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Shira Asa-El

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After over seven years of military service, going to business school was a step toward my ultimate transition to the private sector as well as an opportunity to live in a foreign country... View Details
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Erin Kaivan

the security of a community, but helps individual people lift themselves out of poverty." A time of transitions Confident that an MBA would help her shift from the military to a business career, Erin applied to HBS. This was not only... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
  • 23 May 2018
  • News

Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

service, innovation, and cross-company collaboration. “We are in the midst of a major transition that takes advantage of technology to deliver better service,” she says. Fidelity today fully reflects Johnson’s laser focus and quiet,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

leading a transition from a highly decentralized, founder-led organization to one more reliant on shared services and central direction was enormous and that he was making good progress. How much is that worth? The second item was a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • Web

Climate Impact - Business & Environment

“Piva Capital is an early-stage Venture Capital firm focused on investing in hard-to-decarbonize sectors. We are backing entrepreneurs focused on the future of work, resource efficiency, circular economy, food and alternate proteins, energy View Details
  • 12 Nov 2021
  • News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

make on us. Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Managing Partner, Burnt Island Ventures Bake Sustainability into the Core of What You Do BIO The role of business leaders is to see the writing on the wall and act accordingly. The transition to a clean... View Details
  • 08 Feb 2016
  • Blog Post

Applying to Business School as a Couple

together.   Did you both know that you wanted to attend business school? We both decided that business school was the right choice for us. We are both from the West Coast and wanted to find a way to both transition back west and explore... View Details
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Philippe Rival

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After six years of working as a civil engineer, the importance and value of adding management skills to an existing engineering and technical base became apparent to me. The MBA was the best way to acquire those... View Details
  • Web

Timing - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Timing Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation Engagement Board... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

From Big Pharma to Startup

officer. It is based at LabCentral, an incubator space in Cambridge’s Kendall Square, which is also an operating partner for the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab. The company is currently in the process of raising a seed round to double the size of its team and make what... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • April 2023 (Revised July 2023)
  • Case

Dena Almansoori at e&: Fostering Culture Change at a UAE Telco Transforming to a Global Techco

By: Emily Truelove, Michelle Zhang and Alpana Thapar
Dena Almansoori, the first female and one of the youngest members of the United Arab Emirates-based e&’s leadership team, joined in 2020 just before e& began a strategic transition from being a regional telecommunications company to becoming a global technology... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Culture; Transformation; Technology; Telecommunications; Employee Mobility; Talent; Leading Change; Human Resources; Telecommunications Industry; Technology Industry; Middle East; United Arab Emirates
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  • 27 May 2015
  • Blog Post

What is an HBS Section?

and contribute in the discussion. That allows for a very smooth transition into a learning environment where speaking up is crucial for success. Neil: Section increases the level of accountability in each class. It’s one thing to come... View Details
  • 16 Nov 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Does Competition Make Us More Creative?

course, discarding creativity in favor of playing it safe by sticking with the design that was highly rated. Why mess with success? “Once they get their first five-star review, they generally make a full transition from experimenting to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising
  • Web

HBS Cases | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s Leadership View Details
  • 16 Dec 2020
  • Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018)

stretched financially. My parents went through the transition in 1989 from the Soviet Union and lost their savings overnight. Fortunately, I had a great education. I was on scholarship in high school and then moved to Canada at age 18 for... View Details
  • April 2005 (Revised January 2007)
  • Case

Furman Selz LLC (A): A Tale of Two Acquisitions

By: Nancy D. Beaulieu, Boris Groysberg and Kyle Doherty
Profiles a firm that was reacquired by two companies with different degrees of success. Highlights integration challenges present in acquisition deals when the primary assets of the target are human capital. Focuses on Furman Selz's acquisition by Xerox in 1987; its... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Transition; Valuation; Human Capital; Compensation and Benefits; Integration; Organizational Culture; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 11 Apr 2023
  • Blog Post

BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
  • 13 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

energy transition and to offer jobs and commercial opportunities to people and businesses that are currently dependent on the energy sector. What’s next for 44.01? How do you see it scaling? There is peridotite all over the world, so in... View Details
  • January 15, 2019
  • Article

Is Your Company's Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?

By: Josh Baron
The legacy of Vanguard founder John Bogle has brought attention to the transformative influence of ownership structures within the business world. Bogle's revolutionary insight into the limitations of active fund management led to the widespread adoption of index... View Details
Keywords: Ownership Type; Business Strategy; Organizational Structure; Strength and Weakness; Competitive Advantage
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  • 2015
  • Working Paper

Competitiveness and Clusters: Implications for a New European Growth Strategy

By: Christian H.M. Ketels
This paper develops policy recommendations on the use of cluster-based economic policies and the adoption of a new concept of competitiveness in the context of the new growth path that WWWforEurope aims to outline.
A first section discusses and derives an... View Details
Keywords: Competitiveness; Clusters; Economic Policy; European Union; Competition; Industry Clusters; Policy; Economic Growth; European Union
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