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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

finding more precious time; there's this exercise where you make a list of 10 things to say "no" to in order to say "yes" to the truly meaningful stuff. Talk about empowering choices! I'm also currently... View Details

15 Aug 2016
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Writing a Case as a Student at HBS

writing, one thing is guaranteed: you will get to know interesting people and become more knowledgeable about a topic of your interest. I can’t think of a better way to have... View Details

30 Jun 2021
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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

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Madison McIlwain

power of self-conviction in my own career and personal life. What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one thing you'll be leaving with? A tea pot. A deeper sense... View Details

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Jamie Gong

Wild daisies. Hidden ice cream. Waves lapping against our little island. These memories of childhood summers with my grandmother remain, even as her own memory fades. Seven years ago, my indomitable grandma¬—a cancer survivor—was... View Details

12 May 2021
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The First Five Years: Sophie Bai (MBA 2020)

in common. SB: “We are astonishingly similar. We both came to the US from China for our undergraduate studies and we both started working here after college. Career-wise, both of us were in private equity—thank god we weren’t in the same... View Details

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Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty Member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety

knowledge-intensive work relies on integrating the ideas and expertise of multiple people, which requires a willingness to speak candidly. WHAT ARE SOME THINGS LEADERS CAN DO TO CREATE A MORE PSYCHOLOGICALLY... View Details

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Brian Kenny | About

Brian Kenny Bio Brian Kenny is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer (CMCO) at Harvard Business School. He has led marketing and communications work for several global institutions. As the School’s first CMCO, Brian has oversight View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Majority "Me" generation Focus on training and fitness Income gap widens dramatically AIDS Influence: High 90 1990 s Internet "irrational exuberance" Antigovernment sentiment: Waco standoff; Oklahoma City bombing Influence: Medium-Low... View Details

05 Jul 2006
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The Accidental Innovator

Retention." That is, we need two processes, one to generate things we can't think of in advance, and another to figure out which of the View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

across a lifetime of study, he was not a dilettante. He tackled huge issues, and he kept on doing so. In this respect, Chandler was like Lincoln, who, beginning in his 40s, stopped putting things off and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Jun 2021
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Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

different angles, and felt a deep sense of responsibility. Everyone has gone on to do amazing things and many of us continue to help each other a decade after graduation.”... View Details

10 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself

Gazette What can people do now to start living their lives more authentically? Gino: Finding that moment of reflection, I think, is a good first step. And then to say, I’m going to organize my work or my day to make sure that I bring that... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

24 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention

It’s no secret that fierce competition from Amazon puts downward pressure on prices charged by Walmart and other big multichannel retailers for the same items. However, the bigger “Amazon effect” relates not to the prices themselves but to the pricing behaviors View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail

23 Apr 2018
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Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

of good things going on in terms of sponsorship. Now we just need to understand better what does work and why.” “So, while you might be hoping sponsorship might close the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

design. Deighton discussed how new sources of data starting to be generated by the Internet of Things will impact the advertising-based hegemony... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Ted Obi

learned from her grandmother. Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? Ashley, my twin sister. We are similar in many ways and different in others. In our 26 years of friendship, she has taught me how to lead with... View Details

23 May 2012
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Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

the instinct. There are things that they do and ways that they think that are intuitive. The rest of us could learn what these innovators do if somebody would just crawl inside their brains and codify what... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Curriculum - Faculty & Research

3.0 Deals Guhan Subramanian Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Deals Q2 Guhan Subramanian Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others Ashley Whillans Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Negotiation Katherine Coffman , Kevin Mohan , Julian J.... View Details

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Jiaojun Wang

adventure. Being part of the HBS community is like... ...having a group of great friends who will never let you settle and always challenge you to see things differently. Every... View Details

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