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07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

Business School) How to Make Furloughs More Humane (Harvard Business Review) Coaching Your Team Through Uncertain Times (Harvard Business Review) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge If risk of contagion persists substantially... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

08 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate

Efforts to restrict women’s sexual behavior date back centuries in virtually every region of the world. Now, the end of Roe v. Wade in the United States has returned such limitations on women to the contemporary spotlight. Yet, the desire... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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HBS - The year in Review

Rate 4% More Enrollment Statistics New Faculty Join Thirty faculty members, including new tenure-track professors, visitors, and practitioners, participated in START, a deep-dive orientation to the School that took place virtually over... View Details

14 Apr 2022
Op-Ed

Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned

inequities resulted in team members being unable to bring their whole selves to work, which meant that organizations were operating with sub-optimal contributions. Also, excessive hierarchy that sought to drive efficiencies actually... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

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Judges - Alumni

Start-up culture and operations · Business model development · Team building and coaching · New business development Industry Consumer Products and Services (B2C), Technology Verticals Beauty, E-Commerce, FemTech, Lifestyles of Health and... View Details

25 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?

originally appeared in the Harvard Gazette. You Might Also Like: Team Success Starts with the Individual—and with Love What Actually Draws Sports Fans to Games? It's Not Star Athletes. Lessons from the NFL: View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Media & Broadcasting; Sports

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

percent of employees suffered a 20 percent salary reduction. Case wrote: “Throughout this trauma, our team has demonstrated incredible resilience. We all understand the gravity of this crisis and recognize the important role Aon plays in... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

coordinating role to help bring strategy to fruition. For this e-mail Q&A, Kaplan, the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School, teamed up with colleague Andrew Pateman, Principal of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

present opportunities, and I believe we need our brothers and sisters in the diaspora to help us address these challenges,” says Nwuneli. Following the webinar, the HBSAAA team says feedback from attendees was extremely positive.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

does not offer any customizations or modifications to our course content. Are there opportunities for team building? Many of our courses include team discussions and projects to foster social learning and... View Details

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

is poised for a drastic, historic change, says Harvard Business School Professor Prithwiraj Choudhury. What’s more, the normalization of virtual work that began with the COVID-19 pandemic is creating meaningful perks for local economies,... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

a Google doc or Slack. This is how virtual companies work. If you and I are working as a team, I can work in a Google doc and explain what I’ve done, and you can wake up in a different time zone or city, open it up, and see the work I’ve... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

Exercises Identify ways to dial up performance and increase innovation within your team Evaluate the effectiveness of your organization’s core values 6-7 hrs Module 4 Measuring and Monitoring Performance Create performance measurement... View Details

27 Sep 2016
First Look

September 27, 2016

selecting investments, VCs see the management team as more important than business-related characteristics such as product or technology. They also attribute more of the likelihood of ultimate investment success or failure to the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Nov 2022
What Do You Think?

Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?

reported that, “ my entire team has reported registering for virtual conferences but not really feeling they could fully set aside time to engage fully as they would if they traveled to a conference.”... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Recent Grad Reflections: From Being Cold Called to Becoming a Case Protagonist

Janelle Teng is from the Harvard Business School Class of 2020 and a proud member of Section C. While at HBS, Janelle was on the leadership team for the Venture Capital and Private Equity Club and the Women in Investing Club. She is... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)

diversity of businesses and products that were virtually unimaginable before the advent of full-service financial institutions. Named president of the firm in 1984 and chairman in 1991, Fisher is widely recognized for his role in both... View Details

Keywords: Richard B. Fisher; Warren A. Law; Alumni Achievement Award; Finance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

22 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

Can Amazon Remake Health Care?

already a bunch of other well-established, public companies that have figured out that what you don’t want is a brick-and-mortar facility. What you want is more of a virtual relationship with your doctor. And so, if that’s really the... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Health

18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

has reinforced the perception of critics that markets for the digital currency—used primarily as an investment vehicle as it is not widely accepted as payment for goods and services—are little more than global casinos operating with View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

growth requires. This article explores six common mistakes that executives make in this arena: 1) Failing to provide the right kind of oversight. The CEO should spend meaningful time with the team and with potential customers; 2) Not... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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