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01 Dec 2002
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An Admirable CEO

With CEOs being viewed in a harsh light these days, Business Week (September 23, 2002) profiled six corporate leaders who “have built enduring U.S. companies without bending the rules.” Among them was Reuben Mark (MBA '63), chairman and CEO of Colgate-Palmolive (CP),... View Details

June 30, 2022
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How to Build a Life: Don’t Surround Yourself with Admirers

By: Arthur C. Brooks

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2019
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Minimalism as a Status Symbol: When and Why We Admire Conspicuous Non-Consumption

By: Anne Wilson, Silvia Bellezza and Michael I. Norton

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July 2019
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The Gravitational Pull of Expressing Passion: When and How Expressing Passion Elicits Status Conferral and Support from Others

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Christopher To, Shira Agasi, Stéphane Côté and Adam D. Galinsky

Prior research attributes the positive effects of passion on professional success to intrapersonal characteristics. We propose that interpersonal processes are also critical because observers confer status on and support those who express passion. These interpersonal... View Details

Keywords: Passion; Admiration; Support; Emotions; Communication; Perception; Status and Position; Success; Situation or Environment; Competition

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24 Jan 2024
Op-Ed

Why Boeing’s Problems with the 737 MAX Began More Than 25 Years Ago

Once again, Boeing’s 737 MAX is back in the headlines. After two crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019 and five years of ensuing design changes and regulatory scrutiny, the 737 MAX is grounded again after a mid-air blowout of a fuselage panel on January 5.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Air Transportation; Transportation; Aerospace

03 May 2021
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Celebrating the First HBS African-American Mother-Daughter Duo

I’ve always admired my mom, Benaree Pratt Wiley, and her courage, and was amazed when I discovered she was one of twenty-eight women out of 800 in Harvard Business School’s Class of 1972. During her tenure, they didn’t even have a... View Details

30 Jul 2018
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HBS Alumnus and Great Benefactor C. D. Spangler, Jr., Dies at 86

27 Oct 2016
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Jail bait

12 Feb 2025
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How risk can be the key to a sustainable future with Sophie Levin (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022

leaders I most admired often had interdisciplinary backgrounds. Around the same time, I realized I wanted to explore new industries and expand my skill set. HBS’s focus on leadership and its commitment to creating positive change felt... View Details

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

The puzzle, they explain, has to do with the explanation for Japan's extraordinary economic success in the post-World War II period. The country was heralded around the world for creating what looked like "a new and superior form of capitalism," thanks, in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

01 Aug 2019
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China Races Ahead of the U.S. in the Battle for 5G Supremacy

20 Nov 2019
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The CEO Who Saved Best Buy From Ruin Says Creating Meaning at Work Was Key to His Success

09 May 2012
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Stop Trying to Be the Super Manager: New Book

19 Mar 2014
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15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer

19 May 2011
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The Catalan kings

04 Feb 2010
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U.S. Military Leaders Advocate Shift to Authenticity and Tolerance

September 2016 (Revised November 2017)
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Casper Sleep Inc.: Marketing the 'One Perfect Mattress for Everyone'

By: Robert J. Dolan

“A Warby Parker of mattresses? Somebody is going to do it. Why not us?” This was the topic of a conversation begun in spring 2013 among Gabe Flateman, Philip Krim, Neil Parikh, and T. Luke Sherwin. The four met as members of a New York City venture accelerator... View Details

Keywords: Mattress; Sleep; Marketing; Business Model; Marketing Channels; Adoption; Sales; Consumer Products Industry

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