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- 06 Mar 2020
- Book
A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading
this years ago.” So, recognizing the complexity of people’s real lives around us, a question that I want managers to ask themselves is: “What do I need to do specifically to honor the dreams of my... View Details
- 26 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
The Road Untraveled: VC Perspectives on COVID-19
COVID-19" – a project he hopes will provide insights directly from the VC industry to founders and investors on how to manage their business and financial expectations through these unprecedented times. These are some key... View Details
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
going to entail is major public investment that is going to be a continued stimulus for the economy. The event may even provide a long enough stimulus that it might be able to turn around some of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Online Learning Model | HBS Online
“My favorite part of the program was interacting with my cohort members. I received valuable shared experiences, feedback, and was able to be a thought partner around strategies and best practices in varying scenarios.” Raymond Porch ,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Kumar Mahadeva
Cognizant provides application outsourcing services and 24/7 software project management for a small but intensely loyal client base of large U.S. and European companies. Widely praised in the business press for its innovation and growth,... View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
customer purchasing decisions based on layouts that change from store to store. “It’s around us now, and it’s growing.” "If something is very novel, there is little data around it to use." Thomke... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance
Employers looking to fill critical job vacancies may want to turn to a largely untapped pool of willing workers: people with criminal records. Employers are often wary of hiring workers with past convictions, leading to double-digit... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
relativity. Those interests led to degrees from the Technical University of Vienna and even some opportunities to work on projects at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. But his life plans took a sharp turn on a Tuscany... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
When I left, I was an extroverted marketer.” After graduation, he turned down a position with Salomon Brothers in order to launch his own venture, Applitek, developing a cable modem. The year was 1981, a full decade before most of the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 08 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders
experience, and the size of the company discussed in the case, we found that the presence of a teaching note improved case adoption by educators outside HBS. If cases with female protagonists are less likely to have an accompanying teaching note, they’re less likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Zone Defense
war zones around the world. Brandon Tseng calls it “self-driving technology for defense.” The long-distance, 2.8-pound quadcopter drones, running on Shield AI’s Hivemind software, can navigate through buildings without a pilot, streaming... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
Director & Former Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc. Former Treasurer, Harvard University Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Wesleyan University, 1952 B.A., Mathematics LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "HBS... View Details
- 28 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates
"Improving Online Dating with Virtual Dates." Frost, now at Boston University, wrote her PhD dissertation at MIT's Media Lab on the topic, discussing the broader issues of impression formation, navigating options, managing... View Details
- 04 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
downside to that strategy—it is one that men could benefit from just as well. The major obstacles that women face are discussed in greater detail in the HBR article. Men can also face similar obstacles if they are in a poorly managed... View Details
- 03 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit
It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details
- 08 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees
New Jersey. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? I explored several different roles prior to attending HBS. My post-MIT career began at Microsoft, where I spent several years as a Product Manager working on Artificial Intelligence,... View Details
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
place an undue burden on workers who don't have the interest, time, or expertise to manage their finances. A pioneer in translating finance and mathematics into practical, Wall Street-ready models, Merton was awarded the 1997 Nobel... View Details
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
To improve any business, managers need to understand how much it costs to produce a profitable product. It seems a simple task, but the process of securing and analyzing the data can be incredibly complex and organizationally taxing. In... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
1981, its managers faced a major turning point when they made a decision to operate without giving in to the petty corruption rife in the Indian economy. Within just a few years, that decision had truly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection is supposed to allow companies to shed debt and get a fresh start. Ideally, creditors recover most of what they’re owed as the restructured firm begins turning a profit. Yet, more companies are liquidated... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne