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- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
goals without providing the structures to educate senior executives in the specific challenges faced by various constituencies. In addition, these strategies often don't provide models that teach or encourage new behaviors. IBM has taken... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
professor Leonard A. Schlesinger, several goals in addition to providing students with a common "foundation" for entering the MBA Program were sought and achieved by the module's planners. "We tried to build a sense of community among the... View Details
- Web
Breaking Down the Barriers - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
1920 to address the tension between advertising art and fine art with the goal “to dignify the field of business art in the eyes of artists” and put forward the notion that “artistic excellence is vitally necessary to successful... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
fuel its own business. P&G has set a stretch goal of having 50 percent of its new project portfolio come from outside its own four walls. And IBM and P&G also allow others to license their ideas for their own business. IBM... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
company's vision." Charlie Efford added that "The key to self-management becoming embedded is changing the mindset of the management team. Most corporations haven't made this shift." Denis Collet suggested "it's all about clear View Details
- 04 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
service had increased access to resources (land) for generations. I slowly came to see that if I didn’t accept the role, I would regret it. I took the offer and was ultimately placed in Denver to work with the Submerged Resources team. Our cohort of interns had a... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
based on Outward Bound's educational philosophy. That path brought him to HBS, with the goal of gaining the organizational skills to put his plan into action. If Georgetown was the catalyst for O'Neill's dream of helping kids before they... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
On a blustery late-December afternoon, sixty students sit watching a video case presentation in a darkened Aldrich Hall classroom. Participants in a special HBS orientation program for new international students,* they hail from thirty... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 06 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB
out." - Kanyi Maqubela INTRODUCING THE BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB The goal of The Black Investment Club is to address the massive underrepresentation of Black investors in venture capital, private equity, and investment management by... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
trying to move the basic building-block skills out of the required curriculum and into prematriculation. Our goal is to free up time for students to delve more deeply into the economic logic required to solve problems and into the larger... View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
National identities vary from society to society in two ways, says Abdelal: in their content and contestation. Content means self-understandings and goals that are cultural, political and economic. Contestation indicates whether the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Departments | Employment
accomplish our goals and juggle many activities at once. Attributes of Successful Staff Members Flexibility Ability to multi-task and appropriately prioritize Eagerness to learn Customer Orientation Good... View Details
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
long-term goals Agile programs usually include a session on the approach of Miyamoto Musashi, known as one of the greatest of all samurai. As a strategist, Musashi's insight was to create a style using two swords simultaneously: a long... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
helps explain why platforms offering a restricted number of candidates can coexist alongside those offering a larger number of candidates, while charging higher prices. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-098.pdf Strategy as Innovation: Emergent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
presentation by suggesting that talking about business and the public sphere was like "dancing about architecture." Business often has no incentive to grapple with public sector problems, and those businesses that choose to embrace a 'stakeholder' View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’
as right, but "transformative" seemed closer to hype. Having seen it happen again and again, I now share the optimism. As our orientation session draws to a close, I join the executives and fellow faculty as we head en masse to Kresge... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
by the telecom industry, entered HBS with the goal of using her time there to find the career she truly wanted. After graduation, she returned to California and held a series of finance jobs in the fashion and apparel industry. Restless... View Details
- Web
How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values - Recruiting
their diversity and inclusion recruiting goals and to communicate their commitment to diversity and inclusion in the recruiting process, there are a lot of questions on how to do this work well. Jennifer Eliason, Associate Director of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
ask questions or to appear vulnerable, and pressuring coworkers to prove themselves through acts of physical bravery. The goal of this company’s training was to enhance employee safety and reliability in a very hazardous workplace. We... View Details
- 22 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club
Kanyi Maqubela INTRODUCING THE BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB The goal of The Black Investment Club is to address the massive underrepresentation of Black investors in venture capital, private equity, and investment management by creating a... View Details