recruitment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2014
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Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

Roshan human resources director, receives frequent death threats via letters delivered to her home, email, and text messages. (Ten percent of Roshan’s operating budget is devoted to security, which includes 500 full-time guards.) In the beginning, she remembers the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2017
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History’s Lessons

try me.” Having written these words, Lincoln paused. He did not send the letter; instead, he stored it in his desk while he thought about what to do. Two days later, when Frederick Douglass visited Lincoln at the White House to discuss View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

initiative will partner with the school and other regional nonprofits to recruit and develop entrepreneurs and business owners. It’s the ideal position for a guy who is equal parts educator and entrepreneur. “If you rely on manufacturing... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

HBS, in which two-thirds of the student body are members. Their activities, which are open to the entire HBS community, range from running conferences to leading study trips abroad and from organizing major social events to sponsoring significant View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Feb 1997
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Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

Dean McArthur set about assembling a group of expert academics and practitioners at HBS. As he recruited faculty, MBA and Executive Education courses were developed, attracting students and stimulating further research. One of these... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

30 Jul 2024
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Reddit’s Rise

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details

01 Sep 2022
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Your Family, Your Work, Your Way

just suddenly kind of spring into existence around you as soon as you become a parent. You really have to form it, you have to recruit the villagers, you have to be the mayor of the village, you’ve got to be the architect of the village... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur

building the faculty through the recruitment and promotion of outstanding faculty members, strengthening research, enhancing Executive Education, and launching important initiatives in ethics and social enterprise. He also oversaw a major... View Details

Keywords: Dean

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

for success while avoiding common traps. Filled with practical examples, this book will help you prepare and manage your job search; build your network to be an exponential multiplier for you; be ready when you meet recruiting teams; and... View Details

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