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01 Jun 1999
News

Winning Combinations

Photos by Steve Boljonis As HBS bids adieu to the last MBA class of the century, the Bulletin offers a window onto the Class of '99 with profiles of six graduating students. Like many of their classmates, these individuals sparkle with... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Employees crave meaningful progress in their work and find joy in making an impact

meaningful missions, clear goals, autonomy, respect for individuals and ideas, and resources—the things people need to make real progress in their daily work. (Published April 2014) View Details

23 Apr 2014
News

Providing Advantage and Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youths

Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992), founder and CEO of Year Up, sees inner-city youths as critical components of the US economy and competitiveness. In this video, he explains the challenge and the opportunities. “Many people in this country perceive the View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

New Releases

decentralize," he said in a recent Bulletin interview, "but rather which decision rights should be centralized and which decentralized." In the book, Jensen further argues that decentralizing decision rights creates control problems when View Details

06 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 6

demonstrates the mutual interconnectivity among the three key facets of management: strategic positioning, organizational design, and individual leadership. The authors highlight both the manner in which strategy informs leadership and... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

14 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?

they do like the United States—and leave the issue alone? The answer may lie in determining when, why, and how businesses can thrive by balancing their boards, says Harvard Business School Professor Boris Groysberg, whose research on drivers of View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies

reporting structure inside the firm, and job performance measures. These projects will allow us to address questions surrounding how individual managers' (and scientists') positions in the communication stream influence their job... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

05 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Leadership with purpose: Redefining success and impact with Satpal Singh (SELP—India 4, 2019)

individual journeys, challenges, and aspirations. These moments gave me a greater appreciation for my own strengths and a renewed sense of purpose. Engaging with the individuals featured in case studies... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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1.4.1 HBS Learning Model | MBA

Responsibilities The benefits and obligations of the HBS Learning Model are clear, significant, and fully intertwined. The Case Method cannot work without the active participation of every student—in individual analyses, small-group... View Details

22 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

but we observe that conventional measures of the experience of individual team members (e.g., years at the firm) are not consistently related to performance. We do find, however, that the role experience of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2018
News

Alumni Connections: Photos of Recent Alumni Events

(AASU)—were each presented with the Hutchins Center’s W.E.B. Du Bois Medal by Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. (far right), director of the center. The medal is Harvard’s highest honor in the field of African and African American studies and is awarded to View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

Faculty Books

Spending by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton (Simon & Schuster) Associate Professor Norton and his coauthor explain why individuals and companies seeking to create happier employees and provide "happier products" to their customers can... View Details

Fast Answer

Defense Industry Research

sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 13.3333px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Provides research reports on industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and China. Global industry reports for selected industries are also available.... View Details

02 Dec 2021
News

Learning Curve

and take on consulting work while she dedicated herself to finding the right learning situation for Katie. Eventually, she came to the conclusion that homeschooling would be the best choice. But several of the experts she consulted disagreed. Katie would benefit from... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Model Patient

their own. The state subsidizes residents who have incomes that meet or somewhat exceed federal poverty guidelines. An independent public authority, known informally as the Health Connector, helps individuals and small businesses choose... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

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Read excerpts from DENIAL

By: Richard S. Tedlow

The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears

Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)

From Denial: Why Business... View Details

23 Aug 2016
First Look

August 23, 2016

D. KC, and F. Gino Abstract—Many models in operations management involve dynamic decision making that assumes optimal updating in response to information revelation. However, behavioral theory suggests that rather than updating their beliefs, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict

changed based on whether they think of them as individuals or groups. “How we attribute motives to other people becomes distorted when we stop thinking of them as individuals and instead move to a framework... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 May 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai

plastic crisis at scale. 2) A case for capitalism in advancing green efforts: Studying Mumbai’s waste management processes quickly uncovers the massive informal economy making this possible. Mumbai employs approximately 300,000 individual... View Details

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Lavinia Teodorescu | MBA

and undocumented individuals can live safely during these difficult times. As a founding member of ImmigrationHelp, I was able to provide access to humanitarian legal services for low-income people, using the power of technology. I have... View Details

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