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- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
It is a classic leadership challenge of the early twenty-first century: How do you steer your business and motivate your people to pursue breakthrough growth while giving proper attention to executing the here and now with the utmost care... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 03 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Siblings at HBS: Katie and Tyler Harris
growing up? Katie – It was always in the back of my mind, but was never a specific part of the plan. I realized more explicitly in my first year of private equity how much having an MBA would contribute to my career in the future, whether... View Details
- 24 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the Latino Student Organization
elevates underserved and underrepresented communities. As Co-President of LASO, I’m looking forward to growing our thriving Latino familia on campus – developing sustainable models for the HBS community to give View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
team. Incorporate unanticipated, random complications and consider scheduling exercises during peak and non-peak business hours. Ensure the dissemination of clear crisis management procedures to provide structured and effective responses during disruptions to all team... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
together" “These psychological costs of moving are really important because, if you think about it, if you get career benefits and, in many cases, a wage increase from moving, what might be holding people back is their attachment to... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
Illustrations by Franziska Barczyk Illustrations by Franziska Barczyk Back in 1985, when Michael Jackson paid what at the time was an eye-popping $47.5 million for ATV Music—and with it the Beatles’s back... View Details
- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
trade, of what we do in the West to these countries—if we are extracting trillions of dollars in minerals from Congo and giving back a few million or even a billion in aid over time, then you have to really... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
you arrive at HBS in 1985. Where did the company stand? And what challenges was it facing? Warwick: Back in the '80s, newspaper companies were still doing pretty well. It was before the internet, so the bulk of newspaper revenues come... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
Exploring in a Passion Safe Environment
landscape and ecosystem, and develop an understanding of various corporate structures / lifestyle including business “vocabulary”. They’ve taught me that it’s not okay to tell my classmates to, Drop and give me 50! when they use the wrong... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
What is Web3?
Web3, a new era of the internet, uses blockchains, tokens, and wallets (tools for storing and managing digital assets) to facilitate a wide range of services and functionalities, including the transfer of assets from person-to-person. It represents a paradigm shift... View Details
- 25 Aug 2021
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
Back in 2011, when Melissa Zaikos (MBA 2000) first began digging deeply into the standardized test scores of the Chicago Public Schools system, she saw that elementary schools seemed to be getting better in the Chicago area. But once... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Forecasting ’15
once it is in there, it is my belief that it will give back to the health care system. Patients, doctors, hospitals, government, insurance companies, and researchers will all make better decisions in health... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Video Blog: My Experience in the Joint MS/MBA Engineering Sciences Program
here at Harvard Business School through the 2+2 Program back when I was still in undergrad. Basically what happened was, I was given an opportunity to apply for a spot in a later class here at Harvard Business School, after I completed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
units a year, but back when volumes were small, one full container of product would be everything I would have to sell for a quarter. And I had an entire container of goods that came damaged. I had to call up the customers who I fought so... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’
in front of a standing-room-only audience at the Harvard Innovation Lab at Harvard Business School. Other participants included Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, Houston Texans running back Arian Foster, and Domonique Foxworth,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
back in our New Orleans office. Any employee could dial into the conference call. And we did what you’re supposed to do, which is to give people the facts. That communication was vital. What role did the... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Action Plan: Just Breathe
suffering—from chronic back pain, insomnia, and asthma. “My body was failing in response to the way I was approaching life,” he says now. “It was the cumulative impact of a long career of high expectations, high performance, and high... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Profile
Deborah A. Farrington
back in the 1960s. “Growing up, I had an exposure to Wall Street, which I found really fascinating,” Farrington recalled. “I went onto the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange when I was about ten. It was about... View Details
- 16 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs
different perspective is enlightening. A: We heard the phrase "sea turtle" a few times. These are the Chinese who spend significant time abroad and then come back to China to "lay eggs," that is, start new ventures. In... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Ameel Somani
structures," he says, "I had to consider competitive position and how we'd grow going forward." Combining passions Despite his satisfaction with investment banking, one important area remained unfulfilled: helping others. "I grew up in a family... View Details