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- 04 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
WWII planes, boat docks, and everything in between. My role was to help them design a more sustainable operating and funding model to ensure their long-term viability within the park service. Before I started at HBS, I was a medical... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
Take a seat and hold on tightly. You're aboard the Internet Express, where speed is the order of the day and profit but a remote destination. For firms that ride the rails of the Internet's fast track, getting big fast—whatever its... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
Nations Operation in Somalia and was stationed in Mogadishu. A year after graduation, she accepted a six-month position as director of enterprise development in Tanzania with an international nongovernmental organization called... View Details
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
and organizations, strategic planning, and operations management as we have come to know them. Professor Christopher Bartlett is faculty chair of the Program for Global Leadership. Executive Education recently invited him to discuss his... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
has forced companies to rapidly advance their digital footprint, using cloud storage, cybersecurity, and device tools to accommodate their new remote workforce. Experiencing the benefits of remote... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
travel and work remotely have increased in number even as pandemic restrictions loosen and companies offer increased flexibility to compete for talent. Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture
years as a time to experiment, to learn to launch something, but also to gain the skills on the operational side, and to expand my network. I was great at finance, I understood the healthcare market, but there was a lot of opportunity for... View Details
- 04 May 2023
- Blog Post
Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World
His broader scholarship focuses on the geography of work, particularly how location affects productivity and innovation. The ongoing rise of remote work, propelled by COVID-19, calls into question the importance of face-to-face... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 12 May 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
be allocated? To which groups? And on what basis?” To integrate operations and reach the public, she also oversaw the launch of SJDigitalInclusion.org, San Jose’s portal for the initiative. Building the website from scratch, along with... View Details
- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
be allocated? To which groups? And on what basis?” To integrate operations and reach the public, she also oversaw the launch of SJDigitalInclusion.org, San Jose’s portal for the initiative. Building the website from scratch, along with... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
corporations and governments alike need to focus on. Consequently, the career opportunities for MBAs are now unlimited- you can shape sustainability strategy at traditional companies and banks, drive products and operations at startups... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
operations, remotely disinfecting public buildings and hospitals. "The White Knight drones were in R&D for the last two years; we developed and manufactured them in the last two months in readiness to execute aerial delivery of emergency... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
Yelp restaurant reviews to target hygiene inspections? “There is so much data now, it’s exhilarating—and frightening” “There is all sorts of data that is coming in now,” says Luca, “and if you use it carefully you could revamp the way that every policy is evaluated and... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- Blog Post
HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans
preconceived notions about veterans: that we all have PTSD, are unemployed, etc. So, I’m often combatting those narratives before I can get down to the real task at hand. I’ve also had to work with a remote team to build all of our... View Details
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
opportunistic low-ball offers. Working Papers The Effect of Management Control Elements on Coordination By: Bormann, Sara, Jan Bouwens, and Christian Hofmann Abstract—This study examines how control elements of a firm affect coordination among profit centers. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
among her experience of Africa and something else emerges. The image she chooses reveals much about the spirit of the continent she has grown to love and much about her own optimism, quiet determination, and humanitarian commitment. At a View Details
- 11 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital
backgrounds including banking, private equity, and technology. The diversity of backgrounds is another benefit to firms as they look to fill different roles. Students with strong analytical and valuation skills will be an ideal fit for some positions, while others with... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
going to want the job due to its remote locations, potentially dangerous nature, and relentless work schedule; but finding the 10 percent who did was a great challenge I enjoyed,” she says. “The attrition in this industry is huge––30... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
Responding to COVID-19 in early 2020 was an exercise in crisis leadership. In 2021, the pandemic feels like a painful marathon that will never end. The rapidly spreading virus forced a precipitous shift to remote work at many companies,... View Details
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
decided to start Narayana Hrudayalaya. It's kind of a Robin Hood hospital. When you walk in with a heart ailment, if you can pay, you pay; if you can't pay, you get treated for free. It doesn't matter what your heart ailment is. Its View Details