Leader Selection - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

your agent may not be enough. For example, top executive pay attorney Joe Bachelder once took his client aside after the first negotiating session. The board had selected his client to be its next CEO and was working out his compensation... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Feb 2020
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Black Visionary Leadership and Redefining What's Possible

networking reception sponsored by Mass Challenge. Then they all participate in Friday’s Master Series, which gives them an opportunity to get expert advice and support and refine their pitches, which they present on Friday evening. The judges View Details

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Is the Digital Transformation Certificate Right for You?

It's no secret that digital technologies have transformed—and continue to transform—entire industries. The ability to grasp the implications of shifting technologies, from mobile devices to social media to machine learning, is critical for View Details

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

leaders might say they value inquisitive minds, in reality most stifle curiosity, fearing it will increase risk and inefficiency. Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino elaborates on the benefits of and common barriers to curiosity in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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HBS - The year in Review

global leader in improving the practice of management and its impact in a changing world, growing revenues from approximately $90 million to $270 million. He successfully oversaw the publishing company's Higher Education, Corporate... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

launching his remarkable career as a scholar, teacher, and administrator and culminating with his appointment as the School’s seventh dean. McArthur’s vision, passion, and unparalleled gift for building consensus transformed the School. “John felt strongly the... View Details

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

Rising star Jim Barton has decidedly mixed feelings after being selected as the new chief information officer at the fictional IVK Corporation. On the one hand, he lacks an IT background; on the other, he's ambitious and up for a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

alumni privileges? As an HBS Online current or past participant, you join the HBS Online Community but won’t be considered an HBS student or alum. To become an HBS student, you must be enrolled in our MBA, doctoral, or select executive... View Details

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Melcolm Ruffin

through his high school education, he came across an article in ESPN Magazine about sports management that listed specialty undergraduate programs. Melcolm conducted his "own research and due diligence," selecting the University... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

22 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

performance-survival, employment, and growth-and firm innovative performance-quantity, quality, and nature of patents and papers-by comparing funded and unfunded firms. To address endogeneity around selection bias, we use a qualitatively... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

Frequently Asked Questions Who is selected for interviews? We select leaders who have built organizations of lasting value. For the most part, these are founders of businesses,... View Details

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Fundraising - Alumni

fundraising progress Assistance with selected solicitations Make a Gift INVEST IN LEADERS & IDEAS GIVE TO HBS INVEST IN LEADERS & IDEAS Give to HBS Learn about Planned Giving... View Details

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

one of the Thinkers50 Best New Management Books of 2022. Tsedal Neeley : Selected for the 2022 Forbes Future of Work 50 list. Tsedal Neeley : Included in the 2022 Thinkers50 list—a list of the world's most influential management thinkers.... View Details

22 Feb 2024
News

GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit

Clubs News Clubs News Crossroads Forum Explores Future of Gulf Region More than 1,300 public and private leaders convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 30 and 31 for the Crossroads GCC Future Impact Forum, co-hosted by the HBS Club... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Industry Information - Alumni

startups–both private or recently public–that are worthy of consideration as places to start or continue a career in StartupLand. Strategy + Business Weekly news website published by certain member firms of the PwC network. It aims to "illuminate the complex choices... View Details

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Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method

casebook, entitled A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts, a collection of settled cases that would illuminate the current state of contract law. Students read the cases and came prepared to analyze them during Socratic... View Details

24 Jan 2020
News

Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67

Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. It became a New York Times bestseller and received the Global Business Book Award for the best business book published in 1997. More than two decades later, business leaders from... View Details

19 Jan 2022
Blog Post

From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business

at West Elm as a buyer, analyzing trends in the market and developing our Bedding and Bath products, before moving into buying at Bloomingdale’s (just like Rachel from Friends), where I selected and oversaw merchandise from several... View Details

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

Selling is changing, but broad generalizations and false dichotomies about ecommerce, big data, and other trends—hallmarks of current sales advice—are keeping business leaders from making sound decisions, says Frank Cespedes, author of a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

itself a long, bruising fight. Unless the new firms sell their advanced product quickly to the established leaders or have extremely patient, deep-pocketed investors, incumbents will spend more, produce better products and services, and... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

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