military - Publications - Faculty & Research

2021
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Leapfrog Leaders: Accelerating Systems Leadership Skills

By: Laura Cabrera, Derek Cabrera and Hise O. Gibson

We need leaders who can execute at the Strategic, Operational, and Tactical (SOT) levels. But, research shows it takes time for skills to develop at all three levels—too much time. Why does it take too much time? First, because expertise is borne of experience. An... View Details

Keywords: DSRP; VCML; Strategy; Operations; Leadership Development; Decision Making; Organizational Structure

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27 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

was about running a business. It was all about supply chains and helping the military figure out the best way to get stuff to Europe. Of course, identity and structure both had to change. And then the war was over, and we went back to the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

16 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Are You a Strategist?

Montgomery equally stresses the importance of recognizing how a strategist lives and leads. To that end, in the book she cites not only economic gurus, such as Joseph Schumpeter, but also philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, military theorist... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Your Alumni Community - Alumni

Katie Kochert (MBA 2024) reflects on her transition from the military to business school, leveraging CPD coaching and 12twenty to navigate offer negotiations and secure a role aligned with her goals. HBS CPD @hbscpd Be Social Facebook... View Details

14 Aug 2006
HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

States Military Academy at West Point. Using case studies (see links below), Snook's students are introduced to the coaches at pivotal moments: Knight has just been fired from Indiana and is unrepentant about his behavior. Krzyzewski is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

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People - Advancing Racial Equity

Holly Fetter AVP, State Street Global Advisors Kristen Fitzpatrick Managing Director of MBA Career and Professional Development, MBA Program Hise Gibson Academy Professor, United States Military Academy at West Point Jerome Harris Program... View Details

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Student Research - Doctoral

Policymakers increasingly use trade instruments to address national security concerns. This paper studies optimal policy for dual-use goods, items with both military and civilian applications. We begin by documenting that regulation and... View Details

11 Oct 2023
News

Soldier On

African-American city. It's a heavy military city. I had the business acumen and I had a heart to serve, and my team worked very, very hard. This was not a Phillip Jones campaign, this was the community. This was grassroots and we hit... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Track Runner-Up RallyPoint revolutionizes the way military professionals connect, develop, and pursue fulfilling opportunities throughout their military careers. We do for the View Details

20 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Three Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

Class of 2025 It took me 28 years to come out. For 28 years, I tried to convince myself that I wasn't gay. I even had a girlfriend whom I introduced to my traditional and Catholic parents, hoping to reassure them that I was the son they believed they had. I enrolled in... View Details

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

School Tonasket, WA MA Sabra Brown Boston Latin Academy Boston, MA Subjects: U.S. History 2 (1877-Present); AP US History MA Sonya Brown Boston Arts Academy Boston, MA NC Will Brown Millbrook High School Raleigh, NC Subjects: American History I PA Rose Bruce... View Details

28 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

point to both countries flexing their military muscle increasingly: China's blue water navy, India's nuclearization. But I think to focus exclusively on this, even primarily, is a complete mistake. The on-the-ground productive ferment,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?

de-escalation. My personal assessment is that it is likely to get worse, and maybe much worse, in the coming days, weeks, and months. Forman: What would trigger that? Abdelal: The extraordinary intensity of the sanctions regime as a punishment for what Russian View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Energy

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Birth of the American Salesman

the salesman's role in promoting goods was different from that of advertising. To use a military analogy common in the early twentieth century, advertising was a weapon for waging an air war, while salesmen were deployed as foot soldiers... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

1890s, a commissioner and Civil War veteran named Col. George Waring introduced such modern practices as street-sweeping and a uniformed workforce organized along military lines. He even launched something resembling a modern recycling... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Addressing Common Blind Spots Below are some “blind spots” that are common in the classroom and suggestions on how to address them. Generalizing about students based on their group membership For example, using differential call patterns or making comments that suggest... View Details

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Events - Business History

Marie Favereau, Paris Nanterre University 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Nov 23 23 Nov 2020 Business History Seminar The World's Biggest Landlord: How the U.S. Military Built its Arsenal of Houses A. J. Murphy, Brandeis Nov 16 16 Nov 2020 Business... View Details

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

military school in Brasilia, Brazil knowing this was my path to college and, more importantly, absolute financial independence from my family. While I succeeded, that came at a price: my identity could be summarized as just a... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Reconstruction Finance Corp. created to combat bank and business failures Introduction of Federal Deposit Insurance SEC established Federal regulations prohibit false advertising Influence: Low 40 1940 s 19 Military spending explodes... View Details

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Shira Asa-El

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After over seven years of military service, going to business school was a step toward my ultimate transition to the private sector as well as an opportunity to live in a foreign country... View Details

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