Personal Development and Career - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Oct 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

copy of an extensively researched recent book, Power, for All, by Professors Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro. The authors define power as “the ability to influence others’ behavior, be it through persuasion or coercion (through)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Jul 2018
Blog Post

Amira Rashad: An Ambidextrous Mind Meets Consumer Needs in the Middle East

mind," Amira says. "I'm equally comfortable with the details of ground-level execution as I am with the big picture, 30,000-foot, pie-in-the-sky vision." In 2010, her personal and professional lives took a... View Details

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

root. An anonymous donor took note of his academic potential and put Brown through college. After a break to serve in the military, Brown went to business school and ultimately started his investment View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

06 Jul 2023
News

Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

Greenfield (MBA 2013): Hi Chris. I'm Bari Greenfield, class of 2013, another Businesses of Sports president emeritus. You talked a lot about the innovation on field and the on-field product. I'll say View Details

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Preparing to Teach - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

takes place on multiple levels. First-time case instructors typically devote time to learning about the core principles of participant-centered learning. They also reflect on the ways in which their academic and professional background,... View Details

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

Rush Limbaugh. Stern was an especially effective spokesperson. He got to know the founders of the business personally and conveyed to his listeners a genuine and infectious... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

city. It was against this backdrop that Dixon turned her career ambitions to music. “I thought that by becoming a hip-hop A&R person I could change the world, empower black voices, View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

contribution? As Ante writes, "ARD was the first professional venture firm that sought to raise money from nonfamily sources—primarily institutional investors such as insurance companies, educational organizations, and investment... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

17 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

Working PapersFemale Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines Authors:Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin Abstract Female 'empowerment' has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

business planning and control. Joe began his career at MIT's Department of Ocean Engineering as an Instructor in 1970 and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1972. He View Details

04 Jan 2024
News

Great Heights

training and fortitude in a hostile environment. And only ten percent of those who make it to Denali’s summit are women. “It’s much like tech!” Kostova says. And it proved a... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

Responsible Investments That Make Firms More Profitable By: George Serafeim Article Transition to Clean Technology By: Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley and William R. Kerr We develop a... View Details

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Events - Business & Environment

Environment Initiative; Career & Professional Development 03 MAR 2025 | HBS Campus Open to HBS Students Join small group chats with Professor Jim Matheson to discuss careers in... View Details

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

inform business decisions Implement analytical techniques in Excel Develop effective pricing strategies Identify sources of competitive advantage through differentiation Evaluate the financial health of a business using financial... View Details

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

and managers), and they need to self-actualize (assigned interesting work, able to reach career goals, achieving wealth to reach personal goals... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

12 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

understand customers and their needs deeply. Develop the ability to respond to this understanding with better-tailored assortments, replenishment of the hits, and timely... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto

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Case Research & Writing Group - Faculty & Research

closely with HBS faculty members, supporting the development of cases and other course materials including case supplements, abridgements, background notes, teaching notes, and... View Details

20 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

an aspirational lifestyle. “The new conspicuous consumption is about saying, I am the scarce resource, and therefore I am valuable” The finding suggests a new way for marketers to sell their products and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Planned Giving - Alumni

uses the remainder as you directed. Charitable Lead Trust A CLT enables you to support HBS and transfer assets to children or other heirs at a reduced tax cost. Gifts of Assets Complex Assets Tangible View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Action Plan: Life Study

producer. His acting career began with the role of Reverend Jerry Bedford in the 1960s television series Peyton Place. He says playing a sniveling coward opposite Clint Eastwood in 1973’s High Plains Drifter was a View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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