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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
both of whom started remotely in June. They have been collaborating with McKenna on any number of major issues over several weeks—onboarding a new leadership team, steering the NGO through the pandemic, finding ways to continue to deliver... View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
to 30 engineers. This initiative was very successful, but the firm then found itself with a lack of leadership skills at all levels of the organization to manage a company of a much larger size, growing by a factor of 10 over 10 years.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water
all of us about climate change broadly, and now water specifically.” – Tim Murdoch This photo taken in August of 1971 shows 3 generations of Harvard Alumni, Tim Murdoch with his maternal grandfather (Paul Cullens) and father (William... View Details
- 28 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Managing Your Health and the Recruiting Process: Advice from HBS Alumni
Leadership Fellows Program offered clear guidance on the expected cadence of the work and when to expect periods of high pressure or long hours. With clear expectations, she felt more prepared to navigate the role as a professional with diverse abilities. Seeking out... View Details
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
needs. These reside deep within the organization, and therefore must be developed and leveraged through processes completely foreign to the vertical, control-based management approaches that proved all powerful in earlier times. This, in... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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HBS - Financials | From the CFO
successful transition to remote learning, delivering 30 courses virtually. All of the Program's graduates were fully employed at graduation, and the School developed a financial aid plan to support an... View Details
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
it work for more than a billion people. Workers have brought laptops with all the necessary equipment to remote villages in the country, places with no electricity or connectivity. If residents do not have... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture
needs and provides real health benefits, differentiating itself from the competition. Founded as a remote-first company, Rootine was positioned well when the pandemic forced companies to move to a remote work environment. With their... View Details
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Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 16 Jun 2023 Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them Becca Carnahan & Christopher Moore Author HBS Team tag All Industries All Locations Diversity,... View Details
- Web
Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 16 Nov 2020 Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 tag All Industries All Locations Student & Alumni Stories Summer Internships In the summer of 2020, HBS Career & Professional... View Details
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
seekers and employers. As remote work surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment hovered below 4 percent, and many employers struggled to fill openings. “Harley has to build a team, but doesn’t have View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
expanding their own data-gathering and crunching capabilities through advancements like sensor networks and sophisticated modeling software. What if cities could make use of all that data to better give residents what they need—for... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
ventilation system that cycles the air every few seconds and a secondary system designed to blow out any pathogens or insects that might have snuck past earlier garrisons. All of this security is in place to protect—sans pesticides—the... View Details
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
capture economies of scale. In addition to controlling purchasing, merchandising, and distribution, these managers even control the lighting and temperature at Wal-Mart's 3,500 stores by remote computer. Of course, the spans of control... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
collaborative tasks from writing assignments to playing digital instruments. At the same time it needed to address constraints such as the lack of electrical power in many remote rural areas—a problem it solves in several ways. Kids can... View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
lay-out of supermarkets is more or less the same no matter where you go. Various web sites today may try to differentiate themselves by offering a different experience to the consumer, Papa said, "but we find that people want all TVs to... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
Ganesh Natarajan (AMP 169, 2005), Chairman of 5F World, Lighthouse Communities Foundation, and Honeywell Automation India. Navaldi’s highlighted contributions include “delivering medicines, oxygen concentrators, and medical supplies to patients at their doorstep View Details
- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
instant messaging device, and any number of other products all rolled into one. Convergence Of Factors Why convergence now? A primary factor is the ever-onward march of processor technology. By the year 2010, says Yoffie, who sits on the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
Vescovo was all alone at the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest section of the Mariana Trench, about 175 miles southwest of Guam and almost 7 miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. It would take about 7 seconds for his... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
half of all girls are married off before the legal age of 16. In this impoverished country, it is said that a man with daughters is rich. The visitor to the shelter that day last August was Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006), a former ABC... View Details