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01 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." —Henry James As a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at the Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson

23 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do

New research from Harvard Business School reveals a stark gap in the professional ambitions of men and women. Having surveyed a diverse sample of more than 4,000 men and women, a team of social scientists reports a list of potentially controversial findings: Compared... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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HBS Health Care Initiative - Blog: Health Supplement

Blog Blog Health Care and Life Science at HBS Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Blavatnik Fellow Author Blavatnik Fellowship Team Author Executive Education Author HBS Partners Author HBS Staff Author... View Details

Portrait Project

Jerome Fulton, Jr.

license. With the support of family, friends, and mentors, I was able to achieve these goals. My life journey has taught me that talent is somewhat evenly distributed but opportunity is not. This realization inspired me to create the... View Details

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

Katherine L. Milkman, Leslie John, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Many intend to stay fit but fail to exercise or eat healthfully; students intend to earn good grades but study too little; citizens intend to vote but fail to turnout. How... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Mar 2009
Op-Ed

Credit is Not the Bogey

to loan Americans money. In the housing sector, an explosion of subprime lenders gave borrowers deals that were truly too good to be true, trapping them in impossible loans. In the retail sector, credit card agencies flooded mailboxes, offering easy entrée to the good... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas & Eric S. Belsky; Construction; Real Estate; Financial Services

14 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings

Resource Management; HBS doctoral candidate Evan DeFilippis; New York University doctoral student Stephen Michael Impink; and former HBS research associate Madison Singell—studied aggregated, anonymous emails and meeting invitations of... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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For Alumni - Health Care

For Alumni Making a Difference in Health Care Harvard Business School With more than 8,000 graduates working in all health care industries around the globe, our alumni play important roles from supporting faculty with research to helping View Details

07 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 7

of those children. Using data from an online charity that solicits donations for school projects, we found that proposals accompanied by images of older African American students (Grades 6-12) led to fewer donations than proposals with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2022
Blog Post

The Africa Business Conference at HBS: Reimagining the Road Ahead

"Alone, I am nothing, I have nothing. We have power, but we will never see it work, unless we come together to make it work." - Ayi Kwei Armah, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born Ayi's exquisite words summarize my reflections from the recently concluded Africa... View Details

08 Sep 2022
Book

Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?

from decades of teaching students from the Gen X, Millennial, and Gen Z eras. George and coauthor Zach Clayton, CEO of the digital marketing firm Three Ships, urge young leaders to usher in a new way of doing business—one based on... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

06 Aug 2020
Blog Post

My HBS Financial Aid Story: Why I Chose to Invest in My Future

My first thought after getting accepted to HBS was, “I can’t believe I got in! I need to call my mom!” The second was, “How am I going to pay for this?” I grew up thinking debt was unequivocally bad. Many people in my life discussed View Details

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Past Programs - Crossover Into Business

Past Programs Past Programs A pilot program, launched in the fall of 2017 in partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA), involved ten active and recently active NBA players as well as twenty second-year MBA students and... View Details

Profile

Adrian Obleton

leadership skills that would carry me through the rest of my career. Coming to HBS is like Walking into a new world. I'm a first-generation college student and grew up in a low income family. Even with the professional and academic... View Details

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

Hall! Resources Post Summit engagement Opportunities Following the HBS Women’s Summit, there are numerous ways to stay connected to each other, to HBS and to ensure you are leveraging all the resources available to you to navigate your View Details

30 May 2023
News

Finding PRIDE

openly gay students on campus at the time. That was a huge disappointment to me since I had only recently come out in San Francisco. The club played a powerful role in smoothing that transition to life at... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Entrepreneurial Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students MBA Required Curriculum (FIRST YEAR) The Entrepreneurial Manager In order to “educate leaders who make a difference in the... View Details

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

using financial statements Understand GAAP and IFRS standards Prepare and evaluate financial forecasts to make strategic decisions Value a venture, project, or investment opportunity and perform a sensitivity analysis Who Will Benefit College View Details

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PRIMO News Stories - Doctoral

Tech. PRIMO 2021: An Introduction to Research PRIMO is comprised of undergraduate students—also known as fellows—who spend 10 weeks during the summer working on academic business research at HBS. Through their work and program activities, the fellows are exposed to the... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Ahmedabad, and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. A chartered accountant, he holds two master's degrees and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. Cited by his students as a dedicated and innovative teacher, Datar received... View Details

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