Helping - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 May 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men

assignments that help them learn new skills. With more opportunities to shine, they rise through the ranks faster, preserving the status quo. "Those deemed stars are given the benefit of the doubt, even when they make mistakes."... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Being on Boards - Alumni

member with HBS resources on HBS for Life. HBS Programs for Your Next Steps Find programs to help you ensure compliance, strengthen relationships with company management, and drive business success. Nonprofit Board Service Discover how to... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

In a career spent investing in innovative startups at Intel, leading National Grid’s innovation and investment operations, and founding a nonpro t dedicated to advancing women and minorities to positions of top corporate leadership, Lisa Lambert (MBA 1997) always has... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

analyze financial statements. Reading a balance sheet was completely alien to me. Since taking Financial Accounting, I’ve been keeping track of my company’s annual reports, and the accounting that I learned helps me in understanding where... View Details

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Impact - Health Care

Impact Making a Difference in Health Care Harvard Business School Influencing the Industry With global health care spending greater than $8.5 trillion, there is no shortage of opportunities to make an impact in this demanding sector. HBS is View Details

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Adriana Garcia Ceja

talked to her. “I met a few professors at other schools; only the HBS professors were really willing to help me out, to talk to me about what I wanted to do with my life.” “I recognized that HBS was most able to support my goals while... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

of information technology at NYPD, Tisch learned to deliver essential services in fresh and innovative ways. And to her mind, sanitation is the most essential service of all. As she points out, the average New Yorker can go an entire lifetime without needing the View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance

Get to better, more effective strategy.

In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In "Better, Simpler Strategy," Harvard... View Details

11 Jun 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game

Keywords: by Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn

September 2021
Article

Network Interconnectivity and Entry into Platform Markets

By: Feng Zhu, Xinxin Li, Ehsan Valavi and Marco Iansiti

Digital technologies have led to the emergence of many platforms in our economy today. In certain platform networks, buyers in one market purchase services from providers in many other markets, whereas in others, buyers primarily purchase services from providers within... View Details

Keywords: Network Interconnectivity; Platform Competition; Market Entry; Networks; Digital Platforms; Competition; Market Entry and Exit

Rob Markey is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Managing Service Operations in the MBA elective curriculum. The course focuses on how to effectively design,... View Details

11 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Reflections on My First Semester Teaching at HBS

HBS and recently admitted students, I thought I’d share a few of my observations: 1. Vulnerability - The students who had the courage to reach out to let me know when they were struggling helped me in adapting the class, resulting in... View Details

28 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

Vivek F. Farias, both of MIT's Sloan School—can help policy designers create the most equitable point system based on their chosen constraints and criteria. They detail the proposed model in a new paper, Fairness, Efficiency and... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health

08 Dec 2021
Blog Post

The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) and the Transition to Venture Capital

pandemic changed everything. Quickly pivoting, Memme then went back to the partners at OMERS Ventures and made a proposal. “I reached back out to OMERS Ventures and told them if they needed help doing anything over the summer it would be... View Details

20 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Power Posing: Fake It Until You Make It

continues. "I try to show students that it doesn't work that way—you have to go meet people where they are and then all move together. You have to connect with them before you can lead them." If understanding how you are influenced and can influence others... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

The Three Components of Family Governance

family informed about these. Help the family reach decisions and speak with one voice about its goals. Keep the board of directors informed about family views about the company and maintain a dialogue with the board about key business... View Details

08 Dec 2023

Entrepreneurial Insights: 20 Minutes with an HBS Founder

Wondering how an MBA can help with your professional growth? Learn from HBS alumna, Janvi Shah (MBA 2022), how HBS helps prepare you for a career in entrepreneurship. View Details

26 May 2023
Blog Post

Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

Grinnell/SEAs) Even while honing her entrepreneurial skills, Sweeney continued to build new machines. Since coming to Harvard, she’s designed a fleet of spacecraft to clear small debris from low-Earth orbit, a robotic plant to mimic users’ posture and View Details

15 Feb 2022
Cold Call Podcast

How to Make Venture Capital Accessible for Black Founders: An Entrepreneur’s Dilemma

Keywords: Re: Jo Tango

Teaching Interest

Public Entrepreneurship

By: Mitchell B. Weiss

Public entrepreneurship is designed for future private entrepreneurs and public leaders who want to build new ventures operating in or selling into traditionally public domains.

The last few years have seen a wave of new public entrepreneurs start companies... View Details

Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship

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