Early Childhood Education - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS

born to supportive parents who pushed me to do my best in school and extracurricular activities, being able to benefit from strong education systems in safe environments, and having managers who trusted me to take on large... View Details

02 Nov 2023
News

Seeding Startups

Shirish Nadkarni (MBA 1987) was the director of product planning for Microsoft’s MSN when he decided he was ready to become an entrepreneur. He had recently led the growing internet portal’s 1997 acquisition of Hotmail, the first free, web-based email solution, and the... View Details

Keywords: April White

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

1977) MORE A century after the introduction of the first case to Harvard Business School, the case method remains the cornerstone of the educational experience. But it is also clear, from the scores of stories submitted here, that certain... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

related to the workforce, including the skills gap, degree inflation, care economics, the role of artificial intelligence in employment outcomes, the effectiveness of social entrepreneurs in improving education to employment outcomes,... View Details

02 May 2022
What Do You Think?

Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?

questions, questions that students assume primary responsibility for discussing. There is no assumption that there is always a right answer. Rather the emphasis is on the quality of analyses and thought processes employed in coming up with responses. When asked View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

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Business for Social Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Since its inception, the Social Enterprise Initiative has explored the role of business in creating social value. Early efforts in the late 1990s included hosting a research conference on business leadership in the social sector and... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Made in Italy

trip to Baker Library/Bloomberg Center, which holds the largest collection of Medici business records outside of Italy. The Medici family came to power in the early 15th century and shaped life in Florence for centuries, influencing... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

in business education has been that a corporation is run for the sole interest of its shareholders. I present an alternative view where increasing concentration of economic activity and power in the world's largest corporations, the... View Details

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

early on—rookie mistakes can set back (or kill) a business before it’s barely out of the gate. Read Khalid Halim’s thoughts on Hypergrowth and the Law of Startup Physics for more on this point. “Unless you are doing hard science that is... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Knowing Your Students - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

online class cards that provide a detailed profile of each student, including a photo, name pronunciation, educational background, work experience, demographic data, and extracurricular interests. Instructors study these profiles before... View Details

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Events - Health Care

integrated strategies we need as leaders to make lasting, scalable change across sectors and borders. Our sub-themes include climate & sustainability, tech & AI for social good, healthcare innovation, and education & workforce. Get your... View Details

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

with technology take longer, they're harder to follow. I'm involved, in addition to running Merck, I co-chair the commission in New Jersey about re-opening the state. Corporate America is asking what it needs to do about racial inequality. And we are working on a lot... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

16 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Are You a Strategist?

"What are the first three words that come to mind when you hear the word 'strategy'?" That's the free-association exercise Cynthia A. Montgomery gives to mid-career business leaders in her Executive Education classes at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

performance of procedures rather than for accurate diagnosis and effective prevention. Aspinall and Hamermesh call for coordinating regulation and reimbursement so that incentives are provided for the right outcomes. Finally, the authors urge changing physicians'... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922

all the benefits of the register, Patterson gave them scripts to memorize. The practice of writing out sales arguments was rare, but not as new as some of Patterson's biographers claim. Booksellers and other canvassers had used scripts prior to the first N.C.R. Primer... View Details

Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman

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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

of the foundation and limited partner at Goldman Sachs, was an early supporter of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative and served on the Advisory Board. Recipients are invited to participate in events with current and former recipients,... View Details

09 May 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

leadership changes, increased communication, new partnership deals, and a focus on digital, sought speed, innovation, and accountability to better fulfill Sesame's educational mission. By 2016, Sesame was in the middle of its change, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

value." Lawyers who have no experience working with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists will most likely focus on the wrong things.—Constance Bagley # 10: Failing to incorporate early enough. One problem that arises here is the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Mar 2023
News

Toward a Life Well Lived

profiles. They then write their own profiles, imagining their lives from the perspective of 10 years after graduation. “There is so much energy—but also angst—around those cases, I started to think about whether I should develop a course aimed at helping students... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services

20 Oct 2023
News

Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

sense of rigor in the classroom have returned to what they were before the pandemic, adding that the School is also supporting students’ educational journeys at HBS in new ways. Kierstead discussed the naming of Rupal Gadhia (MBA 2004) as... View Details

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