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- 11 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP and the Bonus of Climate Educator Collaboration
In addition to the “wow” factor popping from the sheer volume of climate-smart MBA students from 39 schools at the 2024 ClimateCAP Summit in Ann Arbor this February, the chance to interact with staff and faculty peers from across these... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
has indeed increased at certain workplaces, particularly ones dominated by white workers, as more minorities have been hired at these firms over time. But as Koning and Ferguson zoomed out and looked at a large number of workplaces across... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jan 2007
- HBS Case
The Challenge of Managing National Security
Counterterrorism Center. Their effectiveness remains an open question, and in fairness they've not yet had a chance to prove themselves. In the private sector, this kind of change would happen over the... View Details
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Career risks and professional growth: Finding a fulfilling career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) - Recruiting
what my next step would be, but I knew it was time for a change. As a financial analyst in investment banking, I realized that, while the job paid well, the hours and lifestyle left little room for joy or personal fulfillment. Going to business school gave me the View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Nairobi Love: Heading Home
experience at HBS thus far. While I was intimidated by being in class with hardcore finance folks for finance and accounting classes, I am amazed at how much I have learned in a year. While I had to do a fair amount of prep-work before... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
decided to take a chance on the four-day workweek. Carbonell and Bernard were very clear that this was an experiment, and they reserved the right to walk it back at any time if it wasn’t working. A few months into the trial, they sent out... View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- News
Eyes on Medical Breakthroughs
offered research jobs at the same big firms that were hiring her male classmates as executives. So she opted for a job at a small investment bank that came with a lower salary, but also a chance to prove... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Forestalling Terror
out. Two of the most important are the establishment of the role of Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the establishment of the National Counterterrorism Center. Their effectiveness remains an open question, and in fairness... View Details
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
“There are so many industries that have a history of relying on the "soft stuff," and the soft stuff has worked in the favor of a particular kind of individual. The truth is the soft stuff is often a euphemism, in many cases, for bias; for people being able to use... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
business model, he continued. He also said start-ups should spend more time on market verification and market feedback than on the "front office" issues of building a business. Fialkow's lessons included trust your instincts; develop solid mentors; View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
see me as somebody who's a little different. How do your business activities compare with being a senator? In business, things have a beginning, a middle, and an end. In the Senate, there is always another chance and another time and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
associated moral hazard often goes unnoticed. Such a risk can prove even greater when the various elements of the "delegation chain" obey different standards. What does this have to do with the ongoing Rupert Murdoch case? Journalists at News of the World... View Details
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective
analysis, all subjects were asked for their private assessment of the target company's fair value—as distinct from how they might portray that value in the bargaining process. Those assigned the role of seller gave median valuations more... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
Lang Related Links “It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t”: New research by HBS associate professor Jordan Siegel finds that multinational companies can spin gender bias into gold by recruiting and View Details
- 10 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Retail
offers that “companies can get a resume database for free, filter for the types of experience and skills they are interested in, and target specific students for outreach.” Staying on Trend An emerging trend in retail hiring is the... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 04 Oct 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go
Wasserman identified Wily Technology founder Lew Cirne as the ideal case subject. "An inherent paradox in succession is that a founder who has been doing a good job actually increases the chance he or she will be fired,"... View Details
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
Because you may be competent and compatible, but if you don’t send signals that you are committed, your manager could worry that you will quit. Or you may be compatible and committed, but if you can’t do the job, none of that matters. Ng offers job seekers and new... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
company. To build a culture of agility, creativity, and innovation, Gillette developed an innovation fair in which every unit could show off its most promising new concepts. I was privileged to judge the first one with the then CEO, where... View Details
- 22 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Career Risks and Professional Growth: Finding a Fulfilling Career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)
realized that, while the job paid well, the hours and lifestyle left little room for joy or personal fulfillment. Going to business school gave me the chance to rebrand myself, explore new opportunities, and figure out what truly inspired... View Details
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
considered the communication he had just received. It was from Permira, the leading European buyout fund, and concerned its fourth fund, to which Altoona had made a $100 million commitment. The memorandum offered investors a chance to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace