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- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
case study in 1994 when Fahey was CEO of Time Life, ironically facing many of the same challenges with earlier generations of media and technology. Fifteen years later it was an opportunity to observe an elite general manager at work in a... View Details
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
perennial topic for writers on capitalism, from Progressive historians who argued that elites used the advantages of wealth to skew political structures in their favor to consensus historians who found more widespread support for a... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
desperately vied for the prize it bestowed on New York. Yet well-organized opponents overcame the unorganized supporters of the deal. Old-school reliance on the mayor and governor, powerful power brokers, proved unable to mobilize sufficient backing. Beyond cultivating... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
a team of agile, imaginative and analytical individuals.” Ovia’s CEO, Paris Wallace, grew up on government assistance in California’s Marin County, one of the wealthiest areas in the United States. Raised by a mother who was single and disabled, he managed to gain... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
elite patronage, the canal could operate as a commercial enterprise free of adverse political interference. Under the Panama Canal Authority, the canal professionalized its management and began making long-term investments with an eye to... View Details
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Bibliography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Grandees: America’s Sephardic Elite . 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Chapman, Peter. The Last of the Imperious Rich: Lehman Brothers, 1844–2008 . New York: Portfolio, 2010. “Department Store of Investment.” Time Magazine 87, no. 8,... View Details
- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
disciplinary scholars have been working on the phenomena, but many of them were hesitant to be labeled as scholars of "leadership." In sociology, for example, such research might fall under the rubric of elite studies. In... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
said after attending the workshop. Cannon and two of her colleagues, Bailey Duncan and Jack Soliman, pioneered the case method in their classrooms at St. John’s School, an elite private school in Houston. What she meant is that her small... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
from his spirited partner Sam, Finn continues pursuing his dream of being recognized as an elite athlete through unrelenting challenges on and off the water. Smooth Scaling: 20 Rituals to Build a Friction-Free Organization By Rob Bier... View Details
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Renovating Democratic Capitalism
This in-process work focuses on how best to address the declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider to be a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? While the answer to this question is not entirely clear, I... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Bridging Business and Engineering
the world’s most dynamic ecosystems for technology, especially for startups and venture capital. During five years in the military fulfilling his required service, he gained firsthand technical experience as a member of the IDF’s Elite... View Details
- 04 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them
Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details
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Recruiting Partners - Health Care
Consultants EchoNous Edenbridge Health Ediom, LLC Edwards Lifesciences Element Science Eli Lilly & Co. Eli Lilly and Company Elite Care ElMindA Embera NeuroTherapeutics, Inc. Embrace Innovations EMD Millipore Empathetics, Inc. Emulate,... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
American management today, we would argue, is that it has succeeded in assuming many of the appearances and privileges of professionalism while evading the attendant constraints and responsibilities. Although it is now fashionable in some quarters, as we have... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
climate—there are great opportunities for them here. There’s still much to do, but our impact is outsized here.” Touching on strategy, Victor Williams at NBA Africa says growing the basketball ecosystem from the grassroots to the elite... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
the training grounds for the Evolve Fight Team, an elite group of nearly three dozen professional fighters. (Alongside ONE FC and Evolve, other ventures include Evolve University, the largest online site for training in martial arts, as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
first of 15 Jr. NBA programs focused on youth development; in 2017, it opened NBA Academy Africa, one of four NBA Academy programs around the world that features elite training for high school-age prospects, in Senegal. Yet fulfilling the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 12 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association
Guard – America’s smallest military branch and world’s most elite life-saving service – for the opportunity to make a difference and give back to my community and country. REFLECTION ON SERVICE: In 2011, I spent Thanksgiving at sea and,... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
point: Something has changed in the last few years. We've always hired young people from elite colleges and universities and started them as Analysts. For many years we found that after six or seven years with us and one or more... View Details