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25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

expert to her team, and started hiring staff from nail salons and department-store cosmetics counters. "It feels really good to have something you worked so hard for come to reality," she almost bubbled. Still to come were the... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

24 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Managing Alignment as a Process

fulfillment). Finally, learning and growth synergies would be achieved by rotating experienced professionals to key jobs in the new companies (key staff rotation), by sharing computer systems (common systems versus plan) and knowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Retail

02 Dec 2009
What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

Cato Institute Center for Trade Policy Studies Free Trade Bulletin No. 40, August 13, 2009. Daniel T. Griswold, "As Immigrants Move In, Americans Move Up," Cato Institute Center for Trade Policy Studies Free Trade View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

14 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Embracing Activism for Social Change

professionals in situations where their expertise would make a critical difference in resolving crisis situations, or even preventing them in the first place,” explains 2020–2021 HBS Leadership Fellow Sarika Mendu (MBA 2020). As senior... View Details

24 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Answering Your Questions About the 2+2 Program

am I still eligible to apply to HBS through the 2+2 process? Yes. There are no minimum or maximum requirements for the length of time spent working toward your bachelor's degree. You can apply to HBS through... View Details

28 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1

Hosting a company recruiting event is a great way to build brand awareness and engage with HBS students. At the same time, we know that event planning requires a commitment from your team in preparing materials, securing speakers,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

16 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate with Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016)

services, non-profits, or a business, so I took advantage of the HBS Leadership Fellows Program. The program offered me the unique opportunity to work in government through the MBTA at a time when they were looking to try something new... View Details

10 Sep 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: EF Education First

Visit Tours” division to help students explore higher education opportunities in the United States. Another HBS alum recently launched the first free, high-quality English assessment test delivered online for the world’s approximately 1... View Details

Program

Leading Global Businesses

Summary In an increasingly complex and volatile global world, companies need capable leaders with a unique mix of global business knowledge and personal leadership strengths. In this global leadership program cochaired by HBS faculty... View Details

08 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career

In 2015, Steve Kloeblen retired and thought he was done with the corporate world. A graduate of HBS Executive Education’s General Management Program, Kloeblen had more than 30 years of experience with IBM, culminating with his transition... View Details

Keywords: Technology

31 Oct 2023
HBS Case

Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations?

skill-building topics he covers in his new HBS course entitled “Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills” for MBA students. “There are few bright lines on these ethical and moral issues; the lines are often blurred as to what is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consulting

02 Apr 2024
What Do You Think?

What's Enough to Make Us Happy?

lifetime. HBS colleagues Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson expressed some of the same thoughts in a book they coauthored titled Just Enough, a personal determination made through “the art of complex decision-making about noncomparable... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Apr 2020
Blog Post

Am I Eligible for the 2+2 Program?

admission application process for current students, who are either in college or a full-time master’s degree program. It is comprised of at least two years of professional work experience (maximum of four years) in the public, private, or nonprofit sector followed by... View Details

08 May 2019
Blog Post

Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent

When Jamie Cheney (MBA 2007) and Annie Davis (MBA 2007) studied together at Yale for their undergrad and later at HBS for their graduate degrees, they had no idea that they would end up working together – or that this work would be in the... View Details

01 Aug 2008
What Do You Think?

Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

achieve organizational efficiency ... (by) highly motivated and committed staff with the passion to overachieve." Further, it is thought to work best in cultures where people have the latitude on occasion to fail (or as Mariana van... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

12 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

unexpectedly in the midst of chaos brought by the resistance of its staff who feared losing their civil servant status after privatization. Also facing Mao was the forthcoming deregulation of the telecommunication industry on the island... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Help - Alumni

Clubs Visiting Campus Giving to HBS Alumni Benefits Baker Library Bulletin & Class Notes General Information General Information What constitutes Harvard Business School alumni status? A Harvard Business... View Details

11 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center

revenue. HBS Professor Frances X. Frei and her colleagues Ann Evenson and Patrick T. Harker, both of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, have studied the use of call centers in this industry. In their working paper... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service; Financial Services

30 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Latina Women in Leadership: Jacqueline Burgos (MBA 2014)

Jacqueline Burgos (MBA 2014) grew up in Brooklyn, New York and received a BBA from Pace University’s Pforzheimer Honors College with a concentration in Accounting and minors in Economics and Latin American Studies. During her time at HBS... View Details

12 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

School Case 606-118 A successful young design firm faces a difficult decision: whether to compromise its creative values to win a big job. The client brief is very conservative. The company is pretty sure it can win the design competition, but the design View Details