Giving And Philanthropy - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs

when adjustments are necessary. Surprise One: You Can't Run the Company Warning signs: You are in too many meetings and involved in too many tactical discussions. There are too many days when you feel as though you have lost control over... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

The Class of 2021 is facing a time unlike any other in human history. In these unprecedented times, we at HBS are so grateful that these students will lead us into a better future filled with possibility, inclusivity, innovation, and... View Details

09 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual

Donald Trump's victory may be a surprise—but not to astute marketers. Here are six important lessons from Trump's brand marketing playbook: Give consumers a job. The best marketing campaigns always call on consumers to do something. For... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch

25 Sep 2023
Blog Post

HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Ana Barrera (MBA 2024)

led me to my pre-MBA career roles at Morgan Stanley and Harlem Capital, in which I worked on talented, diverse teams helping close the funding gap for underrepresented founders. Additionally, I care deeply about building a strong... View Details

12 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

admirers right away, leveling the playing field and giving users a confidence boost. Picture walking around knowing exactly who likes you without needing to interpret signs like smiles, texts, View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

25 Apr 2023
Blog Post

How Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) Transform Your MBA Learning Journey

literacy. We also had some amazing guest speakers and covered a great deal of material over the four-day intensive period. What key learnings did you get from this Short Intensive Program? Some of the key learnings were: 1) When... View Details

The Heart of Business—Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism

How to unleash “human magic" and achieve improbable results.

Having recently stepped down as Chairman and CEO of Best Buy, Joly shares the leadership principles – illustrated by multiple vivid and concrete stories -- that underpinned... View Details

29 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

likely to spend extra time on a project with team members than those not eligible for extra rewards. Willing to give up happiness to spend time with colleagues. The research team also studied US Census time-use survey data between 2010... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

15 Mar 2017
Blog Post

An Average Day at HBS

want! Hopefully this gives you a good sense of what an average weekday and weekend is like at HBS. At the end of the day, these two years are yours so fill out your time how you want to spend it. Remember,... View Details

17 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer

to provide some explanation and give a measured response justifying the pay disparity.” Connections between wage disparity and company performance are detailed in Rouen’s... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

28 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

codified until some years later after the success of the start-up." More founders would be advised to emulate Scott in giving thought to the kinds of cultures they are trying to create. As I point out in the book, "The task of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Web

Questioning, Listening & Responding - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

the comment on the board. Yet experienced instructors are typically reluctant to give direct feedback after a comment, such as "brilliant analysis!" or "you're wrong." Instead, they prefer an indirect approach, soliciting reactions from... View Details

22 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Meet LASO: The HBS Latino Student Organization

legacy this upcoming year. LASO Priorities for 2021-2022 Our priorities this year are focused on community building, sustaining and celebrating LASO history and tradition, fostering a strong pipeline of... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Preparing Global Leaders

Illustration by Davide Bonazzi The importance HBS places on fostering a global perspective among its students, program participants, and faculty members is evident when one looks at the numbers: During the past academic year, 52 percent of HBS cases published were... View Details

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

ask the Japanese, the Chinese, and some others for their goods, and they give them to us. And then they lend us the money to buy them. We are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

Customers at the Back of the Line Are Anxious—Can You Keep Them from Leaving?

customer’s relative position in it when there is someone behind them. For example, they could not only say, “You are the fifth caller,” but “You are the fifth caller out of seven,” to give them a downward comparison. “Not knowing that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

prioritizing. If this is your dream, don’t give up on it. Favorite HBS mama memory? Having Mika with us as the only baby in our section retreat with 100 section aunts and uncles was an experience I’ll never... View Details

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

in a business environment awakening to equity and inclusion. One of the first Black portfolio managers, Eddie Brown, founded the eponymous firm in 1983. It was only the second Black-founded investment firm in the US. Its performance in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

and know-it-all, they won’t get anywhere,” Beer says. “People at the top have more decision rights, and that gives them a sense of distance and... View Details