Talent Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

for him, Levine said, was that the company's CEO backed the project, and allowed the group to operate outside the usual corporate boundaries. Levine was even able to move the start-up off campus. Once the group had developed its product,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 26, 2008

communication technology sector in the United States, and find empirical support for the four hypotheses developed here. The research presented in this paper has implications for our understanding not only of who adopts advanced... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

hacking in India, the founders of Zomato, IndiaMart, ShopClues, Paisabazaar, and a lot more. Talent Wins: The New Playbook for Putting People First by Ram Charan (MBA 1965), Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey HBR Press Typical... View Details

20 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit

of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2025 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is one of 9 student essays that... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

New Director of MBA Career Services Focuses on Power of Alumni Network

stepping up alumni outreach efforts and contacting organizations that have not typically recruited at HBS. "We're asking graduates of the School to think about our young, energetic, talented students when they're making their hiring plans... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

emerging markets. Companies are now taking seriously the need to be truly global. How do we develop leadership able to work in diverse markets with ever more demanding stakeholders (employees, customers, communities) around the world? How... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Aug 2023
Blog Post

Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change

to the effects of climate change. After experiencing numerous energy blackouts when visiting Nigeria, Chidalu Onyenso realized having limited access to reliable energy hampers development efforts. It particularly hinders access to... View Details

01 Jan 2005
News

Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

competent team of practitioners, analysts, and managers from around the world. And she fostered the development of an organization that engaged the talents and commitment of network leaders. "To create real... View Details

05 Mar 2001
What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

competencies] they can." The gap in levels of efficiency between markets for goods and for talent remains wide. Can it be closed? What will it take? Should it be closed? What do you think? Original Article Two seemingly unrelated... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2013
News

Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits

be invited to more parties or other cool events. What got you interested in this research? I've always been fascinated by the entertainment industry. I was trained as an empirical modeler—I develop econometric models to analyze data.... View Details

Keywords: Patrick Kirchner; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Mar 2019
News

Making Sabbaticals Mainstream

academics that had been doing research on the subject, and also individuals who'd taken sabbaticals, and companies, through the HR and the talent departments that have designed policies. I'm working with a professor at the University of... View Details

11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

Corporate Strategy Development group and that was really life changing for me. I hadn't realized that corporate strategy at a place like Nike existed,” Leahy says. Nike was also where Leahy learned the power of building, growing, and... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

01 Dec 2010
News

Innovation Takes Center Stage

activities and help them to translate knowing into doing and develop a deeper sense of their purpose as leaders. “We need to take the wide range of pedagogical experiments our faculty have been piloting up a notch,” said Nohria. 2.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

01 Jun 2007
News

Letters

Corruption, Poverty, and Global Finance Thank you for your excellent article about global poverty in the March Bulletin. I’m delighted to see these issues getting more attention. This year marks the 45th year of my involvement in the View Details

01 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

development organizations, involved in both research and program design and delivery. This case explores CCL's approach to leadership and management education for executives and presents some of the challenges the CCL faces as many... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech

Bastianelli, vice president of corporate development at ProSkelia Pharmaceuticals in France. Once companies are created, there is little incentive to improve, he said, and labor laws make it difficult to remove unproductive employees.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical; Technology

08 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?

of people analytics involve talent and performance—determining the qualities that distinguish a company’s best managers and strongest teams and identifying growth and development opportunities. As the field... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

27 Mar 2014
News

From Marx to Marketing

talented young people and encourage them to apply to HBS. Under the leadership of HBS senior associate dean Thomas Piper, the East-West opening expanded in the early 1990s. Vlachoutsicos, in collaboration with HBS professor Francis... View Details

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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

stumble when tasked with closing the gap between a desired end-state and executing an action plan. LEAP is designed to give students pattern recognition and practice in developing action plans across a variety of challenges they are... View Details

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women—a History

including Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture (1998). A'lelia Bundles, director of talent development for ABC News, and author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madame C. J.... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

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