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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
events I've attended. Vasilios Dimopoulos Associate at Deutsche Bank Professor Sahlman’s careful observation of the best and brightest entrepreneurs over the last 30 years has given him a perspective and insightfulness that few others can... View Details
- 11 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the MBA Class of 2020
View Video Andrew Baxter “YOU BUILD UP PERSONAL CAPITAL BY SHARING COMMON EXPERIENCES.” HOME REGION St. Andrews, UK UNDERGRAD EDUCATION Imperial College London, Chemical Engineering, 2011 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Shell, Schlumberger HBS ACTIVITIES Admissions Rep John... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
American?” I thought to myself. “Can’t relate." Yes, I was Asian. But I was an Asian in America, not an Asian American. The distinction, for me, was crucial. But as the months went by, I discovered that other people didn’t care about this... View Details
- 29 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
diversification in commentary as relevant in the 21st century as it was in the 15th: “Be careful not to take on too many or too large transactions: do not try to net every bird that passes, because many have failed for taking on too much,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
livestreamed on YouTube, while Chipotle hosted Zoom hangouts where 3,000 fans could virtually mingle with celebrities. SnapChat curated mental health resources into a “Here for You” campaign, demonstrating its caring for its community of... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
focus, effective communication, and more than a pinch of dynamism. Those were certainly apparent in Andrus's response to her rather large dilemma. "I had a problem," she says, "but there were very specific things I focused on to help me through the dark... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
partner is the key to my success. He stopped working to care for our daughter full time, cooks and does all the little things to make sure I can do the big things like HBS. Favorite HBS memory: Organically my black girl magic group formed... View Details
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
seems to look at its successor as beneath their own." There were a number of suggestions about how millennials might manage differently from their predecessors. For example, Bette Price said, " this group will be fine managers we may see more managers/leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
these narratives A common feature of all resilient businesses we interviewed is that they proactively sought information from a variety of sources, including suppliers, trade associations, and health care professionals. Managers readily... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and the Virginian-Pilot. Despite his youth, Batten gained the respect and admiration of his colleagues. He made ethical, careful reporting a top priority, strongly supported school desegregation, and encouraged... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
top executive. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, we are all taking in vast amounts of new information every day and adjusting to an entirely new set of behavioral habits. In addition, most of us are dealing with unprecedented tasks and... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Accidental Innovator
of penicillin. Fleming accidentally left a dish of Staphylococcus bacteria uncovered for a few days and returned to find the dish dotted with bacterial growth, except in one area where a patch of mold (Penicillium notatum) was growing.... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
challenges of professional practice. In the halcyon days of print newspapers, journalists and editors had a fair amount of gate-keeping power. There was a very real deference to editorial expertise. But as newsrooms have collapsed and... View Details
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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
Tech 55% 46% 15% 14% Finance/Banking/Investment 53% 48% 18% 17% Consulting/Professional Svcs. 51% 44% 18% 12% Health Care 51% 41% 11% 14% Education 41% 29% 13% 10% “When I was more junior and working in engineering, I got a lot of... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
you know, why did you care about history, and where were you going with that knowledge and that care? It was gender-free, age-free, geography-free. At Harvard Business School, the river of Al's contribution has many outlets and streams.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
and I try to keep our connections in the communities we serve by talking with people. We come away from these encounters with a sense of optimism. Low- and moderate-income individuals, by and large, want to take care of their families.... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
company motto, it fueled the belief that we can either make progress or take care of people, one or the other. Throughout this dynamic, interactive lecture, Frei makes the case that the best change leaders solve hard problems with fierce... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
Policy,” in which University of Michigan Professor Andrew J. Hoffman wrote, “One of the reasons (among many) that the public discourse on critical scientific issues of our day has become so confused is that too many academics, according... View Details
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
"Ted Levitt changed my life," wrote Barry Koh (HBS PMD 30, 1975). "In our very first class he opened my eyes to how people are motivated to make decisions. Before, I thought as an engineer—the best attributes and the best price sells the product. From... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
start in the world of sports. Because, in baseball they stop selling alcohol at the seventh inning, but you can still buy a Bud Zero,” CEO Whitworth said in a Zoom interview last fall. A few weeks later, just days before the start of the... View Details