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- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
teams of almost 300 biotechnology companies that went public between 1979 and 1996. Even more than firm age, size, product stage, and receptivity of the equity markets, Higgins and Gulati discovered, the top executives' connections... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
July–August 2016 Harvard Business Review Beyond the Holacracy Hype: The Overwrought Claims—and Actual Promise—of the Next Generation of Self-Managed Teams By: Bernstein, Ethan, John Bunch, Niko Canner, and Michael Lee Abstract—Holacracy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
the Haitian Ministry of Commerce and Trade. “We’ve given a team of 30 farmers a crash course in strategy based on the HBS case method, and we’ve accompanied them on trips to meet potential customers—from coffee dealers in Seattle to mango... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 10 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: EF Education First
opened in the 1980s. In 2009, we launched a formal recruitment program at HBS. We typically hire for senior roles that present opportunities for candidates to make an immediate impact and manage staff across a variety of functions (from... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999
Marcelo, who learned math alongside her older brothers. “They did not have certain expectations just because I was a girl,” she recalls. As a student at Mount Holyoke College, Marcelo attended a cross-college function for Filipino... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 31 May 2018
- Blog Post
Yes, Introverts CAN Network Successfully: A Brief How-To for People Who "Hate" Networking
His steps include: Clarify Your Goals "Start with yourself; being able to articulate your own goals will help others help you," Shepherd advises. Specifically, jobseekers should clarify three things before they "network" with anyone: 1) the industry they are interested... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
functional specialists, not general managers responsible for cross-functional integration. Three decades ago, COOs outnumbered CFOs in Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies, but the proportions have flipped. Many CFOs are now charged with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Leadership with purpose: Redefining success and impact with Satpal Singh (SELP—India 4, 2019) - Recruiting
was how profoundly the program would shift my approach to leadership and purpose. HBS taught me to think beyond processes and frameworks, focusing instead on authenticity and the values that define impactful leadership. My career before HBS had been driven by extensive... View Details
- Web
Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog
a production scale Gen AI application using a no code platform. The HBS digital transformation (DTX) team will assist in the delivery fot he project. Learn about the basic foundations of the technology as well as the latest developments... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
for them to be introduced in the next issue of the Bulletin -- and would like to thank those retiring members who served us so well. We look forward to working with the new team and building on the successes of the past with the help of... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
proliferation of strategies, from those aggressively demanding change at targeted companies to others that function more like conventional value investors searching for underpriced assets to buy. Some traditional asset managers, such as... View Details
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How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value - Recruiting
just project work—it gave her a comprehensive view of how a fast-growing fashion business operates. “I was able to interact with all the various departments and sit down with all the department heads to learn more about how their teams... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
professionals, and parents alike forge their own paths to fulfillment. Publisher's Link: http://www.harpercollins.com/books/How-Will-You-Measure-Your-Life-Karen-Dillon?isbn=9780062102416&HCHP=TB_How+Will+You+Measure+Your+Life Retail Doesn't View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
necessitate that professionals from different functions work together on development projects to create the highest-quality product in the shortest time. Understanding the conditions that facilitate teamwork has been a pursuit of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Sep 2021
- News
Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies
professor in Executive Education at the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. “The OPN is a way to provide support to Black-owned businesses that are ready for growth but lack a few tools,” she says. “Our function is to help with... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
ensure timely and high-quality delivery. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408099 Corruption in Germany Harvard Business School Case 709-006 Why do managers become corrupt? Does corruption ever pay?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
concerning whether patents are a creative or a destructive influence on the process of technological development. In this paper I examine the basic patent tradeoff between incentives and monopoly distortions in light of recent contributions to the literature. I outline... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow
career path, a few lessons stand out. 1. Fall in love with a problem Largely due to HBS’ social impact efforts, I’ve shifted the way I frame my career thinking. Rather than solely defining my career search by function or company, I think... View Details
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
proposes that team reflexivity-a deliberate process of discussing team goals, processes, or outcomes-can function as an antidote to team-level biases and errors in decision... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 16, 2007
schedules a meeting with three of his reports, whose interpersonal conflicts with one another are causing his business development function to falter. He struggles to know how to handle these conflicts and bring the three into a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne