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- 15 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
What is Field Foundations?
The case method is an integral part of the learning experience at HBS, and we think it’s one of the best ways to prepare students for the challenges of leadership. While HBS MBAs have been reading cases for many decades, the... View Details
- Web
Global Leadership Roundtables | Institute for Business in Global Society
business leaders, NGO executives, government officials, and scholars to discuss emerging best practices and the challenges that leaders encounter when they address significant societal issues. Each event... View Details
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
analytics, Polzer writes in Research in Organizational Behavior, could inform pressing questions such as: “Who are the best candidates to hire or promote? Are employees maintaining their sense of well-being? Are they collaborating... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
Magic Numbers
Courtesy Shalinee Sharma Courtesy Shalinee Sharma As a sixth grader in Buffalo, New York, Shalinee Sharma (MBA 2005) believed math just wasn’t her thing. There were only a few girls in the honors class at her new school, and Sharma soon realized that she was far behind... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
“What if I gave the best years of my life to building something with enormous social impact?” —MIKE FEERICK (MBA 1993) “What if I gave the best years of my life to building something with enormous social... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Closing the Education Gap
Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997) “Everyone deserves a fair start regardless of their zip code,” says Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997). Reforming that start is what motivates her. “The effects of income disparity start early in our society, and education is the View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
conclusion and conventional practical understanding of these politics are both wrong. The roots of this realpolitik cannot be found in realist theory. Europe's realpolitik has, instead, fundamentally commercial and ideational origins.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
One problem was that Rakuten offered little initial training or support to workers, who were expected to pay for their own English classes and learn the language during off-hours. Neeley, who drafted some best View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
A summary of selected new research by HBS faculty. Diversification Best Bet in Emerging Markets In today's era of global competitiveness, companies in the industrialized world have slimmed down their operations in order to focus on doing... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- Profile
Tricia Lee
divisions at Microsoft. It was an incredible journey, but I realized that to achieve the goals I had in mind, I'd need to round out my knowledge base. I wanted to learn the formal language of business (i.e. finance, ops, marketing), best... View Details
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Paola Lara
through leadership. And I had heard from friends it was the best two years of their lives, and I wanted to experience it, too.” How much difference can a week make? Paola expresses appreciation for the “amount of resources” the School... View Details
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Kraft Accelerator
(pdf) HBS Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator Unique Venture Models (pdf) HBS Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator Disparities: Activating the Right Strategy (pdf) HBS Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator 10 Best View Details
- 20 Aug 2016
- News
The Business of Improving Health Care Delivery
didn’t know much about HBS at that point. But when I heard about the option to actually do a combined degree, I started thinking that might be a really interesting thing to do. “I’m interested in revamping how we deliver health care. I want to bring some of the View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
Sharapova," consisting of Sharapova and her advisors at IMG, a leading sports, media, and entertainment agency. Contains rich data on the way in which IMG structures its sales process, and can serve to illustrate best View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)
elimination, I will advance my perspectives on widely applicable best practices vs. country-specific endeavors. These insights promise to serve as a powerful starting point for my future global health and... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity R. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (forthcoming). This paper presents a case study of offshore oil platforms—a workplace that has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
their standard hiring practices to fit local challenges and customs. Based on interviews with professionals in a number of established accounting, strategy consulting, and executive search firms presently operating in China, it explores... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
May 2016 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings International Data on Measuring Management Practices By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We examine methods used to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From
firms and created its own incubator. This includes a monthly competition where employees can submit business proposals and the winner receives funding and other company resources. The company also hosts an annual competition to identify View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
MILLS: Many business leaders do not know enough about markets and business practices abroad. In his many years of teaching and research on the topic of leadership, HBS professor emeritus D. Quinn Mills developed a “natural concern” about... View Details