Giving And Philanthropy - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Sep 2023
Blog Post

HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Ana Barrera (MBA 2024)

led me to my pre-MBA career roles at Morgan Stanley and Harlem Capital, in which I worked on talented, diverse teams helping close the funding gap for underrepresented founders. Additionally, I care deeply about building a strong... View Details

15 Jul 2020
Blog Post

From Teacher to Student: The Important Ways HBS Professors Showed Me How to Lead

classroom doors close, our professors become true conductors – bringing together 90 discordant voices and opinions to create a symphony. They know who to call and when, how to build to a crescendo, or time a... View Details

29 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

Coach at Young African MBAs, a non-profit bridging the gap in management talent in Africa. What advice would you give applicants deciding on the program? Me and Abdul-Rahman (MBA 2022) At the risk of... View Details

28 May 2020
Blog Post

How to Fit in at HBS

I just finished my first year at HBS and, COVID-19 aside, I have spent a considerable amount of time over the past week reflecting on how incredible, humbling, enlightening, and roller-coaster-like the past 12-months have been. It is hard... View Details

28 Jun 2021
Blog Post

7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

they even really give it a chance. The richness of the case method and the classroom experience came from the diversity that exists within each section, and has reinforced my... View Details

21 May 2024
News

A New Chapter

Joe Wolf (MBA 1999), cofounder and co-CEO of Imagine Worldwide, wants to provide educational opportunity where it is needed most. “In the next 30 years, half of the world’s youth will be sub-Saharan African,” says Wolf. “Right now, the World Bank reports that only one... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford

Portrait Project

Genevieve Sheehan

every day — may give me a safety net of sorts. But it also keeps me from owning my decisions. I will not be prisoner to what I think other people think I should do. Instead, I'll put myself on the line. I'll push myself to really know my... View Details

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

industrial-strength evaluation processes. There is no time for slow assimilation when substituting acquisitions for R&D. The new people won't work if the vision and values aren't compatible. Cultural due diligence is especially... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

06 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

that a reasonable person simply gives up and walks away. A confused person might still vote yes, but only to stop the conversation and with no commitment toward making the idea... View Details

Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead

01 Jun 2024
News

From Chalkboards to Chatbots

Artwork/animation by Greg Meeson/hitandrunmedia.com; shutterstock.com Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping our world at an unprecedented pace, becoming an integral part of how we live, work, and interact. It is therefore critical for current and... View Details

07 Jul 2023
News

A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

Every evening on the streets of Pune, in western India, a 67-year-old man offers food to the people in his community in need of a meal. He’s a community leader in the Robin Hood Army, a no-funds volunteer organization with a massive goal to end world hunger, community... View Details

23 Jun 2023
News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

Alumni Board members on campus for their annual spring meeting // Credit: Panfoto Hard work, with humility for humanity, is the spirit that animates Harvard Business School's MBA program today, Matt Weinzierl, Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program, told... View Details

June 2021
Technical Note

SPAC Space

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In 2020, over half of all initial public offerings (IPOs) in the United States were special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), blank-check companies that typically had two years to find a business to take public, usually through a reverse merger. Together, 248... View Details

Keywords: Special Purpose Acquisition Companies; SPACs; Mergers and Acquisitions; Going Public; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Strategy

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14 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades

that by becoming the world’s expert in a very narrow area.” If anything, people in businesses tend to be even more hyper-focused than academics, Nagle says, siloing R&D workers in very narrow research areas that give them a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself

we don’t give a lot of space to, though it’s almost as important or maybe even more important, is what if you’re the person who doesn’t feel welcome or cherished for the views and differences that you bring... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

31 Jul 2023
News

Striving for Imperfection

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

20 Feb 2020
Op-Ed

Love in the Office Is Wonderful. Except for CEOs.

relationship with a woman employee, decades his junior, whom he met as a mentor to undergraduate students. She became a strategic planner at one of the organization’s branches , and eventually its chief of staff. Both jobs disappeared... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger

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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

your perspective, and challenge your worldview. Social Join a global community of business professionals. Learn from and network with peers before, during, and after your... View Details

12 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Pay Workers More So They Steal Less

Bigger paychecks for retail employees could generate significant payoffs for employers by reducing worker theft and raising the level of moral behavior in the workforce, a new study shows. Tatiana Sandino, an associate professor in... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

27 Sep 2016
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