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11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

potential. With diverse experience in hand and a deep passion for the company’s mission, Leahy is showcasing exactly why she is the right person for the job. The Beauty of Combining Art and Science In many ways, Leahy’s path to the... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

01 Feb 2018
News

HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

the following organizations: Indian River Symphonic Association (www.irsymphonic.org, P.O. Box 2801, Vero Beach, FL, 32961), Vero Beach Museum of Art (www.verobeachmuseum.org, 3001 Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach, FL 32963), or Weston... View Details

11 May 2017
News

Going with the Flow

self-sustaining if it was going to be successful.” Another family lesson, about taking the long view, was first put to the test soon after Fisher, a standout field hockey player, entered Ursinus College. The small liberal arts school,... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Dec 2022
News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Pilgrimage to the Museum: Man’s Search for God Through Art and Time By Stephen Auth (MBA 1985) Sophia Institute Press In Pilgrimage to the Museum, author-curator Stephen Auth takes you on a colorful... View Details

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

widening the generational gap in using cryptocurrency, buying and storing art and wine with nonfungible tokens, trading new kinds of securities on new internet investment sites offering new features, and thinking up new applications for... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 May 2014
Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

it comes to innovation and entrepreneurship, Alibaba is far from alone in China. It is merely at the head of a parade. Stay tuned. Warren McFarlan and Bill Kirby are professors at Harvard Business School and coauthors of the new book Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits... View Details

Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail

03 Feb 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?

the reverse any day?" The implication, of course, is that the study and practice of the art or craft of getting things done takes precedence over that of the near-science of strategic planning. And yet business schools have proven... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

few years, venture philanthropy's overall impact is quite limited. On another front, The Pew Charitable Trusts undertook a new approach in 1997 by creating the Philadelphia Cultural Leadership Program, which demands accountability every three years from the View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

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Training Course in Personnel Administration: 1937 - 1944 | Baker Library

general administrative issues in government and industry. Women in the program also took courses from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Public Administration, and the School of Education. Students were required to... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions - Alumni

contribution or bringing one item. Social outings mutually agreed upon by members, such as happy hour, art workshop, fitness class, etc. What if there is pre-existing conflict with another member? Every member should feel comfortable in... View Details

13 Nov 2018
News

Building a New Real Estate Investment Model

the southwestern portion. That’s one of the four communities where Steinbridge is investing in Philadelphia. (The others are University City/West Philadelphia, near the University of Pennsylvania; and Brewerytown, about a mile north of the city’s iconic View Details

Keywords: April White; Real Estate

20 Apr 2016
News

Steps to Success

Minnesota Orchestral Association as vice president of marketing. Her passion for the music matched her enthusiasm for the job, and she enjoyed applying all the lessons she’d learned in business school to the arts world. “Hardly a month... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

08 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer

controlled.” He noted that nonprofit (or “tax-exempt,” as he prefers) organizations operate under the same restraints as startups. Given that reality, nonprofit leaders and fundraisers need to have a nimble, entrepreneurial mindset. The View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

04 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Heard on the Street (HOTS) - bringing the HBS community together through harmony

believe that performing arts have no less to do with becoming leaders than superb analytic or negotiation skills. Storytelling, empathy, active listening, and authenticity are words we’ve heard repeatedly from case discussions and... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Labs Enable Large-scale Research

multiyear agenda, and as labs complete their work, they will have the opportunity for renewal as well as reorganizing into new labs. The research conducted by HBS faculty and their colleagues from Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences,... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

Letters

people could get by on the ruby and diamond-laden necklace, earrings, and ring pictured on the back cover’s advertisement. Robin Alper (MBA ’94) Los Angeles, CA HBS “Mamsy-Pansies” I much enjoyed “Inside Intel: The Art of Andy Grove”... View Details

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

management and prepared them to join faculties around the globe. Doctoral alumni, students, staff, and faculty celebrated the program’s centennial and looked to the future of doctoral education. More Doctoral Milestones New Campus Art The... View Details

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Negotiation is Like Jazz

your negotiations. But learning how to think about and structure the whole as well as its parts is an important step in mastering the art of negotiation. In any negotiation, successful improvisation rests on the skills of the players—the... View Details

Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn

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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

which resemble a flowchart, reflect the orderly, logical fashion in which he structured and conveyed his philosophy on the art and science of business. "Business to [Doriot], and he hopes to you, can be one of the most satisfying and... View Details

20 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

Case 707-431 Minoru Mori is the CEO of Mori Building, which has built Roppongi Hills, an ambitious large-scale, mixed-use development in Tokyo, Japan that includes high-end retail, restaurants, hotel, office, library, and art museum. A... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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