Engagement - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

effective development professional. Fortunately, I discovered the MBA/MPA-ID program while working on McKinsey engagements with HBS and HKS alumni such as Amandla Ooko-Ombaka (MBA/ MPA-ID 2016) and Philip Osafo-Kwaako (PEG PhD 2012) and I... View Details

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Is the Digital Transformation Certificate Right for You?

today is engaged in some type of digital transformation, but with technology changing so fast, it can be hard to stay on top of the trends that matter most. That's why HBS Executive Education is continuing to expand our offerings related... View Details

25 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

high level of engagement with the material on the part of the students. One of the ways I measure that is by the e-mails I get, and I got a number of long e-mails about her. That means she pulled some chords in the students.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

Specialized Knowledge As A Public Good; Renunciation Of Profit Maximization To be able to set and enforce standards of admission to a profession, determine how professional work is to be done, engage in self-regulation rather than be... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

disciplines and schools working on similar challenges.” In this conversation, Segneri highlights the broadening of the initial i-lab model as an educational collaborative just for students into a three-lab ecosystem that also engages... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

27 Jan 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Discretion Within the Constraints of Opportunity: Gender Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization

Keywords: by Adam M. Kleinbaum, Toby E. Stuart & Michael L. Tushman

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

engaging materials on climate change. In 2022, they partnered with the State of New Jersey to launch a customized NJ hub to support their integration of climate change in various subjects. For this upcoming back-to-school, they will be... View Details

10 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

Ramarajan says. “The default tendency is to withdraw.” But the tutors attempted to engage with students, despite the school’s discouragement of getting too “personal.” For example, one white male tutor told a student who was failing that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Jean M. Cunningham | About

Jean M. Cunningham Bio As part of the Dean’s Office staff, Jean is engaged in an evolving array of activities and initiatives. Projects have included the centennial, W50, and other milestone commemorations; the opening of the Harvard... View Details

17 Apr 2009
Working Paper Summaries

The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds

Keywords: by Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner & Antoinette Schoar; Financial Services

2025
Book

Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You

By: Teresa M. Amabile, Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. Hall and Kathy E. Kram

Retirement, as a major life transition, can be both thrilling and challenging in unexpected ways. Written by acclaimed authors in the fields of business leadership, careers, and work, this book goes beyond the typical financial and health-related advice on retirement,... View Details

Keywords: Retirement

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Fast Facts - Health Care

Health Care MBA Health Care Club 600+ Students engaged in Health Care Club activities Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details

12 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 12

customer, there is no value. Instead of using pricing in a way that turns customers into adversaries, companies can use it to enlarge the pie. That means viewing customers as partners in value creation-a collaboration that increases customers' View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description - Recruiting

Hybrid: Strategies for Success 26 Jun 2025 Partner with a Student Club 28 Apr 2025 How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs Student Clubs Partner with one of the 50 career-related clubs on campus to engage with targeted groups of students.... View Details

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

engaging in excessive risky lending because they knew the government would bail them out, loose monetary policy and government policies promoting homeownership. Figure 10: Factors Contributing to the Financial Crisis Interestingly,... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Leveraging Generative AI

Four decades after HBS became the first business school in the country to require the use of personal computers in the MBA Program, the School is undergoing a different kind of technological transformation, one that leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

March 2025
Article

Novice Risk Work: How Juniors Coaching Seniors on Emerging Technologies Such as Generative AI Can Lead to Learning Failures

By: Katherine C. Kellogg, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, Steven Randazzo, Ethan Mollick, Fabrizio Dell'Acqua, Edward McFowland III, François Candelon and Karim R. Lakhani

The literature on communities of practice demonstrates that a proven way for senior professionals to upskill themselves in the use of new technologies that undermine existing expertise is to learn from junior professionals. It notes that juniors may be better able... View Details

Keywords: Rank and Position; Competency and Skills; Technology Adoption; Experience and Expertise; AI and Machine Learning