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14 Jan 2022
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Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

managers shift to three key measures of performance: results, group cohesion, and employee learning and satisfaction. Focusing on those measures, she says, ensures managers are tracking what is actually... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

April 2022 (Revised May 2022)
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Mastercard Labs (A)

By: Linda A. Hill, Sunil Gupta, Emily Tedards and Julia Kelley

When Ajaypal (Ajay) Banga became the CEO of Mastercard in 2010, he shifted the company’s competitive focus from card networks to cash itself. Mastercard’s new vision of a “World Beyond Cash” distilled into a three-pronged framework: Grow the core business, Diversify... View Details

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Mar 12 2018
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27 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?

power of these forces and how they operate. I will suggest that we can make more successful decisions by understanding these forces and that we can learn to account for them as we set goals or clarify plans... View Details

Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino

17 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

for predominantly white spaces is still not enough to keep Black people safe – and there isn’t a job title or degree in the world that can protect Black communities from institutionalized and systemic racism. Members of the HBS African... View Details

17 Sep 2019
Blog Post

What to Expect from your First Week at HBS

is any “one expected path” for people to be pursuing. I have heard an awe-inspiring breadth of stories, backgrounds, and interests with each person I have met and I am already having one-on-one conversations with section-mates that seem... View Details

20 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

Gamble and IBM have learned to do this—others can learn as well. In a similar way there is concern about loss of secrecy. The reality in most industries is that most firms have... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 05 Mar 2019
Webinars: Career

Starting a New Position? How to Ensure You're Successful

About to begin a new role at a new company or one within your existing organization? Inflection Point Partners' Matt Spielman (MBA 1999) shares the five-step process that he has put into practice with executives across the globe to help ensure success in those first... View Details

03 Dec 2008
What Do You Think?

Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?

for another ... we have no choice but to let things be as they will, no matter how ludicrous and painful, until the understanding becomes knowledge." Tom Dolembo put it this way: "Nudge this back? Never ... As dumb as we are, we... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

16 May 2015
Blog Post

Using an MBA to Reimagine the Music Industry

When we meet prospective students at information sessions around the world they’re often curious about the student experience at HBS. How does HBS prepare students for the challenges of leadership? What is section life like? Why do so many MBA students change careers?... View Details

September 2018
Supplement

Advent International: Kroton Investment

By: Victoria Ivashina, Priscilla Zogbi and Ruth Kostas

Keywords: Private Equity; Acquisition; IPO; Valuation; Education; Distance Learning; Turnaround; Growth; Exit; PE; Buyer; Middle-class; Low Income; K-12; Entrepreneur; Family Business; University; College; Consolidation; Fragmentation; Penetration; Value; Shares; Control; Negotiation; Equity; Transaction; Board; Majority; Minority; Post-secondary; Leverage; Campus; Deal; Shareholder; Tag Along

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12 PM – 1 PM EST, 23 Feb 2016
Webinars: Career

How to Make Your Boss (& Teams) Love You

How do you stand out, add value to your teams and make your boss, your clients, and your colleagues love you? Jodi Glickman, president and founder of Great on the Job and regular blogger for Harvard Business Review, will unwrap the GIFT of Great on the Job... View Details

18 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

Common wisdom holds that oil and gas companies, electric utilities, and other industries known for their large carbon emissions generally oppose clean energy policies. Now, a study of corporate advocacy spanning 30 years reveals that many companies are more flexible... View Details

Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Utilities

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6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees - Recruiting

effectively discuss race, but if they approach it with a sense of openness and learning, they can play an important role in advocating change.” Managers must learn to create safe spaces at work View Details

08 Oct 2024

Applying to HBS: Breaking Down the Written Application

Join us for an insightful virtual event where you'll get a clear breakdown of the HBS MBA application. Learn directly from an Admissions Board member how to craft a compelling essay, choose strong... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

McCance First to Serve as Entrepreneur in Residence

Senior Lecturer Mike Roberts, executive director of the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. “We want to be in even closer contact with the outside world and learn about issues being faced right now,” notes... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneur in residence; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

Passion at Work Is a Good Thing—But Only If Bosses Know How to Manage It

work actually means, which could lead to unhappy workers and frustrated managers. “As an organization, it’s not enough to just hire people for passion. Leaders also need to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Staying Connected to the Harvard Veterans Community After HBS

other Harvard Schools, and in Boston as a whole. In honor of Veterans Day, we sat down with Peter Goodman (MBA 2017) to learn about his experience at HBS, and how he stays connected View Details

10 Aug 2015
News

Giving Kids Tech Tools to Make an Impact

some of that pixie dust—kids learn about 3-D printers, sustainable technology, and robotics—amazing things can happen.” Kadomatsu, who was cochair of the first class at HBS to organize Tech Club Treks, says... View Details

14 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association

The Jewish Student Association (JSA) serves as a resource to develop, inform, support, and enrich Harvard Business School’s Jewish students and those interested in learning more about the Jewish faith and... View Details

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