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- 24 May 2017
- News
John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
is devoted to his family. Brennan often says he’s the luckiest person in the world, but it’s clear that his success involves considerable amounts of intelligence, hard work, and ambition. A middle-class kid whose early jobs included... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
refinements or radical breakthroughs, improve the performance of established products and services along the dimensions that mainstream customers in major markets historically have valued. Examples: a microprocessor that enables personal... View Details
- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
concept of “maximal sustainable yield”—that is, the amount of goodness that a person can achieve over time without depleting their ability to do good in the future. He argues that mistakes and biases in our thinking keep us from realizing... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
countries. Unilever managers determined to see the differences between markets, when competitors saw the similarities. It was regarded as legitimate for all components of Unilever to pursue diversification opportunities with limited consideration for overall corporate... View Details
- 11 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive
Francesca Gino: We can divide leaders out there into three buckets. The first bucket is executives who say, I want to bring more diversity into the organization and think about equity and inclusion, but this is not at the top of my View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
the owner. And, of course, on the personal side, having a wife and family sets up a whole new list of priorities that weren't present at graduation. Is there anything that you've missed out on because of the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 30 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS
year at Google, and it still felt like a dream. I loved my role. My coworkers and managers were expert mentors. I felt like the company’s top priority (so did everyone else!). I played soccer twice a week on Google’s idyllic Mountain View... View Details
- 09 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations
results for both sides. The person inflicting injury will almost always end up losing—psychologically, socially, and/or financially—as well. This is obvious in a negotiation between family members who want or need to keep a mutually... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
- 30 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)
other forms of identity. I am grateful to be a part of the WSA, which has given me an incredible opportunity to contribute to the community of women on campus. My name is Emily Roberts (MBA 2023) and I’m a co-president of the WSA. Supporting women View Details
- 14 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association
excited to co-create the in-person Jewish experience at HBS throughout the upcoming year. JSA Priorities for 2022-2023 Our leadership team is passionate about building connections - whether among Jewish students at HBS, across other... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Fostering Diversity
as a motivation for their philanthropic support. “When we consider the impact that we personally can have on society versus the impact that HBS can have, the School wins, hands down,” says Ben. The couple has designated their recent... View Details
- Web
Digital Innovation - Alumni
new ways. HBS for Life HBS supports alumni in their professional development and personal growth at every age or career stage through extensive online resources and programs and events. How You can Help The easiest way for donors to... View Details
- Profile
Nashae Roundtree
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I reached a decision point where I needed to decide if I wanted to continue becoming more specialized or pivot out of my role to strengthen my strategic business leadership skills. Knowing my long-term View Details
- Web
Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services
particularly in the batch queues. To prevent this, the batch queues use Fairshare: each person has a dynamic priority score that decreases as you use more compute. This allows the scheduler to move those... View Details
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
sectors of a developed economy cannot. He says, "jobs that create wealth are the absolute foundation for any economy this excludes most of the 'non-tradable' (largely personal service) jobs." While manufacturing jobs are among the most... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
together people from the same city, some of whom may not have met before, YALP is designed to accelerate the sort of relationship-building that will make it easier to pick up the phone back home, ask for help, and bring about change more quickly. “On a View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
L.E. Simmons
the recent boom in service stocks, he still claims to "spend more time thinking about how to minimize risk than about how to make more money." Twenty-five years into his career, Simmons finds his priorities essentially unchanged. "I still... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
priority criteria, e.g., waiting time, medical urgency, etc., or a combination thereof. Rather than making specific assumptions about fairness principles or priority criteria, our method offers the designer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
Mythical Person Month” OR “Nine women can’t make a baby in one month” just sayin’.) There are also many blog posts explaining why full stack engineers are unicorns. Yet, when I did my latest poll on Twitter on top hiring View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee
noise. For phone meetings, introduce yourself before speaking. “This is...” Engage Your Employees As a manager, it’s important for you to consider what has worked well for your team in person and how you can replicate or build upon those... View Details