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- 31 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories of 2012
The following articles were the most read pieces on Harvard Business School Working Knowledge in 2012. Now two questions for you. What do you think was the most important business issue of the year? Fiscal cliff? China's slowdown? Also... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Web
Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
cultural, and charitable institutions throughout the world. This Fund provides a select group of MBA alumni with the opportunity to work with Harvard scientists and inventors to promote the translation of scientific discovery from... View Details
- 26 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
Rohingya’s spirits and break the monotony of life at a refugee camp. But, Hussam wondered if small work opportunities could help refugees reclaim their roles as providers, bring meaning to their days, and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- Research Summary
The Transition to Retirement
My current major research program is the Retirement Transitions Study: a broad study of retiring professionals' everyday experiences, including identification with work; identity stability, change, and development; meaningfulness of work; changes in life structure,... View Details
- 15 Apr 2015
- HBS Seminar
Raymond Fisman, Columbia Business School
- 22 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers
get their other finances in order, and make more substantial contributions to the economy, according to a new research study Second Chance: Life without Student Debt. The study was co-written by Harvard Business School Associate Professor... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
One thing that stuck with Pete Stavros from the dinner-table conversations of his youth was that capitalism seemed fundamentally broken for his father, who earned an hourly wage working construction. The incentive was not there for... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 25 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Mireya Iglesias Ayala (MBA 2025)
The Latino Student Organization (LASO) proudly promotes and supports Harvard Business School’s Latino students and works alongside the Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA). Representing a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, interests,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
(iStockphoto/tolgart) In 1992, the very funny cyberpunk novelist Neal Stephenson brought “the pizza Deliverator,” also known as Hiro Protagonist, to life along with the notion of the Metaverse in his book Snow Crash. Hiro, a “member of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
John Bracaglia, MBA 2020: “I Want to Find the Machine Learning Strategy That Avoids the Pitfalls While Fulfilling the Promise.”
businesses. After a corporate-wide restructuring, Bracaglia moved to Alphabet’s life science firm, Verily, where he worked on Liftware, a counterweighted spoon that maintains stability – a critical aid to... View Details
- 19 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
7 Ways MBA Students Use Baker Library
As members of the Curriculum & Learning Services (CLS) team at Baker Library, we have the opportunity to work closely with MBA students: in the library, online, and in the classroom. In a typical year we answer over 2,000 research... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
When the COVID-19 virus spread worldwide and normal life ground to a halt last year, we thought voluntary employee turnover would drop as well. But the opposite happened in one area: Lift outs—a group of workers who defect... View Details
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Ellen Harris
Ellen (HGSE ’86) is the Director of Outward Bound Professional/Facilitator at Thompson Island Outward Bound Professional where she is responsible for business development and corporate team and leadership development. Ellen enjoys working... View Details
Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Education; Hospitality; Manufacturing; Retail; Social Enterprise
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
States, Neeley argues that an organization’s lingua franca is the catalyst by which all employees become some kind of “expat”(someone detached from their mother tongue or home culture). Through her unfettered access to the inner View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness
life without these people. I will never regret going into finance. Not only did I work with some incredible people, but without that experience, I might not have discovered my passion for wellness. View Details
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Emotional Experience, Expression, and Regulation
Once considered irrational, emotions often exert a more profound influence on decision-making and workplace outcomes than logic or reason. Professor Brooks studies emotional experience, emotional expression, and how individuals can regulate their emotions... View Details
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Outreach Events - Doctoral
faculty, and doctoral students at business schools from around the world. The PhD Project's work benefits not only prospective doctoral students, but also current PhD students and alumni by providing networking and mentorship... View Details
- 23 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
How I Structured My Second Year at HBS
Formally trained as an engineer, Matt Holzapfel (MBA 2015) worked at both Sears and Dell in the years before business school. While at HBS he discovered a budding interest in entrepreneurship, and took advantage of the flexible second... View Details
- 29 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)
others as they navigate their own journeys and finding ways to combine my personal and professional passions. I’ve found that when you enjoy what you’re doing and why you’re doing it, work doesn’t feel like work, and I hope every HBS grad... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Turning Point: Where Credit Is Due
five-minute interview. This disappointing selection process was a setback, but one I thought was unique to me. After graduating from HBS, I worked in finance with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York and Sydney. Despite the allure of... View Details