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HBS Fund - Alumni

Program Enable the School to attract the most talented students, regardless of their financial means, and to continually innovate to prepare future leaders for an ever-changing world. Watch Dean Srikant... View Details

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Africa - Global

insights are helping shape the future of business in Africa. Three of the interviews were conducted in person by HBS Professors Archie Jones , Martin Sinozich , and Hakeem Belo-Osagie , while the fourth -... View Details

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

cost performance of IT technologies over the first forty years changed by roughly 107, and for the foreseeable future will continue to evolve at the same rate. That is in sharp contrast to a train, which... View Details

Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan

13 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

Black venture capital and growth investors have a much harder time getting funding than white investors, because—despite efforts to bring more racial diversity to financial services—private equity’s gatekeepers remain mostly white,... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

01 Sep 2023
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Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows

Power of WE, cultivating campus cultures that harness diversity as a tool for individual and collective success. Currently a student at Harvard Medical School, she serves as national president for Future... View Details

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

by Rachel Layne More Working Knowledge Articles Harvard Business Publishing June 4, 2025 Article Employee Stress Is a Business Risk—Not an HR Problem By: Marion Chomse, Lydia Roos, Reeva Misra and Ashley Whillans March 2025 (Revised June... View Details

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Skydeck - Alumni

year in media Solving the Underemployment Crisis More than half of college grads are underemployed. In this excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, Stephen Moret (MBA 2011) discusses the root causes of this trend—and what policymakers... View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Article Expectations of Returns and Expected Returns By: Robin Greenwood and Andrei Shleifer We analyze time-series of investor expectations of future stock market returns from... View Details

02 Sep 2015
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What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?

(Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2015), especially Chapter 4. Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld, Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace, The New York Times, August 16, 2015, pp. A1 View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Consumer Products; Fashion

17 Jan 2020
In Practice

6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart

delegate responsibility for designing and implementing plans to achieve those ends to the maximum degree possible." Joseph B. Fuller (@JosephBFuller), professor of management practice and co-leader of the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

09 Feb 2023
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The Sixth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

HBS Professors Ayelet Israeli and Len Schlesinger joined forces with Matt Higgins and an extraordinary lineup of speakers, to focus on delivering real-world perspectives that enable View Details

26 Sep 2023
Research & Ideas

Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates

When companies try to hire employees from specific ethnic or racial backgrounds to meet their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, an uncomfortable feeling often creeps into the process. Particularly among well-intentioned white... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

26 Sep 2023
Book

Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target

field and ruminate on its most important current and future developments. In this chapter, we start by explaining the reasons why the current digital age has triggered the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology

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Take Control of Your Personal Brand

values, and reflecting on past actions and decisions. What has been a consistent theme in your actions? What is unique about you and your approach to the world? What is your... View Details

03 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

09 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual

marketers, says HBS professor John Quelch. Credit: Gage Skidmore Show the past as prologue. Offering consumers the adventure of voting for an uncertain future never works with the majority, especially if your brand is new to the game.... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch

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California - Global

will humans play in a future of intelligent digital collaborators? March 2025 (Revised May 2025) Case Primetime Partners: Investing in Healthspan, Wealthspan, and Workspan By: Rembrand Koning , Nicole... View Details

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Reverse Innovation

VG and Chris Trimble reveal a bold discovery with far-reaching implications in REVERSE INNOVATION: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere (Harvard Business Review Press; April 10, 2012;... View Details

25 Jul 2023
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Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

helping to shape the future growth of our company, as we focus on wealth-building to dramatically uplift Black and Brown communities and address racial inequities in America.”... View Details

05 Oct 2023
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A Pathway to Public Service: Brandon Moore (MBA/MPP 2025)

Brandon Moore (MBA/MPP 2025) shares his experience in public service and why he decided on the joint degree program with Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School. The MBA/MPP View Details

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