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18 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

organizational behavior as a field of study. He was a pioneer in creating a body of work on organization design, leadership, and change in both the private and public sectors. Lawrence’s professional work was rooted in an aspiration to do... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online

go-to-market execution. The course did an excellent job of blending theory with practical applications, featuring case studies from real startup founders and marketing leaders." Chudhary Kashif Grow your organization’s new product or View Details

28 Nov 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?

possible for them to take the long- and proper-view." Yadeed Lobo articulated the problem faced by corporate boards when he commented that "it is very difficult for board members to judge relative performance (it also) involves measuring (such things as)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get

surface the underlying skills. “Ideally,” says Kristen Fitzpatrick, Managing Director, HBS Career & Professional Development, “applicants would articulate their accomplishments by broader functional skills, rather than within the... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

03 Jun 2019
Blog Post

9 Lessons from the Class of 2019

building a successful community - vulnerability and giving without expectation on return - during their 2019 Class Day speech. View Video 8. A Lesson in Strengthening Community to Create Global Impact Each year, Dean Nohria selects students to receive the Dean’s Award... View Details

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Negotiation is Like Jazz

negotiation requires adapting your communication acts to the most advantageous pattern. Learning The Notes Imagine you're a sales rep negotiating with the procurement manager of a professional services firm.... View Details

Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn

18 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation

solutions to these problems. Taking this SIP in my RC year has set me up for a continued deep inquiry over the next year and a half at HBS to learn how I can create a climate adaptation lens to look through as I design my personal and View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

Making Strategy Work Using the Balanced Scorecard by Sanjiv Anand (AMP 163, 2002) (Wiley) This is a hands-on guidebook for making strategy work with effective Balanced Scorecard design, deployment, and maintenance. It outlines the ways in which View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite

and managers from three companies. Masked by the pseudonyms Acme Industries, Gant Electronics, and Advanced Technology, these firms represent very different industries, products, and cultures, but they all share a commitment to diversity... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

candidates. Unconscious bias and a resulting lack of diversity can also impact a company’s bottom line. A study of venture capital firms found that “the more similar the investment partners, the lower their investments’ performance.” A... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Sep 2010
News

Letters to the Editor

professional and personal involvement as they embark on their post-MBA careers. Aaron Rudenstine (MBA ’09) New York, NY Curbing Corruption I highly commend the editor for publishing “Show Me the Money” and “M.I.A. Boards” in the June... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

31 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

foreign direct investment in an environment of politics, geography, globalization, and history. Since the end of apartheid, South Africa had undertaken substantial economic reforms in order to attract more foreign direct investment, but it was slow in coming. At the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Mar 2023
News

Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year

challenging the ways the club itself can evolve to provide the best services and opportunities to its members in a rapidly changing world. Gautam Ramchandani (MBA 1977) Gautam Ramchandani (MBA 1977) "In this, our one hundredth year, we've... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Dec 2015
News

The Year in Ideas 2015

medical innovations. Jessica Beck and Marcela Sapone (both MBA 2015) launched the automated “personal butler” service Hello Alfred in a crowded on-demand marketplace. The service corrals other on-demand... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

01 Dec 2015
News

Golden State of Mind

reasons—so why not jump-start that mindset by throwing your body ahead of your inhibitions? Looking goofy doesn’t matter. Your ideas matter. Action matters. Investing in change matters. Plus, swinging from the ceiling with professional... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

30 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

Evidence from the Hospital Industry By: Dafny, Leemore S., Katherine Ho, and Robin S. Lee Abstract—We consider the effect of mergers between firms whose products are not viewed as direct substitutes for the same good or View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2008
News

An American Odyssey

issues at the intersection of race and business,” states HBS professor David Thomas. “He was the first to look at the experience of African-American professionals and managers in the post–civil rights era, and he continues to blaze trails... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Feb 1998
News

Women at the Top

the new program, "women executives long for the same kind of camaraderie and exchange that men can find with their peers in more informal settings." Among those in attendance was Jessie d'E. Bourneuf (MBA '75), then president of the King Size Catalogue Company, a men's... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

01 Dec 2018
News

Hard Choices

cushions the ill, or disadvantaged, or those who simply fail to thrive in their particular setting, geography, industry, or trade. After all, creative destruction is still destruction, even if inevitable and in the service of a net gain... View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

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Commencement 2019 Address | About

customers’ needs, and by showing a deep concern for her employees’ wellbeing. Michael Bloomberg inspires us by building a great information services company, and for his doggedness in taking on a wide range of social causes. Michael... View Details

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