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Key Metrics | Annual Report 2024
and managers in the 60–64 salary grades. US Race/Ethnicity is only collected for US citizens and permanent residents. Per federal guidelines, people who identify as Hispanic, Latino, or Latinx and any other race are represented as... View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
telecoms, commercial real estate, and more. Harvard Business School students visit the Reppie Waste to Energy Plant, the first waste-to-energy project in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Credit: John Macomber We have conducted several... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
inefficiencies and waste in a business where every penny really does count. Did you ever expect to be in the retail industry? No, never. I was trained as an electrical design engineer and spent four years in venture capital after leaving... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
New Releases
Environmental Management, Associate Professor Forest Reinhardt argues that managers should treat environmental management as an integral part of corporate strategy rather than merely as an exercise in public... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
Is the Discussion of Infotech Security versus Privacy a Waste of Time? Summing Up Discussion of this month’s question devolved into a debate about the usual issues: privacy versus security, Apple versus the FBI, citizens versus their... View Details
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Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
negotiation has become a key part of daily management. "Instead of being an important skill for special occasions - making deals and managing disputes - negotiation is increasingly a way of life for managers," notes James K. Sebenius, the... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 17 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future
author as well as corporate director. “While my HBS classmates veered toward management consulting and Wall Street, I took the technology road less traveled. I’ve always followed my favorite quote from View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Crucible: Relocation
no longer manage my anxiety by stacking up wealth or titles, but instead celebrate an active life in nature, my creative and intellectual pursuits, and relationships. In addition to sharing personal stories, I use my platform to... View Details
Keywords: Zhang, Qian
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
exercises, and practices that have helped managers gain the skills, courage, and confidence to lead. College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others by Stan Beck (PMD 64, 1992) and Jack Wilkinson... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
stellar cast of practitioners, management researchers, and business and environmental historians. As co-organizer of the event with HBS Professor Amy Edmondson and Swedish business historian Anki Bergquist, I was thrilled as the... View Details
- Profile
Kurt White
collectibles business in Canada. “They were losing money and looking for someone to help them save the business. I had to recommend that they shut down. It wasn’t the outcome they were looking for, but I saved them a lot of wasted time... View Details
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
[He has] created a monument more lasting than bronze And loftier than the pyramids' royal pile, One that no wasting rain, nor furious north wind Can destroy, nor the immeasurable succession of years and flight of time. (Book III. Ode 30)... View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
seen a variation on this story? Getting the Bosses' Approval From Ted Watson The general idea—hardly unique to us—was to do business consistently across all of our operating units. We would have the same approach to conducting any activity regardless of whether a View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 11 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Designing Internship Projects for Greater Impact
managing the recruiting process, and larger institutions may lack the structures needed to accommodate the more entrepreneurial candidate. In either case, large company or small, interns and employers must work together to design an... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 28 May 2019
- News
Cure All
success in either strategy or implementation requires making trade-offs. In the absence of those trade-offs, you have a lot of mediocrity. RS: I would also tell the CEO that he or she needs to take a hard and deep look at what’s happening in terms of View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
personal data collection have a surprising ally: Scott Howe. Why? Because it's good for business. "How people think about data is going to change seismically in the coming years," says Howe. "Each of us will manage the data that is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
program management is critical is related to decisions that maximize the performance of the system as a whole, but involve trade-offs at the individual project level. For example, it is far more effective for an orbiter to relay signals... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
Penn at age 20. Today, as president and CEO of Columbia Investment Management Company, Lew has come full circle, overseeing a university endowment of approximately $11 billion that helps fund students for whom college is far from a given.... View Details