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- 28 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
How I Landed My Manufacturing Internship at HBS
companies Kristen had suggested I apply to. The recruiter and I shared a personal connection – her father was from Buffalo, my hometown in Western New York. As a child, I took a family weekend vacation to... View Details
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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
various stages of their personal and professional lives. We aspire to connect you with each other, share with you the latest faculty research and innovative ideas from the field, and bring you together to work on solutions for our world’s... View Details
- 14 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings
us.” About the author Danielle Kost is senior editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: iStock Photo] Related Reading Master the Team Meeting 'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making From the Plow to the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 12 May 2023
- News
Alabama's Yella Fella
Photo credit: Auburn University Photo credit: Auburn University In 1970, Jimmy Rane (OPM 11, 1986) took over a tiny treated-lumber business in Abbeville, Alabama, that was hovering near bankruptcy. Its owners, Rane's in-laws, had died suddenly in a car accident. Over... View Details
- 07 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
Living Off Campus at HBS
you make that decision? Cameron: I live off campus between Harvard and Central Squares, and am incredibly happy with my decision. I am originally from Cambridge and was working in Boston prior to HBS. Knowing the area I had a good sense... View Details
- 15 Jan 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Career & Life Balance
the people and society around them, while at the same time being dead inside. Leaders need the capacity to distance themselves from the pressures and seductions of success and to think and live for... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 21 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
Top 10 MBA Voices Articles of 2021
As 2021 comes to a close, we wanted to share a roundup of our most read MBA Voices blogposts from 2021. Revisit our 10 most popular stories from the past year highlighting HBS students, alumni, and resources... View Details
- 02 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Pursuing A Passion in Health Care
getting to know the area, new people, and embarking on a culinary tour of this foodie city. Having some distance from our first-year at HBS, I have a renewed appreciation for how incredible and out-of-the... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 16 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018)
sector organizations and provides ongoing support and programming to Fellows. At Social Finance, I’ve been able to translate key learnings from the classroom to practice and importantly, leverage the school’s strong network of faculty and... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril
Employees regularly turn to managers and other higher-level co-workers to seek advice about job-related issues and next steps for their careers. Yet people don’t always take the advice they receive; they may accept some suggestions and ignore others. Here’s a word of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life
It’s a philosophical debate as old as time: What is the secret to leading a meaningful life? For many, the question gained new urgency after years of social distancing and upheaval during the COVID-19 pandemic. After surviving a public... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
- 31 Mar 2022
- Op-Ed
Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services
Those features, they assert, help them learn best practices from their multitude of engagements, ensure the confidentiality of specific information, and apply cutting-edge knowledge to assignments. Network economies. Across various... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda
- 20 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Summer Snapshot: Interning for the City of Philadelphia
in city government in my hometown of Philadelphia. After decades of economic decline there are signs of a resurgence. My work this summer has been to help create a government strategy that supports and accelerates this resurgence while... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 28 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
Remote Workers Spend More on Housing. Do They Deserve Higher Pay?
To executives expecting to save on office space when some employees continue working remotely post-pandemic: Not so fast. Makeshift desks and kitchen tables have sufficed for many people working from home to avoid COVID-19. However, permanently remote workers tend to... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Three Components of Family Governance
There are three components to family governance: Periodic (typically annual) assemblies of the family; all families in business can benefit from this activity. Family council meetings for those families that benefit View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
buying Alstom, GE’s chief energy competitor, but ignored warnings from wary board directors and senior executives who claimed Alstom had made bad deals and otherwise performed poorly. Since the acquisition, Alstom has struggled—and today... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
defensiveness, and also personal concerns about job security and/or mobility. These factors tend to be seen as applying across situations. For example, a person with greater communication skill might be more likely to speak up despite an unfavorable context. No news is... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’
was no more certain than a crystal ball. Moreover, despite efforts of forecasters to distance themselves from astrologers and popular conjurers, the emergence of scientific forecasting went hand in hand with... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
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Innovation & Innovative Capacity - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
capacity of both countries and regions. Using data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and emerging nations over the past quarter century, their findings show the striking degree to which location matters for... View Details
- 09 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place
is whether the business can afford to spend the required resources—especially when it means siphoning time and attention away from an existing successful business. "When you open a new operation, it requires not only money but also... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman