Background - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Oct 2023

Life at HBS Chat with the Midwest Student Association

Virtual Life at HBS Chats are a unique opportunity to hear directly from current HBS students regarding their MBA experience. Join a panel of students from the Midwest Student Association who will share their backgrounds and how they have... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

on how to design and execute high-quality experiments for practical purposes. This book is a hands-on manual for crafting and conducting useful experiments in real-life settings. It guides readers from any background or discipline through... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

31 Aug 2020
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

announced recently they would increase efforts to recruit persons of color, in part a response to the Black Lives Matter movement. Some of the same organizations made similar announcements in the past—yet the numbers of persons with minority View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

going and really able to make a meaningful contribution, and I’m interested in your diverse thoughts and backgrounds and helping us get there.’” The company also provides employee-led online forums that allow people to express and pursue... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

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Nika Duan

proximity to some of the most interesting and thoughtful humans across all different backgrounds and experiences. Being part of the HBS community is like Stepping into your own self-discovery journey alongside the most supportive,... View Details

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Running a Program/Submitting a Job - Research Computing Services

wrappers. When using NoMachine, the default submission scripts run in the background and the interface appears like your desktop. When using pre-defined Unix command wrappers, the scripts are similar to the Unix command line. The user... View Details

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Companies: social responsibility

most sustainable corporations. The following websites give background information on social responsibility issues and companies: Benefit Corp Information Center: Benefit corporations have a corporate purpose to create a... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

was almost unheard of back then), worked one summer during college programming both second- and third-generation languages, and took several computer courses at MIT. I haven't been involved to that extent in a long, long time, but this View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

29 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

Can you share a bit about your background and where you grew up? Zainab Raji I am one of four children born to my Nigerian parents. I grew up in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest commercial hub, and in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. I have fond... View Details

24 Oct 2018
Blog Post

The Energy & Environment Club

backgrounds to finance. “You don’t need to be worried if you don’t have a background in finance,” she shared. “I have a technical background, and I made the leap.” Caroline worked at ExxonMobil prior to HBS... View Details

28 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Making an Impact on the Media Industry with my MBA

considering applying to HBS? One of the things that makes HBS so incredible is that it is a place that celebrates diversity of thought and experience both in and out of the classroom. I would encourage anyone who has a media background... View Details

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

book, which grew out of background notes Moss wrote for his MBA students, is a nontechnical, accessible explanation of broad concepts such as "output," "money," and "expectations"—as well as more specific... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

management of his or her fund than during the Internet bubble. We need a study as to the impact of the funds to see what, if any, new regulations are required. On July 26, 2002, the SEC wrote to major hedge funds asking them to fill out a questionnaire about such... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

about their work. Every CEO role will be different so getting a sense for the day to day in a public company versus a private company, or the differences in company stage and size is helpful. Biographies and LinkedIn profiles of CEOs can also give you a strong sense of... View Details

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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment

organization focused on environmental issues. HBS Forward Fellowship: Helps support students from lower-income backgrounds who have carried significant financial burdens or obligations. It helps ensure that students from all socioeconomic... View Details

27 May 2015
Blog Post

What is an HBS Section?

diversity is one of the key ways learning at HBS works. In a classroom full of different perspectives and backgrounds you understand and work through cases together. The section is the embodiment of this idea. The section is also an... View Details

28 Sep 2023
News

Screen Time

all knew each other and were up to date on all the background news. I think that’s a key thing; we all felt it made the reunion that much more fun.” Looking ahead, no one sees the end of the Zoom gatherings anytime soon, even if the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

22 Dec 2020
Blog Post

The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS

Fellowship, but I am now part of a developing community of other recipients who share similar journeys. All in all, my time at HBS has been transformative (one of the truest clichés that you’ll hear about HBS). I wear my background like a... View Details

2007
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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Find at Harvard

09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

study, he asked a group of online participants to list the important people in their social networks, noting their cultural backgrounds and whether they liked each other. Then he asked them to do a word association exercise that compared... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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