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- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
research on virtual communication tools, Ping is the necessary playbook for mastering virtual communication to increase productivity, gain influence, and deepen connections A Layperson’s Guide to the Middle Ages in Western Europe By Brian... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Writing this letter in early spring, I am mindful of the events that have unfolded recently in the Middle East. My thoughts and those of each board member go out to everyone who is touched by these developments and especially to those... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite
some difficult twists and turns. Promotions, for instance, are typically much harder to come by in the early stages of their careers than they are for whites. And once they make the leap into middle and... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
Leveraging the HBS platform to enter social enterprise
Hampshire, but attended undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. At Penn, I double-majored in Urban Studies and Political Science, and spent much of my non-academic time working for an organization that starts debate teams in Philly’s public high... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
and taking care of a family. "It gave me a lot of enthusiasm and motivation as well as a chance to step back and see the presidency at a distance. I could think!" she says. As the mother of two children, ages eight and two, Meyer rarely has time for such contemplation.... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?
underserved markets, the panelists said. Public markets are "anemic" for small and mid caps, so the exit question is more difficult to analyze than in the U.S., said Walid Serge Sarkis (HBS MBA '97), a principal in Bain Capital,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path
Plastic bottles are sorted for recycling at Cedar Environmental on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon. Professor Nien-hê Hsieh tries to bring his students to the “gray area”—that uncomfortable and all-too-common space where leaders face View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel
change while building new capacity. While many countries, including the US, are in the middle of a “clean transition,” India is currently faced with the grand task of a “clean build:” two-thirds of India’s infrastructure has yet to be... View Details
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
and jerk of your carry-on up to the overhead. An inelegant flop into the middle seat completes the journey—until the passenger in front shoves her seat back, removing your kneecaps. But new research shows that—in addition to these... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
potential use of power, and motives. As Matthew Tuttle suggested, "Many of the traits are ... difficult to see in an interview." One answer to the challenge was suggested by Kirk Richardson: "There is only one true way to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 06 Mar 2018
- News
A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale
With a father in the US Air Force, Vivian Hunt (MBA 1995) moved often as a young girl, living in places as far flung as Montana, Alabama, and Japan. That experience was difficult at times, but it developed her ability to engage across... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
Harvard Business School started its Japan Research Office in December 2001—smack in the middle of an incredibly turbulent time for the country's economy. The boom years of the 1970s and 1980s—when Japanese management practices and... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 02 Dec 2002
- What Do You Think?
How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?
really know? Has enough attention been focused on what is an admittedly difficult issue to examine, considering that compensation is only one of many factors in an organization's performance? Given the fact that we're talking about tens... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Profile
Benjamin Wells
professional. "The first thing that jumps out at me," he says, "is how difficult it is for professors to do. They're masters at soliciting opinions, then circling back forty-five minutes later to ask for elaborations. I'm... View Details
- 14 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
"It'll All Work Out": Two Alumni Discuss Balancing Marriage and Markets
that 'it'll all work out,' yet often it really does," says Charlie. "But sure, it can be frustrating when you're in the middle of it!" Reflecting on their mutual experiences, Charlie says, "We came to graduate school thinking that HBS... View Details
- 01 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making
it was difficult for anyone at headquarters to make educated decisions and communicate them to branch offices. In those cases, it was natural to cede control of daily operations to a local manager. With today's networking technologies,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Class Day & Commencement
experiences at HBS, Schock noted, “We've all learned there's no better place in the world to be than here. In the future, we'll realize there's no better place to be from.” Plunkett praised the character of his classmates, observing that “whether responding to tragedy,... View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
contact. While some businesses have boomed amid demand for videoconferencing and collaborative technology, the CEOs of other firms will likely face difficult decisions, if they haven’t already. On a personal level, CEOs faced many of the... View Details
- 16 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
Out of PE, Into Africa
of my youth ("we should open a bar in the Bahamas!"), this nagging desire to do something off the grid as a family wouldn’t go away. I could see the last vestiges of childhood slipping away in my daughter, who didn’t yet have a cell phone and was about to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
negotiations between producers and buyers, with a trader in the middle who typically knows the market better than either side. “You have to understand them and their problems and the market better than they do. You have to be an absolute... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres