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Steven C. Wheelwright
Steve Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.
Following his retirement from HBS in 2006, he served with former Dean Kim B. Clark at BYU-Idaho and then from 2007-2015 he served as... View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival
both in "big L" leadership contexts, and, as HBS Dean Kim Clark says, in "small l" leadership roles. Q: Was Shackleton an entrepreneur? If so, how? A: There's a definition of...
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by Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?
is far more valuable in decisions regarding people " However, intuition lags reality. "Use it to consider if the new idea makes sense, but don't give it more weight than it deserves." B. Graham equated judgment with a...
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by James Heskett
- 18 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light
responsible for the School's strategic planning and new initiatives (1998-2005). Light became Acting Dean on August 1, 2005, upon the departure of Kim B. Clark, and Dean on April 24, 2006. While in graduate...
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- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
Summing Up Are leadership and followership joined at the hip? It seems impossible to separate the two. They are reflective of one another. These are two of the predominant opinions expressed in one way or another by respondents to this...
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by Jim Heskett
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
economically self-sufficient and prosperous through entrepreneurship, the event was the seventh in a nationwide series. I think we need people with that kind of courage and vision, and they need those of you who have capital to invest.— View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
A New Ecosystem for Business and Society
In their opening comments at the IS2K conference, Harvard University President Neil L. Rudenstine and Harvard Business School Dean Kim B. Clark called forth, respectively, the...
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by Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
We’ve Now Been Asking “What Do You Think?” for 20 Years
This month marks the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of my “What do you think?” column. The Working Knowledge website was the brainchild of a faculty and staff committee organized in 2000 by then Dean View Details
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by James Heskett
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
computer-design process study by Carliss Baldwin and Kim Clark that underlines the importance of design rules and processes intended to produce compatible components in a...
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by James Heskett
George Serafeim
George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he co-leads the Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab in the Digital, Data, and Design Institute. He teaches the course "Risks, Opportunities and... View Details
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asset management;
insurance industry;
automobiles;
industrial goods;
fashion;
food;
green technology
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
In an interview in last December's Bulletin Dean Kim B. Clark talked of launching "a profound transformation around information technology (IT)," an initiative that would earn...
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by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
When Harvard Business School dean Kim B. Clark returned from a road tour a couple of years ago, he had some important issues he wanted to discuss with Professor Myra M. Hart....
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Global Research Site Announced in Hong Kong
Stopping in Hong Kong during a fast-paced tour of Asia that also included visits to Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur, HBS Dean Kim B. Clark made an important...
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Audrey Snee; photographs by Graham Uden
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
products arise from strong insight, gut feel and imagination. Bad ideas, lousy products or services can be avoided by serious market research." Andy Robin pointed out that in the semiconductor business "one still had to spend a lot of...
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- 01 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens
who conduct research in Latin America. Argentine President Fernando de la Rua and HBS Dean Kim B. Clark Highlights included a classic case discussion (on Embraer, the Brazilian...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
José Royo
career in teaching or research, however, he was drawn more deeply into information technology, an area he saw as having "a broader impact." Royo's job brought him into close contact with a number of HBS faculty, among them future Dean Kim...
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- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
thinking. How Managers' Everyday Decisions Create—or Destroy—Your Company's Strategy Authors:Joseph L. Bower and Clark Gilbert Periodical:Harvard Business Review 85, no. 2 (February 2007) Abstract Senior executives have long been...
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Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
that part of what Oprah was offering was a set of insights or connections about what former HBS dean Kim Clark used to call leadership with a small 'l'—individual empowerment, self-improvement, and...
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- 01 Dec 1996
- News
October Reunions Break Records, Strengthen Ties
Chinese authority. In his welcoming remarks, Dean Kim B. Clark brought alumni and guests up to date on some recent initiatives at the School in areas such as technology,...
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- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
Secretary of Labor; and, fortuitously, Clay Christensen, the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at HBS, and the world's foremost authority on disruptive...
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