Personal Development and Career - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018)

MBA, you are likely thinking about what repayment might look like post-graduation. HBS graduates pursue careers in a variety of industries and positions around the world. With a median starting salary of... View Details

04 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 4

Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and the Bank of England, were causing significant and detrimental spillover effects, such as currency appreciation, declining exports, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?

really goes away. Since the dawn of advertising, retailers have made a point of marketing separate lines of branded products for men and women in many categories, even in cases where their functions are essentially the same. It's a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Auto

04 Sep 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

personal models of success, the first step in the process is introspection, followed by a creative and savvy approach to one's actual next career move. In the May program,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

Startup life can often feel like a solo sport, says Matt Segneri (MBA 2010), the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs: “What the three labs in our ecosystem do is to make building a venture something that happens within a truly... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

Judging by the most-read articles and faculty working papers over the last year, our readers continue to be fascinated by the emergence of social networks and their potential impacts on business View Details

Keywords: by Staff

Fast Answer

What are the best finance interview prep resources?

href="https://inside.hbs.edu/Departments/mba/prematric/default.aspx?page=prematric-wall-street-prep">Wall Street Prep on the HBS Career and Professional Development site... View Details

Web

What You Can Support - Alumni

and should be a force for good and is developing new insights and tools to address key societal challenges. Digital Innovation HBS is harnessing... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Donald J. Chiofaro

however, his $600-million, 1.8-million-square-foot International Place - one of the top ten office buildings in the country, according to the Wall Street Journal - is a Boston landmark and a monument to Chiofaro's daring View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

This will help in developing market solutions to confront environmental problems. In addition, last year we opened our mid-US research center with a goal of identifying opportunities for investment, innovation, View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

14 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 14

and present themselves as more virtuous and ethical (Studies 1, 2, 3). We show this mechanism is exclusive for ethical dissonance and is not triggered by salience of ethicality... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Web

Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Notes: Literacy rates are based on population surveys which were not conducted on a regular basis and did not cover many developing countries. Download Data Set in Excel Apollo Hospitals Apollo Hospitals Map... View Details

07 Jun 2021
Book

9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

and projects as you refine your pitch and develop more confidence. 7. For major solicitations, you should prepare a detailed call report shortly after the visit. Prospective... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

people (consumers in this case) "a feeling of power" and "of being 'special'." As Dave G puts it, "companies are becoming (good) at making a very aware person like myself make the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

April 2011 (Revised June 2012)
Background Note

Note on U.S. Pension Accounting

By: Robert C. Pozen and Brij Khurana

The purpose of this note is to describe the manner in which publicly traded corporations and local governments in the United States account for their pension plans. View Details

Keywords: Retirement; Accounting; United States

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06 Mar 2020
Book

A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading

indulge me personalizing aspects of the covenant-creation process. From the first moment in the classroom, the teacher is laying the groundwork to create a covenant with students—a relationship where the student View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

Profile

Peggy Mativo-Ochola

intends to develop a fundraising program she began in Startup Boot Camp last January. "My big hairy audacious goal is a self-sustaining endowment fund to employ teachers in slums and rural areas."... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

01 Jun 2024
News

Leveraging Generative AI

Four decades after HBS became the first business school in the country to require the use of personal computers in the MBA Program, the School is undergoing a different kind of technological transformation, one that leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)... View Details