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- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
complex. The requirements are higher than even the most quantitative MBA programs can deliver. As a result, we are aggressively pursuing PhDs in business, finance, mathematics, physics, and operations. The common thread is that all are View Details
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
particularly millennials, they want what they want, when they want it, not when we want to sell it to them. It's very easy to say, very hard to kind of change our approach. Part of it is we like to think, well, where McDonald's, we can tell View Details
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
included those that “women have greater analytical skills and coordinate activities with much (greater) ease than men while upholding company values and strategy” (Mathews Daniel Kapito); “Having senior female leaders should lead to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Second Place in the 2024 Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Prize Competition for “The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Entrepreneurial Performance” with Nicholas Otis, Rowan Clarke, Solène Delecourt, and David Holtz. Rembrand M. Koning : Winner of the... View Details
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
shape individuals' willingness to accept it? We examine both questions through survey experiments and find that attitudes toward peace can in fact be widely influenced by these factors in a survey setting: 18%more people agree to peace... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
the profession. Journalists are asking, Whom do we serve? How do we know what people think is important? Any good reader-revenue strategy has to be built around a real understanding of the audience and what motivates View Details
- 20 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Marketing Mix Right
to the effectiveness of their marketing instruments” Thomas J. Steenburgh, an associate professor in the Marketing Unit at Harvard Business School, has developed a new analytical tool that more accurately measures the effectiveness of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
network of individual contracts or the vision of its entrepreneur. The people inside firms learned, developed effective routines, and innovated. While we have sophisticated theories of competition in economics, the cooperative teamwork... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
four investment funds with approximately $750 million of capital for private equity investments. Most important thing learned at HBS: “About my own limitations. I'm not a very analytical person, so I got a wonderful framework for looking... View Details
- 08 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
International Women's Day Featured Stories
them, which ultimately meant that I was representing people like my mother who is a CalPERS beneficiary, required challenging those firms who managed their money to do the right thing on behalf of their limited partners, not themselves.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
professors were doing what I liked to do, but with all the people in a section, the impact was multiplied eighty times," he observes. During his second year in the MBA Program, a research project on CEOs with Professor Nitin Nohria... View Details
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
hiring and productivity, says Jeffrey T. Polzer, the UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management at Harvard Business School. His recent paper probes how organizational researchers should study people View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
Summing Up Should "Moneyball Analytics" Play a Greater Role in Preparation for Management? There was general agreement among respondents to this month's column that we will see a growing emphasis on analytics among managers as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Profile
Colt Stander
“many of the most creative and innovative firms. I wanted to see what job positions are out there, what’s analytical yet creative. Where are people solving problems?” After graduation from HBS, Colt plans on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Faculty Books
he seeks counsel from a panel of advisers, resulting in a wealth of teaching moments. Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right by Thomas H. Davenport and Brook Manville (Harvard Business Review Press) Despite increasing reliance... View Details
- 26 Jul 2018
- News
Running the Numbers
people to buy into a new vision or better way of doing things is my favorite kind of challenge.” Today, as CEO of the Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR), a Massachusetts-based tech-intensive company focused on... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 12 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get
consumer interactions is fairly unique, we need to attract people from different backgrounds,” he says. “We’re always trying to build a bridge between a candidate’s background and what they might be able to do here.” Fitzpatrick and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Fast Answer
Biotech and medical devices: Company Data and Analysis
Where can I find biotech and medical devices company financials and analysis? We suggest that you may use at least more than one of them for your company research. Capital IQ - Data on public and private companies, investment firms, capital transactions, and View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
What HBS Learned from West Point
“Knowing—competence—is obviously important if you want to lead,” says Snook, who came to HBS in 2002 after over 22 years in the military. “No matter what your occupation, you can always improve your knowledge. But with leadership, we know that beyond knowledge and... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer
really important, challenging problems is for me the single most important place to be investing in the next decade,” he said, adding he recently invested in Headspace, a company that provides guided meditation sessions online or through an app. “Behind the scenes,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers