Candidates - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2007
News

Faculty Books

The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning by Joseph L. Bower (HBS Press) Professor Bower explains how companies can develop internal candidates for the CEO role by grooming “inside outsiders” — leaders with... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2017
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Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction

election process, from moving to a single primary ballot for all candidates to instituting nonpartisan redistricting. They also propose restructuring the governing process by aligning legislative and governance rules with the public... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Government

01 Oct 2000
News

MBA Cohorts Will Merge Next Year

After a scheduled review of the five-year-old practice of admitting both September and January cohorts of each MBA class, the School has decided to admit all new MBA candidates in a single September entry date, beginning with students... View Details

01 Jun 2013
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A Case For Fellowships

have worked outside their home country for three months or longer. In addition to ensuring that our doors are open to qualified candidates from all backgrounds, the fellowship program allows our graduates to pursue careers driven by... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters

facility across the road. Noxious fumes emanated from a second-floor manufacturing business and drifted into iTrust’s third-floor offices, reached only by walking up a winding staircase, framed by walls with peeling paint and cobwebs. “Quite a few View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Jun 2020
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Prognosis

fact that we knew the genetic sequence of it within a few weeks, the fact that there are vaccine candidates being tried in humans, that perhaps we’ll see a drug that is effective against it—the power of biomedical research in the year... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; COVID-19; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

30 May 2025
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Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte

HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

29 Mar 2023
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Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

candidates with employers to help better connect earthquake victims and relief efforts. They developed a microsite, notes Uysal, where “volunteers with relevant skillsets may create a profile detailing in which area(s) they may come in... View Details

24 Sep 2020
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The Race for a Vaccine

Moderna could create a vaccine for clinical testing in just 60 days. That was three times faster than any vaccine candidate had ever been produced. Fauci didn't believe him. An idea emerged to test Bancel’s record-breaking claims: a mock... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

23 Aug 2011
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New Kid in School

math, and coached the track team, which he founded, to multiple Division III New England prep school championships. Ellison, who spent five years in the Marine Corps — he finished first in his class at Officers Candidate School — before... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2023
News

Is AI OK?

techniques to analyze that data and build an algorithm that successfully predicted job fit while minimizing bias—matching candidates to the right jobs based on their traits and aptitudes, for example, without discriminating on the basis... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

08 Dec 2017
News

Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits

fundraising. And the super PAC With Honor, cofounded by Rye Barcott (MBA 2009), was formed in November to support veterans running for office. It plans to spend around $30 million campaigning for 25 to 35 congressional candidates in 2018.... View Details

Keywords: politics

01 Jun 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

That Excel: Candid Insights and Practical Advice or Directors by Joe White (MBA 1971) (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) This book argues that boards enable organizations to excel only when directors go beyond their standard duties of oversight... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning

its barriers. For example, one general manager in the study learned from his staff's candid feedback during an OFP that his aversion to conflict was stifling communication and hindering his unit's ability to implement strategy. Upon... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Dec 2018
News

A Force for Good

Photo courtesy of Ananth Kasturiraman Photo courtesy of Ananth Kasturiraman There is no shortage of evidence demonstrating that the hiring process is one of the ways in which economic inequalities are perpetuated. Take, for example, the finding that job View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Books

time identifying the reasons for underperformance. Such scrutiny would presumably help establish qualifications for a new leader. Instead, Khurana discovered, the candidate list, assembled primarily by board members, is implicitly limited... View Details

01 Apr 1999
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

potential candidates for the Board. Each year, the Board nominates twelve alumni to serve a three-year term. The nominees are drawn from the School's volunteer corps of class secretaries, club officers, Fund agents, reunion committee... View Details

22 Nov 2024
News

Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone

Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details