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22 Jan 2016
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Case Protagonists at HBS

to class and blew all of our minds with his passion. His no-nonsense, matter-of-fact, cynical view on the world of fitness was jaw-dropping. I enjoyed hearing him so much that I also joined a lunch he was speaking at after class ended. Second, Jon Claude Biver, titan... View Details

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50 Years of Women in MBA

survey of Harvard Business School alumni. Watch Video FACULTY RESEARCH 17 apr 2013 hbs working knowledge Conference Challenges Gender Conventions A recent conference at Harvard Business School addressed the on-the-ground reality of women... View Details

30 Nov 2018
Blog Post

8 Reasons the Section Experience is the Best Part About HBS

house), I watch our class discussion like a tennis match. Back and forth – students share their views on what choices the case protagonist can make and negotiate one view or another. I find my moment — someone says something particularly... View Details

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Faculty and Research - Alumni

scholarship that ensures the School’s continued educational excellence and its impact on business and society. Watch more videos about faculty members' research activities The Insights we need to Educate Leaders Six faculty members... View Details

08 May 2020
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Building a World of Trusted Leaders: Taking the MBA Oath

Takeover. Watch the video below to learn more or follow us on Instagram @hbsadmissions for access to the full takeover. View Video The MBA Oath As a business leader I recognize my role in society. My purpose is to lead people and manage... View Details

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Contact Us - Research Computing Services

remote (and using a VPN), include job IDs for your submitted jobs, and any error logs. Name* Email* Describe the Issue* Use 5 W's as your guide: who, what, where, when, and why. * Required field Live Demos Stay tuned for announcements about live demos with the RCS team... View Details

Portrait Project

Carol Lin

I cried watching Michelle Kwan skate to “Fields of Gold” in the 2002 Winter Olympics after she just missed the gold medal—not out of sadness for her, but out of joy over seeing someone who looked like me shine. My fifth-grade self had... View Details

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David Chan

A typical five-year old on a Saturday morning would likely be watching the Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon. Not me. I could be found watching The Weather Channel. I was enamored by the weather. I grew up in... View Details

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Ratnika Prasad

during recess. The area we covered wasn’t large, and our club didn’t last beyond middle school, but the thrill of having done something remained. Working to protect the environment has been my passion for as long as I can remember. My father was my earliest... View Details

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Sonakshi Bose

scrambled to understand and explain what was happening, As they tried to locate our mostly Manhattan-bound parents (including my father), As we watched the same TV-loop of smoke I sat down next to the girl who teased me. It’s not that she... View Details

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Megan Maloney

Jim Crow south. What’s the best thing about your home town? Watching our high school soccer or basketball team and then grabbing a bagel with cream cheese from the Bagel Emporium. View Details

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Monitoring CPU usage of your jobs on the HBSGrid - Research Computing Services

machine (replace EXEC_HOST with the actual machine name, e.g rhrcsnod05 ) bsub -q interactive -Is -W 24:00 -R "rusage[mem=1000]" -m EXEC_HOST /bin/bash (This command gets a bash shell on the named machine with 1 core for 24 hrs with 1000 MB of RAM) Run top , and View Details

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

for shareholders. However, there is a sense, expressed by John Ippolito, that there is a lack of perception in boards of directors of "what constitutes 'creating value' in the enterprise many boards are too ready to turn over the keys to the incoming CEO—then... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

05 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

To Buy Happiness, Purchase an Experience

stuff," explains Norton, an associate professor of marketing at Harvard Business School. "But we have shown in research that stuff isn't good for you. It doesn't make you unhappy, but it doesn't make you happy. But one thing that does make us happy is an experience."... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Portrait Project

Emily Stapleton

I checked my watch as I stood by the side of the road, worrying about a dinner reservation and waiting for my bus to arrive. While I had enjoyed exploring the many different neighborhoods of San Francisco on my first visit to the city, I... View Details

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

period, they showed us how work was actually done in practice in dozens of plants. Kent and I went to Toyota plants and those of suppliers here in the U.S. and in Japan and directly watched literally hundreds of people in a wide variety... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

31 May 2023
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

economics or an accounting course, and I told Bill Donaldson, ‘I don’t have any idea what you do at DLJ, but watching all these young men and women on a mission they’re so excited. Whatever they’re doing, I want to do it.’ ” Tough start:... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

08 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

an open-minded and approachable person in a more powerful position who can take the lead. Certainly we need to be prudent. But in a more rapidly changing world, finding opportunities in crises probably reduces your overall risk. To Learn More: View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter

06 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

Teledix, TX, and this proposal will hurt third-quarter income, at least in Asia, which would be very bad. Don't you think so?" We recently watched a presentation communicated in PowerPoint slides, all sixty-eight of them, and many in... View Details

Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead

26 Feb 2019
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Building a New Real Estate Investment Model

don’t want people who have been committed to and living in the community for generations to be displaced,” Davis says. “We can prevent that by creating rental opportunities for people who want to stay in their community.” MORE Watch a... View Details

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