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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside Modern HR
job search? MB: There are amazing professors at HBS doing cutting-edge research in this space, so you don’t want to miss the opportunity to learn from people like Nitin Nohria, Bill George, Linda Hill, Boris... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
filled with peacekeeping, nation building, and a whole range of what we call "operations other than war." Not surprisingly, such confusion over roles and missions at the institutional level resulted in serious identity... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2015
- News
Voting for Optimism in Baltimore
reconnecting with the community, being able to walk the streets and talk to leaders, I saw that there is an opportunity for a real galvanization of optimism. People have an optimism and motivation to make a difference. What was missing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Euro Vision
who is speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt London this month, has thrived as a European VC: 1 Go where the companies aren't Rimer started Index Ventures in Geneva, a small city with few startups. His logic: That would force his partners to... View Details
Keywords: Jason Feifer
- Student-Profile
Alexandra C. Feldberg
I grew up in Concord, MA, a small town outside of Boston, famous for the Battle of Lexington and Concord, Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau, and Louisa May Alcott. I majored in history at Columbia College in New York City, and after... View Details
- 22 Jul 2014
- News
Hungry for Change
associated with food insecurity in Minnesota ($1.6 billion annually, according to a study by the University of Minnesota) and what it will take to fix the problem ($300 million, with an estimated 100 million meals missed View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
Constance “CJ” Jones (MBA 2008) had a tough time as a student at her middle school in Durham, North Carolina. Often the only person of color in the academically advanced classes, she felt rejected by both her white and her black peers for... View Details
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
him fly at all. That discussion is a rare surfacing of an issue too often ignored—the problem of mental health in the workplace. “A very interesting question to ask is whether the tragedy will be good or bad for treatment and management... View Details
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
Evaluation, a paper published in 2011. “We know racism and sexism exist. The question is what can we do about it?” Parsons has made a habit of asking surprising questions about economic issues, looking at situations where small factors... View Details
- Profile
Maxeme Tuchman
steps. "One of things I heard from CEO speakers at Coro," she says, "is that it's great to have a goal, but don't become so focused on ‘next steps' that you miss great opportunities that... View Details
- 04 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water
place, or to community – than water. We hope these stories showcase a range of ways in which some alumni have connected their bond with water to action in the business world. Thank you for reading, and please share your stories with us at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
pleasant memories of his class back in the early 1960s. What I remember of Mr. Levitt (he was always “Mister” to me) is his furtive pacing back and forth in front of the blackboard. At the third level were a couple of fellows who even in... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers
continues to grow in North America, that performance data will play a major role in how those take shape.” —Angela Ruggiero Chris Marinak (MBA 2008), Executive Vice President for Strategy, Technology, and Innovation at Major League... View Details
- 14 Dec 2017
- News
Making Movies Is a Class Act
Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, it had both a freshness and an edge to it, which fortunately translated to the screen,” Abrams observes. Crooked House tells the story of a young detective called by his former lover to solve the murder of... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
For Angie’s List, a New Niche? I enjoyed the profile of Angie Hicks (MBA 2000) in the March issue. While pursuing a post-HBS PhD, I supplemented poverty fellowship wages by pounding nails at a small, conscientious hardwood floor... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
crisis is just as crucial as the response.” Over 60 percent of tech outages result in at least $100,000 in total losses, and 15 percent cost upward of $1 million, according to the Uptime Institute, a technology trade group. In severe... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 29 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Virtual Networking Tips from HBS Career Coaches
When you think of networking, the image that may come to mind first is shaking hands and filling up a small plate with cheese and crackers at a networking event. For some, this type of networking comes naturally. For others, networking of... View Details
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
believed wholeheartedly in "the teachability of teaching" and that "a good class discussion can be developed, rather than merely left to the randomness of chance or genetics." He described the essential challenge of... View Details
- 19 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
deals. The problem, according to these executives, is that foreigners are rarely invited. "It's really a perception that foreigners can't appreciate the culture," says Chua. In practice, it means that foreign businesspeople are View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
problems, hence the potential improvements from our framework come at essentially limited extra computational cost. We perform numerical experiments drawn from three di erent application areas (portfolio optimization, inventory... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino