Place Making - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Aug 2020
Blog Post

The U.S. Job Search for International Students

International students make up 37% of the Class of 2023. While some of these students will return to their home country or region to work after graduating, many choose to accept a full-time role in the United States. Whatever career path... View Details

02 Nov 2023
Blog Post

Getting a Peek Into the HBS Experience

intentionally places its students in dynamic environments where they can develop into the world's future leaders. For instance, during your first year, you are put in a section where you form close relationships and learn from a community... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

A More Accommodating Approach

Shelly Nooner (GMP 33, 2022) had already proven herself to be visionary and execution-focused during her two decades at Trimble, an industrial technology company that provides hardware, software, and services across agriculture, construction, geospatial, and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

balance. I knew that my time was limited and that there’s no other place like HBS. I was very conscious of what I wanted to participate in. Knowing that my schedule was going to be hectic, I was able to find the right activities and... View Details

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Tara Basu Trivedi

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? To get out of my comfort zone – to explore startup ideas, to meet people who don’t think like me, to learn about what goes into making a team and a product successful. I knew I’d never... View Details

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Birth of the American Salesman

evaluated before his departure, and he recorded his every move in sales reports and receipts. Sales managers at large corporations assigned salesmen specific territories and gave them monthly or weekly quotas to meet. They aimed to make... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

articulate some of the skills discussion teachers must have to be effective. There are so many parts that must fall into place to make the whole process work,” he continued. “How do you open a class? What... View Details

05 Jul 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?

information that produces decisions Execution is the basic ingredient that makes a great leader." On the other hand, Philip Derrow argued, "Executive intelligence, particularly as Mr. Menkes defines it, is, I believe, the most... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Mar 2009
What Do You Think?

How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?

Sharon Richmond pointed out that, "Because 'trust' is elusive Leaders must always be mindful of their context and audience, and communicate accordingly." And Phil Clark reminded us that "Transparency without context is dangerous . Leaders View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Jun 2024
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

and former Managing Partner, Venrock Associates Take flight: “I soloed in a single-engine airplane at the age of 14, at a crazy place on Long Island called the Aviation Club. It was a dirt airstrip with telephone poles all around the... View Details

22 Feb 2018
Book

The New History of American Capitalism

time, historians have reconceptualized commodification, sale, and ownership, recasting the market as a place of colliding human ambitions, fantasies of wealth, modes of resistance, acts of brutality, tenderness, and heroism. Slavery’s... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

Shankar MD, Suptendra N. Sarbadhikari PhD, Barbara Bierer, Kenneth D. Mandl MD, Sanjay Mehendale MD, MPH, and Tarun Khanna Abstract—In February 2018, the Government of India announced a massive public health insurance scheme extending coverage to 500 million citizens,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

National Health Costs Could Decrease if Managers Reduce Work Stress

Our work can literally make us sick. Long hours, impossible demands from bosses, and uncertain job security can take their toll on our mental and physical well-being, leading to stress-induced aches and pains and anxiety. In extreme... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

Planned, yet premature retirement Re-examination of commitments, “soul searching” Whether you anticipate a career break, or wish to position yourself favorably in the event of an unplanned job loss, you can take steps now to make re-entry... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

late 2010s, Professor Paul Gompers started noticing clusters of entrepreneurial ecosystems popping up in places around the world not known for such activity: Kenya, Pakistan, the Philippines. What was driving their emergence? What could... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

16 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision

interests (e.g., saving money or donating it to a good cause instead of spending frivolously, eating health food instead of junk food). "People focused a higher percentage of their spending on ice cream (and other 'want' groceries) when View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Retail; Entertainment & Recreation

24 May 2021
Op-Ed

Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource?

COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a result, an already wasteful industry has become more wasteful. Even before the pandemic, the global apparel industry was producing about 92 million tons of textile waste a year. That’s about one garbage truck’s worth of... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Shelly Xu; Fashion

02 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities

What makes for the ideal entrepreneurial opportunity? To learn about the frameworks firms use when evaluating potential venture opportunities, Mike Roberts, executive director of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, and HBS senior... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Barley

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails

ideal solution, according to a new working paper, might be a compromise: Hybrid schedules in which employees roughly split their workweeks between the home and office appear to work best. These schedules allow for the right mix of flexibility and engagement that not... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

22 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading

are so many salespeople so terrible at managing? It’s because even after they put on their manager hats, they continue to suffer from the “super salesperson syndrome,” unable to disconnect from the thrill of selling. They hover over their salespeople and micromanage... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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