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15 Apr 2016
News

First African American Woman to Receive Harvard MBA Talks Power of Persistence, Resilience, and Courage

(Image: Cathy Walsh) (Image: Cathy Walsh) The first African American woman to earn an MBA at Harvard Business School, Lillian Lincoln Lambert (MBA 1969) attended the School at a time when women weren’t... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

Karim R. Lakhani

Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial... View Details

Keywords: biotechnology; communications; computer; health care; high technology; information technology industry; internet; pharmaceuticals; software; video games

02 Dec 2021
News

Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly: Empowering Workers to Create ‘Magic’

11 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

Management, with Suraj Srinivasan, the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration at HBS, and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan , an assistant professor at the University of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?

The Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) welcomed scholars to Harvard Business School last year to advance their research... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

David Ager

David Ager is a Senior Lecturer in Executive Education. He engages CEOs, CHROs, and their teams to design and deliver customized executive development experiences for executive, senior and high potential leaders. The companies hail from diverse sectors including... View Details

Richard L. Nolan

Professor Nolan earned his B.A. from the University of Washington in Production and Operations Research in 1962, and his M.B.A and Ph.D. in 1963 and 1966, respectively. Upon graduation in 1966, he joined Boeing Commercial Airplane Company as an Information... View Details

Keywords: aerospace; information technology industry; internet

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

A favorite topic of historians and palindrome fans alike, the Panama Canal has perpetually changed the international trade business. In their new book, The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

Thomas J. DeLong

Thomas J. DeLong is a Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice and the former Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior Department at the Harvard Business School. He is an expert in leader development, organizational... View Details

Jingpeng Hong

Jingpeng is a Ph.D. student in Marketing at Harvard Business School. Previously, he received a B.A. in Economics from the National School of Development, Peking University and a M.A. in Social Sciences, Economics from the University of Chicago. His research interests... View Details

02 May 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

How To Ask Better Questions

not in having all the right answers, but rather in asking the right questions. Teaching The DealShowing emotion, asking questions, and understanding your own strengths and weaknesses can be key to a successful agreement. About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Bibliography - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

1928. Copeland, Melvin Thomas. And Mark an Era: The Story of the Harvard Business School . Boston: Little Brown, 1958. Cruikshank, Jeffrey L. A Delicate Experiment: The Harvard... View Details

24 Jul 2011
News

Looking Ahead Behind the Ivy

24 Apr 2024
News

What Managers Can Learn from Jazz Improvisation

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Expatriate Traders in the Treaty Port Communities - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History Review Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business... View Details

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IT Strategy: Empowering the Future of Generative AI Innovation at HBS | Information Technology

responsibly. The impact of the project has extended throughout HBS IT and the larger School community. HBS IT’s AI Alliance works to champion experimentation with AI tools and share collected knowledge with... View Details

Suraj Srinivasan

Suraj Srinivasan is the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration, a member of the Accounting and Management faculty unit, and chair of the View Details

Keywords: accounting industry; financial services

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

why and how to pursue social goals along financial ones, and addressing legal limitations wherever they exist. The transformation of capitalism will not happen overnight, but there are actions that we can all take to make it possible.... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

27 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?

from nothing, should steer clear of a certain graduate degree. So should entrepreneurs consider getting an MBA? As is perhaps the first lesson of business View Details

Research Summary

Mastering Strategy Execution

By: Robert Simons

Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

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