Talent Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

In 1994, the World Wide Web was not yet a household name. A new company called Yahoo! had just developed a way to look for sites on the Internet—the search engine. HotWired debuted as the first online magazine to carry advertisements.... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

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

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

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Teele Hall | About

team that developed the Industrial Mobilization Plan of 1947. In 1946, Teele was appointed Associate Dean at HBS and worked closely with Dean Donald K. David before succeeding him in 1955. Keeping pace with the widespread scientific and... View Details

02 Aug 2007
What Do You Think?

How Will Millennials Manage?

their leaders for the coming years." Generational differences related to the development of millennials comprise, according to Muder Chiba, "a global phenomenon." Amy Lynch concurred, saying, "When I talk with... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

October 2020
Case

Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'

By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Michael Norris

In 2020, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals in various swimming events, was now retired. As he looked back on his 20+ year athletic career, he considered what had gone into making him the greatest of all time—the highs and lows,... View Details

Keywords: Mental Health; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Health; Success; Performance Improvement; Personal Development and Career; Family and Family Relationships; Sports; Competition; Sports Industry; United States; Baltimore; Arizona; Sydney; Athens; Beijing; London

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03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Box Office Power of Stars

buyers? And in an interesting plot twist, Elberse decided to design her research not around actual box office receipts, but rather around a Hollywood simulation game that has over half a million players. The results were published in her working paper, "The Power... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video

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William R. Kerr | About

William R. Kerr Unit Entrepreneurial Management Contact Phone Bio William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research,... View Details

02 Mar 2012
HBS Seminar

Joe Lassiter/Gordon Jones, Harvard Business School/Harvard University

18 Dec 2017
Op-Ed

Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs

Credit: Pixsooz American companies have a problem. Over the past decade, they have begun to demand a bachelor’s degree in hiring workers for jobs that traditionally haven’t required one. This uptick in credentialing, or “degree inflation,” rested on the belief that... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

academic partner of the OneTen Initiative, which seeks to create 1 million living-wage jobs over 10 years for Black and underrepresented minority women and men who do not have a college education. If you believe, as I do, that talent is... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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

Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

markets, where customers needed more customization. We found weak evidence of better financial results where salespeople had lower creative talent before the system was introduced. Our findings shed light on those conditions in which... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

more or less effective? Does bundling serve as a complement or substitute to network effects? To address these questions, we develop a consumer-choice model from micro-foundations to capture the essentials of our setting, the handheld... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting

her challenge and fulfillment while opening doors to new opportunities. Seeking out a challenge Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Nneka developed a passion early in life for contributing to her home country. She noticed that many of the families... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

decades thereafter, the NBA’s activity on the continent focused on grassroots development. Its international Basketball Without Borders program, which launched in Africa in 2003, featured athletic development and training as well as... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Edmondson : Received the IOC Vision of Excellence in Leadership Award from the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital in 2021. Amy C. Edmondson : Winner of the Joseph E. McGrath Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Groups from INGRoup in 2021. Amy C.... View Details

25 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 25

evolving context of industries shapes leaders in turn. This co-evolutionary process of leadership and industry development is told through the story of the American airline industry across the 20th century. Entrepreneurs, who explored a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

learned--and that many of these skills require executives to rethink their conception of what a superb leader actually does. Developing and practicing these skills requires hard work and may demand that View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2022
News

In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

“How do I show leadership presence when I’m this exhausted?” Working parents were typically offered platitudes about work-life integration, Dowling realized, which was a shortcoming in talent development... View Details

Keywords: April White

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