Reaching For Yield - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

investment in a nonprofit was handled strategically it would yield a greater impact for the people served. In an organization with compelling leadership, vision, and evidence of outcomes that were making a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

28 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Recruiting in the U.S. for International Students: 101

little color, I learned about the job opening where I ended up working for four years right before HBS chatting to a friend in a club. Recruiters don’t ever reach out to you the way they do here, and not... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

28 May 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019

product launch platform that helps innovative products reach a community of millions―guides you through every step of the consumer product creation process. Connected Strategy: Building Continuous Customer Relationships View Details

15 Jun 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

companies, industries, and human capabilities. Examples of the fusion technique for high-value, radical innovation are presented in this unique collection of stories about innovating across industries, fields, organizational silos,... View Details

13 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Manufacturing

companies don’t post their roles and instead will wait for students to find the posting on their websites. However, posting the position at HBS targets HBS students specifically and reaches an audience of... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

21 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Consumer Products

Databases. “Consumer Products spans five different student clubs, Marketing, Food, Agribusiness, and Water, General Management, Cannabis Club and the Brew Club, so companies can reach students with different interests in different ways”... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

28 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Banking

Finance Club is a highly recommended best practice for banks recruiting at HBS to reach a targeted group of potential applicants. Connect with Renee and Kurt To discuss your recruiting strategy, contact... View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020

bias that riddles medical care, and to explore how we can do better in a diverse twenty-first-century America. Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (MBA 1986) Knopf... View Details

19 Sep 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Say Again? Uncommon Advice for Common Business Problems

iStock Much has been accomplished by business leaders who turned left when told to turn right, who reached for the door instead of for the stars, who hired A when the search... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

Dave Cote and his team brought to managing their company during the Great Recession. The shift to managing companies for short-term financial interests has been an increasing trend among US businesses, leading to a focus on actions that... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

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A Letter from Michael Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

for those engaged in solving the world’s most complex, large-scale problems. Creating theory that guides practice is hard work. I owe much to my colleagues and collaborators at Harvard University, at the Institute View Details

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

went to Washington, I saw a tremendous need for fact-based analysis to inform policymaking” Last spring, Toffel sought to change that by taking the unusual step of convening academics and government regulators in the same room View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Oct 2000
News

Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices

problems for learning and for change." Jensen believes this tendency is the source of most so-called people problems in organizations. Jensen's model defines two regimes of behavior: the Resourceful,... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

The health insurance system in the United States is broken, and business is paying the price. Employers' insurance premiums reached an estimated $450 billion in 2000, and then shot up again, at three times the rate of inflation, in 2001.... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

31 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Setting Interns Up for Success at a Startup

Connection Fortunately, Belsito knew exactly the right person to consider for the role. Weeks earlier, Kevin Sani (MBA 2022) reached out to Belsito while researching mission-based startups making an impact... View Details

20 Apr 2020
Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

Will you ever again step onto a crowded elevator without hesitation? Reach for a doorknob without concern (or gloves)? Easing social distancing restrictions might reopen businesses, but as long as memories... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health

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Closings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Feedback Sample Class The appropriate closing for a class discussion is among the most debated elements of case method teaching. Some instructors advocate a minimalist approach, arguing that extensive commentary by the discussion leader... View Details

17 Dec 2017
News

How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

Heaney talks about his unique path from entrepreneurship and investment banking at Goldman Sachs to taking up the fight for free speech. READ MORE April White: Hunter, take me back to the sort of first spark that became the Voice Project.... View Details

12 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

Yahoo is unlikely to exercise its right to sell search ads through other providers, for no such sale is likely to yield revenues comparable to what Yahoo can obtain from Google. Google's Opaque Approach... View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

05 May 2003
What Do You Think?

Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?

'voice' into action is the way to reach a 'golden era' in marketing productivity." Whether the real potential for improvement in marketing productivity primarily lies in the minds and behaviors of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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