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- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
lessons from these discussions. Q: Another gap you identified was that MBA students were not developing a global mindset. How can MBA programs better prepare students for an increasingly globalized business world? Garvin: Executives and deans told us that MBAs need to... View Details
- Research Summary
Research Thrust
By: Rakesh Khurana
I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Managing Human Capital
The Managing Human Capital course has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the future general manager (not just the human resource practitioner) who seeks to manage both other people and her or his own career with optimal... View Details
Keywords: Human Capital; Hiring; Socialization; Performance Management; Compensation And Benefits; Talent Development And Retention; Structure; Career Management; Human Resources; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Organizations; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Africa; Asia; Europe; Middle East; Latin America; North and Central America; South America
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
me, in either a team or a one-on-one setting." Continues Klump, "I understood enough of Chinese culture to know that you rarely, if ever, confront someone in a group setting, as maintaining face is important. So I waited to have... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Safe, Secure, and Prosperous
country. “I was appointed to the position of Deputy Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in Australia. This department now manages our borders, issues the millions of visas in our country. We facilitate all the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Global Perspectives
and telecommunications. “We had access to high-level people,” says Sterling Cross (MBA 2017), who worked with a team on inner-city transportation. “They were willing to get their hands dirty with us and really listened to our ideas. It... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
in either a team or a one-on-one setting.” Continues Klump, “I understood enough of Chinese culture to know that you rarely, if ever, confront someone in a group setting, as maintaining face is important. So I waited to have a one-on-one... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
moral leadership, it needs to carefully examine and discuss issues that cross the line from legal to immoral. Microsoft needs to show its employees that it takes the issue of... View Details
- 05 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How New BofA Executives Learn its ’Deep Smarts’
from other leaders what it takes to succeed, especially in their particular role. To achieve these objectives, the program must transfer not only explicit knowledge, but also implicit cultural knowledge and unwritten norms. Three elements... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
included? That’s an important question. We’re not naïve to think that if we just bring people in everything’s going to get better. There are cultural issues our students, our faculty, and our staff need to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success
Do successful firms in different countries share cultural traits? HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé's long-standing interest in this and related research has led him, with Professor John U. Farley of Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School, to examine... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 16 Mar 2017
- News
‘We Don’t Leave When Things Go Wrong’
Christopher Rodrigues (MBA 1976) is chair of the British Council, an international organization for arts, cultural relations, and educational opportunities operating on six continents and in more than 100 countries. In this video... View Details
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Charity
Leo X issued a papal bull confirming that charitable pawnshops were exempt from the prohibition on lending at interest, and the innovation spread rapidly through Catholic Europe. The montes (in the Italian vernacular, monti di pietà)... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
[see sidebar] further reflects the wide range of issues covered by our faculty. What can we learn from this region? The Asia Pacific, where 2,000 languages are spoken, is home to 60 percent of the world's population. The region's diverse... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
the women leave the industry, compared with 31 percent of the men. It’s not an issue that’s unique to the tech sector—most industries are male-dominated—but for many technology firms “this is new territory,” says Robin Ely, the Diane... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
crossing cultural borders. Two of the seventeen case sequences she has developed for the course so far — "Siam Cement Group: Corporate Philosophy" and "The Haier Group" — take place in... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 01 Feb 2017
- News
New Regional Offices Broaden HBS’s Intellectual Reach
markets. The newest regional offices, which opened this past year in Dubai, Singapore, and Tel Aviv, provide a means for understanding the unique economic and cultural factors shaping business in those locations. “We are broadening our... View Details
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Emerging Art of Negotiation
remarks of that nature. Crossing Cultures Negotiating across cultures is cited in the article as being "akin to a dance in which one person does a waltz and another a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
There and Back Again: The Challenges and Rewards of Working Abroad
Considering an international assignment? Working abroad can be a pivotal juncture in one’s career. Yet making a successful transition to another country isn’t just a question of adjusting to a new culture — it’s also about personal... View Details