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Mantazh Khanna
I will not let go of my yellow work boots and hard hat. Manager Tan gave them to me at a power plant in Singapore as he proudly showed me around his magnificently built facility. Crisscrossing shiny steel pipes. Towering black furnaces. All View Details
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Emily Hoffman
you care who I am friends with?" Later, my questions were deeper, and often somewhat probing. Things like: "Why does my consulting firm not support my furniture design pursuits?"; "Why do New York City housing prices... View Details
Expanding Horizons
my own ability to analyze the decisions of business leaders in my historical research. My research has benefited enormously from the resources available at Harvard Business School. The materials available across the Harvard libraries... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
How Nonprofits Dilute Their Efforts
“Most of the nonprofits operating today make program decisions based on a mission rather than on a strategy,” writes HBS professor V. Kasturi Rangan in Harvard Business Review. “In fact,” he notes, “many nonprofits don’t have a strategy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
the person directly responsible for a specific area or product line, influenced decisions at least as much as the head of the organization. I had been unable to find anyone at HBS willing to even consider the validity of my insight, but... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- Blog Post
5 Ways the Case Method Changes How You Learn
Each course is taught by evaluating and discussing the decisions and/or actions of a protagonist in a case. A case is essentially a story about a business problem. Each case contains background information, a business situation, and View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Fellowships Celebrated
evening, Kennedy discussed his decision to establish a fellowship in honor of Wertimer, one of his professors at Hamiltion College. Tom Doyle, the student speaker, with Richard Young of the Trinitas Foundation. The group sponsors the... View Details
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
displace—producer innovation in many parts of the economy. We argue that a transition from producer innovation to open single user and open collaborative innovation is desirable in terms of social welfare and so worthy of support by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Taking Time Out for a Challenge
approved a strategic plan for the next three years, as Sierra Leone works to build more resilient systems.” Back at HBS for the 2015–2016 academic year, Manning says she’s grateful her advisors and the doctoral program office supported... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Center Focuses on Europe
via e-mail with Executive Director Vincent Dessain (HBS MBA '87), and Research Associate Anders Sjöman. The School's five centers are charged with supporting the research needs of faculty and developing case studies in their regions. In... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
making decisions that could advance treatment options for patients with rare cancers. Neither of the Linns worked in science or medicine. A few years earlier, rare cancers had not even been on their radar. Now it was possible their... View Details
- 14 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Recruiting During Uncertainty: How to Meet Students Where They Are
When companies encourage students to openly share about their career goals, important connections can be made between the company’s needs and the student’s ability to add value in various roles or functions. This can then lead to better hiring View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 May 2013
- News
Joella Lykouretzos, MBA 2001
for her 10th Reunion, says that giving back to the School “is a way to contribute to a tradition of education that transforms people’s lives.” Her decision to designate her support for entrepreneurship and... View Details
- 20 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Leadership In Challenging Times: Thierry Ibri (MBA 1997)
what inspires me. That and support from our community. This immediate and deep support has helped us say yes more and make the right decisions as the pandemic surges on. Those... View Details
- 29 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
HBS, A Dream and Trey: How HBS Helped Me Launch My Social Enterprise
also a 16-year-old kid unprepared to handle the stress and pressure that accompanied that amount of attention, and the weight of my college decision nearly crushed me. As a first-generation college student, I had no idea what I wanted... View Details
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
government, and not-for-profits. To war against COVID To aid the fight against COVID-19, here are seven key frameworks and approaches with roots in military strategy that are taught in leading Agile and strategy programs. They can help your organization adapt quickly... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
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Woldridge SPNM 2010 In debating how to approach its support of nonprofit leaders to attend... On Course Ivy So For Ivy So (MBA 2015), the decision to attend business school was a to... Breaking the Cycle of... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
supported 100 percent of the budget, so I had to do my job well; but the biggest expense of a foundation is its grants, which is a variable cost, allowing the leeway to handle more investment volatility. At a university like Columbia, we... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
(2) how Duke Energy’s CEO supported pending U.S. legislation addressing climate change, and (3) how Chobani Yogurt’s CEO publicly supported refugees. Students are then provided with the situation faced by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
With more data available than ever before, why would any executive gamble on a hunch—especially for decisions that involve their own employees? An emerging field that uses data to study human behavior at work, “people analytics” is... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand