Breaks - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2022
Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

her team set the goal of building a $1 billion business inside of three years. At the end of five years, the unit’s revenues exceeded $3 billion. She got there by breaking rules and sustaining a commitment to her vision, even as she... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

experience. What is your favorite memory of your time at HBS?I have loved all the treks! Most recently, my section did a trek to Morocco for spring break and it was especially meaningful since my Moroccan sectionmate organized it. HBS... View Details

01 Sep 2021
Op-Ed

How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback

reports delivered to employees at all sorts of companies. I’m often struck by the way the process can break down. First, what the givers intend to convey and what they actually express to recipients may differ dramatically. Second, what... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

29 Mar 2022
Book

5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

buy.” 4. Business leaders strive for inclusivity and gender equality Some of the business leaders featured in the book were among the first generation of women to break through considerable barriers in their professions. One method used... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Language Wars Divide Global Companies

are certainly entitled to speak their language. It's just sometimes infuriating because they'll just break into it in mid-meeting ," one American explained. In another multinational group, this one featuring four German workers in... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

January 2024
Supplement

Buurtzorg

By: Ethan Bernstein and Tatiana Sandino

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 empowered to manage themselves, both in... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Management Style; Business Model; Knowledge Dissemination; Learning; Organizational Culture; Health Industry; Netherlands

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21 Mar 2019
HBS Case

The Ferrari Way

technology turns out to be a dud, you put your whole company at risk.” In Ferrari’s case, that means sticking to its three core elements of the Ferrari Way: pleasure, performance, and style—leaving some bells and whistles to other carmakers. “The whole value system... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto

15 Dec 2023
News

The Musts of 2023

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. At fall reunions, we set up shop on campus and asked alumni about what media moved them this year. What changed their minds or their hearts. And their answers ran... View Details

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

Network HBS Executive Education programs supporting Women Leaders Women on Boards: Women on Boards empowers participants to break into corporate board roles by navigating the selection process, building strategic networks, and... View Details

Blog

Making the Decision to Attend: Our Participants Share Their Stories

definitely worth the time investment. My family came out to Boston the first week so I could spend a little time with them. I also went home to California for the brief break halfway through the program. Today's technology, like FaceTime,... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

(MBA 2025) Luke Fiorante (MDE 2026) Social Enterprise Track Winner Breaking language barriers with AI-powered medical interpretation for over 30 million patients Aidra Health Ejiro Maroh (MBA 2026) David Bunn (MBA 2026) Toritse David... View Details

08 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

Google and Groupon, for instance, a higher percentage of employees work in sales than engineering or data mining. And at Facebook the salesforce's ability to translate 'likes' into advertisers will make or break that company's valuation... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Portrait Project

Salaar Shaikh

“Excuse me. Are you breaking your fast?” As a freshman in college, I spent a summer learning Mandarin in Beijing. The challenging language program overlapped with Ramadan – my first time marking the holy month away from home in Pakistan.... View Details

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Regional Winners - Alumni

Graham Lieberman, MBA 2017 Co-Founder Hilary Gallin, MBA 2017, Co-Founder Region: Northeastern U.S./Boston Soteri Skin Soteri Skin is the only clinically tested, non-steroidal, eczema relief topical that breaks the cycle of eczema,... View Details

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

luxury of long breaks between jobs or extended periods of time to think about their transition before they step into the next thing. Additionally, as Bridges points out, we often don’t see when we are in a neutral zone, that time when we... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Harvard spent a winter break week in New York exploring new ventures in fashion, food, and fine arts, and co-led four similar winter break trips to Silicon Valley . Eisenmann also created the MBA electives... View Details

03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

next challenge was convincing port authorities to redesign their sites to accommodate the new intermodal transport operation. Although he received his first big break with the backing of the New York Port Authority chairman, McLean... View Details

Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace

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Interviews - Recruiting

holidays) Virtual Internship Interviews, during winter break January 5-8, 2026 January 12-15, 2026 Internship Interviews, around class time Begin January 26, 2026, Monday-Friday starting at 3:30pm (restrictions during exams, classes, and... View Details

15 Mar 2017
Blog Post

An Average Day at HBS

(e.g., cases for consulting) and interviews themselves. Physical activity: one of my personal priorities is to make time for visits to the gym throughout the week. It helps clear your head and take a break from what can sometimes be... View Details

25 Apr 2023
Blog Post

How Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) Transform Your MBA Learning Journey

As mentioned in a previous post, Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) are courses that offer a 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 View Details

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