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26 Apr 2022

From Retail to Harvard Business School

Please join us for a virtual panel discussion highlighting Harvard Business School (HBS) students formerly working in the Retail Industry. Hear what a day in the life of an HBS student is like and how they plan View Details

23 Aug 2022

From Travel & Hospitality to HBS

Please join us for a virtual panel discussion highlighting Harvard Business School (HBS) students formerly working in the Travel & Hospitality Industry. Hear what a day in the life of an HBS student is like and how they plan View Details

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How to Apply | Research Associates

college or university may still apply. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship. International students with OPT or OPT/STEM are eligible View Details

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

cofounder is often based solely on complementary skills and experience versus the softer, and often more important, relationship criteria. While there are some working papers out there, I have yet to see... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

23 Oct 2019
News

Training Principals to Build Great Schools

frequently don’t have peers to bounce ideas off of.” Thompson adds, “Participants have found colleagues who intimately understand their work and whose opinions they value.” To... View Details

Keywords: University Collaborations

09 Dec 2020
Blog Post

How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace

stop at hiring, however; effective collaboration along with employee retention and growth are the true goals. To achieve these ends, leaders must create work environments where employees truly feel... View Details

06 Dec 2006
Op-Ed

India Needs to Encourage Trade with China

mistake to dismiss such cultural links as being too far back in history to matter, since they inform historical memories in the two countries. Scholars suggest that Buddhism... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

15 Aug 2017
News

5 Reasons Why Quality Audits Need To Become Routine In Manufacturing

11 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

lot of people are feeling apprehension,” says Yu, who’s now a scientist at Humu, a Palo Alto company that develops productivity tools for workplaces. “Maybe they want to go back View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

29 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks

quantitative strategy, digging into numbers many ignore; others look deeply into industries or countries they are familiar with that many analysts don't understand. Successful investors learn how to put their unique knowledge View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

04 Jun 2020
Book

It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

to make things more efficient. What I learned along the way is that, if it weren't for the pesky people, operations would have no problems. We could make them work beautifully, but the pesky people keep... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

08 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries

Chinese manager balked, insisting there was no demand for the additional products. The U.S. management team tried to resolve the dispute through negotiations, and when the Chinese manager wouldn't budge, the team fired him—but he wouldn't... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

02 Dec 2019
News

A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding

work for Corning Glass Works’ international division, and while many new recruits chose sites in Europe, he picked Brazil. “What I’ve learned in life is that you don’t have to be the best at anything, you... View Details

07 Nov 2014
News

In partnership to support a mission

finishing in the top 10 percent of nonprofits and foundations over the last 10 years, with annualized returns of 10.3 percent rate of return through December 2013. “We come in every day excited about how we’re investing the endowment for the portfolio that supports the... View Details

21 Jan 2021
Blog Post

How I Used the HBS Community to Hone My Professional Goals

development rotational program. My time at Cardinal Health exposed me to the health care world and gave me the chance to work functionally in Corporate Finance and Corporate... View Details

05 Aug 2015
News

Mobilizing the Public to Fight Corruption

working with the Philippines’ largest micro-lender to fight corruption and help people obtain government services, such as health care and education, they shouldn’t have to pay... View Details

06 Feb 2013
What Do You Think?

Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?

Summing Up Can "Conscious Capitalism" Become a Viable Antidote to Income Inequality? Conscious capitalism as an antidote to income inequality apparently is an idea that attracts the attention of a diverse... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Dec 2017
News

Finding Opportunities to Grow and Lead

Ilene Lang (MBA 1973) is the former president and CEO of Catalyst, where she worked to promote women in leadership in business and beyond. In this interview she talks about finding and creating opportunities... View Details

26 Mar 2021
Blog Post

How to Build a Resume That Stands Above the Competition

their resume? HBS alumni have a variety of resources available to help in the process of writing or updating a resume. Ms. Huggett recommends working with a professional, such as an HBS Career Coach or a... View Details

27 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

Voting Democrat or Republican? The Critical Childhood Influence That's Tough to Shake

life.” What else can we learn about voters? Technology and data availability have created new opportunities to study voter and candidate behavior. For example, researchers can now chart timelines based on candidates’ messages View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

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