previousnext In the News09 May 2012Washington Times
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Charlene Li (MBA’04)
 Charlene Li is one of the most respected voices in social media today. Her book "Open Leadership" is a New York Times bestseller. A graduate of Harvard Business School, she has been named one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company in 2010 and one of the most influential women in technology in 2009. full story In the News27 Apr 2012Xconomy
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Janet Kraus
 "Don't think pitch and tell," says Harvard Business School senior lecturer Janet Kraus. "The purpose is to help them understand what the next steps are." These events were the culmination of a semester-long program at the Harvard Innovation Lab called the Women's Founders Forum, put together by Kraus, a serial entrepreneur who joined Harvard in 2010. full story 09 May 2012CNBC.com
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Cynthia Montgomery
04 May 2012The Economic Times
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Willy Shih
01 May 2012HBR Blogs
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Tsedal Neeley
In the News14 May 2012Fast Company
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Clayton Christensen
 When we find ourselves stuck in unhappy careers, it is often the result of a fundamental misunderstanding of what truly motivates us, says Clayton Christensen, co-author of the new book "How Will You Measure Your Life?" full story 06 May 2012Wall Street Journal
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Takashi Hibino (AMP’01)
14 May 2012HBS Working Knowledge
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Leslie Perlow
10 May 2012HBR Blogs
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Frances Frei & Anne Morriss (MBA’04)
21 May 2012HBS Working Knowledge
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Michael W. Toffel
 With an election looming and the economy continuing to struggle, the effectiveness of government regulation has become a political football. While advocates hold regulations up as necessary to protect public health and safety, critics see them as arbitrary and costly to business, reducing wages and killing jobs at a time when the United States can ill afford to lose them. Few regulatory agencies have a more direct effect on businesses than the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the federal agency responsible for enforcing regulations to keep workplaces healthy and accident-free. full story 16 May 2012HBS Working Knowledge
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J. Ronald Fox
02 May 2012HBS Working Knowledge
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James Heskett
15 May 2012HBS Working Knowledge
Connecting Home Depot
Perhaps no organization is as attached to its brick-and-mortar roots than a store that actually sells bona fide bricks and mortar. But even Home Depot realizes the importance of a multifaceted retail strategy. In the case "Home Depot and Interconnected Retail," José B. Alvarez, Zeynep Ton, and Ryan Johnson discuss how the home improvement giant grappled with marrying multiple marketing channels.
Explaining coordination's role in collaboration
In examining the aspects of successful collaboration, scholars often focus on the subject of cooperation. But coordination is just as important, according to Ranjay Gulati, Franz Wohlgezogen, and Pavel Zhelyazkov. They discuss the role of both in a forthcoming issue of The Academy of Management Annals. Read "The Two Facets of Collaboration: Cooperation and Coordination in Strategic Alliances."
Enabling venture funding in Brazil
In the spring of 2000, the Brazilian government's Agency for Innovation unveiled a plan to help promising high-tech entrepreneurs gain access to venture capital. Ann Leamon and Josh Lerner explore the project in a new working paper, "Creating a Venture Ecosystem in Brazil: FINEP's INOVAR Project," noting that Brazil now leads Latin America in private equity funding by a long shot.
Organizational Behavior Max and Lisa’s research seeks to understand how people routinely engage in dishonest acts without feeling guilty about their behavior. Max and Chia-Jung have focused their research on the negotiations field, but have also consulted on a project that explores the tendency of people to overweigh natural talent and under-weigh motivated effort in judging other people.more U.S. Competitiveness04 May 2012Charlotte Talks
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William George & Willy Shih
 In the wake of deep recession, cities all over America are finding ways to re-establish their identities or to create new ones. Charlotte is on its way to becoming an energy hub but how close are we to getting there and what do we have to do to compete as an ‘energy cluster’ in the global marketplace? The term ‘energy cluster’ is one used by two Harvard Professors as part of a study of U.S. competitiveness. They are in Charlotte this week to release a report on Charlotte as an energy cluster and they'll explain what that means. full story “What I love about HBS is the wealth of resources available for learning about social investment.” Marie Kyle, MBA 2012 Toronto, CanadaNorthwestern University, BSE,
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