Foundations - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jul 2019
HBS Case

Walmart's Workforce of the Future

approach to the customer experience, with an emphasis on employee training and improved ecommerce and automation technology, both on the floor and in back office roles. One foundational move to beef up its technology was Walmart’s $3.3... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

07 Nov 2023
Blog Post

Get to Know the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association

career in business. While we all served in uniform in different ways, there is so much we have in common - that strong foundation makes our community special and unique. For me, the opportunity to serve as a leader within the AFAA is a... View Details

06 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

Leader. Dimensions of entrepreneurial leadership A literature review combined with interviews of successful entrepreneurs helped the team define key factors that formed the foundation for the self-assessment. These dimensions were further... View Details

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17 Jan 2020
In Practice

6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart

theme." Leonard A. Schlesinger, Baker Foundation Professor and co-author of What Great Service Leaders Know and Do. 6. They avoid distractions “They focus!” Rebecca M. Henderson (@RebeccaReCap), John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Applegate Baker Foundation Professor, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Emerita Lynda M. Applegate is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS and is Chair of the Advisory Committee for Harvard... View Details

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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

need-based fellowship awards and is awarded for the two years of the MBA program. This fellowship was created in 1988 by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and Richard L. Menschel, MBA 1959, to encourage students from the not-for-profit... View Details

2018
Book

The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy

By: Sophus A. Reinert

The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” continue to haunt our political and economic imaginations, but we rarely consider their interconnected early history. Even the 18th century had its “socialists,” but unlike those of the 19th, they paradoxically sought to make the... View Details

Keywords: Enlightenment; Political Economy; Italy; Commercial Society; Economic Systems; Trade; History; Markets; Society; Italy

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Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships

By: Sen Chai and Willy C. Shih

Scientific research and its translation into commercialized technology is a driver of wealth creation and economic growth. Partnerships to foster the translational processes from public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, to private firms are a... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Firm Performance; Public-private Partnership Funding; Translational Research; Small And Medium Enterprises; Partners and Partnerships; Public Sector; Private Sector; Performance; Science-Based Business; Innovation and Invention

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February 2009 (Revised September 2009)
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Investing in Early Learning as Economic Development at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank

By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta

In his role as Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Minneapolis Fed), Art Rolnick and his colleague, Rob Grunewald, had written "Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return." The... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Early Childhood Education; Investment Return; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Performance Effectiveness; Nonprofit Organizations; Minneapolis; Saint Paul

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01 Nov 2013
HBS Seminar

Eric Olson, Chief Scientific Officer at Syros Pharmaceuticals

21 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change

Public trust in business remains relatively unshaken amid economic turbulence and a lingering pandemic, even as faith in the media and government falters, but leaders could do more to address social issues, a new global opinion survey shows. However, not everyone... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization - Recruiting

critical foundation of anti-racism work. “We’re not talking about things that happened that long ago either,” she said. “MLK would be the same age as Barbara Walters if he was still alive. My grandfather could not vote until his 30s. The... View Details

06 Sep 2016
Blog Post

What Makes the HBS MBA unique?

there are five key things that make the HBS MBA unique. 1. The Case Method As you’ve probably heard, the case method is the foundation for the HBS curriculum. The case method makes for a highly engaging and enriching learning experience.... View Details

Portrait Project

Nicolle Richards

I experienced immense heartbreak and agony as I lost my faith, slowly, then all at once. As the child of missionaries, Christianity had been the foundation of my entire life. But two years into college, three read-throughs of the Bible,... View Details

Fast Answer

Financial databases: certification and training

the markets and finance. Designed by industry-leading instructors at Training the Street and finance experts at LSEG, the program offers a carefully organized educational series that delivers a clear framework of the foundations of the... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

3-Minute Briefing: Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966)

ingenious in inventing green alternatives. We may hate to do long-term stuff to protect our grandchildren, but at least we’re inventive. Jeremy Grantham is Cofounder and chairman of GMO, and Founder of Grantham Foundation for the... View Details

Keywords: climate change; finance; sustainability; prediction; Finance

18 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

25 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?

cross-sector and cross-border partnerships needed to execute the model. Adding new information about how pharmaceutical companies handle global public health challenges. Jessica Martinez, a former Big Pharma executive who joined the Bill & Melinda Gates View Details

Keywords: by Esther Schrader; Pharmaceutical; Health

19 Jan 2024
News

The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

So using the short-form video. Yes, get out there in the traditional spaces, but also use the video camera in everybody's pocket to reinforce the message that you're trying to send. DM: The book culminates in a chapter that focuses on forward movement using all these... View Details

June 2023
Article

Can Purpose Foster Stakeholder Trust in Corporations

By: Ranjay Gulati and Franz Wohlgezogen

As part of institutional changes toward more responsible capitalism, firms increasingly articulate a purpose beyond simply profit as a central tenet of their governance. Management scholarship has noted the potential advantages of such purpose-focus for stakeholder... View Details

Keywords: Stakeholder Management; Moral Identity; Mission and Purpose; Trust; Corporate Governance; Business and Stakeholder Relations

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