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27 Oct 2015
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Sweet Success

spent much of his post-HBS career in energy finance, corporate finance, and public and private equity investment. In 2001, he cofounded ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm focused on the North American energy sector,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

06 Sep 2019
Blog Post

The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact

change both small and large: improving how operating rooms function, and “instituting changes from an administrative perspective” that would address socioeconomic inequalities. All with the goal of View Details

04 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Tech Club

understand that careers are the forefront of your minds when thinking about business school, but we urge you (as the first year HBS faculty urged us!) to view these two years as an opportunity to look up, take a few breaths, and form a... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Every Trick in the Book

the charms of a small-town Main Street. All told, there are just 5,000 carefully selected titles in BookHampton, all sold at full price. Brody, who spent most of her career in real estate, partnered with R.J. Julia, a successful... View Details

Keywords: April White

29 Nov 2023
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A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway

Stanton (MBA 1979) speaks with HBS Club of Seattle “We got to spend two hours at the ballpark, eating hotdogs and hearing about John’s career path, and about the business of baseball,” says Ayengar, adding that the CEO events are aimed at... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Artful Leadership | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

the context of the arts.” Despite the value of MBA skills in an arts organization, Hodges recognizes that her field isn’t as obvious a career path to others as it was for her. “Arts and nonprofit organizations can be very network-based... View Details

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

changed, and with it the security that used to come almost automatically with an MBA degree. [ ] High-paying jobs are no longer guaranteed to graduates, and the opportunity costs of two years of training—especially for those who still hold jobs and are not looking to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

25 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

researchers focused on one aspect of the problem they could measure: lost income due to reduced hours and turnover. To do so, they used a 2014 survey of some 7,000 doctors that asked questions about burnout and short-term career plans to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

Certificate Courses (6) Business and Climate Change Professors Forest Reinhardt & Michael Toffel Prepare yourself and your organization for the business risks and opportunities created by climate change. 5 weeks, 5-6 hrs/week Pay by... View Details

14 Feb 2022
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Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022

the civil rights movie on the 1st date, judge all you want. I wanted to see it!). So 1/17/15 I walk into Texas Roadhouse and our lives changed forever. Brian Ventura (MBA 2022) & Christofer Rodelo (Harvard GSAS 2022) Christofer and I... View Details

02 Aug 2007
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How Will Millennials Manage?

time(s)." August Ray said, "They will work long and hard, provided they care." Phil Dourado suggests that they will reward their subordinates for changing things rather than maintaining the status quo. At the same time,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

07 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

different countries. He also served briefly as Austria's finance minister and worked for 3 years as an investment banker, where he made a fortune that he promptly lost in a stock market crash. So he wasn't a typical academic, even though he spent most of his View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

(CSML). 2020 Ethan S. Bernstein : Winner of the 2020 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize for the most outstanding MIT Sloan Management Review article on planned change and organizational development for ““Improving the Rhythm of Your... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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A Taste of Tradition

Kikkoman Corporation, whose roots stretch back to the seventeenth century, when the Mogi family began soy sauce production in Japan. The company was incorporated in 1917 as Noda Shoyu Co., Ltd., went public in 1949, and changed its name... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

manufacturing and engineering firm, before pursuing a full-time career in academia.) That all takes time, of course, but Toffel argues that it’s time well spent. “Given the substantial time we already invest in any research project, a few... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

30 Oct 2017
Blog Post

How My Engineering and Manufacturing Background Prepared Me for an MBA

problems in the manufacturing plant often require the combined effort of multiple disciplines and stakeholders to be resolved. My experience has taught me the ways to work and engage with all levels of the organization to address the root of problems faced and affect... View Details

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

markets and analyze the impact of market changes 12 hrs Module 2 Strategies for Assessing and Increasing Demand Appreciate how complements and network effects impact demand and evaluate techniques to increase demand and measure the... View Details

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

their careers could be negatively impacted. Plus, tech tools allow users to log in on their smartphones, laptops, or tablets at whatever time is convenient for them and for however long they want. “It’s a big commitment to take time off... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

25 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

the best means of driving climate change – fast enough – to make a real dent in CO2 emissions. “Climate technology has been my fascination since high school.” – Hilton Augustine III Both of Hilton Augustine III’s (HBS MBA 2021) parents... View Details

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