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Events - Private Capital Project

moderated by Professor Shai Bernstein (Marvin Bower Associate Professor, HBS) and Professor Josh Lerner (Co-head of HBS Private Capital Project) When AI Meets PE 101 December 5, 2023, “When AI Meets PE... View Details

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

earned ONE FC the backing of Singapore’s Economic Development Board—one of only two sports to enjoy that status (the other is Formula One racing). Winning over a government initially skeptical about the reputation and potential of MMA required multiple View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

TeachingInterests

Creating the Modern Financial System

By: David A. Moss

Creating the Modern Financial System offers a vital perspective on finance and the financial system by exploring the historical development of key financial instruments and institutions worldwide. The premise of the course is that students will gain a richer and... View Details

Research Summary

Dissertation: A Relational Perspective on Boundary Work: How Attorneys Manage Work-Life Boundaries

Many professionals struggle with managing boundaries between work and life outside of work. For decades researchers have been trying to understand this issue but we still have much to learn about it. With my dissertation, I aim to improve our understanding of... View Details

2024
Case

Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations (A)

By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro and Mina Subramanian

This three-part, stop action case study, structured for classroom discussion, centers on Harvard’s Program on Negotiation 2022 Great Negotiator, Christiana Figueres, and her efforts as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Negotiation; Environmental Regulation; International Relations; Leadership

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2024
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Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations (B)

By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro and Mina Subramanian

This three-part, stop action case study, structured for classroom discussion, centers on Harvard’s Program on Negotiation 2022 Great Negotiator, Christiana Figueres, and her efforts as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Negotiation; Environmental Regulation; International Relations; Leadership

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20 Oct 2023

MBA Program Open House

Join MBA Admissions staff and current HBS students for a campus tour, student-led Q&A, and Admissions information session. We look forward to meeting you! View Details

01 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

Source: Geber86 When a worker struggles to meet the demands of a particular position, the problem may not be with the employee—maybe it’s the job’s design that is wrong. A poorly designed job can work against even the most dedicated... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

items caught my eye recently. The first was the report from the Home Depot annual meeting contrasting this year's investor-friendlier tone set by the company's new CEO, Frank Blake, with last year's, led by then-CEO Robert Nardelli. It's... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

frameworks are complicated. The processes that companies install to develop their strategy are highly complex, hundreds of slides, dozens of analyses, many competing frameworks and considerations. I meet many managers who see strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

12 Apr 2022
Blog Post

The Many Languages of Medicine to Impact Care Delivery

stories, and partnering with them to help them meet their health goals. Being in the clinic was a great opportunity for me to apply what I previously learned in real-time to help a real patient. Unexpectedly, spending time with patients... View Details

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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

photograph: a full-page image of the South Works plant in Chicago, its furnaces ablaze at night, with the caption, “U.S. Steel Works Around the Clock to Meet Defense and Civilian Needs.” The following year, the 32-page-annual report (now... View Details

24 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things

Red Cross, who decided to collaborate with the research team after meeting Norton through a colleague. “Ultimately, it speaks to how powerful that framing is.” People incur the cost of a bad gamble just so they can complete a pseudo-set... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

14 Dec 2023

HBS Information Session in Madrid

Join us for an in-person information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to... View Details

11 Apr 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy

launched the service with humans routing users' questions "behind the curtain" instead of computers. This allowed the company to observe how and what users were asking—and then spend time and money on a technology backbone that would best View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Computer

26 May 2016
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993

equally at home running morning markets meetings with thousands of people—which she does every week—as she is mentoring staff one-on-one. “If I could be a mentor to all 22,000 employees, I would,” she says. “I love helping others discover... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

04 Dec 2023

HBS Information Session in Seattle