Publications

08 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Private Equity

firm with the human capital resources to do targeted outreach through the Resume Database, VCPE Club and/or Women In Investing Club. A dedicated recruiter can also manage the heavy logistics and... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

01 Jun 2018
News

June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

And his afterlife: “When three-headed Cerberus greeted him / Socrates replied: ‘I won’t need / an attack dog, thank you. I married one.’” Mergers and Acquisitions: Integration and Transformation Management as the Gateway to Success by... View Details

August 2022
Case

Air Wars: Deregulating the U.S. Airline Industry

By: Tom Nicholas and James Weber

In the early decades of the twentieth century, the U.S. government assisted in the development of an airline industry by subsidizing the delivery of mail and allowing mail carriers to also fly passengers. Because the government awarded mail routes to the lowest... View Details

2002
Chapter

Use the Balanced Scorecard to Partner with Strategic Constituents: Employees, Customers, Suppliers, and Communities

By: Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Employee Relationship Management; Customer Relationship Management; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations

July 1991 (Revised June 1993)
Background Note

Conflicting Responsibilities

By: Joseph L. Badaracco

Presents a framework for resolving issues in which managers' responsibilities--to shareholders, employees, other stakeholder groups, and to their own values and commitments in life--conflict with each other. The framework analyzes these issues in terms of duties,... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Employees; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Personal Development and Career; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations

July 1976 (Revised April 1983)
Case

Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A)

By: Michael Beer

Describes a division of Corning Glass Works that finds itself with deep financial and organizational problems. Severe conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction and morale is low. Provides sufficient... View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Change Management; Transformation; Employees; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation

17 Apr 2025
Blog Post

From Tech to Coaching: Empowering Women and Minority Leaders with Yue Zhao (MBA 2013)

Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development When I decided to attend Harvard Business School (HBS), I knew I was ready to transition from strategy roles into the dynamic world... View Details

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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details

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Teaching Support for HBS Faculty | Baker Library

environment. We assist with integrating resources and research skill development into the curriculum to achieve teaching objectives and enhance student learning. We support faculty teaching groups with case/exhibit updates for classroom... View Details

Student-Profile

A Jay Holmgren

A Jay Holmgren (he/him) hadn’t yet developed a strong interest in health policy when he graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in History in 2011. But when his father was diagnosed with cancer in 2014, A Jay found himself struggling to View Details

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Faculty Mentors | Research Associates

Faculty Mentors Research Associates (RAs) are hired as dedicated support to one or two faculty members, rather than pooled resources that may change assignments to support a variety of PIs and projects. RAs at Harvard Business School form... View Details

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

same 501(c) (3) as the central organization. Branches are managed and controlled by the central organization, with local staff operating the branch but reporting directly to the central office. Local branches may have their own advisory... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

July 2002 (Revised November 2002)
Case

Crucial Conversations

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Vineeta Vijayraghavan

Todd McKenna, a third-year associate at an investment banking firm, confronts his boss. His boss had told him he would be the top paid associate at the firm, and McKenna finds out that this isn't true. He approaches his boss to find out why he was lied to. View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Investment Banking; Executive Compensation; Employee Relationship Management; Rank and Position; Banking Industry

01 Jun 1999
News

Short Takes

to ensure that environmental resources are replenished for future generations - as there are people discussing the issue. But with increased pressure on businesses to consider the costs of their actions to society and the environment... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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Visionary, Innovator, Educator - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details

May 2024 (Revised January 2025)
Technical Note

Education Technology: A Technical Note

By: Boris Groysberg

This note considers educational technology as it intersects with HR technology. View Details

Keywords: Edtech; HR; AI; Data Science; Competency and Skills; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry; Technology Industry; United States

December 2020 (Revised March 2021)
Case

eXp Realty and the Virbela Platform

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Jan Bena, David Rowat and Emma Salomon

As he considered his plans for the future, Glenn Sanford, CEO of eXp World Holdings, Inc., faced an exciting conundrum. He had built the first all-remote real estate brokerage firm, eXp Realty, which had been growing exponentially and was thriving, even amidst the... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; All Remote; Virtual Platform; Internet and the Web; Strategy; Decision Making; Resource Allocation; Digital Platforms; Real Estate Industry; Technology Industry

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Sep 2005
News

Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock

Photo Courtesy MATTHEW R. SIMMONS In his new book, Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy (John Wiley & Sons, 2005), Matthew Simmons (MBA ’67) sounds an alarm about a finite resource that he believes is... View Details

July–August 2025
Article

Case Study: Do We Reskill or Replace Our Workforce?

By: William Kerr

To remain competitive in the internet-of-things era, should the CEO of SolidTech Innovations, a fictional elevator company, invest a lot of money in reskilling its entire staff? The industry is moving from hardware to software in the form of smart, connected elevators.... View Details

Keywords: Training; Competency and Skills; Employees; Change Management; Leading Change