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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
a production chain, that maximized output.” Klug admires the way Aoki took command of a key variable in restaurant management: table turnover, or “turns.” “Rocky made the restaurant a theater, with the chef as the star of the show,” Klug...
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About
friendships you forged. As I reflect on this past year, I will remember you for the undiminished passion and exceptional creativity you brought to your HBS experience, as well as your humor, kindness, and generosity of spirit. And my colleagues and I will always View Details
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Commencement 2017 Address | About
led by our graduates. Many of our alumni currently lead some of the most admired and most valuable companies on the planet. They have been crucial to the creation and evolution of entire industries, including management consulting, mutual...
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- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
behavior shaped modern American business? A: American business history is chock full of man-of-action hero stories: Edison, Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Ray Kroc, on and on. But the man-of-action hero receded in the postwar era through the seventies, when we particularly...
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by Manda Salls
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
against type: a double major in math and economics at Yale, a stint at McKinsey, and a joint degree in business and law from Harvard—all admirable accomplishments, but none a prerequisite for screenwriting. Singer acted and sang his way...
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- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
business leaders more confident and willing to talk to Harvard. They talked surprisingly openly to us, about their businesses and about politics. A number of the Chileans, for example, talked of their admiration for General Augusto...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2019
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Reframing Modern Art
learning, the joy of education, the joy of pursuing ideas, of admiring beauty but also accepting the challenge of difficult ideas as presented over the ages by artists. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard...
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- 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5
Infosys and its iconic co-founder, N.R. Narayana Murthy, were admired and respected for delivering excellence while conducting business in a legal, transparent, and ethical manner. It was one of the few software companies that recognized...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23
relationship, Warren Buffett, arguably the world's most admired and successful investor, has decided to make such a significant investment in Goldman Sachs." He added that the deal "will further bolster our strong capitalization...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
about how to improve the quality of education for students in urban areas. Sarah and Matt were in the classroom when we discussed the case, and as much as the students admired their commitment to New Orleans, they treated them like any...
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Commencement 2012 Address | About
admire him as my own dealings with him directly. There are many ways to measure leadership, and I’ve often felt that one overlooked measure of a leader is the stories that less powerful people tell about him or her. Ratan Tata has lived a...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
art-auction company executive; the former CEO of a Spanish-language television company; a retired rear admiral who had headed the Girl Scouts and served on the board of Weight Watchers International; a theatrical producer; and, until two...
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- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
How has management education evolved, and where is it going? This question is of crucial importance for society, says HBS professor Rakesh Khurana. Business leaders are admired yet often distrusted, and the idea of management as a...
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- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
It's no coincidence that the new book America the Principled is coming out just as the U.S. presidential election gets into full swing, says its author, Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. She wants us all to rethink the American agenda. "Once...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006
the shortlist of America's most admired businesspeople, along with Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates. Brilliant, brave, and willing to defy conventional wisdom, Grove is, according to Harvard Business School professor Richard S....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
is seductive, and they are actually practicing medicine by micromanaging the payment system. I tell the story in the book about how Congress motivated clinics and doctors with its payment formulas to use more of the antianemia substance epo. How can the U.S....
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- 19 Jun 2017
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Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
And they're, in our minds and in other people's minds as well, very good investors, specifically when it comes to science-based companies. And so really this was, to my mind, kind of the be all and end all. I just really admired a lot of...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
music-based festivals and other events in 22 US and 23 international locations each year. Before joining Wanderlust last December, it struck her that she’d never worked in a place where would-be employees’ number one reason for applying was pure View Details
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Deborah Halber
- 07 May 2018
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What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
I mean, one of the things I really admire a lot about the Africans, they are the most forgiving continent around, because I think they understand that they're imperfect and everybody's imperfect. And when you compare to societies, let's...
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- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
When you think about which countries have produced the greatest management innovations, the United States and Japan are likely to top your list. But it was Germany in the late 1800s and early 1900s that was a cauldron of innovative and entrepreneurial spirit View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne