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- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’
of innovative leadership. At eBay Germany, the authors found examples of how a maturing company like eBay can retain its innovative spirit. For a holiday promotion, a young project manager and his marketing colleagues launched a "treasure... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
age-old, you build it, they will come. Or do you need to build it first and they’ll come, or do you build it as they’re coming? This whole fixed cost conundrum is difficult for any business owner. RR: I kind of like it when they come... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Student Snapshot
Second-year student Carlin (“Carly”) Janson divides her time between studying at HBS and managing the Catalyst Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship (Catalyst Alliance), the Cambridgebased social enterprise consultancy she founded while... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
After HBS, he signed on with the Ford Motor Company, where he served in various capacities, including two years as managing director of Ford Argentina S.A. In 1998, he moved to Mazda (33.4 percent of which is owned by Ford) as senior... View Details
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Jon Schechter
in advance of difficult situations: building trust, training employees, demonstrating their own competence—all of this to earn confidence. In many cases, when things go poorly, managers simply didn’t have... View Details
Keywords: Tech
- 23 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective
came after several countries began requiring that companies report their metrics on environmental footprint, worker safety, and similar issues in a systematic, uniform way. But does this reporting actually lead to more responsible View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
You Won't Make It If You Fake It
single drops from the finger. Holmes’ rapid rise to fame put her on a fast track to success, with high expectations and intense pressures. Yet she hadn’t had adequate leadership experience leading people through difficult and complex... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is managing director of Endeavor Philippines, a branch of the global Endeavor organization, which fights poverty by finding and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. “Our mission statement is to create an economic... View Details
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Managers’ Fear of Mentoring & Interacting with Female Colleagues? Victoria Brescoll, Yale School of Management Victoria Brescoll, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at The Yale School of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Changing Nature of Research
School’s Bureau of Business Research—comprised a comparative examination of the costs of operating a retail shoe business. The resulting report helped companies devise strategies to manage inventories, increase profits, and cut waste.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
they must do to reshape their businesses for the 21st century. The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business, by Thomas H. Davenport and John C. Beck, presents a revolutionary model for managing and measuring... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
the importance of risk management and oversight. Robert C. Merton, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, similarly expressed concern about the unintended consequences of change on Wall Street, closing with the assertion that... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
that we’re smart in the things we’re attacking, and to try to solve real-world problems that make an impact.” Watson General Manager David Kenny (MBA 1986) adds: “The tech sector tends to reward short-term thinking.” But Watson is... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
universities. Based on a national survey the company undertook on the assumptions college students hold about sex, relationships, and sexual assault, the program is conducted in a group setting to encourage roommates and classmates to discuss these View Details
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Middle East & North Africa - Global Activities 2021
all-too-common space where leaders face difficult trade-offs across their responsibilities and commitments. Pictured: Plastic bottles are sorted for recycling at Cedar Environmental on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon. Hsieh, the Kim B.... View Details
- 16 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Is MySpace.com Your Space?
Harvard Business School and an expert on interactive advertising, to give us a quick overview of the MySpace phenomenon. Deighton was the founding co-editor of the Journal of Interactive Marketing, which... View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
corporation's business strategy. Mapping Board Performance Currently, prior to a typical board meeting, members receive reams of paper that are difficult to wade through and make sense of. Once the meeting is in progress, board members... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary
Shanghai municipal government, Netcom is putting up a stiff challenge to three other government-controlled telecom network operators. Tian, who holds a doctorate in environmental management from Texas Tech University, is bringing a new... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- News
A Category Leader
to a couple of strengths. Being attuned to other people and the diversity of their needs came from my childhood traveling with my father, because he interacted with people of all different levels. “Also, developing people is really... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Students Ready to Make an Impact
interactions with faculty and alumni, competitions, and programming provide a launch pad for these students. Further, all MBA students take a required course that introduces them to thinking like an entrepreneurial manager. This section... View Details