Best Practices - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Sep 2018
Blog Post

How to Thrive in an Unstructured Environment

sales startup consultants and Sales Development Representatives at other startups. Every conversation enabled us to learn from their process and best practices uncovering one piece of the puzzle at a time.... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

03 Mar 2017
News

Big Blue’s Big Bet

yes, Watson is a big deal. Perhaps the best place to start to understand it all is in 2007, in the Semantic Analysis and Integration Department at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. There, a team of... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

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Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier - Race, Gender & Equity

the importance of stewardship during their interviews. How do we design and implement technology in ways that honor the privacy of its users? What strategic goals do we have for our data practices and how might those goals not be the... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Ready for Launch

$25,000 of in-kind accounting and legal services. Traditional Track OFF AND RUNNING: Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn have opened shop in the Bay Area. Business: CloudFlare, a Web security venture that will help Web sites protect themselves from online attacks. Team:... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Jun 2011
News

Alumni Books

requirements with life obligations and to persuade managers to adopt these custom-fit work strategies to improve their bottom line. Telling the stories of people at companies like JetBlue, Ernst & Young, and Best Buy, the authors discuss... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Dec 2008
News

Faculty Books

learned, and suggest new directions for housing policy, including integrating best practices into existing programs and innovating with large-scale, long-term solutions. Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character,... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Research Brief: Better Brainstorming

extroverted may have the most information to share,” says Koning. “But the best ideas are generated by open and creative people who are connected to these loud mouths.” This was not what the researchers expected to learn. “There is a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

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Naiyya Saggi

strongly believe core aspects of best practices can be shared: between the private and the public sector, between geographies and among governments. In an increasingly globalized world, I can't wait to... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Consulting

01 Jun 2022
News

Blissful Thinking

make better leaders, and the practical steps to kicking an addiction to success. There’s been increasing academic interest in the topic of happiness in recent years. We’ve seen it at HBS with the work of Ashley Whillans, Leslie Perlow,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters

01 Sep 2020
News

Turning Point: Change, Stat

so many, I thought practicing medicine would be similar to what I saw on Scrubs or Grey’s Anatomy, where you’re presented with an immense diversity of medical problems to solve through brand-new, exciting, innovative procedures. But the... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; healthcare; medicine; innovation; interpersonal communication; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

2020. Forget Cash: There are Better Ways to Motivate EmployeesIn today's tight job market, employers must focus on how to attract and keep top talent. Giving away stacks of money may not always be the best incentive. How Gender... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018

Summa was developed under a new private equity model that sought to “future-proof” businesses by focusing on long-term value creation and growth, in addition to traditional private equity practices of implementing View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1998
News

New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership

management positions in the public and private sectors, the program exposes participants to the best management practices from around the globe through case studies, lectures, study groups, and team... View Details

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur’s Journey

intelligence, persistence, fun, humanity, and courage. Many people may say that career paths should be straight and perfectly planned, Applegate added. "Forget it! The best careers are those that kind of weave and bend." Out The... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2018
News

Floor It

aren’t working may be more quickly eliminated; patients then can be moved over to the arms of the trial that are seeing a response. The group is working to analyze indicators contributing to the successes and challenges of platform trials; identifying View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li

Profile

Aaron Chadbourne

private and public leadership Interested in an education that combined business and law, Aaron applied to both HBS and HLS and received a one-year deferral.. That year, Aaron worked for the VIP Forum of the Corporate Executive Board in Washington, D.C.. "The group... View Details

03 Feb 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?

Summing Up Implementation or "execution" can be taught. Whether business schools are the best places to do it remains a question with the readers responding to this month's column. For many, the requirements for teaching the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Feb 2017
Blog Post

How to Partner With a Student Club: Join a Club Panel

to engage in Q&A with students and see what sector specific questions they have and how they are hoping to make an impact in that space. Employers can also network with peers that work in their sector and discuss best View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Greater China Club | MBA

practices related to the Greater China region; (3)To spread best management practices, channel global talents, and promote economic and social transformation in the world's most populous region. Annual... View Details

02 Sep 2002
What Do You Think?

What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?

in business in any event, were socialized in corporate ethics courses with the rest of the world's best and brightest?" Others objected to the assumption that teaching values to adults is difficult at View Details