Formalization - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Lee Scott (MBA 2023) - Scaling Climate Tech Innovation

matter expert there whether formally through a paid role, or informally through volunteering and research. I find that the functional strategy is often the most transferable and leaves open the most options. But if you are passionate... View Details

11 Nov 2021
Blog Post

ZONE DEFENSE: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to

today. “I came from the military; I had never worked in a formal company before,” says Tseng, who is now Shield AI’s COO. (Ryan Tseng serves as CEO.) But his experience as a SEAL did have its benefits. “In the SEAL Teams, you operate in... View Details

31 Oct 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

firing the worst offenders and beefing up formal channels for complaint. Will that be enough to create positive work environments? I’m also concerned about lingering micro-insults that arrive in a less overtly sexual guise, often shrugged... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

04 Apr 2005
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?

at least ten years for the accumulation of sufficient experience), simulations (speeding up the process a bit), and formal education. But most importantly of all, they involve the employment of "knowledge coaches" capable of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Jul 2024
News

Mentorship Program in Singapore is Still Lighting the Way to Success

been the foundation of the program,” says Tan. “We plan to gradually grow again from here, as we continue to prioritize quality over quantity.” While they don’t formally keep track of mentees after the program ends each year, Furman says... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Aug 2015
First Look

First Look Tuesday

learning process have remained fairly limited, seeing vicarious learning as simply a one-way process of observation and imitation, facilitated by formal organizational structures and conduits. Indeed, absent in these prior approaches is a... View Details

02 Jul 2014
What Do You Think?

Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?

formal leadership training nor thought of cashing out. Are founders and entrepreneurs a separate breed? Should they be excused from a discussion of great leadership? Or are the most successful among their ranks a harbinger of the future... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?

the CEO by rotation." Santhanam Krishnan opened yet another avenue of thinking by asking " how can one expect formal 'succession planning' in organizations unless it is forced as a part of corporate governance codes?"... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

07 Sep 2007
What Do You Think?

Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?

management that would qualify as a "profession," combining "mastery of specific knowledge with adherence to certain formal or informal codes of conduct and, even more fundamental, to an ideal of service." Graduates... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

20 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

are an enabling force legally astute management teams can use to manage the firm more effectively. In particular, it proposes that legally astute management teams can, inter alia, use formal contracts as complements to relational... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)

formal internship program based on the success of summer 2020. Dzodan and his colleagues are also ready and waiting to have Westphal join the team again should a move to Brazil be in his future. Dzodan said with a hopeful grin, “Eric is... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products / Retail

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The Art of "Posting" - The Art of American Advertising

the article itself, in mammoth size tends to impress it upon the mind in an uncommon way and with great force.” 33 Broadsides, single-sided sheets with black-and-white typeface, commonly announced formal proclamations and public events.... View Details

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Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report

It’s important to know your voting rights, what block you’re in, and what formal influence you have. Notice whether you’re joining a more CEO-friendly or investor-friendly board. If you’re independent, you can act as the connective tissue... View Details

Profile

Durdana Achakzai

cases force you to think about complex ethical issues, especially in developing countries with few formal structures." After graduation, Durdana plans to return to pursue a strategy role in an international organization. "I want... View Details

25 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Learning the Language of Business and Science – The MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program

pharmaceutical company. I then chose to go to HBS to get my first formal training in business. This has helped me to become fluent in the language of business, evaluate strategic decisions through a different lens, and grow my network... View Details

11 Mar 2016
Blog Post

2+2 Admit Experiments with Career Options

the world to formal 2+2 events at the HBS Clubs of New York and San Francisco, I made many of my friends before I ever set foot on the HBS campus. The 2+2 Program has truly changed my life. View Details

09 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

took her almost a decade of strategizing, networking, and developing tools. Here's how the chief risk director did it: First, she asked for more power. She demanded—and received—an unprecedented degree of formal authority, becoming a... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking

22 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

performance, most investors have found it easier to vote "with their feet" by selling shares, rather than making formal complaints. Large shareholders, however, have stronger incentives to monitor management. The conventional... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services

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Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals - Course Catalog

serves both as a sophisticated follow-on to basic negotiation courses and/or as a self-contained negotiation course taught at an advanced level with a heavy emphasis on handling challenging real-world cases. Unlike past versions of this course, there is no View Details

11 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Crafting a Nontraditional Path to Venture Capital and Private Equity with Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021)

connections in the ESG investing space. With each formal and informal networking conversation, Sheil asked if there was anyone else they recommended she speak with, taking the “spider web approach” to networking. She also made connections... View Details

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