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- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
wrong. They just can’t find a way to talk to each other about it. And I think that’s what was going on. We all knew the problems were there, and I View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Harshini Chengareddty
female partner at a consulting firm trying to navigate her very successful career alongside equally demanding personal commitments. The conversation we had in class, and for many days after, was one of my favorites because while I... View Details
- 16 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
How Being an Introvert Influenced My Business School Experience
career path. Introversion and the case method The case method forces you to think on your feet and puts you in the spotlight. This can be an uncomfortable experience for... View Details
- 02 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech
practical advice about operating a startup from the founders themselves. The Harvard Innovation Lab and the Rock Center of Entrepreneurship are two other massive resources one should not miss! Overall, I View Details
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Interviewing - Alumni
interviewer's shoes. Think about what might concern the interviewer about you and what you can do for the company. Have several good questions to ask the interviewer. Be sensitive to cultural differences if... View Details
- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
gets lost in this conversation is the extent to which the US needs immigrants. We need their youth, their willingness to work at any job, their productivity, their contributions to a social security system being weighted down by the graying of America, View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Apr 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses
iPhoto Companies continually test ways to incent employees to perform more effectively, often turning to worker-motivation tools such as bonuses, “up or out” employee ranking tournaments, and employee of the month rewards. Behavioral... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
My HBS Financial Aid Story: Why I Chose to Invest in My Future
My first thought after getting accepted to HBS was, “I can’t believe I got in! I need to call my mom!” The second was, “How am I going to pay for this?” I grew up thinking debt was unequivocally bad. Many people in my life discussed... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
While investors are still learning what happened to them in the 1990s and are trying to get their money back, they find themselves facing a new set of dangers—in some cases from the same people who victimized them before. View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 18 May 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Organization Design for Distributed Innovation
Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin
- 18 Dec 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Grooming Next-Generation Leaders
an individual can think beyond their job, can think bigger, and has the potential to make a bigger impact. It's a combination of the environment, talent seekers, View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 07 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Art of Haggling
"In the long run, reputations matter," Wheeler says. "And what we think of ourselves when we look in the mirror may matter even more. When parties can get beyond mere haggling and are able to... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
on,” says McDonald, the Thai-Hi T. Lee Associate Professor. “They’re thinking ‘I would rather have money than not have money,’ right? Or ‘We'd rather have a high-status venture capitalist that everybody has heard of versus not.’ But... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 May 2020
- Blog Post
5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS
Union (AASU) and was elected alongside two classmates. When I started at HBS, I had every intention of putting extracurriculars on the backburner and would have sworn off a club leadership position. However,... View Details
- 13 Jul 2023
- News
The Network Effect
asset. Agios, awash in cash, wasn’t immediately ready to think about a royalty financing deal, but Model and Mathur stayed in touch. And when Agios decided that the company... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?
by thinking about how it might have changed an important decision, had we had it in place when we made the decision. My experiences in researching and putting a value on an effective culture tell me that if... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Portrait Project
Genevieve Sheehan
every day — may give me a safety net of sorts. But it also keeps me from owning my decisions. I will not be prisoner to what I think other people think I should do. Instead, I'll put myself on the line. I'll... View Details
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- Profile
Chris Aguemon
think growing up, I always thought leadership was foremost about taking charge of a situation and that the strongest should lead. The reality is that leadership is foremost about service to others alongside... View Details