Strength and Weakness - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty

how aptly those words apply to her own inner strength and exceptional ability. Photography by Webb Chappell Shari P. Hubert Scott C. Bolick Herman I. Safin Margaret M. Crotty Christopher S. Yeh Raymond M.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Indoor Spaces | About

Room The Tim Day Fitness Room in Shad Hall was made possible through a generous donation from Timothy T. Day (MBA 1964) and the Timothy T. Day Foundation. The project, completed in the summer of 2019, united Shad Hall’s cardio View Details

09 Jun 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

value of their intellectual property. Q: How effective are copyright law and patent law, both here and globally, in protecting IP? What are the weaknesses that companies need... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

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Overview

Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course) The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the... View Details

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Video: MBA Moms Celebrate Mother’s Day

son. His name is Christian, born in my first semester of my second year of my MBA. Cecilia Liu: There's no best time to have kids. I had the kids before I applied for grad school. In fact, I think I find myself deriving a lot of my View Details

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

pairs and filled out worksheets about their strengths and weaknesses as salespeople. They then compared notes and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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HBR Classics - Alumni

HBR CLASSICS Through the years, a number of Harvard Business Review articles written by Harvard Business School faculty and others have risen to “classics” status – articles that are so groundbreaking in their scope or elemental in their... View Details

19 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Company Loyalty

company uses assessment tools and career coaches to identify employees' strengths and decide how to best leverage those talents for the company's good. The company also... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

economic shocks that could have a life-threatening impact on a large corporation. There also are stronger institutions to verify and confirm the strength and legitimacy of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things

“Global Survival Kit” condition chose to donate all six items, compared with just 5 percent in the “gift” condition and 3 percent in the cash condition. “The strength of the increase was a really nice... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

nature," the strengths and possibility of a given person or enterprise, leaders must also be able to see an individual or organization's weaknesses. And the case points to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Our Values | About

suggestions and ideas. We want our campus to be safe, secure, and vibrant. Closing Thoughts We must find a way forward. Why? Because if we can’t do it here—drawing on the View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

3-Minute Briefing: Frances Haugen: (MBA 2011)

I went to a Montessori preschool. My parents were very big on the idea that children are people and treated me with great seriousness. If they asked me to do something, I was allowed to ask why. Debate was a big part of my high school experience. Coaching debate... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; whistle blower; Facebook; leadership; social media

24 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions

of fun and speaks to the strength of joint degree relationships! Is the joint degree schedule really challenging? Can JD/MBAs still do extra things like the law clinics, law review? Although JD/MBAs... View Details

04 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Tech Club

all levels of tech experience and knowledge. What do you hope students get out of their membership? Our goal is that students (regardless of their skill level) can enter the club and, through the experiences View Details

10 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself

personal strengths and talents, to make sure that you are leveraging them in the work that you do, or in your personal life, rather than quieting them down. Gazette: How does authenticity affect someone’s... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

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Interviewing - Alumni

the conversation ask about next steps. Thank the recruiter for his/her time, and follow up with a thank you note. Interview Questions + – General Interview Questions Tell me about yourself. What are your View Details

20 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

and Oprah Winfrey, individuals who have thrived in their respective industries partly because they consistently pursued something more than the next market-dictated score. All of these forces are gaining View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

09 Sep 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Perspectives from the Boardroom--2009

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch, Joseph L. Bower, Clayton S. Rose & Suraj Srinivasan

01 Dec 2023
News

A Continuum of Innovation

it is the heart of what makes the HBS MBA a shared educational experience across generations. It is deeply important to us, therefore, to continuously invest in the RC, building on its long tradition of strength while leaning into change... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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