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HBS - The year in Review

interviews conducted by Hawkins during the writing of his biography of Termeer, the former chairman, chief executive officer, and president of Genzyme Corp. The collection features 120 interviews with leaders in biotech, science,... View Details

13 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet

require. “Without a soul, without human insight, the capabilities of the machine will be limited,” a group of 13 marketing scholars write in their working paper, Soul and Machine (Learning), which takes a high-level view of the present... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

world won't help. Q: You write in this book that "earlier thinking about global strategy, which focused only on globalness and networks, was clearly too simple." How so? A: Facing the global economy, many companies made the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

investors, sometimes called “vultures,” have raised vast sums of money for the purpose of investing in distressed companies. As I write about in my book Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring, they employ a variety of strategies... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

06 Aug 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

along, but Shelly, can you just tell me, what prompted you to write this case? Santana: I was teaching a course on branding this year, and we were going to do a module on brand storytelling. I thought the Super Bowl is such a unique... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

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Julie Battilana's Most Recent Columns for "Le Monde"

By: Julie Battilana

Julie Battilana is a regular contributor to the French newspaper "Le Monde." Below are her most recent articles.

Where are the Political Ideas Being Produced?

July, 16 2014

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Capitalism as a System of Governance

My research interest is in further exploration of the analytic utility of an original conception of capitalism as an indirect, three level system of governance for the economic relationships within political entities, and mostly within nation states. This three level... View Details

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Research Thrust

By: Rakesh Khurana

I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details

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Mastering Strategy Execution

By: Robert Simons

Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | MBA

Do I need to complete the AWA section of the GRE or GMAT 10th Edition? Application: GMAC Focus & Business Writing Assessment Do I need to submit a separate writing assessment if I took the GMAT Focus? What... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Inside the Bestseller List with Charles Duhigg

write my to-do lists is very different, specifically tailored to what science says is the right way to write a list. You put your stretch goal—your biggest aspiration—at the top of the page. Under that, you... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey

Careers in writing and business were foreshadowed early for T. A. (Tom) Barron (MBA '80). When he was nine years old, growing up in Harvard, Massachusetts, he produced a humor magazine, The Idiot's Odyssey, which he peddled to the public... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

Portrait Project

Jessica Gelman

obstacles including losing loved ones and moving from Chicago to Connecticut in the middle of my high school years. As a result, sometimes I lost sight of my goals, but these challenges also opened my eyes to new interests and dreams. Today, the dreams I View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Dear Future Author…

three-time entrepreneur and coauthor of Entrepreneurs in the Midst “The only advice I was ever given that bore fruit was that the art of writing is the art of application—the application of the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair... View Details

01 Dec 2005
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Andrews, Raymond Remembered

increasingly interested in the study of ethics and personal values in the workplace and encouraged practicing managers to write about this subject for the magazine. Raymond was a member of the HBS faculty from 1950 to 1987. As faculty... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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Ink: Q&A with Kathy Wang (MBA 2011)

in practice—and what kind of magic did you use to get your son to nap reliably? When he was awake I would do everything administrative I could, like washing the dishes, so I could be fully productive when he napped. I’d write in a little... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 08 Dec 2016
Webinars: Career

Build a Stand-Out Resume

It is no secret that your resume is critical to landing the job you deserve, and you need to be sure it is an accurate and powerful reflection of your story. Everything from the content messaging and positioning to the template needs to be outstanding. Join Jill... View Details

04 Sep 2019
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Funny Business

started doing stand-up gigs at age 9, had an aha moment: She liked reading scripts. But she wanted to be the one writing them. “It was like I had been building up insurance for this very risky jump into a career that I wasn’t sure would... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

03 Dec 2024
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From One to Many

In the years after Keith Ferrazzi (MBA 1992) published Never Eat Alone, he confessed some reluctance in being labeled “the networking guy.” “But 20 years after writing that first book, and after coaching thousands of teams, I’ve finally... View Details

01 Mar 2014
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Feedback

Our New Look Welcome to your new HBS Alumni Bulletin. Over the past several months, we've done a deep dive—polling you about your likes and dislikes, reconsidering both what we write and how we write it, and... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

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