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- 05 Jun 2017
- News
Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement
the program. Rabbitt, a highly successful leader in the male-dominated construction industry, urged Groysberg, along with Frei and Senior Associate Dean and John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration Lynn S. Paine, to create a... View Details
Keywords: Margaret Kelley
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
undergo renovation. "For years, every measure of success in our industry was driven by quantity," Lopez observes. "How many buildings, how many screens, how many seats? We turned that equation around and began to focus on quality." AMC's... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
company started out in 1984 making teapot polish in western China, and through a succession of acquisitions, it is now the 234th-largest company in the world. ChemChina recently spent $43 billion to acquire the Swiss seed giant Syngenta,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
staff are well positioned to conceive improvement opportunities based on first-hand knowledge of what works and does not work. The innovation contest may be a relevant and useful vehicle to elicit staff ideas. However, the success of the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
The Spiritual Lives of Leaders - Course Catalog
drawn from across participating Harvard schools. Participate in several optional field trips on selected weekends or evenings across the semester; planned destinations include the Arnold Arboretum, the Harvard Art Museum, the Harvard... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
battling it out over the issues of the day.” The Atlantic has been profitable for five years now, with advertising revenue up 40 percent over last year. For now, at least, all online content is free, including full articles from the print magazine. The connection... View Details
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HBS Online and Executive Education Leadership: Q+A with Patrick Mullane and Luis Viceira
because nothing is fundamentally flawed in any way. ExecEd was hugely successful long before me, and Online is a great team doing great stuff. I'm learning the people and the operation on the ExecEd side and going through some internal... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
of all kinds seem to like them. As our website says, the tally [as of early February] is now “119,074,255 lessons delivered.” What’s the secret to the success of the videos? I try not to talk down or be judgmental, I’m not staring over... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
among graduates aiming for both success in business and beneficial impact on the world around them. They have come to believe that one can either succeed in business or enhance society—by expanding economic opportunity or by improving... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 03 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Your Way Through a Recession
weakening both consumer confidence and the consumer spending—much of it on credit—that has been buoying the U.S. economy. Companies should bear eight factors in mind when making their marketing plans for 2008 and 2009: 1. Research the... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 13 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
There's No Quick Shortcut to Success: Zorpads Takes Off
company. However, they and their partners were ready, and they have plans to further expand to other retailers in addition to selling from their own site. They're also still working out the logistics of Barkley's endorsement. After seeing... View Details
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
Pressure as a Savings Commitment Device. Pomeranz wrote the paper with Felipe Kast of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Stephan Meier of Columbia University. Pomeranz explains that in Chile, many lack access to the automatic deposits and savings View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
its plans to develop radical innovation even when it thinks highly of the market potential for the radical innovation. The incumbent does so to avoid validating the high market potential to the entrant, who may otherwise be encouraged to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
Incentive Plan By: Chung, Doug J., Thomas Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:http://www.europeanfinancialreview.com/ August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics Acquirer-Target Social Ties and Merger... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
succession planning processes are very important in leveraging great executives and managers. It pays for firms to invest in hiring and developing great managers. Second, a given year’s winning percentage is... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
can call busy, successful people whom I don't know personally and have them return my calls—I think is a recognition that it's not just me, that it is just the etiquette of the game." One doesn't become a guild member without... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
some point you have to be in charge of everything,” she said, adding that women often outperform men as investors because “they don’t day trade. They do long term planning. Stay unemotional, stick with long-term planning and figure out... View Details
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit
Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
in order to make it to the next day. That doesn’t translate to successful job performance in a business environment, however. From their first day in the program, Reset participants (or students, in Reset’s vocabulary) work in a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
can be extremely lonely.” That began to change in 1997, when Endeavor was founded to spur economic growth in emerging and developing markets, initially in Latin America. It now has offices in India, South Africa, and Turkey, with plans to... View Details