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My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service - Recruiting

management intern with the Submerged Resources Center (SRC). The SRC is the NPS national dive program, responsible for documentation, research, and maintenance of shipwrecks, reefs, downed WWII planes, boat docks, and everything in between. My role was to help them... View Details

14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

the intermediate future. Terms and conditions related to work should be temporary, and companies should actively experiment to learn how to balance the concerns of employees with the need to maintain productivity. Emphasis should be... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

High Commitment High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage explains why and how to align the two. "High commitment, high performance (HCHP) companies are firms designed and led by their founders or by... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Your Coach Will Help You Become a Better Leader

different, all are designed to accelerate your growth as an individual, a team member, and a leader. Who are the coaches? Our executive coaches are seasoned professionals with proven success working with mid-to-senior-level executives.... View Details

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Financial Aid - Alumni

of experiences and perspectives to the classroom and make it possible for recipients to pursue career paths based on interest and potential impact rather than student debt. A Tradition of Philanthropy Watch this 3-minute video to learn... View Details

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

chypre, and was the first perfumer to sell his wares in elegantly designed glass bottles, rather than in the pharmaceutical bottles used previously. An ambitious believer in globalization, he even sent his energetic mother-in-law to open... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

01 Mar 2023
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Toward a Life Well Lived

Illustration by Valerie Chiang Illustration by Valerie Chiang In many states, you’re required by law to get your car inspected annually, and if there’s something wrong, you get the car serviced, says Professor Leslie Perlow. But how many of us bring that level of... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

30 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Future of IT Consulting

expertise in designing and coding complex computer applications. SAP and Seibel have developed unique package software, and have provided specialized consulting services to assist in the implementation of the package software. A third... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

million a year, and which critics argue is both financially and environmentally unsustainable. In the early 1970s, the city switched from metal trash cans to plastic bags, thereby establishing what Cohen has called a “rat nutrition program.” In the modern era, modest... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

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Recognizing Our Donors - Alumni

Advancing business as a force for good in the world by helping HBS develop new insights and tools to address key societal challenges Digital Data Design Institute Donors Positioning HBS and Harvard overall as global leaders in reshaping... View Details

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

is divided into two paths: New Leaders and Experienced Leaders. The New Leaders path is designed for people with zero to three years of managerial experience and five or more years of overall professional... View Details

02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

will correspond to the technical patterns of dependency in the system under development. Thus the hypothesis predicts that developers with few or no organizational linkages will design independent system components, while developers with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Unleashing Capability Featured Exercises Explore the internal drivers of your motivations as a leader through the Personal Values Questionnaire self-assessment Video upload: Deepen your understanding of how others experience you as a... View Details

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Your Alumni Community - Alumni

a myriad of issues. Circles are designed to foster genuine relationships between alumnae, and give women the opportunity to learn from, support and inspire one another – both personally and professionally. Reunions Reconnect with... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

other research here , Adi’s other research here , and Jonathan’s other research here . More Info Business Credit Programs in the Pandemic Era By: Samuel G. Hanson , Jeremy C. Stein , Adi Sunderam & Eric Zwick OCT 2021 The authors develop models that speak to the goals... View Details

26 Jun 2013
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How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case

of designing and launching the TV Game was $50,000; revenues were $7.3 million. All this and more is detailed in a 1985 HBS case study, "R&R"—the name of Reiss's company—which was supervised by Professor Howard Stevenson (and prepared by... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

03 Apr 2018
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New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

less busy than the present, they may underweight the value of these purchases. We examine the impact of debiasing this previously unexplored barrier of consumer decisions to "buy time" in a field experiment with a U.S.-based... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2023

HBS Global Voices: International Student Insights

Join us for a virtual session designed for current international college students as we discuss the opportunities and experiences awaiting you at Harvard Business School. The event will include a panel of... View Details

28 May 2013
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First Look: May 28

Publications 2006 Journal of Organization Design The Strategic Fitness Process: A Collaborative Action Research Method for Developing Organizational Prototypes and Dynamic Capabilities By: Beer, Michael Abstract—Organizations... View Details