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Commencement 2016 Address | About

brightly in her Class day remarks yesterday. Beyond this remembrance of how your group dealt with an episode of profound sadness, I hope you graduate today with an equally profound happiness, with a deep reservoir of warm memories of your own--including cold-calls you... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

Products, Companies, and the World—with a Single Step by Mark Hurst and Phil Terry (MBA 1998) (Creative Good Inc.) This book provides a road map for executives and entrepreneurs who want to create better products and services. Using real-world View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Model Patient

world in life expectancy, at 77.9 years. Half the U.S. population does not receive standard preventive care such as cancer screening, blood pressure checks, or vaccinations. A 2007 McKinsey study found that compared with the average for... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

30 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

should, nor do we have many cases about business leaders operating in that high-conflict, low-authority domain." Giving students a broader perspective outside the HBS classroom is another possibility, such as pairing B-school students... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

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Harvard Business School

the corporate and public sectors. The individuals profiled here—Andrew F. Brimmer, James I. Cash Jr., Linda A. Hill, and David A. Thomas—have demonstrated their dedication to the School's ideals and core mission through their active engagement with students, purposeful... View Details

30 Oct 2017
News

Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success

had he majored in business in college, so he arrived never having read a case or used a spreadsheet. “I learned so much; the journey for me was big,” Rice recalls. “I think I got more intellectual growth out of it than a lot of my peers... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

25 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

sounding-board for their ideas. "With the case study method, the delivery is in the classroom," says Mayo. "With FIELD, 80 percent of the success is in the design of the individual sessions... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

Massachusetts, there has been considerable controversy regarding the building of wind turbines on Cape Cod—a situation I describe in a case study I've written. But no matter what happens there, only about... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Dec 2004
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Retirement's Changing Face

were blamed for the Estonia disaster, Bemis believes foul play was involved, based on evidence gathered during an unauthorized dive he made to the wreck in 2000. (There is a warrant for his arrest in Sweden as a result.) In the case of... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

31 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

When Not to Trust Your Gut

meet in person on Days 3 and 4 for substantive negotiations. By giving yourself time to think things through, you'll be in a better position to apply System 2 thought throughout the negotiation process. In most cases there is little... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra

09 Mar 2021
News

Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

income. Studies show that if students entering kindergarten don’t know their letters, they’re already behind and it becomes more difficult to catch up, so this is a really good use of resources. Employers could subsidize this as a benefit... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

own way, I’m trying to make up for the failures of the past. Amar Kumar (MBA 2010) SVP, Pearson Do more than deliver In our first semester at HBS we studied a case on relationship building—something about... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

recent visit to campus to write a short case study on how UADE responded to the pandemic. After the government’s suspension of in-person classes, Masoero reports, “we began to work frantically to find the... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

fundraising, IP, patent law, and the ins and outs of FDA and HIPAA regulations. Tecco and Gross refined their vision for Rock Health in a field study with HBS senior lecturer Bob Higgins. But first, Tecco had the experience of founding... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 Nov 2018
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Don’t Be Afraid of AI

emotions and anger and all those things. And the new brain or the neocortex is the analytical engine, that's the thing that knows what is a cat and how to telephone your mother and how to do a math equation. So, we are really studying the... View Details

Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

17 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience

to HBS with her partner Bethany. Enjoying the business school bubble together can also be a bonding experience for couples at HBS and may bring couples closer together. “This is a once in a lifetime experience for both of us,” said Rishon Benjamin. “We bond quite a bit... View Details

07 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Are Creative People More Dishonest?

at Harvard Business School, who wrote the article with Dan Ariely of Duke University. "But is creativity always good? We often hear of cases in which people use innovative behavior to create a sense that what they're doing is not... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

22 Jul 2021
News

Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

session over a week in June, where they were matched one-to-one with seven HBS alumni mentors for guidance on strategy, problem-solving, and more. The club designed the War Room series to allow HBS alumni to interact directly with promising startups in Singapore.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

20 Aug 2014
News

With No Time to Lose

the fact so many of them came to my aid is a testimonial to the rapport, humanity, and cohesiveness of the HBS community.” Professor Josh Margolis helped to write and now teaches a case on Prize4Life in his LEAD class, ensuring that... View Details