Giving and Philanthropy - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

flat top of the S). “Miles Davis forced the musicians to approach the music without any expectations or preconceptions, often by giving them minimal sketches and sparse instructions."—Carl Størmer:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

hrs/week Pay by May 15 $1,850 Certificate Business Strategy Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee Formulate strategies to give your organization a competitive advantage, using a proven framework that creates value for customers, employees, View Details

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

relationships between alumnae, and give women the opportunity to learn from, support and inspire one another – both personally and... View Details

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?

giving meaningful opportunities to returning citizens helps prevent recidivism, thereby strengthening communities and improving public safety. Damon J. Phillips is the Robert Steinberg Professor of... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

in that job control to accomplish a task? This list of resources may include people, budgets, and balance sheets. “Just imagine you are looking to take a job somewhere and they want you to drive $100 million... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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MBA Program - Alumni

Giving MBA Program Giving MBA Program Enhance Learning Ensure a transformational educational experience The MBA Program is the cornerstone of HBS’s educational offerings. Ongoing innovation in teaching View Details

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

Summing Up Pay for performance: Why do we assume so much and know so little? Pay for performance is an important element of good management, judging from responses to this month's column. The question of what kind of pay for what kind of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

25 Aug 2022
News

Reinventing the Future of Business

Illustration by Daniel Hertzberg Rapid technological changes are sweeping across our society—affecting how we do our work, how we run our businesses, and even how we live our lives. HBS has stepped forward to elevate View Details

31 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do

it’s fun for them to hang out with others who have also completed their work,” Amabile says. Encouraging such leisure time would not only make workers more productive by giving them something to look forward to, Brodsky View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

31 Jul 2023
News

Striving for Imperfection

time. And so I think the instinct is right, and the question is, how do you really give people that time in a world where we keep talking about agile View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

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

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

Repeated and, as of this writing, ongoing revelations of corporate wrongdoing over the past two years have eroded public trust in business institutions and executives to levels not seen in decades. A recent Gallup poll indicates that... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

"Why is there such a persistent gap between ambition and performance?" ask Robert Kaplan and David P. Norton in "The Office of Strategy Management" in the October 2005 Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 May 2020
Blog Post

6 Things You Should Know About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

Give yourself a few months to really pour over the essay questions and find the anecdotes and experiences in your life that you think will allow you to portray your most... View Details

17 Dec 2020
News

Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta

taught the case as she would in class, giving a complete picture of the challenges and victories of launching and leading The Farm, which was envisioned by Connors as a means... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Events - Business History

Zoom Oct 25 25 Oct 2021 Business History Seminar: Global Business and Society “Perspectives on the Role of Philanthropy in Socioeconomic Development: US and Britain 1830-2020”... 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

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Access real-world employment data from HBS alumni with the Career Trends tool

their information. Here are some scenarios in which Career Trends could be helpful: “I currently live in the Midwest and have been offered a role in Boston at a health care startup. I’m wondering if there is room for negotiation on... View Details

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Finding Talent Opportunities

Hire Talent Finding Talent Opportunities Hire Talent Finding Talent Opportunities Post a Job Ready to recruit? Learn how to post internships and full-time jobs for students and alumni. Read More About... 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

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