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  • 01 Sep 2015
  • First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

across firms. Using information disclosed in proxy statements of publicly traded companies, I predict and find that firms connected through board interlocks or common compensation consultants display a higher degree of isomorphism in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2021
  • Op-Ed

When Your Nerves Get the Best of You, Change the Narrative

When I first started teaching executive education classes at Harvard Business School, I was part of a team of five professors who conducted one-week programs for leaders of businesses from all across the globe. Most of my colleagues had... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
  • 29 Aug 2022
  • Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

measures perfect equality as zero and maximum inequality as one, with higher numbers indicating a greater concentration of resources in the hands of a few. This measure has long dominated our understanding of what inequality means,... View Details
Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser
  • Web

HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

revenues (including current use gifts and distribution from the endowment). In fiscal 2022, the School’s total revenues increased by $161 million, or 20 percent, to $966 million from $805 million in the prior year, primarily reflecting the growth in Executive View Details
  • September 2023
  • Article

Top Talent, Elite Colleges, and Migration: Evidence from the Indian Institutes of Technology

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Ina Ganguli and Patrick Gaulé
We study migration in the right tail of the talent distribution using a novel dataset of Indian high school students taking the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE), a college entrance exam used for admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). We find a... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Immigration; Talent and Talent Management; India
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  • September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
  • Case

Student Success at Georgia State University (A)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley
Georgia State University had developed a reputation for driving student success by nearly doubling its graduation rate for students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. It did so while growing its student body and the proportion of Black/African... View Details
Keywords: Education; Higher Education; Learning; Curriculum and Courses; Demographics; Diversity; Ethnicity; Income; Race; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Measurement and Metrics; Operations; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Outcome or Result; Performance; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation; Service Operations; Performance Improvement; Planning; Strategic Planning; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Education Industry; Atlanta
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  • Web

News - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Should Yellen Be the Central Banker to the World? Should Yellen Be the Central Banker to the World? by Michael E. Porter Feb 18, 2016 Media Mention Higher Education and U.S. Jobs Prospects View Details
  • Web

HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

accessible education to more than 30,000 students. CWI’s primary focus is delivering affordable, high-quality, and accessible education. Jones is passionate about promoting affordable higher View Details
  • 03 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

have higher management quality, more MBA trained managers, and lower mortality rates. This is true compared to the distance to universities that offer only business or medical education (or neither). We... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Beth Clark | About

previous work in public policy and advocacy fortified her dedication to the pivotal role of higher education in society. Beth is an ardent advocate for cultivating diverse and innovative teams within... View Details
  • 07 May 2014
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

spending some of it supporting open curriculum projects that democratize higher learning." Several embraced solutions aimed at what they see as the real heart of the problem. As Bruce Hiller put it, "Redistributing wealth from... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • November 2015 (Revised May 2016)
  • Case

Aspiring Minds

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Marco Iansiti and Christine Snively
By 2015, India-based employment assessment and certification provider Aspiring Minds had helped facilitate over 300,000 job matches through its assessment tools. Aspiring Minds' flagship product, the Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Test (AMCAT), used machine learning... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Strategy; Higher Education; Technological Innovation; Employment; Technology Industry; India; China
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  • February 2025 (Revised April 2025)
  • Case

Institutional Neutrality, Restraint or Convenience?

By: Clayton S. Rose, Nicole Zelazko and Alexis Lefort
In the fall of 2023 and winter of 2024, college campuses across the U.S. experienced protests and encampments in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel by the Islamist militant group Hamas, and Israel’s subsequent invasion of Gaza. These... View Details
Keywords: Distribution; Cost vs Benefits; Ethics; Governance; Leadership; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Adaptation; Disruption; Communication Strategy; Higher Education; United States
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  • 26 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?

talking about academic institutions of higher education.” Even though the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) stresses the amateur nature of intercollegiate sports, college programs have grown into a multibillion-dollar... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education; Education
  • 17 Nov 2016
  • Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

higher education His stand on workplace deregulation raises concerns about continued protection of women’s (and men’s) human and civil rights A reshaped Supreme Court could roll back protections to the... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely
  • 20 Dec 2017
  • Lessons from the Classroom

How to Design a Better Customer Experience

Click HereHarvard Business School Professor Stefan Thomke describes how his Executive Education students use LEGO blocks to design customer experiences. (Video by Executive Education) Why do some product or service experiences have enough... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Entertainment & Recreation
  • May–June 2024
  • Article

Setting Gendered Expectations? Recruiter Outreach Bias in Online Tech Training Programs

By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Karim R. Lakhani and Roberto Fernandez
Competence development in digital technologies, analytics, and artificial intelligence is increasingly important to all types of organizations and their workforce. Universities and corporations are investing heavily in developing training programs, at all tenure... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Gender; Training; Recruitment; Personal Development and Career
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  • 08 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

upfront take-it-or-leave-it demands run higher rejection risks than more back and forth negotiations.] The frequent failures of DAD-style negotiation have led some project advocates to seek consensus among all stakeholders. In a city like... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction
  • Web

Events - Business History

Administration at Harvard Business School, spoke about his new book, Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China (Harvard University Press, 2022). Empires of Ideas chronicles "two revolutions in View Details
  • 21 May 2015
  • Blog Post

3 Ways to Fund Your HBS MBA

rates may be higher than what you could find right now through private loans, their most important advantage are their flexible payment plans. Education loans that you secure through a private bank or... View Details