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story ideas from alumni and faculty. Please note that we write exclusively about graduates of HBS plus its faculty, students, and staff. Freelancers should send a one-page proposal along with writing samples... View Details

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Learn More About HBS Faculty & Research Learn More About HBS Faculty & Research Bulletin Latest Version of the Alumni Bulletin Latest Version of the Alumni Bulletin Volunteer Alumni support the School and the global alumni community by volunteering in a wide range of... View Details

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

really your life. This is his story. And the question is, are you going to play your part? Are you going to write your chapter? So I do think that as an African American CEO in corporate America, I really have a responsibility looking... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

20 Oct 2015
Blog Post

What to Expect Your First Year at HBS

either my character or perspective. I am writing this blogpost from the office of a venture capital firm in Palo Alto. I have never been an investor and I have never lived in California. I would have never had the privilege to work in... View Details

12 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment

breakthroughs may hit the discard pile before companies can evaluate them in full—causing companies to miss out on big competitive leaps, write the researchers in their working paper. Lane, who is affiliated with the Laboratory for... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Aerospace

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Three Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day - MBA

next year. But when you do, it will be worth it. Matt Wood (he/him), Class of 2024 Coming out as queer felt like I was finally given the agency and authorship I needed to write how I wanted my personal and professional life to unfold.... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details

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Loujaine AlMoallim

game that keeps you on your toes (or on your head, in some cases). And nothing feels more rewarding than facing these challenges and learning how to tackle them. What is your most memorable classroom moment? During one of our classes in the first semester, we were... View Details

03 Jan 2023
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How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

introduction to Ms. Hesselbein in 1988. Case preparation, appearances in my classes, and writing for her later publications then followed. "As Hesselbein put it, 'the power of language is so important in this job.'" Welch and Hesselbein... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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1.11 Leaves of Absence - MBA

above, in the case of an involuntary leave of absence for medical reasons, the School will consult with an appropriate person at Harvard University Health Services. Students are notified in writing that they have been placed on... View Details

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

led you to write the book? Noel Maurer: The idea of the book grew out of two conundrums. First, why wasn't Panama richer in 1999, after [nearly] 100 years of the Panama Canal? After all, the United States and Panama were joined at the hip... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

21 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity

entire US economy.” In the course of writing a Harvard Business School case on the patent office, he discovered the agency was implementing a sophisticated new machine learning program called Sigma-AI in an attempt to cut the time... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Information

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

embassies around the world. Later, as an MBA, it also inspired him to write to Laurance Rockefeller after reading about Rockefeller’s early investments in what would become Eastern Air Lines and McDonnell Douglas. That initial contact led... View Details

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Reforming Social Science

By: Max H. Bazerman

Social science research affects all of us. When researchers learned organ donation rates are higher in countries where human organs are automatically available for donation unless you specifically “opt-out” of the system, as opposed to countries like the U.S., where... View Details

06 Aug 2021
Book

Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

cruelty who remakes the industry and in some cases society." “There were charismatic business leaders in the 1950s and 1960s, just as there are CEOs today who are not charismatic,” writes Tedlow. “We are describing a general tendency away... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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1.17 Field Based Learning/Independent Projects - MBA

individual, prior written permission should be obtained before the information is shared beyond the faculty sponsor and HBS student team members. For example, interviewees may be sent copies of quotes they have made or data they have provided with a request to confirm... View Details

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

way or if it's time to part ways–the company has outgrown them. I once had a talented engineer on my team who was a great prototyper but not strong writing production-level code. Each time he tried to follow a project from the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

learned at HBS.” WAC report writing was designed to train students to do just that. The slot where the WACs were deposited at the west end of Baker Library is memorialized today with a bronze plaque. MBA students would line up and cheer... View Details

09 Feb 2015
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Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

were asked to recall an event from the past and write about it for five minutes. They were divided into four conditions. In the first condition, participants recalled a time where they intentionally set out to nurture a relationship for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

24 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things

and your fiancé struggling to write thank-you cards for all those wedding shower gifts? Try batching the unwritten cards into sets of eight. Rather than feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of writing one... View Details