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  • 17 Dec 2018
  • Blog Post

Thinking of Joining a Board? Christiana Smith Shi (MBA 1986) Shares Her Experience

San Francisco after graduation, and stayed there for 24 years, retiring as a senior partner in 2010. Along the way I had my son, Tim, who is about to graduate from HBS himself. After McKinsey, I joined Nike... View Details
  • 27 Nov 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Voting Democrat or Republican? The Critical Childhood Influence That's Tough to Shake

American political candidates are forecast to spend as much as $12 billion by next November to put ads on airwaves, texts on phones, and signs on lawns. Yet new research from Harvard Business School finds that no amount View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • 06 Aug 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

furnace when it is at the right working temperature and uses a variety of tools to blow, cut, or deform it into the desired shape using skilled hands View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics
  • 29 Nov 2017
  • Blog Post

HBS, A Dream and Trey: How HBS Helped Me Launch My Social Enterprise

"Nice talking to you as well!" I hung up the phone and looked out the window of my company's conference room, high above midtown Manhattan. I had just finished a call regarding my acceptance to HBS... View Details

    Cynthia A. Montgomery

    Professor Montgomery's research centers on strategy and corporate governance. Of particular interest are the unique roles leaders play in developing and implementing strategy; the means organizations use to create value across multiple lines of business; and issues... View Details

    • 07 Apr 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders

    focus on professional identity—the BE component—we turned to the literature on adolescent and adult identity development. Our work was grounded in the constructive-developmental theory View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 13 Jan 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: January 13

    highlight the traits of cities (e.g., size, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 11 Apr 2024
    • Blog Post

    Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

    celestial, or sky. “It also means a shade of the color blue and can be easily translated and understood in languages as different as English,... View Details
    • June 2014
    • Case

    Making Progress at IDEO

    By: Teresa M. Amabile and Katrina Flanagan
    This case focuses on different types of client relationships at IDEO, the value of these relationships for IDEO and clients, and the implications for IDEO designers' everyday experience of work. As new types of client work have shifted away from the more classic design... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Motivation and Incentives; Employees; Customer Focus and Relationships; Service Industry
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    • 08 Apr 2019
    • Blog Post

    Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career

    In 2015, Steve Kloeblen retired and thought he was done with the corporate world. A graduate of HBS Executive Education’s General Management Program, Kloeblen had more than 30... View Details
    Keywords: Technology
    • 01 Sep 2023
    • News

    That Was Then, This Is Now

    It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details
    Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership
    • 02 Apr 2010
    • What Do You Think?

    Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?

    responsibility for poor performance and continue to get highly paid, it's no wonder there is widespread dissatisfaction." E. Shields stated that it may be the result of disappointed expectations:... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett
    • 15 Feb 2022
    • News

    Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method

    HBS, said Bower, is about the notion that “what we teach is how we teach. Cases mean that you have to prepare. Cases mean you work in study groups, cases View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley
    • 04 Apr 2023
    • Blog Post

    African American Student Union Spotlight on Tech

    where I had confirmed my love for marketing but felt held back by my lack of business background. I studied Political Science as an undergrad, and my daily responsibilities focused on the "promotion" side... View Details
    • December 2006 (Revised April 2014)
    • Case

    J. R. D. Tata

    By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
    J.R.D Tata, Chairman of the Indian conglomerate Tata & Sons, played a significant role in building India's economic infrastructure. Under his guidance, Tata & Sons built locomotives, steel refineries, airlines, chemical plants, and technology-based enterprises.... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Development Economics; Working Conditions; Leadership; Infrastructure; Personal Development and Career; Business and Government Relations; India
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    • 24 May 2018
    • Blog Post

    Win/Win Board Assignments: Expert Advice from Board Recruiter Julie Norris

    Geography – the regions in which you have worked – can also play an important part. "Do you have experience in areas the company is expanding into? If, for example, you spent your career in the US, but now live in the EU, your insights... View Details
    • April 2025
    • Case

    Giving Up on a Passion: Elizabeth Rowe at the Boston Symphony Orchestra

    By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon and Alexis Lefort
    For 20 years, Elizabeth Rowe was a world-renowned principal flutist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. But in 2024, Rowe decided to leave her position to pursue a new full-time career as a leadership coach. At 50, Rowe was well under the typical retirement age, and,... View Details
    Keywords: Arts; Small Business; Social Media; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Learning; Music Entertainment; Values and Beliefs; Creativity; Happiness; Identity; Interests; Satisfaction; Motivation and Incentives; Prejudice and Bias; Reputation; Culture; Resignation and Termination; Personal Development and Career; Consulting Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Music Industry; United States
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    • 04 Jun 2018
    • Blog Post

    Reapplying to HBS

    when I received the good news. For applicants who get the “ding” as I did, my suggestion is to brush it off, gain some meaningful work experience to prepare for your career and to contribute in an MBA... View Details
    • 2020
    • Chapter

    Building Emergency Savings Through Employer-Sponsored Rainy-Day Savings Accounts

    By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, J. Mark Iwry, David C. John, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
    Roughly half of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. When financial shocks occur during their working life, many of these households tap into their retirement savings accounts. We explore the practical considerations and challenges associated with helping households... View Details
    Keywords: Savings; Household; Saving
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      Steven C. Wheelwright

      Steve Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.

      Following his retirement from HBS in 2006, he served with former Dean Kim B. Clark at BYU-Idaho and then from 2007-2015 he served as... View Details