how a leader's choices about vision and design impact on these two dimensions of meaning. We... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
and brands. “I admit it’s written in a provocative way, and that’s one reason it gets assigned all the time.” While Levitt’s vision of a world where standardized products rule has not yet been borne out, the article is still read and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
reach wealthy and technologically savvy consumers fed up with gridlock and delay. At the heart of each business: a vision to change how Jakartans navigate the city’s congestion and transform their relationship with this sprawling... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
the surgery scenes.) Heskett says studying Shouldice helped him conceptualize the strategic-service vision that he and HBS colleagues would develop into a framework for success for service firms. “The case endures,” he declares, “because... View Details
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
and business? Kanter: The three career steps that matter, for scholars and practitioners alike, are inclusion, influence, and impact. Inclusion by getting in the door, influence at the table, and the impact you have in your own life and in the community at large. We... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
consumers who require increasingly nuanced mixtures of the global and the local in the brands they buy. In beauty, as in many other things, globalization is no longer a one-way street. There is a new pluralism in beauty markets worldwide. Globalization is enabling... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
You know, in fact, my father told me that she was terrible. She didn't want children. So I had this vision of her, which was not good. But we said, we've got to do it. So I wrote a letter. It's in the book. It said I think I'm your son.... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
gentrification and daily quality of life,” says John Peters (MBA 1986), who worked on two separate projects for the Mayor’s Office for Civic Innovation (MOCI): the Strategy Project, focused on clarifying the MOCI’s vision and mission; and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
the big questions that will enable you to diagnose problems, change course if necessary, and advance your career. He lays out areas of inquiry, including questions such as (1) Do I clearly articulate my vision and top priorities?; (2)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
Nantero Harvard Business School Case 809-031 This case describes a decision confronting the founder of Nantero, a company developing a new semiconductor technology. The company needs to raise additional venture capital. Potential investors have competing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
reluctant to sell the company because his original vision was to create a family-owned conglomerate that would last for generations. Of his eight children, two are appropriate successors, but neither shows much interest in following in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
the lead car was almost thrown out several times. But the company has actually managed to change the world, which is pretty cool. That doesn’t happen all the time.” “The vision has always been compelling, and it’s always been bold,”... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
micromanage. Create an inclusive environment and express interest in team members’ success and personal well-being. Be productive and results-oriented. Be a good communicator and listen to your team. Help your employees with career development and discuss performance.... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
How should they structure digital banking so Akbank would remain profitable while achieving the vision for innovation and growth laid out by the bank's chairman? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/515115-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
become law, and it’s unclear if that would happen. But for the first time in decades Congress is making it a priority. You also have a vision for how business could have a positive influence in this space. What does that look like?... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
another. It’s a vision that Walt Frye shares. “Oftentimes, we operate as if we are isolated ecosystems,” he says. “But we really should create and develop connections so that we’re sharing the best of talent, perspective, and capital... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
aerialists. You will see a flaming piano being thrown by a trebuchet. And if your mind is closed and it's different from what you expected, you'll miss out. If you open your mind and just drink from the firehose, you will find that you'll learn a lot about yourself.... View Details
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
easy to conjure up a glowing vision of how the efforts of NGOs could focus on problem solving without getting bogged down in corruption or bureaucracy. But the strengths of the NGO model have some corresponding weaknesses—in agenda... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
very sick actually. I had this weird stress related illness where I had blurry vision for six months. I couldn't get out of bed for a week. I was all messed up and they didn't know what was wrong with me. My doctor was just like, "We... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
locations begins to dry up? In 1986, a group of social entrepreneurs reimagined education in India, developing a low-cost, "one-teacher school" model to provide educational access in regions that had proven cost prohibitive for government schools. They founded Ekal to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne