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- 22 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club
for us. A community where we can: Network directly with other Black MBA students, alumni, and investment professionals Get the technical training and interview prep necessary to land placements with top firms Bring... View Details
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
instructor, and later as a strategist for the Pentagon: O: Observe O: Orientate D: Decide A: Act Boyd's insight came from the need to develop a strategic approach—simple in nature, easy to execute and communicate—that made up for the fact... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
real-world experience after college and landed at an animal feed company in Arizona. When the company’s leaders were removed due to fraud, Kendall found himself in charge. “I ended up seeing an organization go through a bankruptcy and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB
just for us. A community where we can: Network directly with other Black MBA students, alumni, and investment professionals Get the technical training and interview prep necessary to land placements with top firms Bring people together to... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 31 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It
to the conclusion that as difficult as the strategic challenges may be, they are acted on faster than the organizational transformation needed to sustain them. And however hard it is to change the organization, it is even harder to change the View Details
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
lucrative gig that taught him a lot about business but ultimately landed him in prison. Once he’d served his 14 months, Blakeman sought to build a career and turn his life around. But when his criminal record kept him from getting a job,... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Back at the Ranch
The summer training program at Bear Hug Cattle Company starts truly at square one. “The first day is about teaching the guys how to just be out here and not die,” says lead instructor Zach Aguilar, gazing out from under his broad-brimmed hat to the grassy rangelands of... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
for.” That helps explain how it was that Rice managed to graduate with honors from Yale with a degree in Latin American studies, but without employment. He did eventually land a job after college, spending two years at AT&T in a... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
many common ties between fighting climate change, energy, and food production. My other (more personal) goal is to create real friendships among club members, beyond it being a professionally oriented club, through small group dinners and... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
many common ties between fighting climate change, energy, and food production. My other (more personal) goal is to create real friendships among club members, beyond it being a professionally oriented club, through small group dinners and... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
short-term oriented investor base. Moreover, we find that short-term oriented firms have higher stock price volatility, and that this effect is mitigated for firms with more long-term investors. We also find... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Digital Exhibits | Baker Library
Intersection of Science & Art: Edwin H. Land and the Polaroid Corporation This exhibit brings into focus the formative years and trajectory of the company and the career of Edwin H. Land. A scientist and inventor, entrepreneur and CEO,... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
business-government relationships very concrete and personal by examining business and government officials at a local level. Hartmut Berghoff accomplished just such a study of Hohner, the harmonica maker. I chose Thyssen & Co.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
company so dedicated to reinventing agriculture to be more sustainable and less polluting use planet-friendly packaging? It wasn’t an oversight. As founder Viraj Puri recalls, when the company was starting out, his team researched alternative options, eventually View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
environment strategies. They also acknowledged the difficult challenge inherent in balancing the effort needed to achieve these goals with the central need to generate profit. "There's this natural tension," said Douglas Conant, former president and CEO of Campbell... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
worked. Right after graduating in 2000, Rovell landed a job at ESPN.com as its first business-of-sports anchor. He's now regularly featured on the network and writes prolifically for its online magazine. On the surface, Rovell's story... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
orientation of the "hierarchical industry leaders" can entail large missed opportunities for other members of the ecosystem, who are unable to fully exploit their potential in global markets. We argue that Japan has to adopt... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55053 2018 Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient Revenue Farming Reconsidered: Tenurial Rights and Tenurial Duties in Early Modern India, ca. 1556–1818 By: Sheth, Sudev J... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System
many common ties between fighting climate change, energy, and food production. My other (more personal) goal is to create real friendships among club members, beyond it being a professionally oriented club, through small group dinners and... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809093 Iris Running Crane: March 2011 Harvard Business School Case 809-071 In Spring 2011, Iris Running Crane, a 2009 HBS MBA, has finally achieved her goal of job offers from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace