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admired had interdisciplinary backgrounds, so when she found herself at Harvard, she knew she wanted to deepen her technical expertise while also building a strong business foundation. [...] Read more 04 Feb 2025 Leadership with Purpose:... View Details
  • February 2024
  • Case

Continuity & Change at Boston Consulting Group

By: David G. Fubini, Suraj Srinivasan and David Lane
As the new CEO of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) since autumn 2021, Christoph Schweizer had big shoes to fill—his predecessor, Rich Lesser, had tripled the partnership’s total revenues and created digital initiatives that contributed 40+% of 2021 revenues, more than... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Change Management; Talent and Talent Management; Governance; AI and Machine Learning; Environmental Sustainability; Leading Change; Risk Management; Organizational Culture; Partners and Partnerships; Revenue; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Succession; Consulting Industry
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  • 04 Jan 2024
  • News

Great Heights

just below the Arctic Circle in Alaska, Denali is protected as part of a national park, which means the sort of semi-permanent infrastructure that aids expeditions elsewhere is not permitted, and climbers have to carry all their own gear. A View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
  • 01 Jan 2007
  • News

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

Chairman & CEO, Ayala Corporation Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Harvard College, 1981 A.B., Economics LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "The ability to find solutions to challenges increases exponentially when you tackle them with a team.... View Details
  • 09 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

effectively lead an agile enterprise—can be aptly applied to the type of leadership required in the current environment. The authors highlight the importance of a rapid feedback loop, such as a brief daily check-in to give and receive... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
  • May 2024 (Revised September 2024)
  • Case

Hakluyt: From Corporate Intelligence to Trusted Advisors

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Lena Duchene
Established in 1995 by a group of ex-British intelligence officers, Hakluyt & Company (Hakluyt) was a corporate advisory firm that generated insights by leveraging a unique blend of internal expertise and a global network of well-connected individuals. Since 2019, the... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Talent and Talent Management; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Corporate Finance; Equity; Stock Shares; Corporate Governance; Business History; Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Leadership Style; Growth Management; Management Succession; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Transformation; Consulting Industry; Europe; United Kingdom; England; London
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Profiles - MBA

company after freshman year taught me that execution is far more important than having a great idea. As an engineer, it's easy to neglect the business side of things, but I quickly learned that success in tech requires both technology and... View Details
  • 05 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

that comes with envy and move people toward admiration instead,” she says. “One way to do that is to acknowledge your struggles or shortcomings.” Brooks co-wrote the February 2018 working paper, Mitigating Malicious Envy: Why Successful... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

technical, financial, and administrative resources to these innovative clinicians and facilitates the development of the ideas so they eventually become medical practice. While successful on many dimensions, Parrish is faced with the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

Entrepreneurs Authors:Paul Gompers, Anna R. Kovner, Josh Lerner, and David Scharfstein Abstract This paper argues that a large component of success in entrepreneurship and venture capital can be attributed to skill. We show that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jul 2012
  • News

How to Be Effective in the Global Economy and the Boardroom: CFOs Offer Lessons Learned on the Journey

  • 31 Mar 2008
  • HBS Case

JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis

the airline faces," Huckman remarks. "He helped the class understand that every organization of this size, particularly one going through this kind of growth, needs to learn from its experience—and that includes successes as... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Air Transportation
  • 07 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

companies often use operating models that fail to meet the needs of the employee, whether that be because of unpredictable scheduling, zero cross-training, or unsustainable job design. These organizations achieve short-term financial View Details
  • 26 Aug 2020
  • Blog Post

Two sides, same coin: How I left the Bay Area as an operator and returned as an investor

leadership team for the Venture Capital and Private Equity Club and the Women in Investing Club. She will be returning to San Francisco after graduation to join Bessemer Venture Partners as a growth-stage investor. She hopes that sharing... View Details
  • 30 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

disclosure of problem information to a large group of outside solvers is an effective means of solving scientific problems. The approach solved one-third of a sample of problems that large and well-known R&D-intensive firms had been unsuccessful in solving... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • December 2001
  • Case

Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (A)

By: Myra M. Hart, Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Harden and Susan Saltrick
Sarah Vickers-Willis, HBS MBA 1999, faces a critical career decision: Does she redirect the Internet start-up she helped found or join in shaping a for-profit firm with a social mission? Sarah, a young Australian business executive, has always strived to "find space"... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Leadership; Internet and the Web; Social Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Business Startups
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  • March–April 2017
  • Article

Hiring an Entrepreneurial Leader: What to Look For

By: Timothy Butler
Aspiring to be innovative and agile, companies of all shapes and sizes want to recruit entrepreneurial managers. But most firms lack a scientific way to separate the true entrepreneurs from other candidates. To address that problem, Butler compared the psychological... View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Leadership Style; Attitudes
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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management - Recruiting

environment fosters that curiosity in students. “Even when an MBA intern is not working directly on a project, that level of curiosity benefits the whole organization.” You Might Want to Read 05 Feb 2025 Leadership with Purpose:... View Details
  • 25 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

  Working PapersA Gentler Capitalism: Black Business Leadership in the New South Africa Authors:Linda A. Hill and Maria T. Farkas Author's Abstract Through her efforts to recruit, hire, and develop minority executives at MTN, a South... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.

been forced to accept uncertainty during the pandemic, Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka, coauthors of the 2019 book The Wise Company, recently developed “six practices to make a better future” to help leaders focus on the most important drivers of simultaneous View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz