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02 Aug 2017
News

The Atlantic Finds a New Home

Bradley wrote, “Against the odds, the Atlantic is prospering. While I will stay at the helm some years, the most consequential decision of my career now is behind me: Who next will take stewardship of this 160-year-old national treasure? To me, that answer, in the... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Talent: The Best Employee Perk?

“[Just] as organizations that invested financial capital more wisely than their rivals performed better in the past, the companies that do the best job of managing time, talent, and energy are the ones that win today’s competitive races.... View Details

04 Oct 2007
What Do You Think?

Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?

Summing Up The clear consensus of those responding to this month's column is that managerial capitalism, as John Bogle terms it, has peaked. But what will follow it is less clear. Many doubt that the form of owners' capitalism represented... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Student-Profile

Anastassia Fedyk

am trying to better understand how psychological biases affect decision-making in organizations and financial markets. I have been long interested in optimal incentive design for employees subject to self-control problems. For example,... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)

before forming Indivers, a holding company that included Europe's first independent maker of extrusion dies. When a fire forced him to rebuild his facility in 1966, he discovered that he could also use his new machines to drill precise... View Details

Keywords: Georges F. Doriot; John G. McLean; Alumni Achievement Award; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

28 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1

Company Conversations are particularly successful for organizations that have not previously recruited at HBS or are attracting a very targeted group of students. A classroom presentation directed at a small group of students may feel... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

14 Dec 2016
Blog Post

Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise

nothing to do with finance in any shape or form and 2) I wanted to find a career with meaning that would combine my aforementioned interests. I was less sure about what function I wanted, but I was intrigued by international strategy... View Details

7 PM – 9 PM EDT, 29 Sep 2016

Alumnae Circles Open House: Washington D.C.

Women's groups are launching- are you interested? Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details

28 Oct 2001
What Do You Think?

What Can We Expect in the Other War?

large, traditional form of organization and workplace? Will both have to be adapted to a need that some talented people may feel for safer, more comfortable "cocoons" in which to work? Will the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 27

explain how to generate ideas with these skills, collaborate with "delivery-driven" colleagues to implement ideas, and build innovation skills throughout your organization to sharpen its competitive edge. They also provide a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

A New Ecosystem for Business and Society

dominant form of organization has been of a hierarchy. Now and in the future, Clark said, many more people in the organization will be responsible for taking action and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Summer Venture in Management | MBA

or club Volunteering in the community Working as a Residential Advisor (RA) Being a team captain or other forms of athletic leadership Contributing to a nonprofit organization Spearheading a new initiative... View Details

08 Dec 2017
News

Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits

students in 2015. In addition to running campaigns, other alumni are forming organizations to support these efforts. Daniella Ballou-Aares (MBA 2001) helped launch the nonprofit Leadership Now after the 2016... View Details

Keywords: politics

01 Sep 2017
News

Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable

already have a stronghold on news dissemination, will start to produce original, high-quality journalism. If this were to happen, how will traditional media organizations continue to add value for their paying users? —Ken Bridges (OPM 29,... View Details

Keywords: April White; New York Times; newspapers; Google; Wirecutter; social media; Facebook; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

think there's a movement away from maximizing shareholder value as the primary focus and motivation for a corporation's existence, and toward a growing recognition that companies are economic institutions that provide benefits to many constituents in the View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2008
News

Alumni Books

brands like Toyota, Nike, Sony, and Nestlé, Blackshaw shows managers and marketers how to establish and maintain credibility for their brand by being authentic, listening and responding to customers, and forming relationships built on... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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HBS - From The Dean

halt, the pandemic required us to find new ways to achieve our mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. It propelled us into a future full of possibilities we otherwise might never have imagined. Over the past year, our vision for that future... View Details

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS

being a beacon for business." 5. Closer Ties To The University Nohria noted that in its formative years, HBS was well served by developing across the Charles River from the Harvard campus. "We didn't want to be a department of... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

28 May 2014
News

Leveling the Playing Field for all Learners

Sal Khan (MBA 2003) is the founder and CEO of Khan Academy. In this video, he talks about new partnerships his organization is forming to bring the tools and advantages of online learning to wider audiences.... View Details

06 Sep 2005
What Do You Think?

What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

organizations fail to learn from what happened in New Orleans, that may be the ultimate tragedy of a series of events that evoked feelings ranging from anger to embarrassment from the largest group of respondents to any of these columns... View Details