encouragement - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Nov 2020
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Realizing a Dream

who applied, was waitlisted, and then rejected. “I gave it everything I had,” he recalls. He was ready to give up, but his then wife encouraged him to follow up with a call to HBS’s admissions director, Laura Gordon Fisher. “I know who... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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HBS Addresses Racial Equity

racial/ethnic identities of our students over the past five years are available on our website. We’re working hard to find talented people from all backgrounds and encourage them to consider HBS. We recognize the importance of building... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

26 Aug 2020
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What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic

beauty care routines, using fewer plastic items in our own beauty care routines or buying more from farmer's markets or local stores that don't use as much plastic. It's basically for us meant a shift in how we think about helping people adapt their lifestyles and the... View Details

21 Jun 2022
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Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead

feature some books about Dallas in a book group he’s organizing for the club. In all club planning, Sheets says, the board is focused on developing programs that build relationships, through content that encourages engaging discussions... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2012
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Curb Your Smartphone Habit

what happens behind the scenes, such as better work processes, internal communication, collaboration, and renewed creativity that fuels innovative problem-solving. A key reason why BCG or any company would be interested in this research has to do with the concepts of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; smartphones; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Telecommunications; Information

01 Oct 1999
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Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

and - much as in word processing - efficiently, with minimal keystrokes." Bricklin made good use of the School's computer resources as he struggled to germinate the seed that would grow into today's ubiquitous spreadsheet, and he found near unanimous View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Dec 2014
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Clubs Hopping

the Skills Gap Project, the college debuted a new health-care curriculum designed to meet the skill needs of a nearby medical center. Their next project: encouraging other HBS alumni clubs to tackle the issue in their communities. “We can... View Details

Keywords: April White

17 Dec 2024
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Solving the Underemployment Crisis

internships. I would argue every college in the country should be encouraging all of their students to have at least one, if not multiple, paid internships before they complete college. It’s a much lower-stakes decision to take a six- or... View Details

02 Dec 2017
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A Leveraged Investment

revenues at $20 million per year, a friend encouraged him to apply to HBS’s Owner/President Management (OPM) program. “I didn’t even know where Harvard Business School was,” says Hesham with a laugh. The experience changed his life.... View Details

01 Dec 2006
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Orientation Teamwork

interactions among people from different backgrounds and different sections.” Teams play an important role in the educational experience by encouraging more in-depth case analysis and preparation, providing working knowledge of team... View Details

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

01 Dec 2022
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I Gave at the Office

hard to answer, is this: If I encourage people to give more to charity A, how much does it discourage them from giving to charity B? How much am I just moving this money around, as opposed to increasing the pie? Zlatev: We briefly talked... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Mar 2004
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Ron Shaich’s Café Society

is meant to be the kind of place where people want to hang out, talk, or get some work done, and we encourage them to do so. What aspect of Panera most excites you? We’ve gotten all sorts of awards for the quality of our bread. We have... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Oct 2002
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Faculty Research Symposium

avoided if you want to foster creativity on a consistent basis,” observed Amabile. “At the other end of the spectrum, very low time pressure might lull people into inaction. Under those conditions, encouragement from top management to be... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Student Conferences, at a Glance

dashiki–wearing and all that — I think we know that’s gone. But we must not lose what was behind that.” — Papa Madiaw Ndiaye, Senegal “Africa has still not played the role we’d expect it to play in this messy phenomenon of globalization.” — HBS professor Debora L. Spar... View Details

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

01 Jun 2018
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Up by the Roots

encouraging labor market mobility. “Setting the table in terms of creating an environment that is attractive to entrepreneurship is one of the most important things that government can do,” he says—and differences in incentives and... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

24 Aug 2021
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Having a Moment

paid attention to.” After two years of planning, and a slight delay due to COVID, Moment launched in June 2020 and won Best Startup Beverage at the BevNET New Beverage Showdown 2020. While the company’s tagline encourages potential... View Details

Keywords: mindfulness; entrepreneurship; wellness; food and beverage; meditation; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

18 Jan 2018
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Making a Mark in Multicultural Marketing

Denmark West (MBA 1998), serve on its board of directors. Says Marmon, “I encourage black women, as they contemplate their futures, to pursue their dreams and surround themselves with people who will guide, nurture, and help them realize... View Details

12 May 2016
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Drawing Connections Between Business and Art

one is encouraging their work.” Based on his background, he knew that business could provide the solution. “I thought I should create an art market rather than complaining about the lack of one.” (Published May 2016) View Details

04 Sep 2019
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Accelerating Scientific Discovery

to patient. For companies to endure, they need to be prepared to encourage scientists, reassure investors, handle uncertainty, and navigate the regulatory environment. Chandra sees the course as delving into the business strategy that... View Details