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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
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dwight Raiford
national Little League board of directors, stresses “building big-league citizens, not big-league ballplayers.” But winning has its thrills, such as being invited to Wall Street with the team last year. Says Raiford, “After 25 years in... View Details
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My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (MBA 2018) - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987
a secretary at the University of Chicago. She admires his optimism, curiosity, and humility. “He’s proud but not boastful,” she says simply, adding that they’ve made a life together that is focused on helping their country succeed. In raising their two daughters, the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 08 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
National Coming Out Day is October 11, 2021, and HBS will be supporting and participating in events that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community throughout October. Some students come out before business school, some students wait until they arrive on campus, and some who... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
cognitive-behavioral therapy, as well as mindfulness and meditation-based stress reduction. This first group logged in to complete various activities and games at least twice per week that showed them, for example, how to savor the... View Details
- 08 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)
Milestone” (ECM) which designates you as a “competent engineer.” Did 2+2 change your path or alter your post-undergraduate plans? I felt that I could really throw myself into my three years of working and learning and figuring out what I was passionate about instead of... View Details
- 01 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault
jobs is not expanding,” says Simons. “People feel more pressure to own their roles and they’re stressed because they’re being pulled in a lot of different directions, but they’re not getting the help they need.” The idea that an... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
manager can say, ‘It’s 3 p.m., and it’s been a tough week. Take the rest of the afternoon off and spend time with your loved ones.’ You’d be meeting people where they are by recognizing that everyone is stressed out,” Neeley says. While... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
close-knit community where his father owned a trucking company. Although neither of his parents finished college, both stressed the importance of education. After skipping two grades and gaining admission to the academically rigorous... View Details
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
are evaluating an executive decision or a family matter. "Whenever you implement something, if it fails, then almost invariably it did so because there was an assumption in there that, looking back on it, clearly was not plausible," he explains. How Will You Measure... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Sep 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Branding Yoga
example. "You get this stuff for free out of your faucet," he says. "With Evian or Dasani you pay $2, $4, and that's the reaction consumers have: 'You are just attaching a fancy name on it, which costs me money.' " It's up to the company to add... View Details
- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
having to let someone go, or having them quit, and finding a replacement not only stresses out the manager and team, but there is a productivity hit to all while you go through the process. Even though it may feel like you’re moving... View Details
- 29 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Organizations Create Social Value
organizations wanting to create social value. The researchers stressed the importance of synergies between Economic Value (EV) and Social Value (SV), calling them "two sides of the same coin." By aligning EV and SV, both... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
jury, Salter discussed Enron's legacy: What happened, why, and what has been learned? "I want to stress one point: Enron is all about us," said Salter. "It's not just about some Dummkopfs in Houston. If it were just about... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
only on paper.” There were several criticisms of the fact that the research identified correlations, not causes. Norman Toy made the point by stressing the especially mischievous nature of the use of correlation in this case. In his... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
a real day by day, week by week, very stressful experience. Rosenberg: It was. It was a very trying time. It was a frightening time. We were basically struck by a greenmailer at the very end of the 80s, which was the end of the hostile... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
would wrestle with big policy questions, define what we wanted to achieve, weigh tradeoffs about what we cared about. Some of those conversations really helped shape my path as well as who I am as a person.” For current students, Gupta shares a valuable piece of career... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
network of individual contracts or the vision of its entrepreneur. The people inside firms learned, developed effective routines, and innovated. While we have sophisticated theories of competition in economics, the cooperative teamwork inside firms is just as... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control
point for organizations figuring out their “new normal” in the two-sided market of employee and employer relations. It’s no secret that pandemic stress has inspired many people to prioritize work-life flexibility and wellness. Employees... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson