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29 Aug 2023

Q&A with Admissions

This virtual session will be hosted by a member of the MBA Admissions Office Team and will include a short presentation on the MBA program as well as information on financial aid and admissions. This event... View Details

16 Nov 2010
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The HBS Tunnels

Did you know that the HBS tunnels are connected to the Harvard University tunnels across the river? Read on, and all shall be made clear! Although connected, the two tunnel systems are very different. The ten miles of Harvard steam... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson

10 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

Knitting together a workforce with diverse backgrounds, cultures, and other demographic differences is challenging even for experienced managers, who must socialize those employees into the organization and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

that included retail, financial services, and health care. Tip-offs to toxicity The data reveal three traits that indicate which would-be hire needs a warning label. Human resources managers should be alert... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

An investment banker for the past 25 years, Steve Waters says that what he likes best about his profession is "the opportunity to build businesses." A graduate of Harvard College as well as HBS, Waters spent the first part of his career... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

get intimidated, which served me well throughout my career in Fortune 500 companies, startups, and now as an entrepreneur. That case was the fork in the road of my career, and... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

28 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

PublicationsThe Power of Political Voice: Women's Political Representation and Crime in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer, Anandi Mani, Prachi Mishra, and Petia Topalova Publication:American Economic Journal:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jun 2012
Working Paper Summaries

“Power from Sunshine”: A Business History of Solar Energy

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Loubna Bouamane; Energy; Utilities

11 Jun 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game

Keywords: by Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn

16 Aug 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization

Keywords: by Karthik Ramanna; Accounting

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Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities - Recruiting

who bring a diverse range of experiences, skills, and perspectives to the conversation. That can include diverse abilities; those that are physical and mental, visible and... View Details

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

present themselves to the outside world? “What ended up being a really important symbolic activity for these companies was recounting their founding story,” McDonald says, adding that it often was about how the founder—or a relative of the founder—used an existing... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

02 Aug 2007
What Do You Think?

How Will Millennials Manage?

Summing Up Are we approaching a "millennial watershed" in management? The next generation of managers, comprising many "millennials," will be more adept at managing in a changing, global, and networked environment.... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

and mindset to our business and culture. Dave Nelson Head of Sales at WegoWise Disruptive Strategy I was not well versed in several important aspects of entrepreneurship like... View Details

The Big Ditch

On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but... View Details

Trust

Entrepreneurial ventures often fail in the developing world because of the lack of something taken for granted in the developed world: trust. Over centuries, the developed world has built customs and institutions such as enforceable contracts, an impartial legal... View Details

01 Oct 2021
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Fueling the Faculty Pipeline

Private Equity Group, and executive chairman of the firm’s private equity business in Asia. Melwani’s support for the School stems from the deep impact his two years in the MBA Program have had on his life as View Details

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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

anniversaries) as well as professional applications (in construction, insurance, real estate, journalism, personnel identification, medical instruction, and archaeology). In 1949, leading photography... View Details

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

doctoral student Julia Adler-Milstein, Harvard School of Public Health professor Sara Singer, and HBS professor Michael W. Toffel examine this question in a hospital setting. Conceptual Foundations of the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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