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Alumnae Circles - Alumni

consistent attendance at monthly Circle meetings for one year is important for building relationships and effective group dynamics. Shared commitment will give members the time and space needed to bond and become comfortable discussing a... View Details

16 Aug 2018
Blog Post

A Day in the Life as a ‘Spreadsheet Ranger’

Team is called out at random times throughout the week to respond to local fires. It is dry season and you can often smell smoke in the air! 8:15am – After some “good mornings” with the staff, my... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

24 Feb 2017
Blog Post

Advice for Prospective Latino Students

really be considered, so don’t close the door on yourself. 3. Connect with the Latino Student Association (LASO) Before applying to HBS, I attended the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA) Conference. At ALPFA, I... View Details

21 May 2024
News

A New Chapter

operate and fund the program long term,” Wolf says. The tablets Imagine Worldwide distributes do not require internet connectivity. Each is loaded with a full, culturally appropriate curriculum developed by the organization’s software partner—the nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford

04 Jun 2020
Book

It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

for teams to thrive, even in the leader’s absence. Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management at Harvard Business School, served as senior vice president for leadership and strategy at Uber and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

literature that suggests firms reduce marketing expenditures in order to boost reported earnings, we find that soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency of all marketing promotions (price discounts, feature advertisements, and aisle displays) View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Oct 2023
News

Soldier On

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

persuade lower-skilled groups that thousands of new support jobs and training opportunities would be forthcoming along with the $100,000+ job bonanza for high-skilled workers. Community groups looking for improved parks, sidewalks, and local amenities could be nurtured... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

15 Dec 2023
News

The Musts of 2023

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. At fall reunions, we set up shop on campus and asked alumni about what media moved them this year. What changed their minds or their... View Details

18 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?

In a first-ever look at the internal economics driving private equity partnerships, Harvard Business School researchers have found that many of these funds can be torn apart by greed among founding partners who take home a much bigger... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

22 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Moving to the Lower 48 from Alaska for my MS/MBA

taught me orienteering, wilderness survival, and more. I remember once we even ate carpenter ants we found on a log, just to learn all the different ways a person can subsist in nature. My mom and I liked to spend time together in late... View Details

11 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

go into work, will I somehow miss a promotion or really important information at work.’ I think leaders would really benefit from acknowledging those emotions directly.” Zlatev suggests that managers... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

extreme vetting may be even better. But banning everyone from a few poor Muslim countries is not vetting at all. Since the 9/11 terrorists came mostly from Egypt and Saudi Arabia, this executive order would have View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Dec 2023
News

Action Plan: Life Study

Above: photo by Beth Perkins “There’s an artistic spark in everybody,” says Ted Hartley (MMP 4, 1956). “If you can get rid of that left-brain inner critic, you can explore what will open up in the right-brain side in all of us.” Hartley came to painting a little over a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

03 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'

During his recent standing-room-only seminar about artificial intelligence (AI) and race at Harvard Business School recently, marketing professor Broderick Turner displayed a slide showing several white blob-like characters that resembled... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis

10 May 2015
Blog Post

Brand Strategist Turns Entrepreneur

Becoming an entrepreneur wasn’t part of Desiree Stolar’s plan. A brand strategy and market research consultant, Desiree (MBA 2015) expected to hone her skills at HBS and then return to the field she loved. That all changed when her... View Details

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

ways for using the theoretical foundations I already had. Carolina Ragolta MBA Student at Stanford Graduate School of Business Gain data literacy and hands-on practice interpreting data and implementing analyses in Excel. Professor... View Details

14 May 2013
Blog Post

The Self-Discovery Process

After spending two very busy but very productive months in my career search process, I am amazed at the evolution I have experienced. I have done several exercises to define my career vision. I have attended many company presentations to... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

31 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

benefits by reducing emissions and traffic congestion. Providing an affordable insurance option To test how strongly uninsured drivers valued the option to buy fewer days of coverage at a time, we randomized... View Details

Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance

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