interviews - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

How to Prevent Them, Bazerman and Watkins recently collaborated on the following e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge. Martha Lagace: What distinguishes a predictable surprise from any event seen with 20/20 hindsight? Max Bazerman... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen

change. Employee surveys, 360-degree feedback, interviews by external consultants, and even relatively honest one-to-one conversations between a key manager and the CEO (remember the courageous discussion Sherron Watkins had with Kenneth... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat

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Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation - Recruiting

email clubs leaders directly, but personalized - not mass - invitations to students are meaningful and help to build relationships. Take Action Against Unconscious Bias during Events As discussed in our article on unconscious bias in View Details

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Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity

Just Digital Future Design: At, Into, & Beyond Digital Initative Dan Mall on defining "good" design. Dan Mall on defining "good" design. Digital Initative Intention Our Just Digital Future interview series has put us in conversation with... View Details

25 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry

This is a repost from the Alumni Stories blog. Brickson Diamond (MBA 1999) has never been one to, as he puts it, “just sit back and wait for progress to happen.” His role as cofounder and chair of the Blackhouse Foundation is a case in point. The organization took... View Details

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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online

above: Learner scrolls through video interviews from prominent business leaders About the Professor Christina Wallace Entrepreneurial Marketing Senior Lecturer of Business Administration "Throughout the course, you’ll build a concrete set... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014

and interviews with 91 American media members, this book discusses journalistic values in the digital age, taking a hard look at the ethical challenges of the job while offering hope for the ways journalism can make a difference in... View Details

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

date, Porter and Nohria have gathered 60,000 hours' worth of data on 27 executives, interviewing them—and hundreds of other CEOs—about their schedules. This article presents the findings, offering insights not only into best... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 14

inspired-makes all the more impressive what the design firm IDEO has already achieved. Its help-seeking and help-giving culture is behind the firm's success. But how has IDEO managed to make helping the norm? To answer this question, the authors spent two years... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 29

http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410045-PDF-ENG Managing Your Own Human Capital: Executive Interview Exercise (2009) Harvard Business School Note 410-047 This note contains instructions for an exercise in which students View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Dec 2022
News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

iStock MESSAGE FROM DEAN SRIKANT DATAR On February 27, Dean Srikant Datar sent a message to the HBS community regarding the invasion of Ukraine, noting the resources available to those looking to offer support and highlighting learning opportunities available at HBS.... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

All For One

dramatically over the course of the decade she’d taught the course—with globalization, the Internet, and mobile technology all increasing the pace of business and making innovation essential. In her quest to find new models, she had View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding; faculty; research; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

10 Feb 2014
HBS Case

Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines

platinum mine. Photo: Gautam Mukunda The authors' research for the case study comprised more than 50 hours of interviews on three continents, not to mention some applied experience; Mukunda flew to South Africa and spent a day in Anglo... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

05 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

features designed to enhance safety and effectiveness had the unintended effect of changing how men enacted their masculine identities at work. Interview and participant observation data show that the major reorientation was away from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

linkages or externalities across industries. Regional economies and clusters are analyzed at various geographic levels including states, economic areas, and metropolitan areas. Access to top-level data on the CMP is free; more in-depth information is available for a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

In our January 2 update, we featured the first part of a two-part interview with HBS professor Michael E. Porter, an internationally influential expert on strategy and competition. (Porter was recently appointed to a University... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

01 Dec 1999
News

Q & A: Herb Kohl

implement strategy. In a retail business, no matter what you decide in the office, if the people out in the stores don't execute it, your business isn't going to be worth a darn, because they're the ones who deal with your customers. So hiring and motivating the right... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

18 Sep 2008
News

HBS Olympians

Calgary Olympics and won a silver medal in figure skating in the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France. More information here. Mike Murphy (MBA 2006B) competed for Australia in men’s three-meter springboard diving at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Olympics; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

Profile

Jackie Burgos

and offering feedback on her resume and cover letters, Career Services has reinforced her interview skills with preparatory questions and mock interviews. The work has paid off. This summer, Jackie will intern with The Raine Group, an... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Other Financial Services; Services

14 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Recruiting During Uncertainty: How to Meet Students Where They Are

students about their goals and being open to discussing those goals also changes the dynamics of the hiring process. During times of economic uncertainty, student stress around the job search understandably increases. Turning an interview... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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