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- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
formidable research and teaching talents on bringing business-focused solutions and perspectives to address these problems. Some examples: In Zambia, Nava Ashraf and several colleagues conducted field studies to determine if charging for... View Details
- 10 Apr 2023
- News
Leading the Way
designed to develop leadership skills, self-awareness, and familiarity with pathways to postsecondary education. High school BALF programs provide students with critical skills and support to successfully prepare for, apply, and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 21 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams
who are accustomed to team messaging. “It’s early in the game,” Yoffie says. “We’re in the second or third inning. There’s plenty of time to develop the competition and for new outcomes to emerge.” Microsoft plays catch up to Slack... View Details
- 27 May 2022
- Blog Post
Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023
The Armed Forces Alumni Association (AFAA) is a student-led club on campus for service members and veterans from all military branches and nations. The AFAA mission is to help talented veterans transition out of the military to Harvard... View Details
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Climate Impact - Business & Environment
captured atmospheric carbon during manufacturing, to produce concrete products with 70-100+% less embodied carbon.” Wyatt Smith MBA 2015 | Founder & CEO, Upsmith “UpSmith is on a mission to combat skilled worker shortages. We develop... View Details
- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
large high-tech company told us of a discussion she once had with her head of HR. Her company had installed a program to encourage broader participation in decision making, and she was frustrated that product development seemed to be... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details
Keywords: podcasts
- Profile
Mollie Breen
After demonstrating exceptional math and computer science talent at Duke University, and more than three years of service as an applied research mathematician in the Department of Defense, Mollie Breen took the next, not-so-obvious step:... View Details
- 16 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem
groups, including women. For instance, research shows that women receive fewer employment reviews on the popular online freelancing site TaskRabbit compared to men with the same experience—and this lack of reviews can lower the rankings of women in View Details
- 21 May 2024
- News
A New Chapter
Joe Wolf (MBA 1999), cofounder and co-CEO of Imagine Worldwide, wants to provide educational opportunity where it is needed most. “In the next 30 years, half of the world’s youth will be sub-Saharan African,” says Wolf. “Right now, the World Bank reports that only one... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center
expressed their strong devotion to HBS and its values. "To me, the Harvard Business School has been a humane, sensitive, and creative place for our family," Meredith Spangler said, pointing to the School's talented faculty, its... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 18 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
employees are in limbo between their home and work roles. This unstructured time gives rise to “role ambiguity,” leaving people with the unpleasant feeling of being unsure what they’re expected to do. Sources: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner
development costs on a per-unit basis. We also focus on providing information, not entertainment. Although she's written and talked about as a celebrity, Martha is really a teacher. We put our how-to content out there, and we let people... View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
unpatentable in Japan. The same is true with trademarks. A tremendous amount of money might be spent in developing a brand in the United States, yet when the product is shipped overseas it could violate trademarks of companies dealing in... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Mar 2012
- HBS Seminar
Joe Lassiter/Gordon Jones, Harvard Business School/Harvard University
- 01 May 2020
- Blog Post
5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS
Capital and Private Equity Club (VCPE) often are contacted by alumni or major firms looking for interested MBA candidates. While all career leads are registered with HBS’ Career and Professional Development (CPD) office, clubs allow... View Details
- 08 Feb 2023
- Op-Ed
Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears
culture of inclusion and belonging that stokes new thinking will flourish in its wake—propelling a company to its next innovation. Hise O. Gibson is a senior lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Nicole Gilmore is... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
programs, increasingly have in-house programs for developing and promoting talented employees who have only undergraduate degrees. One anecdote drove the point home. When Datar asked a partner at a top... View Details
- 28 Sep 2023
- News
Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive
leaders—who volunteer their time and talent to build and sustain this strong alumni network. There are so many different types and sizes of clubs and varieties of programming. One goal will be to streamline and share best practices across... View Details
- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert