Rigor And Relevance - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Jul 2020
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The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)

role? “As some of my classmates can attest to, I often ping friends asking for a copy of a case I think would be relevant to a particular challenge at work. Most recently, I’ve been thinking about the classes I took related to strategy... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

hear from administrators and faculty about current School initiatives as well as to work in committees on issues that are relevant to alumni connectedness. This year, the Board has identified three specific... View Details

23 Apr 2018
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Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

hooked.” Scholarship with Relevance Condo says he “bumped into” the idea of a pursuing career in academia in the early 1990s, while earning his master’s at INCAE, Latin America’s renowned business school. INCEA uses case-method teaching... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

05 Aug 2014
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A Diversified Portfolio

range of metrics, including their overall returns on sales and investment capital. But knowing all this didn't guarantee investors would be interested in their fund. To find that out, Dodi and Dorsen... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

06 Feb 2025
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How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to... View Details

04 Feb 2020
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In Harmony

students, who range in age from 12 to 28. “When they arrive at Brevard, there are a lot of kids who are younger than they are, who are better than they are, for the very first time.” It can be daunting, but students who apply to Brevard also know the benefits of the... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Apr 1999
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Spirit at Work

intensive discussions of the spiritual dimensions of leadership and how their personal beliefs govern their lives and positively influence the roles they play in society. Sessions use View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Sep 2006
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Redefining Health Care

PORTER: Health care's zero-sum competition model adds costs and results in severe quality problems. University professor Michael Porter never planned to write a book on health-care reform. In fact, he expected brickbats in response to a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2007
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Mission Possible

East. “At Endeavor, we believe that real economic change and growth — not just poverty alleviation — happen through entrepreneurs who are doing innovative things in their industry, country, or even globally,” says Ko. Endeavor uses a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Apr 2020
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What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages

uniforms, and other urgently needed items. The actions we took enabled us to avoid the worst of most of the problems we faced. Perhaps they have some relevance to today’s worries. First, timely View Details

01 Oct 1998
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Answering the Call

Cooke & Bieler. His sermons are packed with relevant anecdotes, his church boasts an up-to-date Web site, and his youth outreach efforts are having a positive impact in the local community. In the end,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 2002
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Steven C. Watson

Two years ago, if you bet me five bucks that I was going to be a school-teacher, I would have taken that bet in a heartbeat.” When his students question the relevance of precalculus to their future lives, entrepreneur turned high-school... View Details

21 Nov 2017
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Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

sources advance; the scale and existing network effect of traditional fuel sources is simply too large to dismantle in any short period of time. “To answer the second question, on which courses were most View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power

28 Feb 2025
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Joy to the World

world through this work? And then the other is how do we operationalize it? The difference that we're seeking to make is to significantly, measurably increase joy and well-being in the community of East... View Details

01 Apr 1999
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An Eye to the East

special pleas, too. Ehsan-ul Haque of Pakistan's Lahore University of Management Sciences cited an overemphasis on policy-driven studies at Asian institutions. "The immediacy and urgency of decisions [on policy] are so great that we... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

25 Apr 2014
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Investing in Innovation

cross-disciplinary faculty collaboration, generating important and relevant scholarly work focused on society's complex challenges, and supporting the development of junior... View Details

Keywords: HBS Fund; Educational Services

01 Jun 2000
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Books

HBS, is a noted authority on leadership, strategy, organizations, and human resources. His new book is particularly relevant to leaders of nontraditional firms who may or may not be technology experts but... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

racism. ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY See more from the online-only March Alumni Bulletin Impact section’s focus on how HBS faculty, students, staff, and alumni are addressing racism. ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY Health care equity has personal... View Details