Learning From Failure - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

just reread King Lear for the third time. There’s no way you can appreciate that character as a 20-year-old college student. That’s one thing I’ve learned as I get older—to revisit what I’ve read in the past. You View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

26 May 2023
Blog Post

Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

degree in mechanical engineering from MIT, Sweeney worked for a pair of technology start-ups in the three years before coming to Harvard. Neither experience ended the way she wanted: one company laid her off after going bankrupt when the... View Details

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Venture Capital Advisors - Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs-In-Residence Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Venture Capital Advisors Lawyers-in-Residence Venture Capital Advisors (VCAs) are managing and general partners from some of the most successful VC firms. They provide students with... View Details

TeachingInterests

Data Science for Managers

Served as a teaching fellow; assisted MBA students with classroom coding exercises.
Developed course materials, including new case studies, technical notes, and code notebooks students used to analzye case data.
Developed interactive web... View Details

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Tools & Training - Alumni

ManageMentor covers 40 topics including decision making, finance essentials, developing employees, and diversity. Each of the topics on Harvard ManageMentor include Lessons that are comprised of three sections: Learn, Practice and Reflect, providing the opportunity to... View Details

31 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

employee engagement. Other studies have provided evidence that fear inhibits learning and cooperation. It fosters an “epidemic of silence.” It is not a motivator, especially in the long run. Psychological safety builds a better... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity

for the lack of computer science experience in employees, they risk failure of the very technology they’ve adopted to improve their operations. “If someone’s past experience has been entirely in the world of older technology, and suddenly... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Information

01 Sep 2023
News

That Was Then, This Is Now

It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

but also the driver of their business model. They are leveraging what they’ve learned from developing innovation capabilities to help them on their sustainability journey. This article identifies three... View Details

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Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

introduced Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) to health care. In this unique approach, costing is approached from the bottom up looking at exactly what happens to a patient in the course of their treatment and develops accurate... View Details

18 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

Common wisdom holds that oil and gas companies, electric utilities, and other industries known for their large carbon emissions generally oppose clean energy policies. Now, a study of corporate advocacy spanning 30 years reveals that many companies are more flexible... View Details

Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Utilities

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

(Fitch) to the competitive landscape offers a unique experiment to empirically examine how, in fact, increased competition affects the credit ratings market. Increased competition from Fitch coincides with lower-quality ratings View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Leverage LinkedIn - Alumni

putting your best foot forward. Importance of Social Networks Social networks have given us the ability to connect with almost anyone in the blink of an eye, making it much easier to expand, nurture and maintain our relationships. Learn... View Details

15 Aug 2019
Blog Post

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

compelling. It is a fun and engaging learning experience. I was 28 when I started and was concerned about the opportunity cost. But, at HBS, there are financial resources available to make the transition possible. I became a Goldsmith... View Details

20 Mar 2012
Working Paper Summaries

The Stock Selection and Performance of Buy-Side Analysts

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Paul Healy, George Serafeim, Devin Shanthikumar & Gui Yang; Financial Services

Article

Values, Purpose, Meaning, and Expectations: Why Culture and Context Matter

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

The "rational person" standard, based on assumptions of economic self-interest, has long prevailed in legal reasoning. But understanding of decision making, behavioral choices, and possibilities for action must be enlarged to include a variety of factors that give... View Details

Keywords: Standards; Interests; Decision Making; Behavior; Value; Groups and Teams; Performance Expectations; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Business Cycles; Forecasting and Prediction; Motivation and Incentives

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01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

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Investment analyst reports (equity research reports)

securities; however, they can provide a useful model to students in understanding how investment professionals analyze an industry and what data points they find of most interest. Please note: analyst reports from... View Details

January 2018
Case

Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.

By: Boris Groysberg, Matthew G. Preble and Katherine Connolly Baden

In April 2017, Victoria Sopik and Jennifer Nashmi, CEO and CFO (respectively) of Kids & Company, a Canadian childcare provider that they had co-founded in the early 2000s and developed into a nearly 100-unit enterprise, are discussing how the company should proceed... View Details