Filter Results:
(1,204)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,204)
- People (4)
- News (216)
- Research (753)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (277)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,204)
- People (4)
- News (216)
- Research (753)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (277)
- 17 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
From Tech to Coaching: Empowering Women and Minority Leaders with Yue Zhao (MBA 2013)
Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development When I decided to attend Harvard Business School (HBS), I knew I was ready to transition from strategy roles into the dynamic world... View Details
- 05 Mar 2008
- What Do You Think?
Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?
practices; or a natural flow of talent to organizations practicing management innovation. Will management innovation be "pushed" or "pulled"? What do you think? (To read more, see Thomas Malone, The Future of Work: How... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
situation of being able to characterize their income separately depending on the audience. Something as simple as interest expense can be engineered to be an expense for tax authorities and a dividend for capital markets. This confusing state of affairs has View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Alumni Books
right assistance), “Rebuild heroic stature” (spread the true nature of the adversity), “Prove your mettle” (regain trust and credibility), and “Rediscover the heroic mission” (clear the past and chart the future). What Made Jack Welch... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
growth and sustainable development while respecting people, communities, and the planet,” says Yang. She is especially proud of an eco-industrial complex that Esquel is building in Guilin, China. The green complex will preserve the View Details
- 31 Oct 2014
- Op-Ed
Ebola’s Call To Arms About Disaster Preparedness
First of all, many more Americans will die of heart attacks than will ever die of Ebola. This is not like smallpox, whose spread can only be controlled with great difficulty. The nature of the disease is that, because it can only pass... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Remembering Well and Making Meaning of Memorial Day
As Memorial Day approaches, it’s natural for our minds to drift to summer – thoughts of firing up the grill, getting a boat in the water, or vacation travel would (at least in normal times) tantalize us through workdays that seem to grow... View Details
- Web
Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month | Baker Library
Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month Discover Baker Library resources with a connection to Hispanic and Latinx culture and identity. Want to stay up-to-date on DEI topics? Consider subscribing to our monthly Diversity Equity and Inclusion... View Details
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
traditional businesses may struggle to adapt to the constantly changing nature of ecosystem strategies. In his book, Smart Rivals: How Innovative Companies Play Games That Tech Giants Can't Win, Feng Zhu provides principles to help... View Details
- 19 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
graduates, to address climate change?” Ratnika Prasad (MBA 2020), Associate Director at The Nature Conservancy "There has been a seismic shift in the last few years, whereby concern about the climate and sustainability has finally begun... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
instruments intended for worst-case scenarios. If you’re an OldCo leader looking to proactively manage defection risk, you should: Stay close to your teams. Pre-pandemic, office culture functioned as a kind of surveillance by virtue of pattern recognition. People are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
its reasonable hours allowed Cohen time to raise her children, Amanda (now a lawyer at the Natural Resources Defense Council) and Eli (JD/MBA ’06). During her NTHP tenure, from 1980 to 1993, she focused on... View Details
- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
portfolio—like in nature and somewhat footloose and fancy-free. Q: What are some of the causes of the decline that are specific to India? A: Due to large-scale economic liberalization since 1991, India has had a nice long run of reforms... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
- 07 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
How One Organization Increased Their Internship Yield
Murphy, “Companies have put tremendous time, thought and management resources into selecting and evaluating new talent, the potential leaders of the future.” But it’s at this precise juncture, when the pressure is greatest, that companies... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- Web
Space, Public And Commercial Economics (SPACE) - Course Catalog
interest in space and justifies devoting time, effort, and resources to it. The course consists of fourteen 80-minute sessions organized around Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier, a book authored by Prof. Weinzierl and... View Details
- 03 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains
anxiety: Openly discuss this situation with your team It is a natural aspect of growth and success, but it requires managing expectations. “Good news, we’re growing! But this means we are going to be shifting how we work and some of us... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
2009, Harvard Business School Professor Kathleen McGinn has developed keen insight into the exigent nature of such challenges. Her experiences there prompted her to study how teaching communication and negotiation skills at critical... View Details
Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn
- January 2002
- Case
Noranda Inc.: Mining, Smelting, and Sustainability?
Noranda is a $7 billion international mining and smelting company headquartered in Canada. It has been cited for its fine environmental record. This case explores the issue of sustainability--in this case, for a mining company. Over time, and under nongovernmental... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Mining; Cost Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Environmental Sustainability; Mining Industry
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Noranda Inc.: Mining, Smelting, and Sustainability?" Harvard Business School Case 702-009, January 2002.
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
finding is that societies that depend heavily on oil, and perhaps natural resources more generally, will experience a heavier demand for government intervention. We argue that this is one aspect that the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
then Liberia would be unlikely, in our opinion, not to grow at double-digit rates from the moment that the ore is exported in quantity, so long as market conditions for natural resources remain strong,"... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard