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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Does My Résumé Work?
fail to close deals when they are clear and passionate about their objective.” I’ve exhausted my personal network, and the alumni database isn’t working for me. When using the alumni database, approach people you would describe as peers.... View Details
- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
becoming "stateless." Robert Reich among others suggested that historically the nationality of multinationals was clear, while for contemporary multinationals corporate nationality is both unclear and increasingly irrelevant. However the historical evidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss
environment. Over the last few years, I increasingly thought about how I can have a maximum impact on guiding, fostering, and encouraging the transition to a carbon free energy system that is needed to deal with climate change threats. At... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
business community? We want to engage our alumni and other business leaders in these conversations, to learn from them about how they see their roles shifting, how they are dealing with these expectations, and how they’re responding to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
this were certainly the one thing we had not been prepared for. It never occurred to us that we would have to deal with such personal devastation. We put people first because it was the right thing to do. As a result, they saved our... View Details
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
HBS faculty this fall after earning her doctorate from the London School of Economics. “If that credit stops, it can have a huge effect. We wanted to understand how firms deal with that, and what firms might not do that they otherwise... View Details
- 08 Oct 2010
- What Do You Think?
Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?
constant reminder of the enormity of the leak that it hastened actions that would otherwise have taken longer and been much less effective in stopping the leak and dealing with the cleanup. Now comes a little-publicized provision of the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
meetings with heads of major European companies in which questions about American leadership have been raised. What's new, at least in my experience, is that the questions aren't confined to political leadership; those are perennial favorites among our European... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills - Course Catalog
career. Understanding the complexities of the role, this course will present students with complex and difficult situations to develop strategies for dealing with industry-specific dilemmas. The course covers this material through a mix... View Details
- Web
Building Trusted Organizations - Course Catalog
in a business context. More is obviously better, but how as a business do you get to be trusted in the first place—and then after that? What can you do to recover when trust is lost? And what can individuals do, whether they are leaders of established firms, View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
foundations, but it also relies heavily on the generosity of individual donors, who include section mate Bill Ackman (MBA 1992) whom Callahan describes as “a brilliant, insightful person who cares about achieving extraordinary social outcomes, through effective... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
implement best practices by bringing together industry, union, and government leaders. “Initially the union representatives said, ‘We don’t even know how to deal with you—we are so used to putting on the boxing gloves,’” says Carroll.... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?
thoroughly nasty industry. The saddest thing about it is that it will not put an end to uninvited outbound telemarketing. You'll still get calls from firms you deal with, including those you have no choice but to View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need
issues, the Joint Center held a symposium in February 2010 on Moving Forward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance." A new book, co-edited by Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky, managing director of the Center, collects papers presented at the symposium... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?
parts to design complementary products that fitted together. Successful platform leaders exert a great deal of influence. At times, they must build trust among those that choose to utilize the platform as partners. At other times, they... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Profile
Luc Sirois
for children with cystic fibrosis that teaches them skills to deal with their daily treatment regimens. The pace is scrappy and the conversation engaging. Since launching in 2012, HH hackathons have been held in major cities around the... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Thinking About an MBA? Think About Your Purpose
edge” to serve multiple stakeholders. Leaders committed to deep purpose realize that there must sometimes be painful tradeoffs as they struggle to balance the needs of customers, employees, partners, shareholders, and society. This means they must frequently View Details
- 04 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
What’s it Like to be an HBS Partner?
just about every single thing that goes on, but we’re strongly encouraged, maybe even expected. Our section (Old A, SA Cup Champions, no big deal ) has been extremely welcoming to all partners from day 1. In fact, there are times our... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program
we study at HLS applies in a transactional setting. For my second summer internship I worked at Goldman Sachs in their Real Estate Investment Banking group. My passions are real estate and finance. Working at Goldman gave me the opportunity to take a close look at... View Details
- 01 May 2020
- In Practice
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
stressed. In the long run, I hope that companies will emerge from the crisis with a renewed appreciation for the importance of paying attention to the potential for catastrophic risks such as climate change, and for the importance of building government capacity... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost