Individual Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2016
News

Inside Modern HR

pulled into the middle of a difficult business issue or a white-hot decision moment as a kind of internal coach. That is incredibly fulfilling from an impact perspective—being trusted as an advisor when it matters most. YY: What’s new in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

10 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

posed by greater decentralization not only in health care but in other settings as well. "Some services that we have thought of as commodities actually have subtle features that make them differentiated," he says. "Ultimately, the relationship between customers and the... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health

02 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Spending on Happiness

happiness. We conducted a number of studies—from national surveys to a field study in which we examined how the manner in which employees at a Boston-based company spent a profit-sharing bonus impacted their long-term happiness—in which... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

17 Nov 2022
News

Blockchain for Good

As the Nigeria-Biafra war raged around them, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994), her mother, and her brother made a dangerous dash for a better life. Huddled in the belly of a Portuguese cargo plane returning from delivering arms to the Biafran forces, Dyer remembers Nigerian... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

25 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Advancing a More Sustainable World with an MBA/MPA-ID

School. I wanted to pursue a joint degree that would help me address the dichotomy of my intended field, where climate investment cannot be an arena for governments alone and where impact involves navigating supply chain risks as much as... View Details

19 Jun 2018
Research Event

Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?

limitations of research and data on which to make such choices. We have no measure of the cost of the extinction of a species, for example. The continued lack of transparency in corporate reporting, and the lack of hard research on the View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Energy

01 Dec 2022
News

The Potential of Business to Improve Lives

individual research interests—“the pieces of the bigger puzzle,” as Chu describes them. “BiGS can bring all these pieces together and help us better understand business’s role in society.” One step toward achieving that is the BiGS... View Details

Keywords: April White

23 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Propel Your Career Forward with Some of Our Favorite Books

stories of President Abraham Lincoln, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, Frederick Douglass, clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and environmental crusader Rachel Carson. Learn about each individual from their youngest days to understand how... View Details

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Power and Influence - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Power and Influence Course Number 2056 Associate Professor Lakshmi Ramarajan Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Paper Excludes enrollment in Power and Influence for Positive Impact (2055) in the fall term... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Embracing Activism for Social Change

correctly triage calls over to a clinician on site,” she explains. “That had a big impact on improving protocols to ensure that mental health specialists are available to assist when calls come in,” Mendu says about the first priority of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2008
News

Centennial Goes YouTube

professor had the greatest impact on you? Is there a particular experience that comes to mind when you describe HBS to others? The project got under way last year and already has logged more than 130 video stories. Among them are several... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

08 Nov 2011
News

Saluting Our HBS Veterans

steady stream of combat veterans attending the School (as documented in the March 2004 Bulletin), their impact has been especially pronounced in recent years. Individually, students such as Donovan Campbell (MBA 2007), Rye Barcott (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; veterans; National Security and International Affairs; Government

16 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020

Python and Git knowledge to get started and create projects independently. Appreciation of data science: The relevance of data science and power of models are transforming businesses, and the projects helped me to appreciate exactly how much potential View Details

Keywords: All Industries

15 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 15

13% of employment over two years. In short, private equity buyouts catalyze the creative destruction process in the labor market, with only a modest net impact on employment. The creative destruction response mainly involves a more rapid... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 8

that egalitarianism distance has a negative causal impact on FDI flows. This effect is robust to a broad set of competing accounts, including the effects of other cultural dimensions, various features of the prevailing legal and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

similar concepts, such as path dependence and cohort effects. We then provide a framework to order and unite the splintered field of imprinting research at different levels of analysis. In doing so, we identify economic, technological, institutional, and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Nov 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Tyler Teykl (MBA 2017)

into an operating company. Furthermore, HBS gave me a better appreciation for the investor and advisor and how those capacities facilitate success for individuals and companies. What impact has HBS had on... View Details

03 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series

developed by HBS Professors Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna. To date, the CEM project has conducted deep and impactful interviews with business leaders in 30 countries across emerging markets on topics including innovation, leadership,... View Details

Profile

Stephen Mathew

My classmates' diverse perspectives helped me not only understand complex business concepts but also how they can be effectively used in different industries, countries, and functions. Most importantly, they helped me piece together the big picture to see how our View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

The MBA at a Crossroads

students straight from undergraduate programs and promoting internally without requiring an MBA. The global economic crisis only added to the chorus of concerns about the MBA degree. The Carnegie Corporation and Ford Foundation reports in 1959 had an enormous View Details

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

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