Writing - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

the writing of popular film scripts like The Matrix or Star Wars. Character behaviors, actions, and motivations hook the interest of readers at all levels, regardless of their professional experience with IT, while the plot sets up a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2005
News

Turkish Delight

“There are clear benefits to having what you might call a conventional career — for example, if I had stayed at Bain,” Byford adds. “You know your place in the world. It’s a very insecure thing to suddenly show up in Turkey and say, ‘I’m going to View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

year, with the goal of making the world of finance accessible to broader audiences by providing a rigorous but accessible overview of the biggest topics in finance. Finance is “the language of business, the lifeblood of the economy, and increasingly a dominant force in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

write about a personal past experience that fit one of five categories: unethical, ethical, positive, negative, or neutral. The participants mostly wrote about commonplace actions (cheating on an exam or padding an expense report, for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Value Measurement for Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellations or deferrals received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of... View Details

28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

techniques could have a significant effect. Specifically, participants who had received training were asked to write a response to an essay written by a person they disagreed with on issues such as policing and minority suspects or sexual... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

arrive on their desk flagged as marketing or finance issues; part of the challenge is problem identification. Then the challenge is to design a feasible and integrated solution that works for the entire business unit. You're A Case Study GMP participants don't just... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

: Elected as a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024. Amy C. Edmondson : Winner of the 2024 Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Award in the Management and Leadership category for Right Kind of... View Details

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

running a business today. Q: Grove's notebooks, which you had access to, are fascinating. Why did he keep such detailed journals and what did you learn from them? A: I mentioned previously that Grove is an autodidact—a man capable of teaching himself a remarkable... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

13 Jun 2017
Blog Post

4 Things You Need to Know about the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

applicants should still apply in the 2+2 Round). You’ll then need to indicate your interest in the MS/MBA on your application and write an additional essay. If you’re invited to interview, you’ll then be asked to submit a third... View Details

08 Nov 2021
Blog Post

4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences

currently in the process of writing a case together with one of the panelists, which could potentially serve as part of the future MBA curriculum. Third, through developing new skills in a low-risk environment. One of my major goals... View Details

06 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

20 million units. The reason: Fountain pens were now marketed not simply as utilitarian writing implements, but also as nostalgic fashion accessories. As such, they were not really in the same competitive market as ballpoint pens anymore.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Apparel & Accessories; Technology; Consumer Products

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Why HBS? - Doctoral

facilitate research above all other activities. While students are required to fulfill a teaching requirement, they are not required to become research assistants, nor are they required to write business cases. All students, regardless of... View Details

30 Jun 2022
News

Scaling Hope

programs of treatment providers like Hazelden Betty Ford and Caron Treatment Centers. His ultimate message is one of hope. That’s what he didn’t know in the beginning: “I wish I had known that there was hope, a lot of hope, and that recovery was likely to happen for my... View Details

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Running Jobs - Research Computing Services

resource usage. The section on choosing your resources provides guidelines for doing this. Running a Program/Submitting a Job There are two sets of methods of running programs and jobs on the HBS compute Grid: using default submission (wrapper) scripts or by View Details

17 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

fill people’s intrinsic motivational needs as opposed to making it simply contractual.” In the executive education courses DeLong teaches at Harvard, he has conducted a simple exercise—asking participants to write down the initials of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions

Student Advisors, and Harvard Legal Aid Bureau clinicians. At the business school, many JD/MBAs lead large student organizations, write cases with professors, work on startups and business proposals, manage Independent Projects, and... View Details

06 Feb 2019
Blog Post

7 Tips for a Successful Technology Venture Immersion

to my partner, who cooked the meal). 4. “Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity beyond resources controlled” Okay, I cheated a bit here. This is definition of entrepreneurship, coined by Professor Howard Stevenson. I’m writing... View Details

12 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Pay Workers More So They Steal Less

Bigger paychecks for retail employees could generate significant payoffs for employers by reducing worker theft and raising the level of moral behavior in the workforce, a new study shows. Tatiana Sandino, an associate professor in accounting and management at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Photography The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography: Intro In the early twentieth century, the field of public relations was developing into a formalized profession. “Businesses began to realize that not just goods but also policies and ideas could be... View Details

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