Job Interviews - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

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

their student loans. Still, taking-on student debt to finance an MBA is a significant commitment, and we recognize that personal circumstances influence how each student approaches that commitment. To better understand how HBS graduates manage and repay their student... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

Web

Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

and successfully negotiate at work, on the job hunt, or in day-to-day conversations. As someone that does negotiations as part of my job, I found Professor Wheeler’s Negotiation Mastery course to be both thorough and valuable. This course... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

societies. 13. Victor K. McElheny, interview by Melissa Banta, August 8, 2016. 14. "What Polaroid Does . . . " Polaroid Advertising Literature, 6, Polaroid Corporation Administrative Records, Box I.47, Folder 1, Baker Library, Harvard... View Details

29 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

faced with a situation in which a decision to move jobs overseas to reduce costs and preserve profit performance appeared to be alienating workers, customers, and even the president of the United States. Harley-Davidson had long been held... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto

January 2021 (Revised April 2022)
Case

Best Buy's Corie Barry: Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic

By: William W. George and Amram Migdal

This case examines the leadership of Corie Barry, the new CEO of Best Buy, with a focus on actions the company took in 2020 to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. The case includes a history of Best Buy’s strategy and leadership, including the transitions between the... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Change; Disruption; Volatility; Communication; Competency and Skills; Customers; Decision Making; Ethics; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Cash Flow; Financial Condition; Financial Liquidity; Goods and Commodities; Corporate Governance; Health Pandemics; Human Resources; Executive Compensation; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Resignation and Termination; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Invention; Jobs and Positions; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Job Offer; Labor; Employment; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Law; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Management; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Succession; Management Systems; Management Teams; Risk Management; Operations; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Logistics; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Outcome or Result; Personal Development and Career; Retirement; Work-Life Balance; Planning; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Science; Strategy; Retail Industry; North and Central America; United States; Minnesota

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26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

‘sustainability’ or ‘climate’ does not need to be in your job title for it to be incorporated into your work. They stressed that achieving the pace of transformation needed to decarbonize our economy will require collaboration across all... View Details

07 Jun 2021
Book

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

nuanced in these situations, because the donor calls are often done by a combined trustee/donor and a professional working as a team. "Your job is not that of a beggar, but rather that of an educator of donors and an expander of... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

10 May 2019
Blog Post

Advice for Mothers Pursuing an MBA

least temporarily) having them on hand during your finals or when you are looking for your internship or post-MBA job is very helpful. My mom was a key part of my success at HBS – I would have never done well in my finals and View Details

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

then you reflect on the environment that you grew up in. And they have a few other exercises around that. And so, you really spent a substantial amount of time just collecting data and associations and thoughts from your history. DM: When Platzer graduated from HBS in... View Details

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

Harvard Business School professor Lynn S. Paine's new book, Value Shift, argues that companies can't consider themselves amoral or apart from society anymore—that the relationship between companies and society at large necessitates bringing a moral dimension to... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

03 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Physicians Off the Beaten Path

doctors and medical residents of alternative career paths if that’s what they want to do.” Their podcast features interviews with physicians who pursued careers outside of or complementary to medicine. Physician-investors,... View Details

09 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

Financial resources don’t determine the quality of education, but it would be absurd to deny that money helps. "Adding to the challenge, 65 percent of Black college students are also juggling full-time jobs or families." Merck CEO Kenneth... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

07 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

on-the-ground advocacy—to go get a free eye exam or a blood pressure check-up. Easy. Your basic principles of sales and promotion will carry the day. If your charge is minimizing smoking or drug use, well, your job becomes rather more... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 May 2023
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

with the near-impossible job of drug discovery and development.” Back to top Depelsha Thomas McGruder (MBA 1998) COO and Treasurer, Ford Foundation Founder, Moms of Black Boys United In my solitude: “I was born in Rome, Georgia. I’m an... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

17 Jan 2019
Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

every aspect of business, and life – from pitching to giving feedback, from brainstorming to making group decisions, from interviewing to firing. Creating Value Through Activist Investing This course will expose students to the... View Details

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... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Web

US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni

This can include the internet version of the required newspaper advertisement. Participation in on-campus recruiting events ( HBS campus presentations and/or interviews ) Posting with trade or professional organizations Having an... View Details

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

on three particular cases: those of Apache, Perl and Sendmail (see "The Fathers of Invention"). In addition to wading through printed interviews and materials, and conducting face-to-face discussions with key players in the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

30 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Finding Pride

was part of the radical gay liberation movement. He had nothing to do with it, except to coordinate with me to publish it. He took a lot of heat for me back then. Thanks, David! In my second year, when I was looking for a job as a... View Details

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