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- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
got great support from HBS in helping to return. They had heard that an HBS student had been checked into McLean and then, I reached out to the key person in the student services. So part of it was a lot of support that I got from HBS. I... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
the lights and pretended not to be home. Twenty years later, you may be surprised when I tell you that my feeling of being a stranger in a strange land has grown stronger than ever. Borders between nations may no longer divide us, but... View Details
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
get a call from a consultant who knows all about your impending bid and offers to help. The clear message is you are not going to win unless you use me." “The thing that struck me is how little information there is on corruption because no one wants to talk about it”... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
the next step in growing their business.) These borrowers are already organized in groups, so there’s a community of people that knows them very well. We do a variety of formal and informal interviews to understand who they’d feel... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
childcare can be boring for parents sometimes. So it's not necessarily that parenting is something where moment by moment you're saying, “I am at my happiest state,” but it is something where you can feel this deep sense of purpose and... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
that entered the business world at a time when, as one classmate puts it, "we certainly heard more praise for socialism than capitalism" - respond to questions about their personal and professional involvement in social enterprise... View Details
- 19 Oct 2022
- News
If I Were You
thinking of the 50 people who are having fun, look around, you’ll always find 10 people who you will be able to relate to, who can connect to the things you can. So, always look out for those people. That’s my biggest advice. Carmen LI (MBA 2016): Carmen Li, 16,... View Details
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Commencement 2019 Address | About
years of hard work. It is a moment of true celebration for the entire HBS community, as is evident in the spirit you feel on our campus today. Class of 2019, I hope you feel prepared for the challenges that... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
Personally, how do you feel you changed when you made that transition? Sulyman: I think it really opened my mind. I was very sheltered growing up in Lagos, Nigeria. Very loving parents, grew up in the household of five people, two... View Details
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
that make the workplace feel ”just a tiny bit more psychologically safe: I don’t know. I need help. I made a mistake. I’m sorry.” How often have you heard your boss utter those words in the recent past? If... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
In recent conversations with US executives doing business in China, Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Roy Y.J. Chua heard about a new trend. In an East Asian version of cutting deals on the golf course, Chinese executives often... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
discussed publicly, for two reasons. First, managers feared that being honest would hurt their careers or even endanger their jobs. Second, they were afraid that Camp and her senior team would feel so hurt and defensive that the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
it happens. And so that was my reaction was, here we are again. I had a slightly different reaction to the protests, which was pride, incredible pride at this new generation of young people who are taking to the streets and who are exercising their rights to make their... View Details
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
that led to this disregard for traditional verities? Kanter: The two big messages of the 1990s were "The old rules don't hold" and "There are no new rules, and if there are, you should break them." I think that leads to a particular kind of culture... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
motivated by the team’s sustained stamina today and throughout the week. “I feel pretty energized to come in and contribute,” she says. “If you were thinking this much at work you wouldn’t be as energized or want to keep doing it.” After... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
occasionally wondered “Can I do this?” during your first semester. Your presence here today is proof that persistence and resilience—attributes that will be important throughout your life—have served you well. We hope your classroom experiences have increased your... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The First Scrum
met Jimmy on one of the first days. He was anxious to start a rugby club, so I came out for it. Johnstone: Very early on, I got a call from Chaffee Hall, the dean of students, a nice guy, very laid-back. He said, "The faculty has heard... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
feel better about their abilities if they received repeated rounds of positive feedback, rather than one piece of good news. “I’d be interested to find out if the gender bias gets smaller over time, once a woman has View Details