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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
in this way holds great promise, Thomke writes, “and may generate innovations that companies simply cannot imagine today.” — Deborah E. Blagg Becoming a Manager (second edition) by Linda A. Hill (Harvard Business School Press) First... View Details
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The Hunger Relief System | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
about my best role in the community and my career path going forward. Impact One of the most interesting trends in philanthropy, and in social enterprise right now is the engagement and partnership with for-profits. Our work at Second... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Club Leaders Get a Boost from Campus Conference
Professor Jeff Polzer focused on team management issues. “Besides being informational from an academic point of view, the case discussions and faculty involvement were great ways to facilitate interaction with our peers,” says Bruce... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
McCANN: Former defense atforney learned the bakery business from scratch. The lessons Sheila McCann (OPM 24, 1996) learned from the surprising failure of her second House of Bread retail bakery turned out to be an essential ingredient in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
open mind. He had a great personality and was honest and honorable and in every sense a “good guy.” I am sure that he continued to have all of these characteristics as a faculty member. K. Martin Worthy (MBA 5/’43) St. Simons Island, GA... View Details
- 18 May 2011
- News
Man with a Plan
Rane: Giving consumers a way to connect with his business. Photo courtesy Jimmy Rane By now, Jimmy Rane (OPM 11, 1986) is used to the questions. Wherever he goes, people ask, “Where’s your yellow shirt? Where’s your yellow hat?” Rane, the CEO of View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
African-American Alumni Conference Considers Success and the Bottom Line
The second annual HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAAA) conference was held in Chicago, October 8-10. Titled "Creating and Preserving Wealth: Leading the Next Great Migration," the two-day... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 07 May 2015
- Blog Post
Career Change: From the Military to Consulting
you planning to do after HBS? After HBS I will work as a management consultant at Bain & Company in New York. I knew I wanted to move into the private sector, and consulting is a great way to gain insight into a wide variety of... View Details
- 02 Jan 2014
- Blog Post
Preparing for a career in investment banking
their experiences in banking. My section mates were offering help even before I asked. (SECTION F!!!!) Also, the second years were amazing. I asked for nitty-gritty details about what they did to get an interview, how they liked/disliked... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Magician Turns HBS Upside Down
showed how an audience is impressed and won over if the magician “goofs” the first time (e.g., guessing the three of clubs rather than the seven of spades) only to recover through humorous and seemingly Herculean mental effort to get it “right” the View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
first-year required Technology and Operations Management course (TOM), the case offers valuable takeaways for future managers of any complex service organization. “It’s a good TOM case in that it includes hard numbers and rigorous analysis,” Edmondson notes. “But it’s... View Details
- 24 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud
I thought I was a great fit.” A half-hour later, Noa got a response; a week later, the two met in New York. “It just rolled from there,” says Noa. Over the next two-and-a-half months, Noa went through eight to ten interviews with everyone... View Details
- 08 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
We’ve Now Been Asking “What Do You Think?” for 20 Years
classrooms. Daily we ask students what they think as part of a process of teaching and learning for students and faculty alike. Many of us then try to sum up what was said as part of a process of wrapping up each class; hence a second... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Internship In Action
had to push our recommendation forward with key stakeholders. Second - I had the opportunity to visit different markets and get a close view on the processes and challenges. This enabled me to develop a very specific solution to support... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
like, given the size of the bets they’re making. The second and academic interest is that we learn much more from a developing country than a developed one. Roads, railroads, and harbors in the United States, for example, were all built... View Details
- 13 Oct 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
When MBAs start the second semester of their second year at Harvard Business School, most have already lined up new jobs--but that doesn't mean they have a clear idea what they want out of the rest of their... View Details
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
run the Cyber Espionage Center at the Pentagon. I had built great teams and run large organizations. I hired other former members of the military and won a major contract from AT&T within 30 days. The company grew to 5,200 employees.... View Details
- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
technical assistance to preservation efforts across the state, and dedicating more than $40 million to hundreds of restoration projects. Among other initiatives, its public campaigns have helped stabilize the south side of Ellis Island, gain landmark status for the... View Details
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
Sara J. Singer show that the commonly accepted "analysis" approach, wherein great attention is given to identifying and prioritizing a large number of problems, is not associated with success. Instead, an "action" approach is preferable.... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 06 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Africa Business Club
In 2015, we held our first “Africa Week” on campus – a week of activities to celebrate Africa. The Africa Business Club provides a great level of assistance and support, both formally and informally, to students searching for summer and... View Details