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04 Jan 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

about why else this could happen. With little evidence to support a theory, it occurred to me that one additional issue that hasn’t shown up in the press might be that of sequencing; in a sense, putting the cart before the horse. When I... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Jan 2023
News

Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

twice as much per dollar invested as male entrepreneurs, and Saigal said she felt positive that women founders will continue to attract more investors. Both panelists said finding investors who are View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

management services provided by an affiliate network. (Most merchants use affiliate networks to manage the technical infrastructure of the program, but not necessarily the administrative duties.) There are... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

19 Nov 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

was publisher of the Washington Post during the Watergate investigation. Coming hard upon the heels of her decision to brave the wrath of the Nixon administration and publish a series of articles based on... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

19 Aug 2024
News

Quantum Leap

automobiles. According to Kumar, many financial services firms are already exploring the prospect of using quantum computers to estimate portfolio risk—something that classical computers struggle to do in a timely fashion. Quantum... View Details

22 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs

the older worker is shown to the door," said Harvard Business School Associate Professor William R. Kerr, who recently cowrote a working paper called Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms with Sari Pekkala Kerr of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Financial Services

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Program Policies - HBS Online

changes, time zone miscalculations, or local technical issues. If a participant knows they are or will be in an area with limited internet connectivity, they are expected to plan to meet the course deadlines. Early and active... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Inside Modern HR

(think data analytics) as global competition for skilled workers increases. Matthew Breitfelder’s (MBA 2002) transition to the field came midcareer, after stints as an international economist at the US Department of Commerce, a corporate strategist, View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

28 Feb 2025
News

Joy to the World

But he credits a dedicated community of social workers, as well as his birth and adopted families, with helping him eventually flourish. That gratitude helped spark his career in community service View Details

14 Nov 2024
News

How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

What We’re Reading

“dedication to a cause greater than oneself,” and success and happiness will flow from it. The book influenced me to change the path I was on, and that has made all the... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Profile

Sheila Lirio Marcelo

any experience,“ Marcelo said. “Upromise was sort of my general management tour of duty and TheLadders allowed me to further my leadership training.“ After TheLadders and with View Details

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For Guests | Commencement 2025

Harvard International Office website , and graduates can find HBS specific guidance on myHBS , including the form for requesting a letter in support of guests' visa applications ( login required ) .... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

Building a Movement

important role to play, supporting businesses and business leaders during this transition. When you’ve been trained to do one thing—to maximize profit—we cannot assume that it’s going to be easy to change... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

An Entrepreneurial Journey

that HBS alumni have gone into the world and done just that - today, and in decades past - and have seen their products and View Details

17 Dec 2017
News

How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

end this. And it was just one of those moments that was simply the most amazing act of forgiveness, but also the most amazing piece of music that I've ever heard. And at that moment, that's when we started... View Details

01 Jan 2008
News

Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982

friend.” Support at home is clearly a necessity for what is considered one of the most demanding and public jobs in business. The experience of running GE has been characterized as more of a marathon than a... View Details

21 May 2018
News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

services and quality of life. “The HBSCP projects gave me an exciting opportunity to help San Francisco break through a number of short-term challenges to be the world-class city it is rapidly becoming,... View Details