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HBS - The year in Review

of AI, Competing in the Age of Digital Platforms, and Accelerating Board Diversity. Creating Community in the Virtual Realm The pandemic did not impede efforts to deepen community engagement as students, staff, faculty and alumni alike sought out new View Details

02 Feb 2022
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Nikki Philip

is to consider how a 2+2 admission fits into an overall plan for your career and passion. One of the biggest benefits of the deferred admission process is the freedom it gives you to learn and pursue your interests for two to four years. Think about the things that... View Details

18 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

a result, the first group of leaders missed important clues, such as information from the doctor about the oxygen running low or opportunities by the photographer to earn more points if they stayed an extra day at a certain base camp. In... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

that quite replaces those delightfully awkward informational interviews with people that might be in or near or not even close to your professional network. Those are real learning opportunities for what might be needed from the companies... View Details

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Current working papers

Organizational restructuring: the influence of formal and informal structure on tie formation. This paper considers how changes in formal structure and a key element of informal structure – the embeddedness of employee... View Details

08 Feb 2017
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How I Chose My HBS Recommenders

education, and economic development. There are a few common reasons why most of my classmates wanted to come to HBS. I chose HBS for two reasons. First, it provided me with an opportunity to reflect on my life and career thus far, and... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

strategic opportunities through economic cycles over the long term. Continuing its focus on generating strong cash flow from operating activities, HBS concluded fiscal 2023 with an unrestricted current use reserves balance of $247... View Details

13 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

opportunities for team members to make an individual contribution and take ownership. 3. Managing individuals and a team Immediately after taking the lead in Munich, Flick restored the players’ confidence in themselves and in one another.... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports

Portrait Project

Shardule Shah

in. The lines between parenting and working are increasingly blurred, but I am here for all of it. It took me a while to realize that having kids adds value even in business. I had thought that the guiding light for my biotech startup would be the prospect of saving... View Details

31 Jul 2015
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Transitioning From the Military to Business School

ultimately I’d like to run a company. To me, the beauty of the case method is the opportunity to truly put oneself in the shoes of a protagonist and think through a difficult decision with the protagonist using the same values and... View Details

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

listened to speakers at Maersk’s HQ, it was clear that they felt this was a transitory windfall as shipping rates have already largely fallen to near pre-COVID levels. However, due to Maersk’s unique structure as run by the AP Moller family foundation, there was an... View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

From Scholarship to Life-Saving Impact

prices and expand access to life-saving therapies,” she says. After college, Rabah joined the biotech company Sio Gene Therapies, where she had the opportunity to speak with parents of children with Tay-Sachs disease, an ultra-rare... View Details

18 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 18

regulation. We study individuals' decisions to avoid monitoring or regulation and thus enhance their ability to engage in unethical conduct. We conduct a laboratory experiment in which participants engage in a competitive task and can decide between having the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jan 2013
News

Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987

much I didn't know," she says. Greenwich CEO Charley Ellis (MBA 1963) encouraged her to apply to HBS, and with the company profit-sharing program, she was able to finance her graduate education. "I was hell-bent on making the most of the View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

06 Aug 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

along, but Shelly, can you just tell me, what prompted you to write this case? Santana: I was teaching a course on branding this year, and we were going to do a module on brand storytelling. I thought the Super Bowl is such a unique View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

neither?" says Weiss. "Boston was one of the early cities where Uber was allowed to operate. I ask students whether they think we did the right thing." Other aspects of working with government, such as requirements for openness and public scrutiny, could... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

in order to understand how well these initiatives might work,” Coffman says. “And it was a great opportunity to work with my mom It’s always great to work with someone I admire.” Specifically, Baldiga and Coffman wanted to gauge the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 Jan 2016
What Do You Think?

Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?

comfortable with the status quo. Why change, particularly if a person had a good management job? When offered the opportunity to participate in this initiative, about 14 percent of Zappos’ employees, many of them managers who saw... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto; Fashion

02 May 2022
What Do You Think?

Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?

that management challenges and opportunities posed by such things as the need for sustainability, the development of the metaverse, questions about the future of work and the workplace, grey swans such as pandemics, and on and on, are... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

08 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Long Distance Relationships: What if my partner can’t join me at HBS?

HBS case method. Going forward, I am counting on my wife as I navigate the academic and professional development of the first year at HBS. As I aim to find an internship opportunity in the Big Tech space, I will count on Marina to help... View Details

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