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01 Sep 2005
News

Gifts Create Frist Financial Aid Fund

TOMMY, JULIE, AND BILLY FRIST: New fund supports fellowships and innovation in financial aid. Photo Courtesy Frist family Financial aid at HBS has received a $10 million boost, thanks to a $9 million gift from the Thomas F. Frist Jr. Donor Advised Fund of the... View Details

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

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

low-income countries. The high-quality firms that do exist focus on top-level searches, so companies must scramble to identify middle-level managers, engineers, or floor supervisors. Engineering colleges, business schools, and View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

18 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

non-competes can protect businesses from unfair competition between an employee and her previous employer. This allows employers to fully invest in training employees with proprietary knowledge without the... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

16 Oct 2019
Blog Post

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

To support black employees, business leaders must challenge biases and help employees be themselves, according to a new book co-edited by Anthony J. Mayo, Laura Morgan Roberts, and David A. Thomas. When Barack Obama was elected president... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

04 Oct 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

in his upcoming book, Win From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage, available in January 2022. References: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro, Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It’s Everyone’s View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

American retailers are heading into a holiday shopping season unlike any other as the spiraling COVID-pandemic and limp economy threaten consumer spending. We asked Harvard Business School faculty members—in particular, authors of recent... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

business and civic leaders helped the city clean up its act, but by the early 1980s, most of the smokestacks had shut down anyway, as manufacturing jobs moved out of the area. People left in droves. Visitors today see a different... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

18 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs

In recent years, business schools and investors alike have been paying more attention to social entrepreneurs, those who create ventures with the primary goal of achieving positive social change. But most people encounter the field only... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

13 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

and, as a result, gain the capacity to curb its influence. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf Cultural Notes on Chinese Negotiating Behavior Authors:James K. Sebenius and Cheng (Jason) Qian Abstract Western View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2024
News

Leveraging Generative AI

Four decades after HBS became the first business school in the country to require the use of personal computers in the MBA Program, the School is undergoing a different kind of technological transformation, one that leverages generative... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

17 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission

curing societal ills. In reality, though, the line between the two is growing blurrier. "In the not-for-profit sector, a number of organizations are trying to be less dependent on donations and grants," says Julie Battilana, an associate professor at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

number of self-identified gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender executives gained 733 percent. Another benefit: "By deliberately seeing ways to more effectively reach a broader range of customers, IBM has seen significant bottom-line results," says Thomas.... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

through the confusion to identify the next peak that the company should be moving toward? When they're not sure where they're going, how can they guide and inspire others? Grove, author most recently of Swimming Across (Warner Books, 2001), sat down with Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kiechel; Technology

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

blame game engulfed politicians and S&P itself. In the midst of all this angst, four Harvard Business School faculty members offer their views on what went wrong and what needs to be done to right the US ship of state. bo Becker,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

from 2022 will help us start to understand the impact of these new technologies and, I hope, allow us to move forward in pursuing a more thoughtful, more evidence-driven vision of the digital future of health care. Ariel D. Stern is the Poronui Associate Professor of... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

01 Jun 2008
News

You Only Thought You Were Republican

TOBIAS: “When CEOs make 500 times what their employees make, there is an upper class.” So there I am moderating last fall’s 35th Reunion panel, “Two Steves and a Joe,” with classmates Steve Schwarzman (estimated net worth, $15 billion), Joe Perella (estimated net... View Details

Keywords: Andrew Tobias; national debt; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

09 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

Using information collected during a customer’s first purchase, a new marketing tool that leverages machine learning technology can provide firms with valuable predictions about the customer’s future behavior, says Eva Ascarza, a marketing researcher and associate... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Service

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

the heterogeneous payment requirements across the multiple payers and health plans contracting with the academic health center. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54127 March–April 2018 Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

2.1.3 Classroom Recording, Photography & Social Media - MBA

Violations 2.7 Admissions Materials 2.8 MBA Community Values Annual Report (2023) 3. Financial Obligations 4. General Policies 5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies 6. Important Contact Information The case and field methods, the hallmark pedagogies of... View Details

20 Dec 2022
Blog Post

7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year

Whether your company is manufacturing farming equipment, advising Fortune 500 companies, or developing the next healthcare innovation, you know that the success of your business starts with people. Great teams drive great results and to... View Details