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- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at a Startup
feel overwhelming. How will we integrate interns into the team? What project would drive the most value for our company and help the intern learn? Where do we start with this process? If these questions sound familiar to you and your... View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care
manage technological innovation. In his book, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (HBS Press), Christensen describes how large, well-established companies often get into trouble because they gradually... View Details
- 08 May 2018
- Blog Post
Meet the Entrepreneurship Club
successful business. The stats are astounding: Rougly two-thirds of the class of 2019 expressed interest in engaging in entrepreneurship at some point in their careers. And for good reason – entrepreneurial thinking is increasingly prized within View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
market exists for that product, but they fail to look at whether the product is unique or has complementary assets, Henderson said. "Just because a market is big doesn't mean there's some money to be made there," said Henderson, who has worked with both... View Details
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
defeated by a less reformist coalition. Stock prices of government-controlled companies that had been slated for definite privatization by the BJP dropped by 3.5 percent relative to private firms. Surprisingly, government-controlled View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
“Investors in those funds benefit from that process, as they tend to buy the company at a discount from the market and sell it back later to the market for a premium once the company has been turned around.”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Action Plan: Role-Play
having complete images in your head for whatever story you’ve invented. “When you’re telling people about something that never happened, you can’t do that with a blank slate in your mind; you have to have a picture.” Lay off the social media. “If I’m in some View Details
- 05 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together
food production is incredibly resource intensive and that even a small shift in consumption and production can have a massive impact on greenhouse gas emissions. From there, Karen Skelton, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy at the... View Details
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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
Professionals Entrepreneurs and Investors Explore how companies in various industries are adapting to and preparing for climate change and leverage those insights to inform your organization’s strategy. "I am early in my career and am... View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
public companies to become targets for private equity-backed, take-private transactions. We consider the characteristics of 483 private equity-backed deals in the 2000-2007 period relative to public View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Steve Jobs Legacy
emotions. Bruce Harreld (Entrepreneurial Management) I met Steve Jobs many times over twenty years, and one word always comes to mind—passion. Steve was always passionate about everything he did. No detail was too small to escape his... View Details
- 31 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Management
from hedge funds and mutual funds to alternative investments and passive investing. While only 4% of the class enters investment management after graduation, we have found this relatively small percentage to be the result of limited job... View Details
Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
Another basic insight from the research—that giving even small amounts of money to other people can make you happy—can also be applied by organizations. On the employee side, you could give someone a $25 bonus for a job well done, or you... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
that you’re comfortable working next to and interacting with,” says Scott Eckert (MBA 1995), CEO of the nine-year-old, 130-person, Boston-based bot maker. It’s a tenet so core to the company that its logo features an icon of a human next... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
Prospects from small schools are being hurt even more. The first ever HBCU Combine was cancelled, many college pro days were cancelled, and with the NFL cancelling in-person interviews the hurdles faced by HBCU and other View Details
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
in large and small groups. They wrote case studies on MBA programs at Chicago, INSEAD, Stanford, Yale, and HBS, plus a case on the Center for Creative Leadership (all are available from Harvard Business Publishing); collected data on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
ultracompetitive business world, the difference between success and failure lies in the ability to get every employee to think and behave like a strategist. This book helps business leaders expand strategic thinking from the purview of “the elite few” into the whole... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
Apple Computer knows how to make headlines. The company is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Macintosh and is enjoying the fruits of its launch into the digital entertainment business. In its December quarter, Apple sold 730,000... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
small commercial vehicle, the Tata Ace. Positioned as a replacement for the three-wheelers that predominated as small commercial vehicles in India, the Ace create a new product category and enabled Tata... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation
being engaged and given incentive to change. I don't know what tool or technology could be used for that, but anything that improves communication between and with providers, that kind of standardization, would be huge." Other Articles In This Series Big Messages,... View Details