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Events - Health Care

CEO, ARCHANGELS Dr. Pippa Shulman, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Medical Officer, Medically Home Moderator: Marcus Osborne, MBA 2007, previously CEO, RightMove Download to Calendar May 30 30 May 2025 Harvard University Open to the Harvard community U.S. Global... View Details

29 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

and even foolhardy. Some in tech suggest there’s more of a “move fast, break things” strategy to it than perhaps meets the eye. How does it look to you? Wu: We shouldn’t be surprised by the management style that Musk is taking to Twitter.... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology

Portrait Project

Albert Chiu

in whatever way I could, such as organizing medical supplies and lab results at our family clinic. I come from a family of doctors, and I am the first to break this family tradition. Even though I have taken a different career path, I... View Details

20 Aug 2020
Book

From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

21 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2023

great opportunity for students to think about career choices, gain practical skills, and explore new topics. These are no-fee, no-credit courses over winter break open to both first-year and second-year students. We interviewed two... View Details

17 May 2024
Blog Post

Blending Heritage and Innovation: Lisa Yan (MBA 2025)

all males traditionally get Tao (涛), and his name is Xiantao (先涛), meaning ‘first wave’. However, my dad, excited about his first-born child as a US immigrant, decided to break years of tradition and gave me the name Mintao to paint my... View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

All HBS Working Knowlege 12 Nov 2024 Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers Re: Paul A. Gompers 08 Nov 2024 How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis Re: John D. Macomber 15 Oct 2024... View Details

14 Feb 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890-1950

Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio

27 Jul 2020
Book

Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity

your computer screen and take a break from accomplishing task after task. Another suggestion involves simply slowing down physically in order to slow down mentally. One busy executive who managed 1,500 people said when she had meetings... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Mid-US - Global

breaking into the highly regulated and competitive spirits industry. Gibson reflects on the leadership principles that could contribute to her continued success as she enters the cognac market and considers what other leaders can learn... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

The Burden Legacy

the first structure on the HBS campus to break away from the Georgian Revival style. The professional life of William A.M. Burden, son of William Sr. and father of William III, spanned aviation, government, modern art, and business. After... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

04 Sep 2013
What Do You Think?

How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?

"What organizations need to do is break old habits of practicing planning as ceremonial processes that are conducted periodically. That'll probably happen Those that don't just won't survive." This led to the question of why... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Profiles - MBA

operators to overcome scientific and strategic challenges and break the boundaries of medicine. Moreover, I conduct research on improving immunotherapies for solid tumors in the translational Mitrogotri Lab at Harvard SEAS, and co-founded... View Details

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Joy Chen

break of 2020. “It’s about using near-field communications technology to transmit contact information and social media profiles — think of it as a contact manager plus a business card. The goal is to get people to keep in touch more... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

That Was Then, This Is Now

It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

27 Jul 2021
Op-Ed

What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership

In the deep heat of an 18th-century summer, a crew of pirates was sailing off the Virginia coast when a lookout spotted a merchant ship to the south. Springing into action, the pirates launched an attack, rocking the merchant ship with a cascade of musket balls and... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

Publications August 2013 Marketing Science Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans By: Chung, Doug J., Thomas Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir Abstract—We estimate a dynamic structural model of sales force... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

December 2023
Teaching Note

Buurtzorg

By: Ethan Bernstein and Tatiana Sandino

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-101. As co-founders of home nursing company Buurtzorg, Jos de Blok and Gonnie Kronenberg prized both self-management and organizational learning. Buurtzorg’s 10,000 nurses across 950 neighborhood nursing teams in the Netherlands were... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Employee Relationship Management; Knowledge Dissemination; Knowledge Management; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Learning; Health Industry; Netherlands

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November 2018 (Revised February 2019)
Case

Israel at 70: Is it Possible to (re)Brand a Country?

By: Elie Ofek and Sarah Gulick

In the spring of 2018, Israel was set to celebrate its 70th anniversary. While there was much to rejoice in reaching this milestone, the country’s brand image internationally was far from ideal. Past efforts to impact perceptions of Israel, spearheaded by the Ministry... View Details

Keywords: Branding; Brand Management Of Places; Nation Branding; Brand Positioning; Public Diplomacy; Marketing Communication; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Perception; Change; Israel