Knowledge Practice - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2015
News

The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)

“My most rewarding mission.” —Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Richard Kondo (MBA 1999) served as a US Navy Submarine Officer in Japan and later pursued a medical device career in marketing and business... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government

March 2015 (Revised May 2018)
Case

JPMorgan Chase: Tapping an Overlooked Talent Pool

By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly

By the spring of 2014, the pilot had come to an end for JPMorgan Chase's ReEntry Program, a program designed for women coming back to the workforce after a period of time away. Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO of Asset Management, and her team had to evaluate whether or not... View Details

Keywords: Women; Training; Leadership; Motherhood; Talent and Talent Management; Experience and Expertise; Diversity; Gender; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Programs; Financial Services Industry; United States

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Educators

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24 Oct 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation

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: Can innovation and creativity be managed? Where do creative ideas come... View Details

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Site Credits | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Exhibition Homepage Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography Documenting the Wartime Effort Labor Practices Post-war PR... View Details

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

discover a gap between what the supply chain is providing and what the patient needs, they usually don't have the authority or knowledge to go back to those supply departments and fix the problem; a higher-level person needs to be... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

30 Jul 2010
News

Notes from a Hammock

whelps like rock stars” and fail “to scrutinize company boards with the same merciless zeal” that reporters apply to politicians. Notably, Mikael rails against bankers “who blow millions on foolhardy speculations.” Sound familiar? It got me to thinking: Do business... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

13 May 2015
Blog Post

Former Engineer Gives Consulting a Test Drive

companies and societies. I was not disappointed! How did your summer internship change what you wanted to do in the long term? My time at McKinsey motivated me to strive to apply the vast knowledge I would gain there towards a View Details

29 Sep 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property

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 What are the keys to monetizing IP? How should I think about file-sharing... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

04 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

From Lone Star to Team Player

collaborative organization and knowledge management? A: Many companies have focused on knowledge management the last couple of years. While that has been a good start, it is only one part of the overall... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

HBS Campaign Impact

opportunities in a rapidly changing world means constantly innovating in our curriculum; today’s graduates must master the knowing, doing, and being of leadership. Alumni are an integral part of the HBS educational ecosystem, sharing their View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Blissful Thinking

make better leaders, and the practical steps to kicking an addiction to success. There’s been increasing academic interest in the topic of happiness in recent years. We’ve seen it at HBS with the work of Ashley Whillans, Leslie Perlow,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters

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Academic Experience | MBA

Academic Experience Academic Experience Through the rich case- and experience-based curriculum at Harvard Business School (HBS), students build deep general management and leadership skills, setting the foundation for lifelong impact. Students graduate from HBS not... View Details

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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting

data science (2) get comfortable using Python and SQL for data analysis and (3) meet other HBSers interested in data science. Yuki Yaguchi (MBA 2021) : My goal over the summer was to learn practical data science skills to a level that I... View Details

10 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

For many multinational firms doing business in unfamiliar countries, it made sense to create joint ventures with local firms. After all, that local knowledge of customs, suppliers, and markets could save the newcomer months—maybe even... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

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Leadership and Happiness - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Leadership and Happiness Course Number 1885 Professor of Management Practice Arthur Brooks Spring; Q3; 1.5 credits 14 Sessions According to the best research available (which we will read in this class), to be a... View Details

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Launch Lab/Capstone 2 - Course Catalog

II) follows on from and builds upon work completed in January. Given students prior coursework, a working knowledge of human-centered design methods, systems engineering techniques, and business modeling and lean experimentation is... View Details

07 Mar 2005
What Do You Think?

Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?

advantages to having certification, I believe that it would be impractical...Unlike law or medicine, business knowledge is not easily quantified." Others objected to the idea that certification might somehow be a good response to the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

September 2010
Supplement

Using Regression Analysis to Estimate Time Equations (CW)

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez

This note presents a simple way to estimate time equations using regression analysis in Excel. The note quickly outlines regression analysis, then presents a real-life case example from the natural gas industry that students can use to gain experience developing and... View Details

Keywords: History; Management Practices and Processes; Activity Based Costing and Management; Learning; Outcome or Result; Financial Statements; Experience and Expertise; Adoption; Communication Technology; Knowledge Acquisition; Management Skills