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01 Dec 2018
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HBS Campaign Impact

opportunities in a rapidly changing world means constantly innovating in our curriculum; today’s graduates must master the knowing, doing, and being of leadership. Alumni are an integral part of the HBS educational ecosystem, sharing... View Details

March 2025
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Does Communicating Measurable Diversity Goals Attract or Repel Historically Marginalized Job Applicants? Evidence from the Lab and Field

By: Erika L. Kirgios, Ike Silver and Edward H. Chang

Many organizations struggle to attract a demographically diverse workforce. How does adding a measurable goal to a public diversity commitment—for example, “We care about diversity” versus “We care about diversity and plan to hire at least one woman or racial minority... View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Diversity; Goals and Objectives; Communication Intention and Meaning; Behavior

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Grace Li | MBA

environment genuinely changed the trajectory of my life — I realized the difference between doing work and meaningful work. Since then, I have tried to infuse that focus on meaning into all that I do, and I can't wait to push the limits... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Combating Climate Change

problems. Supply chains will be disrupted. There will be new conflicts over water, resources, and human migration. The very physical integrity of factories and buildings will be threatened. So what can businesses do? For most firms, environmental sustainability usually... View Details

Portrait Project

Ian Blasco

I want to build a successful career. For me that means success with a small firm where I am able either to run the firm or otherwise gain autonomy over an area within the company. I want to make sure, however, that I also have time for my... View Details

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Becoming Effective Change Makers: The Power of Networks

Instituting change in an organization or in a sector of society has always been the bane of leaders. However, some leaders do succeed--often spectacularly--at transforming their organizations and even whole sectors of society. What makes some change makers triumph in a... View Details

07 Nov 2014
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Investing for the Long Term in Education

exist in perpetuity, means being able to produce that 5 percent plus inflation, which is a bit challenging in a low-interest-rate environment. “I think that we try to approach investments much in the same way that the corporation tries to... View Details

01 Dec 2007
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Hollywood Squared

American shopping mall.” Citing an “explosion of home-grown content” in diverse countries around the world, he added that “globalization does not mean homogeneity. It means heterogeneity.” Lynton’s is a... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

25 Apr 2014
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The measure of business success is in how you add value

Adrian Beer (OPM 31, 2002), CEO of GrupoBeer, says success in business means adding value for your clients. (Published April 2014) View Details

20 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

we call "design-driven innovation." This strategy aims at radically changing the emotional and symbolic content of products, i.e., their meanings and languages, through a deep understanding of broader changes in society, culture... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2020

Diverse Perspectives Series: Intersectionality at HBS

Hear from current and former HBS students as they reflect on their MBA experience and discuss what it means to navigate various identities at HBS. View Details

31 Jan 2022
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The “Angry Black Woman” Stereotype at Work

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Heather McLetchie-Leader

means providing at-risk youth with the educational tools to lift themselves and their families out of poverty, giving them the chance that someone made sure I had. Personally it means serving wherever I see... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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Starting Lineup: Power Plays

MORE Folsom Labs’ Paul Grana on what it means to live a “quantified” life on the Skydeck podcast MORE Folsom Labs’ Paul Grana on what it means to live a “quantified” life on the Skydeck podcast Illustrations... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Dec 2017
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2017 in Real Estate: A Local Business Goes Global

from falling dramatically—showing the global impact on local real estate. What’s next in real estate? “The demand for all property types is being profoundly impacted by technology in ways we are only beginning to understand. Airbnb models will View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

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Ramesh Patel at Aragon Entertainment Limited

By: Anthony J. Mayo and Joshua D. Margolis

Ramesh Patel, a high potential employee, was excited to be named to the company's New Horizons Board, a select team responsible for producing recommendations for new products or line extensions for Aragon Entertainment. Patel's co-worker and friend, Jeremy Gibson was... View Details

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Interpersonal Communication; Spoken Communication; Communication Intention and Meaning; Jobs and Positions; Performance; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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01 Dec 2017
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2017 in Retail: Voice-Activated, One-Hour-Delivery Shopping

Technology is changing everything about how we shop. Two decades ago when we needed something, we went to the store. That’s what we’d done for hundreds of years. Then we began to turn to the computer. Now shopping means reaching for our... View Details

Keywords: Ron Johnson (MBA 1984), founder and CEO, Enjoy

16 Sep 2019
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Smarter Farming

of a company that's making a difference to a small nation. PAMU means to farm in Te Reo, which is the indigenous language of New Zealand, of the Maori people. One of the key concepts that Maori have regarding what they own and what they... View Details

Keywords: meat; dairy; cattle; Agriculture

01 Jun 2009
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Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs

of profitability. But those changes have made a level playing field for everyone; there’s no competitor of size that is not now a bank holding company. Goldman Sachs is always changing its various businesses — often greatly — but the fundamental characteristics of the... View Details

Keywords: Finance

10 May 2023
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Students Strive to Solve Climate Change

plans to expand the company to other African nations; Angela Son will focus on what the clean economy transition means for the future of work; Karan Khimji cofounded 44.01, which eliminates CO2 from the atmosphere by converting it into... View Details

Keywords: Carbon capture

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