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14 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

opportunity to start over, similar to our thought experiment. I wanted to follow their efforts, and specifically to see what entrepreneurial activity would spring up in the highly uncertain post-storm environment. I wrote a context case View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

13 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 13

within an organization to be effective leaders and to accomplish their personal goals. Executives are urged to examine their lives to discover major themes, interests, and values, using that examination to create a short statement of individual purpose which is then... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements

organization's crisis response plans. Effective crisis response plans include the following ten elements: 1. A representative set of planning scenarios. It's essential to create a set of crisis scenarios... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

15 Aug 2023
HBS Case

(Virtual) Reality Check: How Long Before We Live in the 'Metaverse'?

says. “The timeline is perpetually pushed back. And so, for businesses thinking about making a commitment to the metaverse, it’s still unclear if this is the right moment. We've still got a long way to go on the metaverse, but the... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Computer; Information Technology

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A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

incentive plans because they felt they would be competing against people whose good will and companionship they valued. To take another example of the broader conception of human beings uncovered by the researchers, consider, for... View Details

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

06 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021)

engineering role. At the back of her mind, though, was a nagging sense that engineering might not be right for her. Was she good at it? Yes. Did it offer a path for advancement, challenges, and secure income? All a resounding yes. But she... View Details

Program

Value Creation Through Effective Boards

Design an optimal board structure and select the right directors Improve board dynamics and the board's interaction with management Lead constructive, consensus-building board meetings with time-efficient agendas Strengthen corporate... View Details

18 Jul 2023
News

The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

07 Jun 2023
Blog Post

My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

keeps going back to the case “Anomalie.” The company was founded by two HBS graduates who, while planning their own wedding and shopping for the bride’s wedding gown, discovered that a city in China produces more than 75 percent of the... View Details

24 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Bernie Madoff Explains Himself

between right and wrong is not sufficient to avoid falling into the behavioral traps people can face when under pressure to succeed. Answering a single question, Madoff exhibits several all-too-familiar cognitive biases, psychological... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

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HBS - The year in Review

HBS. RISE Fellows As part of the School’s Action Plan for Advancing Racial Equity , 20 MBA students were selected as the inaugural recipients of the Recognizing Individuals Seeking Equity (RISE) Fellowship. The fellows were chosen for... View Details

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Governing the Family-Run Business

right people in a timely way to discuss and decide the big issues facing your organization—then your governance system is flawed, should be improved, and probably needs to be made more formal. Given how difficult it is for most people to... View Details

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

holding group], for example, runs his companies closely and is planning to pass the leadership of his firms to his two sons. Similarly, the heads of some of America's largest firms, both publicly held and private, are the scions of the... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

01 Jun 2023
HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

deflate,” Miller recalled in a recent Harvard Business School case. The partner had a job offer in his pocket that he had planned to hand Miller, but the prison time changed everything. View VideoVideo: Larry Miller looks back at the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories

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Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

since when costs are reduced one must be sure that outcomes are not made worse. Outcomes are also essential parts of value based payment plans like bundled payment. In regional and national expansion of delivery organizations, they are... View Details

04 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees

creating a work environment where people feel free to speak up and be proactive, the organization is creating the right place for introverted leaders to be successful” "Scientific research now shows that behaving in an extraverted... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One

Guide to Doing the Right Thing (HBS Press, 2002), he describes what quiet leaders do and how they make their workplace, and their world, a better place. Badaracco recently sat down with HBS Working Knowledge Senior Editor Martha Lagace to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Skydeck - Alumni

Michael Horn (MBA 2006) and Associate Professor Ethan Bernstein —coauthors of the new book Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career —on how to make sure your next career move is the right one Tracking Modern Air Travel’s... View Details

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