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- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
In a new book, Breakthrough International Negotiation: How Great Negotiators Transformed the World's Toughest Post-Cold War Conflicts, Harvard Business School professor Michael Watkins dissects the art of give-and-take. This excerpt... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
forthcoming The Creativity Reader The Art of (Creative) Thought: Graham Wallas on the Creative Process By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—The Creativity Reader is a necessary companion for anyone interested in the historical roots of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
leaders will report new lessons on the art of building trust during a time when it looks remarkably difficult. Sandra J. Sucher is the MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice in the General Management Unit. Marco Tabellini:... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
virtuosity in music; the politics of art music as a category; and the embodied improvisations that shape music perception. Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details
- 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
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
secondary results also indicate that other forms of marginalization (e.g., being from a “lower caste”) are related to higher productivity. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46700 Information Provision and Innovation: Natural... View Details
- 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
- 10 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?
business development roles. That class, called Launching Technology Ventures, is dedicated to helping train executives in the art of launching, building and scaling startups. Some people wonder whether entrepreneurship can be taught. The... View Details
- 09 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Is Business School Right for You?
passionate about storytelling. As an undergraduate, I studied English literature and art history, never once thinking that an MBA degree would be relevant to me. Today, many years later after a successful and fulfilling career as a... View Details
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Pre-Industrial Credit in Practice
their needs, and on terms they were prepared to negotiate.” 8 Retailers continually struggled with the tradeoffs between extending credit and increasing risk of nonpayment, and tightening credit and seeing business decline. The ingenuity of American merchants, who... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Adapting to Meet Changing Needs
Sciences (SEAS), and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences debuted the Harvard Business Analytics Program (HBAP), an online certificate offering for executives focused on quantitative analysis and data science. A few months later, the first... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
Chinese universities are almost unparalleled at teaching science and engineering. But to move the country forward in a global environment, Chinese parents, and to some extent government leaders, recognize the value of an American-style liberal View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
attention to,” he says. Clay names golf, not horseback riding, as his hobby of choice — “I’m a businessman first, a horseman second”— but his devotion to the art and science of Thoroughbred breeding is apparent in every fence post that... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
provide to municipalities free of charge, as a condition of franchise approval. "Narrowcasting" would supplement broadcasting with an array of arts and educational programming. Jeffersonian democracy would bloom as cable... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
always try to bring my financial common sense to bear on it. The art of theoretical model-building is to make good abstractions that also capture the essence of the world that you're trying to explain. That's the fun. That's the... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
subject matter experts. “The Art and Music groups have evolved into weekly classes, gallery openings, and even a Vitality Society jingle, fully tapping into members’ creativity and curiosity,” says Oppenheim, who has been featured on ABC... View Details
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
Schumpeter's point is admittedly difficult to sell in the "sound-bite" culture of our political debates, but that's why it is so important. Q: What are you working on now? A: I am currently working on a book about Renaissance economics and its legacy. In all... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
Information and the Arts George Yeo (MBA '85). "We are absolutely delighted and honored that HBS has chosen Hong Kong," said Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's chief executive, at the inaugural dinner. Fung added, "HBS's choice of Hong Kong gives... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
buildings along the main thoroughfare of Washington Avenue. An art history major and specialist in architecture at Yale, DeWitt III seems to relish the challenge of managing long-term, complex building projects. “It’s been fun and... View Details