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Jen Wu

made time. I made time for unexpected conversations. For writing at sunrise. I learned that every minute spent on reflection made the minutes that followed more valuable. Each unit of time was somehow amplified, its weight heavier with the View Details

07 Sep 2022
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The Costs of Being a Perfectionist Manager

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

importance of a culture that encourages progress, outlining how “sustainability-oriented innovation involves making intentional changes to an organization's philosophy and values.” But what kind of philosophy and values lead to a... View Details

24 Jun 2020
News

Unleashing Greatness in Others

25 Feb 2020
News

Research Brief: May I Ask Your Advice?

Ashley Whillans (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Ashley Whillans (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Workplace feedback can range from helpful to harmful, says Assistant Professor Ashley Whillans, but far too often it falls somewhere in the milque-toasty middle. The reason? We are... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

30 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

comes close to this. They are far from the finish line, but it sure is an amazing start!" The UIDAI project provides an interesting lesson for companies that are intent on reaching an enormous, diverse population, says Khanna, who... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Portrait Project

Abhi Sharma

privilege, not a right. I recognize that meaningful change will have to be organic, evolutionary. I came to HBS with the intent of creating for others the opportunities that were granted to me. I also know that this passion to shape a... View Details

01 May 2013
News

Michael F. Cronin, MBA 1977

“I wish more alumni could get to know the students we meet at the annual fellowship dinners,” says Michael F. Cronin, a former HBS Fund Chair and longtime supporter of fellowships at HBS. “I’ve met idealists who are committed to social enterprise, line managers View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

White knight in the rye

minimal standards of civility. So it was like a breath of fresh air when, as the New York Times (June 23, 1999) reported, the winning bidder for the letters, Peter Norton (13th OPM), announced his intention "to do whatever Mr. Salinger... View Details

01 Aug 2019
News

Investing for Good

buying outputs to buying outcomes, that nonprofits can begin to think about delivering outcomes for their constituents in a much more intentional way. This is very much what we're hoping to achieve over time.” (Published August 2019) View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Jun 2018
News

How Does the HBS Endowment Work?

the payout rate—typically around 5 percent of the endowment’s prior year-end market value —that can be withdrawn and used to support activities in accordance with the donor’s intentions and the terms of each gift. A large majority of... View Details

21 Jul 2023
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Companies Need to Prove They Can Be Trusted with Technology

02 Feb 2023
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7 Small Ways to Be a More Inclusive Colleague

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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

those women who still define the master's house as their only source of support.” Our intent is to turn a critical eye toward current ideas about how to eradicate inequality and, in the process, to engender new ones. Even as many... View Details

19 Nov 2020
News

How Panera’s CEO Learned to Go Against the Grain

Photo courtesy of Panera Bread Photo courtesy of Panera Bread As the CEO of Panera Bread Co, Niren Chaudhary (AMP 191, 2016) was intent on finding ways to make sure the company’s workers weren’t left behind during the pandemic. The... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

26 Jul 2016
First Look

July 26, 2016

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Overcoming the Outcome Bias: Making Intentions Matter By: Sezer, Ovul, Ting Zhang, Francesca Gino, and Max Bazerman Abstract—People often make the well-documented mistake of paying too... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Joel Shapiro Untitled 2003 | About

collection. Many of Shapiro’s large bronze sculptures, including Untitled , are first made in wood, serving as patterns for the versions cast in bronze. The original wood grain remains in the final bronze casting; the artist’s intention... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

HBS Fellowship Furthers Entrepreneurial Dreams

would afford me the opportunity to make an impact on a global scale,” says Okeke. The biology major entered college with the intent of becoming a doctor, and stints working at the University of Minnesota Medical School and Johns Hopkins... View Details

25 May 2016
News

FIELD 3: Taking Down Barriers

Rob Beiderman (MBA 2014) Having worked at Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital, Rob Biederman (MBA 2014) arrived at HBS intent on rounding out his skills and returning to the field of private equity. His life took a sharp turn, however, when it... View Details

19 Nov 2021
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