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- 27 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape
across the country. It is no surprise to most that human activities are taking a toll on the composition of Earth’s atmosphere. These changes have been linked to not only adverse reactions in environmental systems, but also significant... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Turning Point: Ready or Not
understand her connection to the world. The benefit of empty roads and clean air was countered by the frustration of lost habits and a longing for human connection. Empathizing with my daughter was harder when I, myself, was confused and... View Details
- Profile
Lara Hodgson
we’re letting her talk. What are your biggest concerns? The human capital side of growing quickly. We’ve validated the model and you want to grow by hiring. I prioritize mindset over skillset, which is easy to say and not so easy to do.... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
top-management counsel, hiring the most qualified staff, and an apprenticeship process that built excellence. For example, Marvin Bower, founder of McKinsey, preached that partners had to focus on serving the right senior clients on their... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect
Humans can be self-destructive. We overindulge in food and fail to make time to exercise, and we delay saving for retirement. Associate Professor John Beshears, whose research focuses on behavioral economics, has identified hope: The idea... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
“Culture Is Everything”
continued, to get an organization on the right track if there is a sense of crisis. “You must convey the urgency of the current situation and the requirement of doing something different.” Gerstner admitted that earlier in his career, he... View Details
- 25 Oct 2006
- Op-Ed
Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance
the right thing to do is for shareholders as a whole. This uncertainty is a burden on managers and one that will force them not to choose investments, mergers, and accounting decisions based on the details of their contracts. Rather, they... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
have developed a perspective on strategies for the near-term and long-term. But first, before anything else, it’s important to stop the bleeding; that is, deal with crises and pain points. Whether the problems involve financial distress or View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Working at Harvard Business School | Employment
truck to enjoy a sweet treat. Milestone Celebrations It has become a tradition to honor long-time employees. The program acknowledges staff milestones every five years. Ellen Mahoney (Chief Human Resources Officer) enjoys the event and... View Details
- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
non-obvious, second-order effects—things we can't see clearly right now. The human tendency in trying to predict what will happen in the future is to extrapolate in a straight line from today. So we imagine... View Details
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
Summing Up How best is denial managed? Denial is endemic to management. It is a natural part of human nature, closely related to the survival instinct. It can be useful or disastrous. And it can be managed. That sums up at least many of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
and many responsibilities that aren't from the same person I am at home and in my church on Sunday, and I don't know how to navigate that transition.'" Business is made up of many relationships and actions that represent every human... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
acquisition entrepreneurship—which involves acquiring a small business and running it as CEO. It’s an incredibly enjoyable listen, filled with vibrant, human conversations about the challenges and opportunities of this path that so many... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
Staying Curious with the Harvard Innovation Labs Ahead of the 2021 Virtual President’s Innovation Challenge
& Life Sciences; and the Open Track for ventures that transcend categories. For this upcoming 2021 President’s Innovation Challenge, we’re focused on “staying curious” about the future and designing for more human ventures,... View Details
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The Founder Mindset - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog The Founder Mindset Course Number 1676 Senior Lecturer Reza Satchu Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Paper/Project Course Description Almost all human endeavors start with a Founder—a person who is willing to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Keeping the Faith
is to create a course here that’s different, timely, and life-changing for us, but also for the University,” van Bever tells the class. “We need to show the University that it’s okay to talk about this very important dimension of human... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
humanity discovered how to use fire,” says Enriquez’s colleague, HBS associate professor Jonathan West. West, who had been researching the semiconductor industry for some ten years, came to the life sciences field rather recently.... View Details
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Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences - Course Catalog
with the appropriate financial and human resources, and scaling. The course will explore which areas of the life sciences are ripe for innovation and entrepreneurship and will cover therapeutics, devices, diagnostics, and related service... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
A Man of Influence
RIGHT-HAND MAN: Valenti’s memoir richly describes his years in the White House, a time when LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act and made key decisions about the Vietnam War. Estate of Jack Valenti If Jack Valenti (MBA 3/’48) had lived to see... View Details
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Lessons from the 2025 Race, Gender & Equity at Work Symposium - Blog: RGE Report
to her field of human rights law, but her insights are relevant to us all. When is hope false hope? Hope can manifest as either passive or active, and as either grounded or ungrounded. When hope is both... View Details