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01 Mar 2014
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Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014

and interviews with 91 American media members, this book discusses journalistic values in the digital age, taking a hard look at the ethical challenges of the job while offering hope for the ways journalism can make a difference in... View Details

February 2019 (Revised May 2019)
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Hot Chicken Takeover

By: William R. Kerr, Manjari Raman and Olivia Hull

By December 2018, entrepreneur Joe DeLoss’s fried chicken company, Hot Chicken Takeover, has opened three restaurants in Columbus, Ohio, using an unconventional employment model that helps people with criminal records get back on their feet. DeLoss is proud of the... View Details

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10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

date, Porter and Nohria have gathered 60,000 hours' worth of data on 27 executives, interviewing them—and hundreds of other CEOs—about their schedules. This article presents the findings, offering insights not only into best... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 14

inspired-makes all the more impressive what the design firm IDEO has already achieved. Its help-seeking and help-giving culture is behind the firm's success. But how has IDEO managed to make helping the norm? To answer this question, the authors spent two years... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 29

http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410045-PDF-ENG Managing Your Own Human Capital: Executive Interview Exercise (2009) Harvard Business School Note 410-047 This note contains instructions for an exercise in which students View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad

the effects on non-native English speakers. She interviewed the US-based employees a year after the policy was announced, and was surprised by what she found. "They were almost euphoric, giddy, and excited and felt like 'We have arrived.'... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

29 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Research Symposium 2014

Build a Better a Better World (Or at Least a Better Organization)." Edmondson summarized a line of research in which she and colleagues studied communication within several neonatal intensive care units at hospitals in the United States and Canada. The researchers... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting; Health

21 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Missing the Wave in Ship Transport

"We were shocked at how predictable the returns are in this industry." Over the course of a year, Greenwood and Hanson interviewed a variety of people, including dry bulk shipping industry leaders, private equity investors, and two... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Transportation

13 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 13, 2008

powerful unconscious viewing lenses—called "deep metaphors"—that shape what people think, hear, say, and do. Drawing on thousands of one-on-one interviews in more than thirty countries, Gerald Zaltman and Lindsay Zaltman... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Confronting the Reality of Web Services

communication exchanges, are not going to happen unless managers better integrate common standards. McAfee studied IBM's B2B midrange ordering system and interviewed key players to find out what worked and what didn't. Using his case... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant

25 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

interviewed key executives on both sides of each partnership to document the process of their unfolding relationships. This initial research corroborated Austin's hypothesis that these alliances were creating value for themselves and... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

08 Dec 2021
Blog Post

The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) of OMERS Ventures and His Career Switch into Venture Capital

the field can be a value add for the student and your organization, and the experience can also translate to an extended interview where the candidate can prove what they are capable of. This open-minded and proactive strategy will allow... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

03 Jun 2021
Blog Post

HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund

advisors Emily McComb and Henry McGee—quickly began a rigorous diligence process. This process included elements such as interviews with the owner, discussion with other local bodega owners, research on the market opportunity, a visit to... View Details

22 Jul 2020
Blog Post

Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club

for us. A community where we can: Network directly with other Black MBA students, alumni, and investment professionals Get the technical training and interview prep necessary to land placements with top firms Bring... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

Alumni Books

deliver breakthrough innovations and new products in large, mature organizations. The authors detail who these serial innovators are and how they develop novel products. Based on interviews with many of them and their coworkers and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jan 2003
News

Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964

occurred," he recalls. A friend who had gone to work for Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (MBA 1939) suggested he interview for a defense systems analyst position at the Pentagon. From 1965 to 1969, Rossotti was one of McNamara's... View Details

11 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Board

willing to serve." Boards also can make it feel safer for directors to give honest assessments by hiring an outsider to interview each board member individually and aggregate the information for both the board and the CEO. "That... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

actions and motives are constantly under scrutiny. Time to manage your own professional image before others do it for you. An interview with Laura Morgan Roberts. Music Downloads: Pirates-or Customers? Published: June 21, 2004 Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf

leadership has the courage to initiate the measures necessary to do so. We've discovered that standard initiatives such as employee surveys, interviews by external consultants, and even relatively straightforward, one-on-one conversations... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat & Derek Schrader

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

organizations. Ndidi Nwuneli is working to spur a systemic response through interviews and op-eds in Business Day Nigeria and Business Africa Online, and is writing a book called African Entrepreneurs Nourishing the World. Sahel... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

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