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- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
she describes as her “wake-up call” followed the death of her mother in 2001. “I thought, Why am I waiting to do something that matters?” she recalls. She flew to India to work with CARE, the disaster-relief organization, in helping earthquake survivors to find their... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
within an organization to be effective leaders and to accomplish their personal goals. Executives are urged to examine their lives to discover major themes, interests, and values, using that examination to create a short statement of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Family Dynamic
As CEO of Indonesia’s Sintesa Group, Shinta Widjaja Kamdani (OPM 31, 2002) is the third generation of her family to lead the highly diversified holding company that began as a rubber plantation in 1919. Kamdani had been at the company for... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
were able to understand how firms are approaching the tremendous uncertainty related to COVID-19. One of the aspects of this research that has impressed me the most is how, for many companies, this crisis has created an View Details
- 16 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
race. "Make the effort to meet up face to face, spend unscheduled long stretches of time, and (gasp) just hang out." Here are a few of the benefits of slowing down, and where entrepreneurs may want to focus their energies this summer: 1. Solidify your scalable team... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
governance in Asia, and measuring performance in nonprofit organizations. As always, there was ample opportunity for networking and socializing with participants and speakers from across the Harvard University community and beyond. The... View Details
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
rules and policies. Proponents claim that, far from reducing employment opportunities, immigrants actually help create jobs. "They are more likely to fail than those founded by natives, but those that survive experience greater... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
technologies and the eventual creation of a regulatory structure to prevent entrepreneurial chaos. LR: To follow up on that, Professor Spar, you've created a four-phase model of how companies develop along... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
It's common in Harvard Business School classrooms to discuss the "pivot," the moment an enterprise changes direction to pursue a new strategy. On a visit to eastern Japan, MBA students talked to Masamichi Ono, CEO of... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
(MBA 2001), managing director at Bain Capital, and Corey Thomas (MBA 2002), chairman and CEO of Rapid7, are among the 19 Black and brown business leaders in Boston who created the New Commonwealth Racial... View Details
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
subordinates to become entrepreneurs. In fact, entrepreneurship has been defined (by Howard H. Stevenson and J. Carlos Jarillo) as "the process by which individuals—either on their own or inside organizations—pursue opportunities... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
maybe even required by nonprofits for their board members. Both were smashing successes. These challenging programs — along with faculty presentations at the reunions and the annual Global Alumni Conferences — offer us a key opportunity... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
generates electricity as it rolls—“[a] project that makes the world a better place.” Cofounder and CEO of Uncharted Play, a company based in New York City that creates a line of socially beneficial... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for James Austin
community engagements as an important dimension of their association with a company. The closer interactions of the two organizations can create new opportunities for skill and leadership development. The... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 18 Apr 2018
- News
Into the Light
flame. “It’s simple: health care improves dramatically with electricity,” says Poindexter, whose background is in sustainable energy. What began for her as an effort to create 100 percent renewable electrical grids, has since evolved into... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo
CEO of Borders Group, Inc. - which includes more than 250 Borders Books & Music superstores around the globe, 900 Waldenbooks stores throughout the United States, and Borders.com - DiRomualdo runs an organization that rang up $2.6 billion... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 21 Apr 2014
- News
When you see an opportunity, follow what you believe in
Scott Smith (MBA 1991), CEO of Cellect Technologies, talks about how entrepreneurs see opportunities and follow through on their beliefs. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus
speaker John Sculley, a self-described "venture catalyst" and the CEO of Live Picture, Inc., gave a demonstration of new technologies created by his company that make possible services such as Internet-based... View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
right prices, and build and manage a multichannel approach. Sales Management That Works will help sales managers build a great sales team, create an optimal strategy, and steer clear of hype and fads. Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for... View Details
- 07 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
Let’s Go! Highlights from the Dynamic Women in Business Conference
the panelists that featured the Co-Founder and CEO of Endeavor, Linda Rottenberg, and continued with opportunities to network, such as the small group lunches on Saturday with panelists, where attendees... View Details