Recording - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

general competencies into company- and job-specific expertise, develop relationships, and make a contribution to organizational performance in relatively short order. Once they begin to make a contribution to organizational performance (perhaps in a limited way at... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

15 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

This Workplace Certification Made Already Safe Companies Even Safer

of workplaces every year. The endeavor required the team to seek “special sworn status” from the US government to view confidential records of workplace injuries. Already safe workplaces became even safer The team concluded that:... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

02 May 2025
Blog Post

How to Work with Search Firms

they’ll also see you as a stronger candidate—someone who really knows the industry they’re targeting. Start with Firms That Know You If a firm has contacted you in the past, begin with them—they at least know about you. Keep a record of:... View Details

15 May 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

The Promises and Limitations of Big Data

How Will the Age of Big Data Affect Management? How do we avoid losing useful knowledge in a seemingly endless flood of data? Jim Heskett's readers offer some wise suggestions. Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Utilities; Public Administration; Health

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Sarah McConville | About

advertising sales. As Group Publisher, she established a subscriber-focused product and analytics strategy that has driven record subscription and circulation growth for HBR. Earlier in her career at Publishing, Sarah was Publisher of HBR... View Details

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Diversity and Equity - Alumni

Racial Equity Summer fellowships enabled a record 161 MBA students to work in social enterprise. Many of them chose to focus on advancing racial justice. PLAN FOR RACIAL EQUITY An ambitious effort to advance racial equity both within and... View Details

18 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?

No IPO in recent memory has received as much negative pre-public publicity as WeWork, which provides shared workspaces and services for startups and other enterprises. The outpouring of criticism has focused on a number of items including a View Details

Keywords: by Nori Gerardo Lietz; Financial Services; Real Estate

12 Jan 2023
News

‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data

lending process driven solely by data. Working for Amazon in Seattle at the time, he went to some data-scientist friends armed with 1.2 million Small Business Association (SBA) loan records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

31 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

system by repeatedly downloading their own papers, so that others would see the high download count and assume that these particular papers were very popular. SSRN maintains detailed historical records of every paper download and is able... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2023
News

Toward a Life Well Lived

learning with and supporting each other in the pursuit of a life well lived,” says Perlow. “We’ve come to understand that you can’t teach crafting your life in a semester; it’s a lifelong journey.” What Matters Most? “We know money matters. We keep financial View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

own assumptions of other cultures—for example, by keeping a cultural journal in which they record their thoughts and observations. In the workplace, managers can create cultural "awareness moments," as HBS Associate Professor Tsedal Neely... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?

adaptability of the organization over time. As he put it, "By focusing too strongly on financial records (and audit committee work), we lose sight of the fact that departments like operations and human resources are very important... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Providers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

locally and geographically in areas of strength. Embrace information technology. Electronic records and the ability to exchange and share information are indispensable to excellent medical practice. View Details

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Summer Associates | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

How to Post Your Commitment Why Hire a Summer Associate? HBS students offer exceptional talent, a record of accomplishment, demonstrated leadership potential, cooperative spirit, and a commitment to making a difference. As part of their... View Details

September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
Case

Algramo

By: Michael Chu, Monica Silva and Mariana Cal

Founded in 2013 by José Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the “poverty tax” (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood grocery stores... View Details

Keywords: Packaging-as-a-wallet; Plastic Waste; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Reusable Packaging; Alliances With FMCGs To Meet ESG Goals; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Value Creation; Goals and Objectives; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Latin America; South America; Chile

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Educators

Purchase

01 Mar 2023
News

Step Change

and create a competitive track record for the country.” Enan grew up with her parents and sister in the Osman Towers, a block of apartments overlooking the Nile River. She graduated from Cairo University in 2006 with a degree in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

witnessed by Joseph Mahler, "SX-70 Record Notes 12/19/43 to 2/5/44" folder, Polaroid Corporation Records, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. 54. Eudoxia Muller later married Dr. Robert Woodward, an organic chemist who worked as a... View Details

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Judges - Alumni

Bessemer Venture Partners Owen Tseng, GMP 18 President & CEO, Quintessentially Canada KEY DATES OCT 1 Tuesday October 1, 2024 2025 Application Round Opened DEC 5 Thursday December 5, 2024 Past aNVC Winners Panel Virtual Session View View Details

03 Jul 2013
What Do You Think?

What Are the Limits of Transparency?

presentations and record them for our internal Web site. We open that for review to a 360-degree workshop. What happened? You cannot lie You are going to put your best work into it ." This policy may not be appropriate for all... View Details