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04 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities

They focused on utility patents, or new or improved useful products that grant the inventor exclusive commercial rights for up to 20 years. To qualify, patents needed to list at least one US inventor. What they found was a huge spike in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

31 Mar 2023
News

How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?

inversion of Before the 1950s, the majority of graduates who became teachers were in the top quartile of their college classes. And today, we're seeing that the majority are in the bottom half and sometimes even in the bottom quartile of... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Startups: venture-backed, by industry, geography, funding amounts & rounds | Baker Library

Education > Colleges/Universities . Type in Harvard Business School. Select it by adding it to the right hand window. Click Add Criteria. This will limit your list to companies who also have HBS alumni in these roles. In Pitchbook : Go to... View Details

26 Jan 2016
News

The First Five Years: Jill Applebaum (MBA 2015)

fun. “We have a lot of challenges, but inventory management is one of our biggest. Even though our wipes are simple and small, there are still several materials that need to be sourced to put it all together—and all of these add variability to our lead times. On View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Inside the Bestseller List with Charles Duhigg

write my to-do lists is very different, specifically tailored to what science says is the right way to write a list. You put your stretch goal—your biggest aspiration—at the top of the page. Under that, you... View Details

07 Jan 2009
What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

Arnott put it, "Entrepreneurship is the motor that gets technology to market." According to Kamal Gupta, "Scientific research and technological innovations create new products, but the top line and bottom line come from... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

11 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital

interactions that happen outside of HBS as students proactively pursue venture capital firms that have not traditionally recruited at HBS. All of this student interest creates an opportunity to bring in top talent to help your firm... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

01 Apr 2001
News

Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary

company. “There is a clear distinction between the board of directors and the management team,” explains Tian. “I have the right to hire and fire people. I’ve hired about twelve hundred employees so far but none of them on instructions... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Telecommunications; Information

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Digital Transformation - HBS Online

your course. Ask questions, collaborate, give feedback, and share experiences and expertise across industries to grow or transition your career. You’ll build lasting connections that support you wherever life takes you next. Learn More about the HBS Online Learning... View Details

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable

his research, Mukunda wanted to identify "those particular individuals who were the right people, in the right place, at the right time, to change history." By doing so, he... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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Courses by Title - Course Catalog

Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Deepak Malhotra , Kevin Mohan Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 ^ back to top Copyright © 2025 President & Fellows of Harvard College. All Rights... View Details

30 May 2013
Blog Post

Launching into “career discovery” mode

Instead, we were encouraged to acclimate first to our courses, and to the social/extra-curricular life here. I think that’s the right approach; once the CPD events did finally begin last week, I felt very much prepared and far more... View Details

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Orkun Kilic

for me to lead, but for him to lead. Sometimes choosing not to lead is the right leadership choice." Orkun's team reached the top five percent of its class. Future in emerging markets "The first... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Book Review: My Lunch with Warren

Guy Spier (MBA 1993) didn’t wait long after graduation to make the biggest mistake of his career. Accepting a vice president’s role at D.H. Blair Investment Banking, the admitted Gordon Gekko wannabe had a front-row seat as several top... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

Justifying Executive Pay In response to “Over the Top” in the September issue, it’s not a question of whether executive pay can be justified on legal or economic grounds (I believe it can). It’s a question of what is right and what is... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Business of Emerging Markets

economies, including issues of corporate reputation and responsibility in business. Right now I’m working on business involvement in education CSR initiatives, using the unique dataset from the Business History Initiative’s Creating... View Details

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Field Course: Managing Family Wealth: A FIELD Immersion - Course Catalog

partnering family. There will be 9 classroom sessions throughout the semester, along with a number of touch-point office hours with Professor Cohen throughout. Who Teaches This Course? The course will be taught by Professor Cohen, a Top... View Details

03 Feb 2020
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

answer was “it depends.” Arie Goldshlager, for example, commented: “If the organization is on the right track, it certainly can have too much rebel talent. In this situation, the rebel talent could prove largely disruptive and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Jun 2004
What Do You Think?

How Important are Big Ideas?

the question of the month in helping us sum up responses to issues surrounding big ideas. In his words, "It’s the right mix of management concepts, IT and IP—not just one of them—that probably defined the American century. Now all... View Details