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- March 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Systems Infrastructure at Google (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
This case describes how a senior vice president of engineering at Google, Bill Coughran, leads a high-performing engineering organization. The case focuses specifically on Coughran's encouraging two teams of engineers to develop competing solutions for application... View Details
Keywords: Independent Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Leadership Development; Product Design; Groups and Teams; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Competitive Strategy; Technology Industry; United States
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Stecker. "Systems Infrastructure at Google (A)." Harvard Business School Case 410-110, March 2010. (Revised August 2010.)
- 05 May 2011
- News
Obama's Secret Negotiation Weapon is One You Can Use Too
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 11 Dec 2014
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Leadership Lessons from the 2010 Chilean Mine Rescue
Professor Edmondson will explore teaming as a dynamic response to the demands of knowledge intensive businesses. Organizations that do it well have a competitive advantage, because teaming is how organizations learn how they anticipate and respond to shifts in the... View Details
Dennis A. Yao
Dennis Yao is the Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration and Chair of the Doctoral Programs at Harvard Business School. He joined the faculty in 2004 after having been at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. From 1991-1994 he served as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA
successful product managers, general managers, startup founders, and CEOs of mature technology companies. Blending technical skills and business management knowledge Like all students in the MS/MBA program, Kaelyn and Adam had backgrounds... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 15 Jan 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Career & Life Balance
Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered How do I get past a feeling of being stuck in life or work? Can I resist the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 06 Feb 2014
- HBS Seminar
Anna Lamin, Northeastern University
- 24 Nov 2015
- News
HBS Announces Peek Weekend 2016
- 23 Feb 2011
- News
The Words Many Managers Are Afraid To Say
- 23 May 2016
- Blog Post
Advice for Prospective Students from Africa
family in the U.S. at the time. After graduating from college I had a technical background, experience as a management consultant, and a keen passion to become an entrepreneur and a change-maker in Africa. But I didn’t have any business experience or View Details
- November–December 2020
- Article
Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case
By: Robin Ely and David A. Thomas
Leaders may mean well when they tout the economic payoffs of hiring more women and people of color, but there is no research support for the notion that diversifying the workforce automatically improves a company’s performance. This article critiques the popular... View Details
Ely, Robin, and David A. Thomas. "Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 6 (November–December 2020): 114–122. (Winner, McKinsey Best Paper Award, 2021. Winner, Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior Division, Outstanding Practitioner-Orientated Publication in OB, 2021.)
- Career Coach
Christine Van Dae
Christine is the Associate Director, Market Intelligence in the HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) Office. In her role, Christine oversees the collection and reporting of employment data for students and alumni. She has been at HBS for eight years and has... View Details
- March 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Background Note
Winning Legally: Using the Law to Create Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk
Describes the four components of legal astuteness: the attitudes, proactive approach, judgment, and knowledge necessary to manage the legal aspects of business effectively. Identifies a number of legal tools legally astute managers can use during different phases of... View Details
Bagley, Constance E. "Winning Legally: Using the Law to Create Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-138, March 2006. (Revised March 2007.)
- 19 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 4/5
in, and why they sent you to those schools. Ask your family about the neighborhoods they chose to live in, and why. The point isn’t to make you feel like you’re a racist or to drive a wedge between you and your family members. The View Details
- 09 May 2023
- Cold Call Podcast