Health Testing and Trials - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

financial stability, political representation, and average health and educational outcomes. But this research has done little to demonstrate the effects of inequality. Some... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

these reviews was cut. As a consequence, the transfer of tacit (or experiential) knowledge across projects began to suffer. In a transformation effort like FBC, which was based primarily on trial and error... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2014
News

The Digital Deck

exam at a testing center to receive the HBX CORe certificate. HBX Courses A second piece of HBX will comprise specialized courses, with an initial lineup of faculty members and courses that includes Clay... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

21 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

Drawing on lessons from the battlefield is common practice for business leaders seeking tested strategies to succeed against adversity. Today, the battle against COVID-19, an invisible enemy, feels to many observers like a military... View Details

Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo

19 May 2016
Blog Post

5 Lessons from Business School

will be forced out of your comfort zone daily Each day in class, you will take a position on a variety of choices presented in case studies. HBS requires you to defend that position while being open to critically listening to opposing views. This is the best View Details

03 Mar 2020
News

Can This Man Change the American Diet?

to be more of a traditional health food restaurant and they’re disappointed and we get notes periodically from people saying, "I can’t believe you use oil." But I think what... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

01 Dec 2009
News

Alumni Books

Major Career Transitions by Michael D. Watkins (PhDDS ’92) (Harvard Business Press) Although leaders get their toughest tests in career transitions, far too often they fail to move effectively into new roles. Watkins shows how to survive... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Short Takes

needed. In his working paper, "Sustainability and the Firm," HBS associate professor Forest L. Reinhardt draws on the economics and accounting literature in developing a two-part View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

07 Sep 2021
News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2

this second part of our Skydeck conversation with Immelt, we talk about the trials of the financial crisis, the loneliness of life at the top, and what his post-GE career in education View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

The Protagonist Goes Prime Time

Buell sprints from the Skydeck, his gray jacket flapping, to add another student idea to the slowly growing list on the chalkboard. The Managing Health Care Delivery Executive Education class is brainstorming ways to improve the customer... View Details

Keywords: April White

20 Jul 2020
News

Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online

but was glad she was able to curb the infection rate.” The city, she added, also received $30 million in federal loans for small business as well as food and rent assistance. Under her leadership, the homeless have been View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2005
News

Venture Capital’s Comeback

WILCOX: “At the height of the boom, all venture-capital funds had LPs begging to get in. Today, the really good funds are back competing for the very best deals.” With roughly half of the nation’s venture-capital firms and scores of... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Mar 2008
News

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

look at leadership in American public life. If you spend as much time as I do around politicians, you hear a lot about leadership. They all promise to offer it, in different shapes and forms. Strong leadership. Bold leadership. View Details

Keywords: Government

01 Mar 2011
News

James McNerney Jr.

"Pilots Push 787 Dreamliner to the Limit" - Watch some take-offs and landings best left to the test pilot professionals. "Capturing the Birth of the Dreamliner" - Photographer Ed Turner documented the global... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 1998
News

Managing the Business of Life

the company, from light bulbs to medical systems to financial services. It was a very valuable time for me because I gained hands-on experience applying 'quality' principles to the environmental health and... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

No Place Like Home

problem is likely to get worse because of a widening income gap and a shrinking stock of low-income units. As a result, business may eventually have to take a more proactive stance, as it has with education View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

Web

HBS - Financials | From the CFO

Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information From the CFO In fiscal 2021, Harvard Business School navigated the operational and financial challenges of the global pandemic by staying true to its... View Details

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Online Dynamic Teaming Course | HBS Online

dynamic teaming is and its importance Build skills to create psychological safety and foster inclusion Recognize and address unconscious, implicit, View Details

16 Jan 2018
News

Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits

sending nonprofit leaders from all over the world to HBS. In the last 16 years, HBSASNE has sent 33 local nonprofit leaders to the SPNM program, representing a wide range of social action, from addressing homelessness and improving... View Details