Training - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Tech Club

skills events, an education series called Training the Valley, a series of sub-industry highlights on fintech, edtech, etc., a mentorship program, small group dinners and socials within the club and with other tech clubs across schools... View Details

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Student Spotlight: 2023 HCC Co-Presidents Reflect on Their Time at HBS and the Current Health Care Systems - Blog: Health Supplement

reducing the disparities and injustices that we see in healthcare, which will require enormous systems change. What industry of health care are you most interested in? I will be continuing my training as a medical doctor for the next... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Edward D. Bullard: The Personal Touch

airy plant; all employees are on salary and receive excellent benefits. Training programs -- for both new and current employees -- are extensive, and employee suggestions, with responses, are posted prominently on the production floor.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

topics. The course also tackles career questions for students who wonder how to spend time making a difference in both the private and public sectors. For the full listing, click here . iLab Training - How to Create a Climate Venture “How... View Details

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

by his work in a significant way. They were part of a generation of historians of Latin America, trained in the United States, who were no longer just interested in macroeconomic history or the history of underdevelopment and dependency,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

capitalism, a manager's moral obligation is put aside his or her own self-interest in order to preserve the interests of the system as a whole. Of course, that's not an easy sell to someone in a highly competitive market trained to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

corporation." The Cologne, Germany, native says she was drawn to the HBS program for its combination of rigorous training and applied research. "My field of interest is the intersection of behavioral economics and the theory of the firm,... View Details

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

01 Mar 2021
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What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

policies make middle managers more critical than ever in coaching, mentoring, advising, and overseeing people working away from an office setting? If the latter, are middle managers getting the training and support necessary to help them... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Training and Development (ASTD). 2013 Julie Battilana : Received the 2013 Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching from Harvard Business School. Julie Battilana : Nominated for the 2013 Wyss Doctoral Award for Excellence in Mentoring from... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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The Internet's Next Frontier

While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical construct: it is a sandbox—an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About

the world, providing hope and encouragement to other owners of family businesses. The foundation offers educational workshops and training programs that address key family business issues such as succession, sibling rivalry, business... View Details

23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

consequences and likely future implications of their current decisions. Finally, my colleagues at D2D Fund are very excited about financial education initiatives where we are working with commercial video game developers to embed financial literacy View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

and civil rights Watergate scandal undermines faith in authority Influence: Medium-Low 80 1980 s 19 Moral Majority "Me" generation Focus on training and fitness Income gap widens dramatically AIDS Influence: High 90 1990 s Internet... View Details

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

business education. Washington served as principal of Tuskegee University, which provided vocational training in agriculture and industry, from its founding in 1881. 2 Du Bois believed a liberal arts education played a critical role in... View Details

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

surprising number don't," he says. Senior leaders should leverage this depth chart information about up-and-comers by delegating to them more extensively. This also allows senior leaders more time to achieve a better match between their own time and key... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Portrait Project

Ninad Kulkarni

I used to love making mistakes. At the age of six, I refused to have training wheels on my first bicycle. At the age of ten, I attempted to bake a cake sans adult supervision. At the age of thirteen, I proposed to the popular sixteen-year... View Details

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

workforce training initiatives might also be viewed as public goods. “What this study and others that are at the cutting edge now are starting to show is that, as a result of technology, the boundaries of the firm are weakening,” says... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

The sure recipe for failure is to suck it up and try to do it all.—Isabel Parlett, Parlance Training Let's begin with what you shouldn't do: "The sure recipe for failure is to suck it up and try to do it all," says Isabel... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

11 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Meet the MBA Class of 2020

BETTER IF I UNDERSTOOD THE FUNDAMENTALS BETTER.” HOME REGION Mumbai, India UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of Pune, Biology, 2012 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Cipla, Universal Consulting (L.E.K. Consulting India) HBS ACTIVITIES SA Chief Development Officer Ignacio Lartirigoyen... View Details

10 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

on the school’s training programs and read extensively about charter schools in general, for additional context. As they read through their notes, Ramarajan and Reid observed a clear, common theme: Tutors were struggling to implement the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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