Business and Community Relations - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

identified four different approaches people used to perform necessary evils effectively, so that the task got done and the victims were treated with decency and respect.” Margolis, an associate professor of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 May 2016
Blog Post

Advice for Prospective Students from Africa

provided resources for potential entrepreneurs, and one that gave me access to world-leading experts in business topics. Given my ambitions in Africa, I also wanted to pick a program that was revered in the... View Details

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Generative AI - Alumni

make me well suited for the position according to the job description. I have indicated the job description in double quotes and my resume in another double quotes.” "I am a Business School alum applying for... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

book, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies, I explore how some leaders embrace “deep purpose” as a generative force that can be a catalyst to achieve both impressive economic results View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

for our second module: Resourcing the Business Model . Leading the firm by: 1) making tough tradeoffs when setting strategy, resolving cross-functional conflict, and making hiring/firing decisions; View Details

06 Dec 2016
First Look

December 6, 2016

Leisure Time Become a Status Symbol By: Bellezza, Silvia, Neeru Paharia, and Anat Keinan Abstract—While research on conspicuous consumption has typically analyzed how people spend money on products that signal status, we investigate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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For Alumni - Health Care

Initiative Hawes 101 Open to the Harvard community Join the Student Health Care Club and the Health Care Initiative for an engaging conversation with Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Former Director of the Centers for... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

The bottom line is, after all, the bottom line when it comes to business success. No profit, no business. But should money be the sole measure for evaluating and rewarding the effectiveness of a leader? In a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Mar 2024
Blog Post

A Day in the Life: Ben Hsieh

active debate on whether companies have primary responsibility to their shareholders (as in the U.S.) or a multi-faceted responsibility to employees, customers, the broader community (as written into the law to varying degrees in the UK... View Details

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

better communicate with key stakeholders, drive business performance, and grow your career. 6 weeks, 6–7 hrs/week Pay by July 7 $1,850 Certificate Sustainable Investing... View Details

01 Feb 2016
Blog Post

What is the HBS Latin America Club?

year and strengthen the Latin American community at HBS. The HBS LatAm Club brings together HBS students and partners that share an interest and... View Details

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

and mentored a bevy of other scholars who explored and explained the coming of managerial capitalism through their research, writings, and course development. Thirteen years... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

Competitive advantage. Corporate strategy. The competitive advantage of nations. All over the world these terms quickly bring to mind the groundbreaking work of HBS professor Michael Porter, whose two decades of research on these and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

handles that. And can he use those negotiating skills and those communication skills and create shared value skills in a situation where there’s... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

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PRIMO News Stories - Doctoral

Program for Research in Markets & Organizations PRIMO News Stories 26ms PRIMO 2020: A Summer of Virtual Community and Research PRIMO was launched in 2011 as a representation of one of Dean Nitin Nohria’s... View Details

01 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

demands. "What we’re beginning to understand is that life at the top isn’t that easy." The historical study by Harvard Business School Professor Tom Nicholas, who tracked the status and mortality rates of... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

the right questions," says Kaplan, a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. "Most leaders spend a lot of their time looking for answers. Very often, they may feel isolated and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

11 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career

their True North.’” The recollection helped Kloeblen define two dimensions to his search: that the right role for him would involve collaboration, and that it would be driven by a desire to turn companies into “positive actors” in their... View Details

20 Dec 2022
Blog Post

7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year

Whether your company is manufacturing farming equipment, advising Fortune 500 companies, or developing the next healthcare innovation, you know that the success of your business starts with people. Great teams drive great results View Details

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