Materialism - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 May 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2)

impact on society, knowing that one’s life is measured by the impact on others, not by material possessions, as my grandfather had done. This conviction fueled my lifelong mission to improve the human condition through innovation and... View Details

14 Sep 2018
Blog Post

10 Things I Learned During My First Month in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

“Intensive” is an understatement On the first day, one of our professors explained the class format in numbers, a metric STEM people would understand: 13 weeks of content in 13 days. Given the short duration of the class, there was a lot of View Details

13 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion

and funny material posted on social media, to promote health, beauty, and snack food products. Our job was to develop a new snack food designed for the Korean millennial consumer. The FIELD course began in second semester. First, we... View Details

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HBS - Key Metrics

/ Latinx 2% 2% 2% 2% Multi-Race / Non-Hispanic 4% 4% 4% 4% Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander — — — — White 72% 71% 71% 72% Did Not Report / Unknown — — — — Teaching Materials 637 668 676 626 Research Articles on HBR.org 296 307 231... View Details

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Text Book

Teaching the Moral Leader: A Literature-Based Leadership Course

By: Sandra J. Sucher

This book is a comprehensive, practical manual to help instructors integrate moral leadership in their own courses, drawing from the experience and resources of the Harvard Business School course "The Moral Leader," an MBA elective taken by thousands of HBS students... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Curriculum and Courses; Moral Sensibility; Body of Literature; Books; Leadership; Personal Development and Career

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Working Groups Update | About

broadening learning, and leadership and policies. The team will host focus groups and one-on-one conversations to hear observations, concerns, and recommendations with the goal of creating and implementing action steps for HBS. Additionally, we will assemble... View Details

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

not complete. What materials will I have access to after the course? + – You will have access to the materials in every prior module as you progress through the program. Access to course View Details

21 May 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

materiality map. Once I did that, I was able to come to the conclusion that acquiring a leading ESG position would potentially help this company gain market share during an upcoming industry consolidation post the Covid-19 crisis. I... View Details

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

an unfair advantage now knowing what I've learned from this course. It's given me confidence and clarity in my decisions, and I can already see the material impact of applying this model and mindset to our business and culture. Dave... View Details

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Judging Success - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Observation of Case Instructors In-Class Assessment of Discussion-Based Teaching Questions for Class Discussions Teaching Quantitative Material Strategies and Tactics for Sensitive Topics View Details

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

friends and relatives or start small businesses as a new source of fulfillment. One woman who had been mentoring junior workers at her old firm volunteered her coaching services through a community organization. Putting a material stake... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Geoffrey Jones A second major influence on the diversification strategies of the trading companies was the boom in commodity prices. Industrialization in Europe and the United States stimulated a worldwide search for new sources of supply of raw View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

01 Mar 2024
News

On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

11 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

as companies cannot operate without water or raw materials that require water to be produced.” Leni explained, “Water is key to growing agricultural raw materials, as well as in mining, manufacturing, and even technology. For example,... View Details

04 Mar 2019
What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

experience as free raw material for hidden commercial practices of extraction, prediction, and sales,” “a parasitic economic logic,” “a rogue mutation of capitalism marked by concentrations of wealth,” “as significant a threat to human... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

predictable ways: through the material accumulation of riches and status, or through psychological feelings of achievement, of being loved and belonging, of autonomy of choice, and of moral character. You can also solicit the observations... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

negotiations, we are able to add even more valuable source material to our intellectual and practical treasury. For example, when you asked above about how to get the right parties involved to set up the most promising negotiation, we... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

are assigned for Entrepreneurship Essentials. Participants will either be evaluated as complete or not complete. What materials will I have access to after completing Entrepreneurship Essentials? + – You will have access to the View Details

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

rural India.” Danielle Colson MBA 2022 | Co-founder & COO, Mantel “Mantel is developing the first liquid phase materials that capture CO2 at high temperatures. Our molten borate technology enables new process designs that reduce costs by... View Details

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Capturing & Disseminating Video/Photography During Course Activities | About

learning environment by not publishing or distributing case materials or course content to anyone who has not enrolled in a class, particularly those outside of the HBS community. Exceptions The School may record class sessions via audio... View Details

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