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  • 16 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

everything or giving (workers) only the bad parts of the task,” he says. Companies should invest in peer learning Companies often opt for formal training programs or consulting arrangements with instructors who teach entrepreneurs how to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Women at HBS - Alumni

and Patty White (MBA 1989) , believes in the life-long career power of women. Their programs get women current, connected, and confident to return to work with impact and influence. ReBoot Accel has a suite of training and placement... View Details
  • Web

Doctoral 100 Years - Doctoral

Overview Doctoral 100 Years 1922 Training Men for Teaching Business HBS is authorized by the Harvard University Governing Boards to grant the degree of Doctorate of Commercial Science. 1928 Gragg Awarded First Doctorate of Commercial... View Details
  • 06 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 6

  Publications August 2013 Cengage Learning Principles of Management. 1st ed By: Gulati, Ranjay, Anthony J. Mayo, and Nitin Nohria Abstract—Prepare your students, as managers, to confront today's challenges and opportunities that are more dynamic and complex than ever... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 2021
  • Book

Management as a Calling: Leading Business, Serving Society

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Business leaders have tremendous power to influence our society, how it operates, whether it is fair, and the extent to which it impacts the environment. And yet, we do not recognize or call out the responsibility that comes with that power. This book is meant to... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Power and Influence; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Leadership
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  • January 2023 (Revised April 2024)
  • Case

First to Fight? Culture, Tradition, and the United States Marine Corps (USMC)

By: Ranjay Gulati, Akhil Iyer and Joel Malkin
Over a history of more than 240 years, the United States Marine Corps has forged a distinct culture and institutional identity centered on its “warrior ethos.” In the wars of American history, Marines fought with uncommon valor, rising to international prominence for... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Government Administration; Management Practices and Processes; Management Systems; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; United States
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  • Web

Alumnae Circles - Alumni

safe space for the members to connect. Facilitators receive training from the HBS Career and Professional Development office on confidentiality, conflict resolution, and group dynamics and are invited to connect with other facilitators in... View Details
  • January 2008 (Revised January 2008)
  • Case

Two Brattle Center: A Mental-Health Clinic in Search of a Viable Operating Model

By: Robert G. Eccles
Two Brattle Center (TBC) is a struggling for-profit private mental health clinic based in Harvard Square. Its founder, Dr. Joan Wheelis, is a nationally recognized practicing psychiatrist who has developed outpatient treatment programs based on Dialectical Behavior... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Nonprofit Organizations; Emotions; Health Industry; United States
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  • 21 May 2024
  • News

A New Chapter

schools. Next up is expansion into Sierra Leone, where 5,600 primary schools serve nearly 2 million children. “The solutions that we work with are particularly well-suited for the systemic challenges in sub-Saharan Africa: very large class sizes; huge teacher View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford
  • March 2022
  • Case

Unilever: Remote Work in Manufacturing

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Susie L. Ma
In December 2021, Unilever—one of the world’s largest producers of consumer goods—was in the midst of a pilot project to digitize its manufacturing facilities and enable remote work for factory employees. This was possible because of an earlier project to retrofit a... View Details
Keywords: Change; Globalization; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Human Resources; Jobs and Positions; Operations; Education; Training; Manufacturing Industry
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  • 09 Jun 2022
  • HBS Case

From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages

warehouse workers eager to move up in some of its districts. The company then offered to train those workers to obtain a commercial driver’s license. In exchange for training, workers had to commit to driving for US Foods for two years.... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

A Continuum of Innovation

technological aspects of business. They want to integrate the technical training and experience they have with a broader general management perspective to lead those businesses forward. I expect interest in these sectors to grow. How has... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 09 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

scaling its impact. This led me to seek out opportunities that would allow me to integrate my knowledge of technology, life sciences, and business. When I learned about the MS/MBA joint degree programs in Engineering Science and Biotechnology at HBS, I was immediately... View Details
  • Profile

Maha Malik

first year at HBS has been "a year-long training in how to navigate difference. Through the case method, you learn to form opinions based on imperfect information—it forces you to put yourself out there while learning to remain open.... View Details
Keywords: Consulting; Financial Services
  • 13 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How to Spot a Liar

detecting lies, even among those who are trained to look out for them. "This is early stage research," Malhotra says. "As with any such work, it would be a mistake to take the findings as gospel and apply them too strictly.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Blog

Your Coach Will Help You Become a Better Leader

different, all are designed to accelerate your growth as an individual, a team member, and a leader. Who are the coaches? Our executive coaches are seasoned professionals with proven success working with mid-to-senior-level executives. View Details
  • 17 Jun 2011
  • HBS Case

KFC’s Explosive Growth in China

skipping class. If you decide to skip work—please call in and let us know, so we can make sure your job is covered.'" Trained labor, it turns out, is a very valuable asset even in a land of 1.3 billion-plus people. "Chu's... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Food & Beverage
  • 05 Mar 2009
  • What Do You Think?

How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?

leadership behaviors may depend on the "context" in which they are found. As a result, one might conclude as Mike Leahy did that " I am fascinated with the range of our readers' responses to something I thought was rather straightforward." Harsh... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • Web

Research Computing Services - Faculty & Research

and support. For those with significant computing demands, RCS also facilitates access to other computing resources on campus, including the Odyssey compute cluster, which boasts over 75,000 CPUs. Technology Training RCS, in cooperation... View Details
  • 21 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

can impair an enemy organization’s performance don’t need to come from highly trained federal operatives, but can be pulled off by “ordinary citizens” without special skills or training. “Sometimes when things go wrong, an organization... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman