military service - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

ensure the organization’s preparedness for future crises. Information gathering The flow of high-quality information is more important than ever. A United States military framework for thinking about the external environment that has... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

16 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Are You a Strategist?

Montgomery equally stresses the importance of recognizing how a strategist lives and leads. To that end, in the book she cites not only economic gurus, such as Joseph Schumpeter, but also philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, military theorist... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

13 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

my difference is no more or less valued than yours. Most organizations do not manage diversity in this way, however." For organizations, supporting multiculturalism is not just about paying lip service to cultural differences,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Solara Solara provides an on-demand solar irrigation service to Indian farmers, increasing their access to affordable, reliable, and clean irrigation. Team: Rea Savla, MBA 2024; Vishesh Mehta Play Elisa: Grand Prize Winner 2024 New... View Details

18 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent

employers’ past transgressions. Generational factors and burnout Leaders must realize that their workers are their greatest assets in their quest to achieve institutional goals. Instead of paying lip service to caring for employees or... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

imperialists? A: Americans never like to use that word in describing our actions! I certainly don't. But it fits our behavior in Panama. The "successful" part happened under Teddy Roosevelt: the United States used military force... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

11 Oct 2023
News

Soldier On

quite figured out how to put all the pieces together. Our population's been sort of stagnant and flat for a couple of years. It's an aging population. And so when you go back to HBS and you think “you have one wild life, how are you going to spend it?” I want to spend... View Details

24 Jan 2011
HBS Case

Terror at the Taj

his father, a military man, telling him that his job is like being the captain of a ship. "I think that's the way everyone else felt, too," says Kang. "A sense of loyalty to the hotel, a sense of responsibility to the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accommodations

22 Sep 2023
News

Capital Connection

Vernon Beckford (MBA 2013) saw the gap almost immediately. From the beginning of his career in commercial real estate finance—first at Credit Suisse and then later at CW Capital and Global Atlantic Financial Group—Beckford observed Wall Street’s obsession with... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Birth of the American Salesman

and services that supported sales managers, including trade journals and popular magazines about salesmen and sales management. The creation of methods of sales management also opened up new branches of academic inquiry, such as... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

01 Mar 2024
News

The War Within

tied to Ukraine’s social, economic, and democratic stability. Creating access to such services is a daunting task during wartime, when infrastructure is crippled and underfunded and while tens of millions of Ukrainians have been... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

School Tonasket, WA MA Sabra Brown Boston Latin Academy Boston, MA Subjects: U.S. History 2 (1877-Present); AP US History MA Sonya Brown Boston Arts Academy Boston, MA NC Will Brown Millbrook High School Raleigh, NC Subjects: American History I PA Rose Bruce... View Details

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Yung Winata

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? It took a while to realize I can continue a career of service out of the uniform. At the time, I had served in the military for almost a decade, and it... View Details

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Erin Kaivan

soldier, not an actress), and one leads to where she is now, at HBS. "My family has a legacy of military service that goes back at least 150 years," Erin says. "Serving, giving back to... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

06 Jul 2017
News

Leadership on a Global Scale

When the inaugural West Point All-Academies Asia Summit opened in Singapore in June 2015, Ray Jefferson (MBA 2000) celebrated a personal moment of triumph. For the Summit’s point person, this first-ever gathering in Asia for graduates of US View Details

22 Dec 2015
First Look

December 22, 2015

Ann Leamon Abstract—In the past two decades, patents of inventions related to financial services ("finance patents"), as well as litigation around these patents, have surged. One of the repeated concerns voiced by academics and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Act Federal Trade Commission established Personal income tax reinstituted Influence: Low 20 1920 s 19 U.S. Steel and Alcoa withstand antitrust accusations Personal and corporate tax rates cut Airmail service starts Influence: High 30 1930... View Details

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

Farmers may grow crops for local consumption despite more profitable export options. DrumNet, a Kenyan NGO that helps small farmers adopt and market export crops, conducted a randomized trial to evaluate its impact. DrumNet services... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Payment and Financial Aid - HBS Online

$1,850 $1,480 $370 Military Grant The Military Grant is available to any participant who's an active service member or veteran of the U.S. military. The View Details

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