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10 May 2019
News

Shining a Light on Black Brilliance

Steven Rogers (MBA 1985) is the MBA Class of 1957 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. He teaches Entrepreneurial Finance and a new course titled Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship. In this interview, Rogers talks about how his course is helping View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Letters to the Editor

graduating MBAs to engage in and influence the key strategic priorities of leading social sector organizations. Although the article cited the generous financial support that HBS and its donor base provides to fellows, it’s also worth... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

18 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 18

Working PapersFeeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior Authors:Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, and Elizabeth W. Dunn Abstract While lay intuitions and pop psychology suggest that helping others View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Apr 2014
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Leaders must be strategists first

behavioral aspects of leading a firm—building organizations and influencing people. Montgomery wants to change that approach, teaching leaders to ask the question, What will this firm be, and why will it... View Details

June 2024
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Heritage Holding (A)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

Abstract: The summer of 2022 marked a crucial period for Heritage Holding co-founders, Alex de Pfyffer and Ross Porter. The... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Private Equity; Corporate Strategy; Business Model; North America

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SEK: Reimagining Spanish Higher Education at Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC)

By: John J-H Kim, Mary C. Sauer and Emilie Billaud

In 2023, Nieves Segovia, President of the SEK Education Group in Spain, contemplates the future of her family's for-profit education company, which includes K-12 schools and the newly established UCJC university. Renowned for its innovation in education, SEK faces... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Curriculum and Courses; Higher Education; Teaching; Digital Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Knowledge Dissemination; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Succession; Resource Allocation; Organizational Structure; Education Industry; Europe; Spain

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23 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective

Editor's note: Please see related story, Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society. Although companies are increasingly reporting on their corporate sustainability responsibility (CSR) performance, there has... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 May 2012
What Do You Think?

Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?

unless they are willing to question their values, manage their motivation, modify their behavior, and challenge and change their very identities." Kapil Kumar Sopory punctuated this thought with the comment, "It is high time our... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

02 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Uncovering the Virtual Advantage at Humana

In March 2020, first-year MBA students and their prospective internship employers faced an unprecedented challenge: What to do about summer internships during a global health pandemic? Some students seeking internships saw potential leads... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health-Related Services

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

China—face challenges and opportunities under President Xi Jinping. We will delve into China's domestic business environment and the changing relationship between the private sector and the Chinese Communist Party. Students will gain an... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

with comical tales are perceptive looks at things as different as family Christmas rituals, and the impact of 40 years of communism on society. When Climate Change Hits Home by Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012) (Amazon Digital Services LLC)... View Details

17 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty

importance of these breaks, combined with their relative rarity, drove DJ to investigate further. He partnered with Professor Matt Bloom’s Well Being at Work Initiative at the University of Notre Dame to formally study when and why sabbaticals View Details

06 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

similar, negative effect on manufacturing employment, the two shocks have a strongly different impact on migration" of American workers in and out of a region, according to the paper. "In particular, while robots lead to a significant... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

09 Mar 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade

lead programmer Jeff deBeer during the initial two years, as well as the work of his successor Leo Haskin, who took over the lead after deBeer left HBS. The simulation made its debut in March 2015, and the... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education; Food & Beverage

11 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections

paper. Lost customers lead to untapped dollars. A McKinsey report estimated that reducing churn could increase earnings of a typical US wireless carrier by as much as 9.9 percent. It's no surprise then that executives in both the United... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Service

03 Nov 2011
What Do You Think?

The Ultimate Question in Management

detractors from the proportion of promoters and you get a "net promoter score" that can range anywhere from +100 to -100. And that's it. Tracking the net promoter score, according to the authors, can lead to improvements in both... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Radical Design, Radical Results

there is a radical change in the language of its products," he says. "So the point for companies is, do they want to lead the change, or do they want to suffer the change?" Verganti will... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

06 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

(CRUK). At CRUK’s innovation engine Cancer Research Horizons, Keemia commercialized promising academic research through partnerships with the life sciences industry, leading the negotiation of two $25 million oncology research funding... View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

All Hands on Deck

number of Harvard Business School Online courses, such as Global Business and Leading with Finance, as well as in a data science bootcamp designed to teach students how to leverage big data throughout their careers. The CPD team is also... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele

01 Apr 1997
News

Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT

The following article is the ninth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. The information technology (IT) industry, for which rapid change has been a constant for decades, has reached another... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb

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