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- 01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey
to "double the vase life," she says, of regular florist fare. The idea for the business (whose name refers to botanical flower terms) first sprouted, Owades recalls, "when I noticed that the wholesale flower market in San Francisco seemed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
high-stakes situations. McCall’s thinking is not based on the idea that great leaders are born ready to go. Rather, their abilities are developed and shaped by experiences in life. A challenging job, a failure in leading a project, an... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
A Conversation with Dean Clark
smarter when we can test our ideas against a broad range of experiences. And the second answer to your question is that our students absolutely need a global awareness. We've made real progress toward including much more global content in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
the onion” on financial statements. He would use his chalk on the blackboards, walls, doors, and floors, taking us on a fascinating trip to the last numbers of the case. We had no idea how we got there. But the rides in Professor Shank’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
answer was yes, and the idea of an economic consultancy focused on helping businesses come to grips with blockchain, the metaverse, and other emerging tech, turned out not to be so crazy after all. Founded in 2018, Prysm employs 15 people... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
inequality persists. And one of the most enduring ones is the idea that women opt out and would rather prioritize their parenting role. But if you really look into the research, you see that professional women are actually pushed out by... View Details
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
Making It Rain
in decades. “If you and I wanted to start a weather company today, within two or three days we’d probably be just as good as anyone else. And why is that? Because we’d be using the same public sources everyone uses,” says ClimaCell’s CTO, Yuval Gonczarowski (MBA 2017).... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
Much hope and plenty of money are riding on the idea that batterypowered electric cars will help slow global warming by reducing tailpipe emissions. But when it comes to reducing the greenhouse gases produced by heavy... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
Ackerly (MBA 1976) Until the product has user traction and the resulting revenues, it is just a dream. Pursue the analog option aggressively and produce the compelling and differentiated value that was the original design. Don’t let future plans and follow-up View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
specific transactions. Nobody would do both, even though that was the way it had always been done on Wall Street. The idea of soliciting business with a team of people who did nothing else was entirely new and different for investment... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Professor, Historian, and Storyteller
idea for this book rose to the fore. The Times was eager to have a prominent individual as the editor, so when Nancy Koehn agreed to do it, that was a big selling point for everyone.” As the September Bulletin was going to press with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
treat the company. So it’s a mirror; it’s totally different than in the West. Any advice for American business schools? I really believe that a new social contract has to emerge between businesses and the communities where they operate. In the old days, under the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
faculty and students, I can’t help but see the struggle between ambition, finding oneself, and the idea of reinventing oneself enacted each day. Zeynep Ton is an assistant professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. What’s... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
distinction is that the project is about managing the future of work. We’re not saying we know exactly where artificial intelligence is going to go, but instead we’re commenting on how leading companies can manage issues such as AI and their effects on their... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
Illustration by Edmon de Haro Illustration by Edmon de Haro The idea for the Portland, Oregon–based digital media startup News Bling was born out of the late-night hours of November 8, 2016, when Nupur Patel (MBA 2017) rubbed the fog of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
say they want meaning and purpose in their jobs and a work-life balance. They want happiness. + ONLINE web-only content How do these ideas of time, money, and happiness play out in interpersonal relationships? AW: Much of the research on... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
interest or because student demand tells us something has no traction. Less frequently we’ll make a big change in the first year. NN: Important impulses for change also come from alumni. We were approached not so long ago by a graduate with View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
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In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)
writers: “Be nice. Don’t yell at the production assistant when your latte isn’t foamy enough, because five years from now she’ll be VP at Fox, and you’re going to be pitching a show idea to her. It’s also basic human decency.” Favorite... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
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The Campaign for Harvard Business School
Historic in many ways, the campaign is enabling work that is essential to the School’s core purposes: transformative teaching in both MBA and Executive Education classrooms; deep research to impact business practice; and the dissemination of View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
some mistake. The difference here is that the blockchain brings transparency and trust in this ledger: No one person controls it, and the public can see what changes happen. Now, if we extend this idea to a fiat currency system, let’s say... View Details