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What You Can Support - Alumni

Aid Need-based fellowships make HBS accessible to talented future leaders and enable them to pursue a wider range of career paths. MBA Program Ongoing innovation in teaching and learning ensures that the MBA Program prepares View Details

13 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?

Porsche brand erode over time if it is not as strongly associated with masculinity as it has been in the past? Regardless of what the future holds, Avery believes that brand managers can learn important lessons from the emotional... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Auto

28 Mar 2012
What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

Materialist Fallacy, The New York Times, February 14, 2012. Andy Grove, How America Can Create Jobs, Bloomberg Businessweek, July 1, 2010. Michael Spence, The Next Convegence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World, Farrar,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2019
News

Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering

University and is a former dean and professor at the Boston University School of Hotel Administration. She is currently the managing partner of Champagne Hospitality. As Nunnelly explains, “Education is the foundation for making our View Details

23 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

and alternatives are gaining prominence. Our Remaining Questions: The Future of the Dairy Industry Future Growth While growth in Arla’s existing markets has been flat, the company is expanding into emerging... View Details

23 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Why White-Collar Crime Spiked in America After 9/11

white-collar criminal enforcement program is likely to help the agency prevent such crimes." The good news: The FBI’s pre-9/11 level of enforcement effectively deterred white-collar crime at that time, so providing greater funding in the View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

The company Blocpower works with EJ principles as well, centering “the clean energy future in low-income communities and communities of color to create jobs and develop skilled workers.”[84] They install low-infrastructure Wi-Fi networks,... View Details

06 Aug 2021
Book

Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

had wanted to achieve at Apple from its founding in 1976 to his firing in 1985. He still believed that the future was all about the computer. He agreed to act as an advisor to Amelio, promising to “help Gil in any way he asks me to,”... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

28 Feb 2019
News

New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures

and his wife, Kristen, were intrigued by the idea of helping Harvard undergraduates with a passion for technology and entrepreneurship become future leaders of innovative ventures. So, the Robertses are excited to be supporting the... View Details

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Revolving Doors on Analyst Incentive.” Josh Lerner : Appointed Vice Chair, Global Agenda Council on Future of Investing, World Economic Forum, 2014-2016. Kristin W. Mugford : Received the 2015 Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching at HBS... View Details

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

significant demographic implications for the future and the promising scope of emerging markets. “Africa’s evolution is not much talked about—outside the circles that closely watch the continent—but it has massive implications for the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

disproportionate stock price hit to an earnings miss reflects that informational problem. The promise of private equity involves solving that gap between owners and managers. Buybacks must be interpreted in that context as either revealing confidence about the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

happening,” Campbell says. Even more important, the measure was able to predict violations before they were exposed by whistleblowers or the press. “Where the rubber meets the road is whether this measure says something about future... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

should CEO Dan Case take to balance the competing demands of maintaining the firm's culture and positioning it for future growth? “Mine came after business school. I came back here with my best friend, who was the subject of a case by Tom... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

02 Aug 2022
Blog Post

From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech

high caliber people can be daunting but teaches you lessons that stay with you forever. What are your future plans? Keeping with my tenet to always be working in cutting-edge tech, I have joined a Series B artificial intelligence... View Details

25 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway

universities but the futures of the students themselves, according to the researchers. Gino reports being surprised at how difficult it was to counteract the fundamental attribution error, and, particularly, how strongly its effects could... View Details

Keywords: by Anna Secino; Education; Employment

20 Jan 2023
Blog Post

The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang

with novices and enable them to become better mentors. What recommendations would you give current and future HBS leaders when it comes to advising and mentoring in their position? Perhaps the biggest take away is for leaders to not... View Details

08 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

right tone of voice, suggestions for next time, etc. Since then, I have seen a huge improvement in my classroom performance and being able to get my point across clearly. How do you think learning through the case method will help you in your View Details

21 Sep 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?

top executives and shareholders. That being said, the pandemic may well lead to more changes, because employees are making it clear across industries that they want to have a say on their working conditions, on the working arrangements that affect them, and on their... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

24 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things

compelling as a researcher—that completing this totally arbitrary set is so motivating to people that they are willing to participate in an obviously bad bet.” Future research and advice for managers The researchers acknowledge that it’s... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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