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California - Global

Industry By: Christopher Stanton and George Gonzalez Ontra built a network of legal professionals to enable financial institutions to outsource contract negotiations. The rise of generative AI inspired the... View Details

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

report to you. But unless you manage the context in which your team resides, there's no way that your team can be successful. So you have to understand the political dynamics, you have to understand how to build a network with peers View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

books, I'm not with a customer. So bookkeeping is the last thing I want to do." For Cook, that produced an insight that led to the development of QuickBooks, which greatly simplifies small-business accounting. Networking is a skill... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

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Skydeck - Alumni

Taylor Becker (MBA 2025) shares personal anecdotes and life lessons from his collaboration with the late finance icon Byron Wien (MBA 1956) Joy to the World How Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) , CEO of East... View Details

02 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 2

Publications 2006 Nature Reviews Beyond Magic Bullets: True Innovation in Health Care By: Narayan, Vaibhav A., Marco Mohwinckel, Gary Pisano, Michael Yang, and Husseini Manji Abstract—The molecular medicine revolution-based on advances... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

effect of a unique mediated funding scheme that combines project grants with active facilitation and conflict management on firm performance, comparing the likelihood of bankruptcy and employee count as well... View Details

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Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online

worldview. Social Join a global community of business professionals. Learn from and network with peers before, during, and after your course. Ask... View Details

01 Aug 2022
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Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

several measures of religious belief and practice, outperformed competitors located elsewhere. These firms make “greater social contributions, provide greater employee protection, View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

15 Mar 2017
Blog Post

An Average Day at HBS

advantage of this while you are here. Club events: these events can range from social to professional and include speaker series, conferences, and various recruiting prep.... View Details

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

is attracting increasing attention, and when business leaders are increasingly expected to contribute not only to financial value creation, but also to social value creation. In this context, it is important... View Details

25 Jun 2007
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HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

grit—complete with a social conscience—form the basis of a new Harvard Business School case, "Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur, Leader, and Philanthropist." Professor Nancy F. Koehn, a leading... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

03 Jan 2023
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How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

not the top. People weren’t promoted up; they approached the center. She maintained that it helped associates achieve a different mindset toward collaboration and hierarchy. "Her bottom-line was always... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni

needed and then create a list of organizations and their directors. After that, you'll be ready to: Get the word out - inform your network of your interest in joining a board... View Details

16 Feb 2010
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The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

Review. I am also continuing my research on collaboration within and between firms. Excerpt From Reorganize For Resilience By Ranjay Gulati Today's customers expect solutions to their consumption problems,... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

09 Dec 2013
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Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

study, he asked a group of online participants to list the important people in their social networks, noting their cultural backgrounds and whether they liked each other. Then he asked them to do a word... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

hiring and socialization policies. Institutional Demand Pressure and the Cost of Corporate Loans Authors:Victoria Ivashina and Zheng Sun... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Nov 2013
HBS Seminar

Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School

05 Jul 2023
News

GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center

Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council recently marked the grand opening of "The House"—a new permanent club headquarters and collaborative space located in Dubai and open to all HBS alumni living in or visiting the Gulf region. According to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Events - Business & Environment

Events Events Jun 24 Alumni in Climate Networking Series: London Climate Week Organizers: Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Business and Environment Initiative,... View Details

11 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 11, 2006

2006) Anyone in sales will tell you that social networks are critical. The more contacts you have, the more leads you'll generate and, ultimately, the more sales you'll make. But that's a vast... View Details