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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni Are Integral to HBS
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa On the final day of Africa Rising, a course about business in Africa taught by Professor Caroline Elkins, Hakeem Belo-Osagie’s (MBA 1980) emotions were running high. “I had that sense of accomplishment when you know... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?
trillion in lost wealth that our society would otherwise have benefited from if only productivity had kept to its historic pre-1973 average. We're still more productive and, indeed, wealthier than other countries. The problem is that, as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview
objective. “It was so different from any other classroom environment I’d encountered,” says Losee, who became the School’s new managing director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid in June. “Everyone in the room was fully engaged in the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
unease, and high turnover rates. Now, many health care organizations are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) as a potential solution to physician overwork and burnout. After all, AI offers long-sought-after benefits for clinicians,... View Details
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What an Army Commander Learned About Using AI to Combat Cyberattacks | Working Knowledge
to respond to cybersecurity threats. Although we figured out how to get through that harrowing exercise without the benefit of modern-day tools, the experience revealed our biggest weakness: a lack of real-time intelligence. We had to... View Details
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
the office to benefit from the stimulus of solving client problems while "preferably working in a garden or even petting the dog or cat." If the problem is us, the solution may lie with us. Joe Fernandez recommended that we... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
spent." Jerome Golden even raised the question of whether a new system should provide a defined benefit (as it essentially does now) as opposed to basing individual returns on a defined contribution. As he put it, "The debate... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
definition means being comfortable with failing.” “Failure is not just the opposite of success,” says Shikhar Ghosh, a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit who has founded or led eight tech startups over the past 20... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
clamor for accountability, it is tempting to accept the popular normative view that more accountability is better. But is it feasible, or even desirable, for nonprofit organizations to be accountable to everyone for everything? The challenge for leadership and View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Breakthrough Insights
thinking and research. Breakthrough Insights will cover topics such as innovation, strategy, operational and management issues, and leadership style and how they can be incorporated into participants’ work and professional goals.... View Details
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
Thousands of large, profitable companies have all the right intentions of giving back to society—and yet a sizable number of them have corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs that provide little benefit to either the community or... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
Improving conditions for climbers' guides in Nepal
Action Nepal, a charity benefitting the people of Nepal, who are some of the poorest in the world. In reaching Everest's summit just before his 40th birthday, Petzel committed to raising nearly $17,000—20 percent of the cost of a planned... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Curb Your Smartphone Habit
work-related benefits in the process. Are we literally taking our phones to bed with us? In a survey we did of 1,600 managers and professionals in various organizations across the globe, 26 percent admitted... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
function that made it clear the CEO could carry the new firm forward. An affiliation with a previous employer, which suggested skills and connections that could benefit the young firm. Other people on the core View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
virtually no way to manage the process and the funding required to do it all yourself. Either you’ll end up giving the business away to an investor to help you pay to do everything now, or you’ll likely be so slow to respond that someone... View Details
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
Fabienne Herlaut (MBA 1984) has strived for sustainability in the greater world and in her own life. The founder and managing partner of Ecomobilité Ventures, a 25 million multi-corporate venture fund based in France and committed to... View Details
- Mar 2012
- Article
Choosing the United States
exhaustive analysis. At the same time, managers ignore substantial hidden costs associated with non-U.S. locations and overlook the benefits they could reap were they to invest instead in local communities.... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- News
The Power of Three
record, raising $4,000,835. To demonstrate their commitment and to inspire their classmates, the trio led the way with major contributions of their own. “I personally benefited from a fellowship that allowed me to go to HBS,” Dias Griffin... View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
is not much historical data and experience for managers to draw upon when developing or applying metrics, and many economic benefits of e-commerce projects are seen as difficult to measure. Further, the pace... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- January 2009 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Disaster in April: The Obligations of Kelly Construction
By: John D. Macomber, Christopher M. Gordon and Ben Creo
A construction company experiences a crane accident with multiple fatalities. The CEO, a client, and an employee must make choices to meet the company's obligations. Set in 2006, the case looks at the choices faced by board members of a museum that is an important... View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Family Business; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Contracts; Crisis Management; Construction Industry
Macomber, John D., Christopher M. Gordon, and Ben Creo. "Disaster in April: The Obligations of Kelly Construction." Harvard Business School Case 209-099, January 2009. (Revised April 2009.)