Passion - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Tech Club

all levels of tech experience and knowledge. What do you hope students get out of their membership? Our goal is that students (regardless of their skill level) can enter the club and, through the experiences and exposure we provide them, identify where their View Details

19 Mar 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

were passionately engaged. There is no topic that is more personal than language. You just need human experience to "get it." "I had an American student who couldn't stop thinking about what a nonnative classmate said in... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

08 Sep 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)

Milestone” (ECM) which designates you as a “competent engineer.” Did 2+2 change your path or alter your post-undergraduate plans? I felt that I could really throw myself into my three years of working and learning and figuring out what I was View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Generation Next

a profile of Nisa for which she declined to comment, calling her "mercurial" and cataloging her "tough-as-nails culture." Nathani-Menzies says that Nisa is passionate about the business, but always to a constructive end. "Over the years,... View Details

Keywords: Mark Bergen; Godrej Group; Management

12 Mar 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO

Successful family CEOs often have the values, vision, passion for the business and abilities to build loyalty with key owners, customers, suppliers, and the employees that make them the right leaders of their companies, even if they lack... View Details

27 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Working to Change the Food System

mentors, investors in the Boston area (including my current Entrepreneurial Finance professor, Jim Matheson!), and fellow entrepreneurs passionate about addressing climate challenges. I’m also really thankful to my sectionmate Shardule... View Details

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

discussed in Chapter 4, taking money from friends and family can put important—even crucial—relationships at risk and, if things go badly, leave them in ruins. Founders who are confident in their startups' prospects and who are passionate... View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

01 Dec 2009
News

One Man Crime Wave

everywhere really began to Think, the first thing they would do would be to take a sledge and open up the computers.” (The Scarlet Ruse, 1973) Father and Son “A defining feature of my father’s nature was a passion for justice. It was... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Harvard Business School

ESPN, Clinkscales created the award-winning 30 for 30 documentaries and produced shows including The X Games. Clinkscales's passion for quality journalism has earned him Emmy nominations and Peabody awards, and over 40 credits as an... View Details

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

illness in June 2006 at the age of 81, the Bulletin's Class Notes were flooded with dozens of tributes from alumni who recalled his passion and commitment in the classroom and his lasting influence on their careers. "I was clueless... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

Research Summary

Leadership and Leadership Development: An Ontological Approach

This summarizes my research program over the last twelve years (with my co-investigators Werner Erhard, Steve Zaffron, and more recently Kari Granger) in which the objective has been to rigorously distinguish leader and leadership and to create a technology for... View Details

Portrait Project

Patrick Chun

everybody around him about the depth to which passion drove his life. Passion for his convictions, his family, his fellow soldiers, and his nation. But passion was not the only... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Powered by the HBS Fund

New Video Series Showcases Faculty Research HBS rolled out a video series that captures the intellectual passion and rigor of four members of the School’s faculty in pursuit of new ideas and insights. The series consists of four... View Details

09 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Is Business School Right for You?

Business school isn’t right for everyone, but it might be right for you, and we want to provide you with an easy and fun way to test that hypothesis. So, tell us, what are you passionate about? Science, Storytelling, or Social Justice?... View Details

Profile

Irina Gerry

How has your HBS experience shaped your career path? HBS provided me with an extraordinary opportunity for career discovery. Through discussions with classmates, alumni and company representatives I was able to learn about various career paths and find the one that I... View Details

05 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Intensive Bootcamp Kicked my Entrepreneurship Goals Into Gear

boring sparkling water, I chose to challenge myself and instead recruit a team to work on my idea. I ended up working with Mariah Wood, Nicole Delany and Carlton Burrell, fellow classmates who were equally passionate about the idea of... View Details

Portrait Project

Hysam Galal

Liar, is who I'll be if I answered this question!! I joined HBS crazy about consulting... I am graduating more confused than ever before, with no clue what I want or what I am passionate about. But I do know what I don't want to be, and... View Details

Career Coach

Liuna Fekravar

internship at Carlyle in its special situations credit investing team. She spent this past summer interning with Lindsay Goldberg in NYC, driven by a motivation to pivot into a generalist buyout role where she could also exercise her View Details

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Research in Action - Alumni

Giving Research in Action Giving Research in Action Power in Practice The inspiration for and impact of faculty research This video series showcases how HBS faculty pursue research that resonates with their passions and generates powerful... View Details

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Laura Sophie Wegner | MBA

Laura Sophie Wegner Economics, Secondary in Computer Science Currier 2025 Cohort 6 This fellowship is an opportunity to help me merge the technical and interpersonal side of being a founder by learning from HBS professors, MS/MBA students, and from my peers at the... View Details

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