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25 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Women's Student Association

given me an incredible opportunity to contribute to the community of women on campus, in a meaningful way, and make new friends. My name is Yarden Halperin (MS/MBA 2022) and I’m a co-president of the WSA, along with Ziana. I was born and raised in Israel, and moved to... View Details

15 Aug 2022
Book

University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

case studies of several universities from Boston and Beijing to Berlin and Berkeley. Why are publicly funded universities so important? “Public institutions in the United States educate three-quarters of all American university students.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

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Historical Data Visualization - Business History

Boston Consulting Group Trends Over Time Managing Distance Broadband Subscriptions per 100 People Trends Over Time Corporations Carrefour: Countries of Operation Trends Over Time Corporations Coca-Cola: Countries with Bottlers Trends Over... View Details

15 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

skills. And fast. “I always tell undergrads that what you're learning is how to learn a set of skills that will have to change over time as demands change,” Greenstein says. “You should expect a dynamic market and a changing set of demands.” About the author Rachel... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

05 May 2020
Research & Ideas

China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

the trade war,” Cavallo says. To the extent that tariffs exacerbate the cost of the pandemic, their continued application could further drag down the American economy, harming companies and consumers alike. In the end, companies may have no choice but to pass their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

Portrait Project

Shivangi Goel

I donned a yellow hazmat suit, gloves, boots, face shield and N95 and walked into a locked-in COVID-19 facility that was created in the Boston Convention Center. I was terrified. There was so much uncertainty, with chaos, confusion and... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Now Starring: Single Dad

son, Robby. Wand’s experience as a student and single dad was the subject of a made-for-TV movie, “Freshman Father,” that aired on the Hallmark Channel in June. “If you think about coming from Idaho, the social stigma around a teenage pregnancy was greater back then,”... View Details

Keywords: single parents; fatherhood; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Access Real-World Employment Data from HBS Alumni with the Career Trends Tool

their information. Here are some scenarios in which Career Trends could be helpful: “I currently live in the Midwest and have been offered a role in Boston at a health care startup. I’m wondering if there is room for negotiation on... View Details

16 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

consider. “Business travel is still required,” says Choudhury, who wrote the study with Dany Bahar, an associate professor at Brown University; Do Yoon Kim, an assistant professor at Boston College; and Wesley Koo, an assistant professor... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Air Transportation

29 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

send a signal that, not only do you care about the time workers spend on productive tasks,” Whillans says, “but also that you care about the quality of their life outside of work.” About the Author Rachel Kim Raczka is a writer based in the View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

20 Dec 2023
News

New School

In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, Curriculum Associates, a Massachusetts-based company that creates research-based print and online instructional and assessment tools, made the decision to make its products free to teachers and students who suddenly found... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

several years Land and Wheelwright set up operations at various locations in the Boston area where they continued to expand their laboratory and manufacturing facilities to design and build specialized equipment and machines that would... View Details

09 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs

“The evidence shows that formal, broad-based mentoring programs work,” says Stanton, “even after you factor in the program costs.” About the Author Jay Fitzgerald is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: iStockphoto/PeopleImages] How... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

December 2022 (Revised January 2025)
Case

Akooda: Charging Toward Operational Intelligence

By: Christopher Stanton and Mel Martin

The Akooda case describes the challenges confronting founder and CEO Yuval Gonczarowski (MBA ‘17) in 2022 as he attempts to boost sales. Launched in November 2020, Akooda was an AI company that mined 20 different sources of digital data, from tools like Slack, Google... View Details

Keywords: Data Mining; Productivity; Monitoring; Data Analysis; AI and Machine Learning; Knowledge Management; Operations; Problems and Challenges; Employee Relationship Management; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Information Industry; Boston; Israel

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Student Experience - Case Method Project

about their newfound knowledge and enthusiasm regarding the American democratic process. In these two videos, students who took fully case-based high school courses describe their experiences learning through the case method. Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health... View Details

01 Jan 2005
News

Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

Founder, Chairman & CEO, Boston Culinary Group, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Harvard College, 1967 A.B., Government and Economics LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "The analytical process I learned at HBS... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

directly from a presentation on the Boston Basics made at YALP in 2016 by Kennedy School faculty member Ron Ferguson. That year, Chattanooga YALPers made bringing the initiative home the focus of their whiteboard project. Just a few... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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Loeb House | About

Another initiative dear to both John and Frances Loeb’s hearts was the Loeb Fellowship program at the Graduate School of Design. This prestigious, one year fellowship program has for five decades has offered emerging leaders in the field an opportunity to come to... View Details

27 May 2022
Blog Post

Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023

attend. They have insight into how to approach the application process. Kristin Wihera (MS/MBA Biotechnology 2023) Hometown: Littleton, CO Undergraduate university and major: Boston University; Human Physiology Military experience: Navy... View Details

March 2025
Article

Novice Risk Work: How Juniors Coaching Seniors on Emerging Technologies Such as Generative AI Can Lead to Learning Failures

By: Katherine C. Kellogg, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, Steven Randazzo, Ethan Mollick, Fabrizio Dell'Acqua, Edward McFowland III, François Candelon and Karim R. Lakhani

The literature on communities of practice demonstrates that a proven way for senior professionals to upskill themselves in the use of new technologies that undermine existing expertise is to learn from junior professionals. It notes that juniors may be better able... View Details

Keywords: Rank and Position; Competency and Skills; Technology Adoption; Experience and Expertise; AI and Machine Learning