Publications

22 May 2024
Video

Admissions Video Blog: Claudia Pienica On Why the Harvard MSMBA Life Sciences

25 Aug 2021
Video

Admissions Video Blog: Cyril Straughn-Turner Speaks to Living on Campus

27 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

It's common in Harvard Business School classrooms to discuss the "pivot," the moment an enterprise changes direction to pursue a new strategy. On a visit to eastern Japan, MBA students talked to Masamichi Ono, CEO of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail

January 2022
Case

VidyaGyan: Bridging the Rural Urban Divide

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Rachna Chawla, Kairavi Dey and Anjali Raina

Set up in 2008, VidyaGyan was a residential school for children in grades 6-12 from low-income rural families in Uttar Pradesh in northern India. It was the brainchild of Shiv Nadar and Cabinet Secretary T.S.R. Subramanian, who recognized the enormous potential hidden... View Details

Keywords: Non-profit; Education; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Wealth and Poverty; Demographics; Equality and Inequality; Performance Evaluation; Opportunities; Education Industry; South Asia; India

Career Coach

Celia Chen

Having worked at McKinsey for 5 years in fintech and consumer/retail industries and Amazon as a senior product manager responsible for launching a new service, Celia is happy to speak to students interested in any of the fields. She can... View Details

Career Coach

Ryan Smith

Ryan wants to help students plan, prepare, and pitch for the opportunities available to HBS students in the Consulting and FinTech industries. With work experience in these industries, Ryan can provide... View Details

16 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)

The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. This summer, we are... View Details

Web

Case Method Project

and college education as well, ensuring a more exciting, relevant, and effective experience for students and teachers across a range of subjects. We also believe the case method can be especially effective at engaging View Details

October 2021
Background Note

How to Write an Action-Planning Memo

By: Ryan Raffaelli and Akshaya Varghese

The ability to communicate an action plan through writing is essential for advancing ideas, earning credibility, and garnering support. Research has shown that leaders who write formal plans are more likely to execute successfully—written plans help members of an... View Details

Keywords: Writing; Action Plan; Communication; Competency and Skills; Planning

06 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Takeaways from the Peek Women's Colleges Cohort

for undergraduate students from a variety of different backgrounds. I was a member of the Women's College cohort, and it wasn’t without a sense of apprehension that I stepped into the first class of the weekend. During class we were to... View Details

November 2007 (Revised September 2010)
Exercise

Social Identity Profile

By: Sandra J. Sucher

This survey asks students to identify their various social identities and the impact these identities have on how they behave and are treated in HBS and in other settings. View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Behavior; Identity; Culture; Social Issues

March 1992
Background Note

Researching and Monitoring Consumer Markets

By: Robert J. Dolan

Describes the major research techniques for consumer goods new product development, i.e. pre-test markets and electronic purchase monitoring. Provides students with information on availability and utility of these services. View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Product Marketing; Product Development; Research

September 1994
Case

Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (B-2)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

Asks the students to evaluate the challenges a company faced in the summer of 1989 in the light of great political uncertainties. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Government and Politics; Globalization; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China