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23 Jun 2023
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Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

residential campus that forms its own vibrant community in the heart of Boston. Those 360 acres in Allston are where the opportunity is, said Executive Dean for Administration Angela Crispi (MBA 1990). With the opening of the Harvard John... View Details

2022
Conference Presentation

Organizational Competition: A Catalyst for Workplace Diversity and Desires for Uniqueness

By: Samantha N. Smith, Edward H. Chang, Erika L. Kirgios and Katherine L. Milkman

Competition is prevalent in organizations. For example, people often compete against their colleagues for status and recognition in the workplace or for opportunities for advancement. Workers also compete against others to get hired into organizations in the first... View Details

Keywords: Status and Position; Organizational Culture; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior

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August 2024 (Revised October 2024)
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Discerene Group: Long-Term Public-Markets Investing

By: Luis M. Viceira and Brent Schwarz

This case discusses active investing based on fundamental valuations and price distortions created by market events, and whether contractual terms between investment managers and their investors can help align incentives between long-term investors and active managers.... View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Valuation; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Connecticut

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May 2022
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Deborah Quazzo at GSV Ventures

By: William A. Sahlman, Michael D. Smith and Nicole Tempest Keller

As COVID-19 swept across the globe in 2020, the education sector faced unprecedented disruption. Schools and colleges worldwide shut down, forcing over a billion students and teachers to move to online learning. Investor interest in the EdTech space exploded as... View Details

Keywords: Edtech; Technology; Online Learning; COVID-19 Pandemic; Education; Information Technology; Venture Capital; Change Management; Strategy; Education Industry; Financial Services Industry; Chicago; California

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Spring 2012
Article

Sustainability at Dow Chemical

By: Robert G. Eccles, Kathleen M. Perkins and Mark Weick

Dow Chemical Company, which was founded in 1894, is now the second-largest chemical company in the world. From the outset, the company has been committed to high-technology research and commercial innovation in chemistry, advanced materials, and agro-sciences. But if... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Corporate Strategy; Chemicals; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Chemical Industry

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January 2008
Article

Putting Leadership Back into Strategy

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery

In recent decades an infusion of economics has lent the study of strategy much needed theory and empirical evidence. Strategy consultants, armed with frameworks and techniques, have stepped forward to help managers analyze their industries and position their companies... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Creativity; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage

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14 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an View Details

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what they need in the world—a nice family, a good education, the opportunity to participate in the community, to see your children do well. That is rich.” View Details

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

case of that high-stakes client presentation, Brooks's findings suggest that an employee might perform better after considering the opportunities for success rather than the consequences of failure. Managers, meanwhile, can help... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

14 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

says Huckman, required skills in both leadership to “get people to understand a vision for what might be possible,” and management, “to make it happen and put it into practice.” Technology offers challenges, opportunities Many of the new... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

22 Feb 2022
News

Breaking News

afforded her a detailed view of the industry’s challenges and opportunities and helped to inspire the founding of the National Trust. The nonprofit launched its test case in May 2021, with the purchase of 24 newspapers and websites in... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

03 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

11 Apr 2024

Life at HBS Chat with the Women's Student Association

Join this interactive session for a Life at HBS Chat that focuses on women at HBS. This virtual event is a unique opportunity to hear from current HBS students in the Women's Student Association (WSA) regarding their MBA experience.... View Details

18 Dec 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Grooming Next-Generation Leaders

thoroughly enjoy it." Even a marketing class becomes an opportunity to explore the complexities of leadership, he reflects. "I walked into class last week in my first session of PLD for the first case, and I said, 'Who would... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Joiner - Entrepreneurship

(SIP). SPRING Identify potential startup companies to target for your job search: Check out HBS Club newsletters to be informed of job opportunities Attend Tech , CAML , and E-ship club speaker series and conferences to network with... View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

Step Change

understood wasn’t sustainable. Should they build their life in the United States or Egypt? Meditation is one of Enan’s morning habits; another is free writing in her journal. At the time, she wrote a lot about her doubts and questions concerning a return to Egypt. “It... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

01 Nov 2022
What Do You Think?

Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?

past two decades. As a result, the proportion of the US population that is foreign-born—to the extent we can count—has nearly tripled over the past 50 years to levels we last saw around 1900. There is one business “community” that has tracked these conditions and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett