Writing - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Webinars: Career

How to Build a Resume that Stands Above the Competition

Its no secret that your resume is critical to landing the job you deserve. You need to ensure it reflects your messaging and distinguishes you from the competition. Join Jill Huggett, Certified Professional Resume Writer and career coach, to find how to get your... View Details

Portrait Project

Wabantu Hlophe

games. My sanctuary was a realm where I could defy circumstance, write my own narrative, and one day give voice to stories that my countrymen could not. Gaming planted a seed of idealism within me—a belief that even in the face of... View Details

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

they holding onto hidden interests? According to Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman, chances are the main hurdle to smooth negotiation is behind 1 of these 3 questions. When you label someone "irrational," you limit your own options, as they View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

01 Jan 2004
News

D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

says. As a senior member of McKinsey, Daniel remains active both inside and outside the firm, serving as a resource to other partners and associates and adding new names to the list of nonprofits he wants to help. He also intends to spend time View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

You Are: 15 Harvard Professors Tell Life Stories That Inspire the Heart and Mind). I was probably the lowest-paid member of my class, but that experience led to writing about careers and leadership for HBR, the New York Times, the... View Details

Keywords: April White

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

the many developers worldwide who write for Microsoft platforms. When these developers find attractive alternatives to Microsoft technologies—as they did when the Internet first emerged—it's not long before the tools division starts to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Are You a Level-Six Leader?

twin mirages of short-term profit or stock market valuations. They have a grand vision for the future of their organizations, and they infect others with their energy, enthusiasm, and integrity. These are the leaders we write books about,... View Details

Keywords: by Mitch Maidique

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

Gerson, writing in The Washington Post, generally agreed with these views. His thoughtful column suggested ways of overcoming the political differences running through this month's comments, when he said: "Proposals focused mainly on... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling

Snigdha Sur (MBA 2017) is the Founder and CEO of The Juggernaut, a digital media company for South Asian stories. She’s on a mission to diversify storytelling and newsrooms and help challenge existing storylines. Since writing this... View Details

Web

The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

04 Feb 2022
Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

called for another way of speaking and thinking. As Gilbert once told me: "We can be disciplined, but should we be? We can write down positioning statements, but the Snapple trademark spills over the boundaries we put on it."... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage

01 Sep 2007
News

Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

sociologist Talcott Parsons. Chandler was also influenced by his participation in the Research Center in Entrepreneurial History at Baker Library. Chandler taught at MIT from 1950 to 1963, where in addition to writing Strategy and... View Details

Web

Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

the 2024 Rising Scholar Award from The Review of Financial Studies for "Regulatory Limits to Risk Management" (June 2023). 2023 Mark L. Egan : Winner of the 2023 TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong... View Details

11 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

Director of Career Development Programs at Harvard Business School. "Without it we cannot grow, change, and—eventually—live more fully in a larger world," Butler writes in his new book, Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

running a business today. Q: Grove's notebooks, which you had access to, are fascinating. Why did he keep such detailed journals and what did you learn from them? A: I mentioned previously that Grove is an autodidact—a man capable of teaching himself a remarkable... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster

next to his became social currency across Canada. It's easy to write off these fads as simple stunts of digital narcissism, but they matter to marketing because they carry incidental meaning. It was not lost on Ford's reelection team that... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton

22 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Side Effects: The Case of Propecia

managers" in families, she said. The Doctor Is In And if a balding man could be persuaded to pay a visit to the physician's office, would the doctor necessarily write a prescription? Doctors are comfortable treating medical... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Pharmaceutical

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