Goal Setting - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

Medical records at a healthcare clinic in Lascahobas, Haiti. Ryan McBain A few years ago, the Boston-based nonprofit health care organization Partners in Health (PIH) set out to quantify the cost of primary care for its... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

certain types of people: People with lower “trait self-control": Workers with high levels of trait self-control have a keen ability to regulate their behavior, thoughts, and emotions. These employees set View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

reflects their aggressive decarbonization goals Another interesting facet of our visit was a discussion with Maersk’s government affairs director. He talked about how new rules by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)—a UN agency... View Details

01 Jan 2013
News

Thai Lee, MBA 1985

While her native country was not a friendly environment for a budding female entrepreneur, she made the best of the situation in order to meet her goal of saving enough money to attend business school. Similarly, when Lee applied to HBS,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

23 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

men tend to favor competitive settings more than women do, which may contribute to the gender gap in the high-stakes senior ranks of a company. Ideally, sponsorships would result in more women entering the competitive pool, which would... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jan 2002
News

Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

in potential employees. "Our primary goal is to gauge the integrity and empathy of these young men and women," he says. If you think it's hard to get into Harvard Business School, consider what it takes to land a job as a consultant at... View Details

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

long-term goal of expanding to encompass a comprehensive range of financial solutions. Sophy Wang: MOONWISE is a venture that aims to increase menstrual health literacy in China through digital media and online education. A lack of proper... View Details

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

Ramanna, who holds appointments as the Henry B. Arthur Fellow, supporting the research and teaching of business ethics, and as a Marvin Bower Fellow, helping faculty launch innovative new business agendas. "Capitalism delivers on certain normative View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

remotely. But in general, rather than monitoring every move employees make, companies should establish work goals and measure individual productivity based on output, he says. “If you’re on a team in a traditional company, one imperfect... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

fully virtual set of programs throughout the year due to COVID-19. The group rapidly innovated, designed, and delivered 70 virtual Comprehensive Leadership Programs and Topic-Focused Programs for more than 4,400 global participants. Total... View Details

18 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

specialists—including a professional climber, a doctor, and a photographer—each of whom scored points according to how many of their individual goals were met. For each group, the researchers designated a formal leader. In some cases they... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Feb 2024
News

GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit

Clubs News Clubs News Crossroads Forum Explores Future of Gulf Region More than 1,300 public and private leaders convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 30 and 31 for the Crossroads GCC Future Impact Forum, co-hosted by the HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

27 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Working to Change the Food System

dedicate my time and energies toward. This year you’ll be co-president of the Food, Agriculture, and Water Club. What motivated you to pursue this role? What goals do you have as co-president? I think to the broader HBS population,... View Details

18 Dec 2019
Book

6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

secret recipe that has sustained the roughly 700 Japanese companies that are still in business after more than 300 years? How do they survive and adapt? These are the questions Harvard Business School Professor Hirotaka Takeuchi and coauthor Ikujiro Nonaka View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

13 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

German Soccer League over a season. Our research results show that leaders can reinvigorate a failing business using team members already in charge, and without large-scale change of direction. We observed that Small C retooling can unlock the full energy of an... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports

09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

of these questions. I was also excited to meet like-minded HBS classmates who either had experience working in, or with, the public sector or had an interest in doing so in the future. What did you learn in this class and how will you apply it in the future?My View Details

15 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: January 15

installments are 11 percent less likely to be missed under the group liability setting in comparison with individual liability. In addition, compulsory savings deposits are 20 percent less likely to be missed under group liability... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Electricity - Business & Environment

change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of hurricanes. [19] Power suppliers are also subject to risks and opportunities from regulations that address climate change, such as those imposed in Europe and New England that have View Details

Profile

Melcolm Ruffin

attended not one, but three African American Student Union (AASU) conferences at HBS. "It was a very inspirational experience to see incredible Black leaders speak to the community they've built here. They recharged me professionally. Every time I came, I felt... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

22 Feb 2022
News

Breaking News

24 papers in Colorado was structured to keep control in local hands? We set up the Colorado News Conservancy as a public benefit corporation. We earmarked a majority of shares to be eventually fully locally owned. The Conservancy is... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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