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- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
this e-mail interview with Laura Linard.Linard: You write that a reason to study the historical role of government in risk management is to better "understand government and its role in the new economy." How would you... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
the book? How did your writing of the book unfold? Kanter: There were a couple of things that led to Men and Women of the Corporation. First of all, almost as soon as I began working in a faculty position in the late 1960s, I wanted to... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
Brian Kenny: What motivated you to write the case? Why were you interested in it? Thales Teixeira: Some of my research is on the economics of attention and online reviews have amassed a vast amount of attention nowadays. People have... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
George H. Strong, MBA 1951
directors analyzes, deliberates, and decides.” Participating in case discussions and writing weekly WACs (Written Analysis of Cases), says Strong, “allowed us not only to observe, but to take part in figuring out how to solve business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
An Exceptional Faculty of Scholars and Teachers
250 academics and practitioners — who make them a reality. Today’s faculty members are drawn from an increasingly wide range of backgrounds and disciplines. Developing these individuals—helping them become not just effective but outstanding teachers, preparing them to... View Details
- 17 Nov 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?
longer. Their caregivers? You guessed it: Optimists. Use The Power Of Both Traits Leaders, whatever their orientation, need to learn to harness the power of both traits. "In a striking turnaround," writes Annie Murphy Paul in... View Details
- 14 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant
awarded a French accolade, Officer de La Legion D'Honneur, the highest honor France had yet bestowed upon a Chinese entrepreneur, but his shareholders don't have much to show for the deal. TCL had to write off much of its investment. The... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 23 Oct 2024
- News
Running Man
And he kept running after that, too—weathering miles, years, and COVID. Just this summer, at 77, he competed as the oldest runner in the renowned 100-mile Western States Endurance Run. Today, still interested in inspiring runners and non-runners alike, Spector is View Details
- 22 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow
our character. After all, if I don’t always have the courage on my own to “be the change I wish to see in the world,” I can at least surround myself with people who will help me to become a better person. TJ Moen is an MBA Candidate in the Class of 2017. Since View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
They are playing songs that everybody knows and the crowd will be singing along.” These students—“probably the best guitarists in the area”—are the next generation of professional musicians, the people who will be invigorating traditional bachata, View Details
- 06 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Cheers to the American Consumer
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. A recent Economist magazine includes a... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 28 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
B2B Branding: Does it Work?
Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Many business-to-business (B2B) CEOs view marketing as the... View Details
- 07 Nov 2007
- Op-Ed
How Marketing Hype Hurt Boeing and Apple
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Last month, Boeing stock went wobbly on... View Details
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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
percent have been placed in or found jobs in the retail and hospitality sectors, earning at least twice the minimum wage on average. By 2019, its target goal is to train 25,000 unemployed youth annually. “We want to write the playbook for... View Details
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1.4.1 Recruiting Standards of Conduct | MBA
offer, either verbally or in writing , and then changed their mind and rejected the offer (for any reason). Reneging up to nine months after graduation from HBS is an extremely serious recruiting violation and is inconsistent with HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum
and articles, and then eventually given form by written documents that stated its values,” says Hammer. “Since then, generations of writers—whether they be poets or novelists, speechwriters or journalists—have embellished and shaped what America means. Understanding... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New Releases
companies and countries seeking effective strategies for competing in today's global economy. "If this collection could convey only one message," Porter writes in his introduction, "I would want it to be a sense of the staggering power of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
remember writing essays for admission to HBS and talking a lot about leadership and impact,” she recalls. “I can’t think of a better way to be a leader and have impact than what I am doing now.” Scharpf created SHE in the fall of 2007 to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
example, the fountain pen industry nearly collapsed after the introduction of ballpoint pens. Today, people are still buying fountain pens not because they are seamless writing instruments but because, like Swiss watches, a fountain pen... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
student clubs, Akinola cochaired this year’s Africa Business Conference, which brought more than five hundred people to campus to discuss entrepreneurial ventures in Africa. She is also writing a case study on a female entrepreneur in... View Details