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04 Sep 2015
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4 Tips for MBA Students with Families

books, etc.). Since our student-partners are busy all day and some evenings with school and recruiting efforts, Crimson Parents is a way to give the partners an equally enriching experience. Aubrey: We love Crimson Parents! This club is the very best way to View Details

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Frist Faculty Commons | About

Frist Faculty Commons The Frist Faculty Commons, located in Baker Library | Bloomberg Center , was named in recognition of the leadership support of the Thomas F. Frist Jr. family. The Frist Faculty Commons offers a convenient gathering place for dining and informal... View Details

26 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

food marketing—that corporations and retailers alike spend a lot of money and effort to create and then meet customer expectations about how food should look. “Freshness was no longer a natural state of foods but a marker of marketability... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising

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Inside the Learning: Program Formats Unpacked

Thanks to a wall of life-size screens, strategically placed cameras, and a studio crew, the experience is more immersive than what is provided by a virtual meeting technology such as Zoom. Watch our Live Online Classroom (LOC) video to... View Details

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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

February 21, 1947, at a meeting of the Optical Society of America in New York City, Edwin Land introduced the one-step photography process. "Land's introduction of the concept of instant photography was not a traditional commercial... View Details

07 Oct 2020
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7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club

coming out that night. I had never met another bisexual person, and I’m not even sure I fully realized that was the right word for myself until then. But just knowing that there was someone else like me, someone else who understood, was such an incredible relief. It... View Details

29 Mar 2024

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

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

Meet Cheryl Andrus: Manager. Survivor. A vice president responsible for corporate and product marketing at FranklinCovey in Salt Lake City, Andrus was asked in August 2002 to also take charge of one of the company's business lines. Along... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

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Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct | About

University program. Sexual harassment, including sexual violence, is a form of sex discrimination in that it denies an individual equal access to the University’s programs or activities.” Harvard’s policies are “designed to ensure a safe and non-discriminatory... View Details

30 Jun 2023
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Finding Pride

group started up an annual potluck in New York City, and 10 or 12 of us would drive down to meet 60 to 70 wonderful, accomplished gay and lesbian alums. I was co-president of the GSA my second year, and after graduating I organized 15 of... View Details

28 Mar 2024
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IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

appeared to be walking through one of the common areas (see Figure 3). Throughout EcoWorld, restaurants and retail spaces fostered additional ways for members of the public to connect outside of work. Sustainability at EcoWorldDue to its scale, RMZ had to View Details

27 Nov 2006
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What’s to Be Done About Performance Reviews?

interview than the interviewee." According to Wally Bock, "When I conducted research I found that the more effective supervisors spent the bulk of their performance evaluation meeting time talking about the future." Forced... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

organizations live-blog or live-tweet their corporate meetings or events to give employees a sense of the back-and-forth in the moment. The virtual platforms that companies are relying on these days offer a similar opportunity to invite... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

successfully complete Economics for Managers, and how are grades assigned? + – Participants are expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This will mean meeting each week’s course module deadlines and... View Details

09 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

last forever. Cote had used targeted layoffs for permanent changes to Honeywell’s product portfolio after becoming CEO in 2002, divesting businesses that did not meet his requirement that each Honeywell business be in a “great position in... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

21 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

or nonverbal communication at shareholder meetings to add depth to their assessment of company performance. “There is a whole ocean of data out there that people aren’t using,” says Khanna. “Using it could help examine many questions that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jan 2002
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Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

advice," he asserts. "Sometimes that means the best person for the job is already in the company." Although Egon Zehnder International is also involved in helping corporations find outside directors and in appraising the effectiveness of management teams in View Details

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Join the MOC Affiliate Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

October 28, 2022 deadline. Applicants are accepted based on meeting all the requirements, and the Institute reserves the right to accept or decline any application. The Institute does not offer exclusivity to affiliate institutions in... View Details

19 Sep 2005
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Rethinking Company Loyalty

"When our employees are using their strengths," she says, "they find their work more satisfying and feel that they're supporting their own career paths. Everyone benefits; it's the best way to do business." At CHELCO, employees are encouraged to... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

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Attract additional Black talent to all parts of the HBS community. - Advancing Racial Equity

programs, we will launch efforts to meet with Human Resources leaders and sponsoring C-suite members of major client companies , review the diversity of past participants that each company has sent us for professional development, and... View Details

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