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Ted Obi

learned from her grandmother. Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? Ashley, my twin sister. We are similar in many ways and different in others. In our 26 years of friendship, she has taught me how to lead with... View Details

29 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

counterparts, but a woman in a senior leadership role who switches to a new firm can now expect a salary bump of 25 percent on average, whereas a man making a similar move will see 9 percent more pay, says Paul Healy, the James R.... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

16 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

were more likely to include items related to management practices. Eight months later, founders were surveyed to provide results from changes that had occurred at their companies. Hands-on wins in practice Founders who received advice from hands-on founders were more... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

Until recently, leadership was the elephant, and there were a lot of blind people identifying different parts," says Khurana. "What we tried to incorporate in the Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice is how each different perspective illuminates key... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

complete all coursework in a timely manner. This will mean meeting each week’s course module deadlines and fully answering questions. This helps ensure your group proceeds through the course at a similar pace and can take full advantage... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance

consultancies and accounting firms already do this by putting “cohorts” of new employees on similar professional development tracks, with shared workshops, activities, and milestones designed to strengthen their connection. “People are... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

Blog

Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

current with industry trends and connected with other executives and directors who are wrestling with similar problems. That's why your professional network is so important to your role as a board member—your network is part of what you... View Details

31 Jul 2023
News

Striving for Imperfection

they could crowdsource in collective intelligence from the world of, in this case, it was a person who was an expert in computer vision and artificial intelligence to transform how a conservation organization works. We’ve seen very View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

09 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

spontaneous meeting had benefited them professionally. The third and fourth conditions were similar to the first two, but participants were focused on personal gain instead. Afterward, all the participants were asked to complete a series... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Portrait Project

Jeff Barkas

good days were spent signing legal and financial documents. Their passing has given me a new sense of purpose — to ensure that other families avoid a similar experience. I’m starting a company that helps families prepare for aging so that... View Details

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

alternatives. Q: What is the next stage of your research? A: We have two ongoing streams. The first is additional work with Microsoft and others in the software industry that have adopted similar approaches to managing intellectual... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Advice on Advice

the field of vision necessary to help.'" But if that's the case, perhaps the adviser can recommend speaking with someone else more qualified. Other advice-giving mistakes include: Communicating the advice poorly Misdiagnosing a problem, either by prematurely... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

2023
Article

Evidence from the First Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs) Randomised Controlled Trial in India: SMAs Increase the Satisfaction, Knowledge, and Medication Compliance of Patients with Glaucoma

By: Nazlı Sönmez, Kavitha Srinivasan, Rengaraj Venkatesh, Ryan W. Buell and Kamalini Ramdas

In Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs), patients with similar conditions meet the physician together and each receives one-on-one attention. SMAs can improve outcomes and physician productivity. Yet privacy concerns have stymied adoption. In physician-deprived nations,... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Customer Satisfaction; Outcome or Result; India

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31 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

effect.” Social good—and its unintended consequence The authors set out to test two ideas. Do jobs aiming for social good that require a college degree pay less than similar traditional jobs? And, if so, does that result in narrowing... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

28 Jun 2021
Blog Post

7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

me for the rest of my life. I hope this inspires others looking to get a similar transformational experience know that you can do it too! While these takeaways aren’t unique, this is my perspective. #1 You can build a community online.... View Details

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet

leading university is also beneficial, he notes: “We take the strengths of each Harvard school and help create a whole that’s greater than the sum of the parts by providing opportunities for founders to meet joiners and those from other disciplines and schools working... View Details

22 May 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Hidden Structure: Using Network Methods to Map System Architecture

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin, Alan MacCormack & John Rusnak

23 Jun 2010
Working Paper Summaries

The Role of Institutional Development in the Prevalence and Value of Family Firms

Keywords: by Raphael Amit, Yuan Ding, Belén Villalonga & Hua Zhang

2020
Chapter

Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective

By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones

This chapter offers a survey of the evolution of Turkish capitalism from the 19th century Ottoman Empire until the present day. It shows that Turkish business over the last century and a half was shaped in an institutional context similar to those in many developing... View Details

Keywords: Business Groups; Capitalism; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Government and Politics; History; Religion; Business History; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East