Executive Labor Market - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Apr 2018
News

Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

already good school become even better. Priorities included an increased focus on codifying and sharing faculty research on Latin American business, revitalizing the school’s MBA and executive education curricula, promoting women’s... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jan 2004
News

Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

President & Chief Executive Officer, Barbara Franklin Enterprises Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION The Pennsylvania State University, 1962 B.A., Arts and Letters LIFELONG... View Details

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

top biotech managers, companies leave an imprint of their worldview on young executives through such things as the firm's structure, strategy, and culture. There is a GE imprint, an IBM imprint, a Bain imprint—all of which influence... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

25 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

counterparts. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55026 Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies By: Athey, Susan, and Michael Luca Abstract—As technology platforms have created new markets and new... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

market, then investors, employees, intermediaries such as law firms and data providers, and the wider capital markets are likely to be knowledgeable about the venturing process and the strategies, financing, support, and exit mechanisms... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

01 Dec 2011
News

Reimagining the MBA

infrastructure.” FIELD 3, the integration module, provides students an opportunity to combine the knowledge, skills, and tools they have learned from all their coursework to develop and bring to market a microbusiness. “Students must... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 1997
News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

several decades before an effective system of rules will govern China"), the burden of bloated state firms, and lack of experience with a market economy. Yet the mainland giant is likely to "continue to grow rapidly for the next two to... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

Web

Program Policies - HBS Online

Negotiation Mastery Organizational Leadership Power and Influence for Positive Impact Strategy Execution Sustainable Business Strategy Sustainable Investing Launching Tech Ventures Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Digital... View Details

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

Healthsuite is an open platform that provides a secure and private home for data, allowing care providers and consumers to use the information to make decisions about patient care. Philips executives are hoping the company's early entry... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

22 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

resulting currency position tends to rise in value when equity markets fall. This strategy works well for investment horizons of one month to one year. In the past 15 years the risk-minimizing demand for the dollar appears to have... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-071.pdf Short-Termism, Investor Clientele, and Firm Risk Authors:Francois Brochet, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim Abstract Using conference call transcripts, we measure the time horizon that senior View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2003
News

All in a Day's Work

Fellow, Oakes and nine other alumni from the Class of 2002 receive a one-year subsidy from the School to supplement the lower salaries typically paid at nonprofit and government organizations. All fellows are placed with the top View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Real Estate

01 Mar 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

tantalizing glimpses of HBS, the 1980s Wall Street market rally, temporary insanity, and true love. The Cathedral Builder: A Biography of J. Irwin Miller by Charles E. Miller Rentschler (MBA 1964) (AuthorHouse) Rentschler has based this... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2004
News

Retirement's Changing Face

time, Fidelity sent Terrana to the Odyssey program, a “School for the Second Half of Life” offered through HBS Executive Education. “It was a form of self-examination I’d never been through, a kind of group therapy for type-As like me,”... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

29 Apr 2020
Book

The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages

Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Web

One-Year Action Plan Update - Advancing Racial Equity

News & Commentary 23 SEP 2021 One-Year Action Plan Update Dean Srikant Datar discusses the School’s Advancing Racial Equity action plan at the one-year mark—progress made so far, and where there is still work to do—with Professor Jan Hammond, Chief View Details

10 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 10

Business School Case 415-047 BlackRock: Diversity as a Driver for Success In July 2014, the Global Executive Committee (GEC) for BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, held a two-day offsite to discuss the state of talent within... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Oct 2017
Research Event

In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?

A year ago, discussions of the business of digital media may have focused on the plateauing ebook market or the diminishing pay for content providers. But after the 2016 presidential election, in which Russian operatives allegedly used... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting; Journalism & News

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

they found a lot of dissatisfaction with the status quo, as well as tension and confusion, among both executives and clergy. On the executive side, says Nash, "Just across the board, interviewees would... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: January 15

Innovation Authors:Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Publication:Journal of Financial Economics Abstract We find that VC-backed firms receiving their initial investment in hot markets are more likely to go bankrupt, but conditional... View Details