Goals and Objectives - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

Summing Up Thoughtful comments are hard to summarize in five paragraphs. That explains why this month's task is impossible. But one thing unites nearly everyone responding to this column, and that is one kind of View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

06 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Bringing Music to the HBS Classroom: My Journey as a Nontraditional Student in the Summer Venture in Management Program

work for Universal Music Group’s internal creative solutions team as a Strategic Partnerships Representative and aspire to pursue a Master of Business Administration within the next few years with the long-term View Details

26 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's... View Details

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What Black Executives Really Want

information that might later be used against him. Safety in the workplace comes when your colleagues feel engaged with you, listening, communicating, understanding, and acknowledging you. Another aspect of safety came from seeing others... View Details

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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

in the United States, but it still has lots of potential outside the U.S. Given my background and my passion to contributing to my home country and the Asian region in general, this role is very appealing to... View Details

04 Dec 2019
Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

to the people who work for you? That doesn’t mean leaders are superfluous, however. In order to reap the benefits of experimentation, Thomke says leaders must set out a roadmap to determine a company’s strategic objectives View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Sep 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Level II Negotiations: Helping the Other Side Meet Its ‘Behind the Table’ Challenges

Keywords: by James Sebenius

10 Mar 2020
News

The Little-Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

About $162 billion was spent in 2012 in the United States on corporate training—in what Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer calls the “the great training robbery.” Beer, the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, says money pumped into... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

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Dean Nitin Nohria | About

course and the introduction of online courses; expansion of the School’s intellectual agenda through research projects, new initiatives, and Global Research Centers; creating a more inclusive community with... View Details

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

export is what has often been understood as "export competitiveness". In this thinking, exports become the target and ultimate goal of economic policy. While the crisis has increased the demand for... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

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Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

applicant's background and previous experience. Applicant's ability to succeed in the position. Commitment & Long-Term Goals Commitment to the relevant industry or sector. Alignment of applicant's long-term... View Details

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Our Mission & Team | Institute for Business in Global Society

Our Mission & Team We are working with scholars, business leaders, and community leaders around the world to advance our understanding of business' role in society and to develop a thriving ecosystem for... View Details

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Working Groups Update | About

broadening learning, and leadership and policies. The team will host focus groups and one-on-one conversations to hear observations, concerns, View Details

Social Strategies That Work

Over a billion people use social platforms on the Internet, making them the most frequently visited category of sites. Some platforms, such as eHarmony, MeetUp, and Twitter, allow us to connect to strangers. eHarmony alone is estimated to account for one in six new... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Redefining How Businesses Operate

on three recently developed “godlike technologies”—AI, blockchain, and synthetic biology. The goals of the course are to provide students with an understanding of these emerging technologies from the... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf

around the ambitious goal of "being the leader in the worldwide fragrance market and becoming the coolest, most cutting-edge company in the cosmetics business" by focusing on three key areas: core brands,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

08 Sep 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)

at ExxonMobil or elsewhere. I KNEW what my next step was, so I could focus on learning and not on routing my career. I also felt that I wasn’t betraying my ultimate goal of being an entrepreneur by going to... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Zone Defense

goal but with no real clear path,” he adds. “I think that skill set has transitioned well to the world of entrepreneurship.” Tseng says the company is on track for continued rapid growth in 2021. The drones he envisioned are a reality,... View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

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Growing on the Job - Alumni

continued growth depends largely on your own initiative. Ultimately, growing on the job requires two things: identifying the areas in which you would like to grow, and establishing goals for your progress.... View Details

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