Partners and Partnerships - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

when life goes back to normal. Forward-thinking leaders can run better organizations by creating conditions that allow customers to be more helpful. When service provision is a true partnership and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet

distance in some ways, it has grown it in others. As the authors observe, “For example, while information technology may be an effective means of coordinating ongoing projects and collaborations, it may be less effective as a means of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology

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RGE Report - Race, Gender & Equity

more 31 Mar 2025 Maggie Sanchez (MBA 1990) on Purpose-Driven Board Leadership Lex Schroeder Author tag Board Diversity Over her 35-year career, Sanchez has a track record of successfully scaling large businesses, navigating digital transformations, View Details

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Meagan Hill

project, an application that allows ship engineers to instantaneously tag photos and observations to online blueprints, won the competition for best business plan. After graduation, Meagan will join two HBS alums at BASE Equity Partners,... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

04 Jun 2018
What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

over for partner and left the firm. “He, the protected rainmaker, went on to make sexual advances to many other female associates and 15 years later is still employed in a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Research - Private Capital Project

William Vrattos The case follows the debt restructuring of WorldStrides International, a travel program provider in the education market, after the onset of COVID-19. The pandemic severely impacted the travel industry, creating challenges for many companies like... View Details

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad

suggest most accounting errors aren't the result of fraud. Rather, it is unconscious bias that is to blame. Here is a look at those biases, and how they can escalate from a small error of judgment to a big financial nightmare.Rooting out... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, George Loewenstein & Don A. Moore; Accounting; Financial Services

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Careers - Health Care

campus each year for interviews, presentations, and networking events. During the first year, presentations and networking events are organized with recruiters in health care who are looking to fill summer... View Details

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Bibliography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

expanded into other parts of the country, added four production facilities, and saw sales top $7 million. In 1960, Barford sold his share of the business to his partners and... View Details

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

Business schools are positioned on increasingly unsteady—and unpopular—ground. MBA enrollments fluctuate or decline; recruiters voice skepticism about the value of newly-minted MBA degrees; and deans, faculty, students, executives, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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Mollie Breen

and skill sets; each partner can be a complement to the other." After completing the two-year joint degree program, Mollie plans on launching "my own tech venture, applying my background in... View Details

Keywords: Tech; Nonprofit/Government/Education

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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

you are and how you add value. However, before you immediately reach out to a Partner at an Executive Search Firm or a board member at your target organization, be strategic. Identify the Executive Search... View Details

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

need to make the obligations you have. Can you work from home, at least part of the week? Is there wiggle-room in work hours and scheduling? Can you trade travel for time off? Schedule collaboratively Make it a practice to meet once a... View Details

08 Mar 2021
Blog Post

International Women's Day Featured Stories

loneliness, and constant adaptation inherent during the pandemic. We have worked to innovate, create, and partner with faculty, staff, and... View Details

05 Dec 2023

Student Perspectives: Life at HBS

Join us for a unique opportunity to hear firsthand from current HBS students about their MBA journey. Students will offer a comprehensive discussion about the student experience including academics, RC sections, social activities, clubs/conferences, View Details

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For Recruiters - Health Care

low-risk setting. Propose an Independent Project Independent Projects allow second-year HBS students to partner with an organization on a real-time challenge of strategic importance. Students are advised by a faculty member View Details

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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

voluminous collection of extraordinarily descriptive letters and diaries, they took care to meticulously preserve the company’s documents and journals—from partnership... View Details

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

well as Ace Foods, which sells African spices. She is also the founder of African Food Changemakers and an expert on African agriculture and nutrition, entrepreneurship, social innovation View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

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

anything.” That translates to engineers, designers, and medical professionals’ accessing 3D printers at a fraction of the cost available elsewhere to innovate and make an impact. Recently, Formlabs View Details

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