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28 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?

might also be applied to settings outside of creative production. For his next study, Zhu says he wants to examine how freelancers choose between contracts. “It will be interesting to see, as they gain some experience operating as a gig worker, how that experience... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

22 Feb 2022
News

A World of Difference

born with, which is curiosity—this genuine interest in discovery—and connecting with others, to understand and learn from them. Something that I learned by taking my husband to improv-comedy classes as a Christmas present (a gift that he hated at the beginning but then... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

10 Apr 2023
News

Leading the Way

Be A Leader helps them connect to college tutoring services, provides internship and career planning, and offers monthly check-ins with a college success coordinator all the way to graduation. "The kids we work with are similar to me," says Trujillo. "Growing up poor,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2006
News

Marketing Giant Ted Levitt Remembered

it is a standard piece of the litany of management practice,” HBS professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser told the Boston Globe. “He wanted to be lively, he wanted to be provocative, but most of all, he wanted the power of the ideas to come... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

capital to the best ideas, weeding out the bad ones. Investors have the challenge of sorting through the overwhelming number of ideas to discern the good ones, a process compared to finding a needle in a haystack. They often lack the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

06 Jun 2008
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?

behaviors. As a result, for example, four in five product introductions perform below expectations. The Zaltmans expand on ideas they have been studying for some years, namely that strategies of all kinds can be based on insights gained... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

14 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022

amazing people in business school, but I had no idea I’d meet Weston. Weston and I met in October of our RC (first) year on a singles’ boat cruise. Despite the brisk Boston weather, Weston warmed me up immediately with his bright yellow... View Details

17 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

Stagflation? A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image:... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Career Support - Business & Environment

application: Rock Summer Fellows : RC students can work on their venture idea or work at an early-stage startup through a 10-12 week summer fellowship that provides substantial financial support as well as a peer network and community... View Details

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

opportunity that are essential to legitimizing that deployment of self-interest." In other words, capitalism earns its legitimacy through the idea that the pursuit of self-interest explicitly delivers on certain moral goods for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Sep 2023
News

End Game

exit. Yvon drives a Toyota Corolla. No one wanted a Porsche,” Conn says. The idea of a publicly traded benefit corporation fell short, too: “Once you’re public, nothing can lock in your mission forever. And the family felt there could be... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

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Yinka Shonibare CBE RA Wind Sculpture (SG) V 2019 | About

Asia, Africa and Europe—and of course the diaspora in the United States.” Wind Sculpture (SG) V was acquired by Harvard Business School in 2021 for the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection. In this work, Shonibare employs Dutch wax textiles to visualize the View Details

04 Dec 2023
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

Care Units. I came to school passionate about access and equity in health care, and curious about systemic barriers to resources that allow communities to live healthy lives. As soon as I got to campus though, I realized I had no idea how... View Details

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HBS OnBoard | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

through the ideas in his book Effective Fundraising: The Trustee’s Role and Beyond. Purpose-Driven Board Leadership June 15, 2021 A conversation with Professor Kash Rangan and Anne Wallestead, CEO of BoardSource, on the shift to... View Details

01 Jan 2013
News

Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987

game-changing ideas," SGP is both a foundation and a pro bono consulting firm focusing on nonprofit scale and systemic change, primarily in Massachusetts. "We find social entrepreneurs with promising ideas and work alongside them as... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

24 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors

Past studies have bolstered the idea that marginalized groups might find more career opportunities if they downplay their identities. But women and minorities may actually benefit by explicitly mentioning their identities, at least when... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Get Involved - Entrepreneurship

to match you, as closely as possible, to relevant students, businesses, and programs. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact rockcenter+hbs.edu . Take Poll How would you like to get involved? Early Stage Idea Reviewer Early... View Details

08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

did love to sit down with junior executives, discuss new development projects, and brainstorm about ideas for better serving clients. She agreed that she could, and should, do this more frequently. Six months after the conclusion of these... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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