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Kiran Gandhi

turning to her for leadership. She would have answers because of the flexibility and creativity that an MBA can teach you – the ability to pull from different hard and soft skill sets and apply them to dynamic problems. My goal at HBS is... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

concludes that: Choice is desirable, but only up to a point. Beyond that, it becomes confusing to a decision-maker. Choice on the job can have varying effects on our health, depending in part on our need for choice. Choice is often influenced by the way alternatives... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

information technologies. Recent advances in biotechnology have raised ethical issues that have never before presented themselves. And globalization has given rise to cross-cultural dilemmas that just weren't a major part of the scene in... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

entrepreneur's skill and luck as on anything else. Recommendations Successful convergence deals seem to follow a sequence of steps. First, the acquirer's accounting-and-control systems are installed at the target company. Next, the... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

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William R. Kerr | About

The Managing the Future of Work project considers the unprecedented set of challenges and opportunities presented to businesses, including rapid technological revolutions, shifting global product and labor markets, aging workforces, and... View Details

05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

Omega and Blancpain and then Hublot, was present in the classroom and his energy, passion, and curiosity for new things made this case study a special experience. While Biver had been a harsh and complex leader, his vision and drive built... View Details

27 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

relationships with the right people. This crisis presents an opportunity for the CEO to communicate to all employees, including new hires, that the company cares about them and is prioritizing their health and safety during the pandemic.... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

19 May 2022
Blog Post

HKS Policy Analysis Exercise Showcase

final analysis—usually around 40 pages or 10,000 words—gives students the opportunity to integrate the technical skills and specialized knowledge gained from the MPP curriculum while also helping the client organization tackle a... View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

Student "Treks" Lead to Jobs and Opportunities

Angeles for the premier Hollywood Trek, where they joined a total of 45 HBSers interested in the entertainment industry and the Internet. Meanwhile, in London, more than 90 students from the School were experiencing a full agenda of company visits and panel View Details

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

the strategic choice to pivot my venture in the latter stages of the summer. Engaging in conversations with NGOs and migrants across Europe enriched my understanding of various facets of a migrant's journey and the core challenges they face upon arriving in Europe.... View Details

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

A recent study on the factors that contribute to successful high-performance social enterprises finds a connection between enterprises that link economic value with social value. This was the focus of a study presented at the colloquium,... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

04 Dec 2023
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

memories took place in national parks. I spent 80% of the pandemic going up and down parks along the Pacific Coast Highway. Using business skills to give back to an organization that had provided so much joy sounded too good to be true. I... View Details

2008
Working Paper

Collaborative Architectures for Innovation

By: Gary P. Pisano and Roberto Verganti

Collaborative innovation has become a hot topic in innovation today. Scholars, consultants, and the business press all urge companies seeking to boost innovative performance to become more "collaborative." Too often, however, companies fail to distinguish among the... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Governance Controls; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Social and Collaborative Networks

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02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

A Break From The Everyday Short programs can effectively deliver basic skills and present new theories, but GMP is doing something much more complex: trying to change the way people think about important... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

things I said or did that contributed to the defensiveness of the client?", "Was my presentation of ideas and arguments clear and persuasive?", or "Did my analysis fall short in some way that led the client to have... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

at an impasse. The impasse experience has features that are common to all of us, and in time each of us has a unique experience of impasse. For most people the recognition that we're at an impasse, whether it's a career situation or a broader life situation, creeps up... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) for Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire (PublicAffairs, 2020). Regina E. Herzlinger : Established the George and Regi Herzlinger Award for the Development of Educational Skills... View Details

04 Feb 2014
What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

people feel they can't afford." That is why, she continued, it is so important to have real friends with good memory who can be our sounding boards. "Listening to others works better if you can show empathy and put yourself in the other peoples' shoes." Several argued... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Blog

Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method

emphasis shifted from facts and theories to practical situations and outcomes. This shift was part of a larger cultural movement toward instrumentalism and pragmatism that engaged philosophers such as John Dewey. Law students could practice View Details

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

learner willing to reinvent herself time and again. In the pages that follow, I will build on the previous discussion of power to present a framework for lifelong learning developing a successful managerial career. I will address four... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

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