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Ascending the Peak: Finding the Leader Within—Virtual
provide wide-ranging insights into your personal leadership possibilities as well as the business challenges and career decisions you face Who Should Attend Mid-career professionals who are looking to identify and hone their leadership... View Details
- 24 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the Latino Student Organization
initiatives related to MBA admissions, alumni, career development and more to advocate for and empower the Latino community on campus and beyond. The LASO Board is led by the club’s three Co-Presidents – Amy Hernandez Turcios, Daniel... View Details
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Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual
working with accomplished health care executives from various backgrounds, sectors, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and View Details
- July 2009 (Revised December 2009)
- Case
Echoing Green
By: Julie Battilana, Thomas J. DeLong and James Weber
This case presents the leadership challenges that Cheryl Dorsey, the president of Echoing Green, faces in early 2009. Echoing Green is a fellowship program that seeks to improve society by identifying and supporting social entrepreneurs who launch organizations to... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Financial Crisis; Social Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Organizational Structure; Personal Development and Career; Social Enterprise
Battilana, Julie, Thomas J. DeLong, and James Weber. "Echoing Green." Harvard Business School Case 410-013, July 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
that I would get out, but also that I would prevail in the end and turn the experience into the defining event of my life, which, in retrospect, I would not trade.” Collins asked him about the personal characteristics of prisoners who did... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 2007
- Working Paper
Irving Fisher, Economic Forecasting, and the Myth of the Business Cycle
A premier economist of the twentieth century and a founder of neoclassical thought, Irving Fisher was also an active participant in the field of economic forecasting. Fisher made theoretical contributions to the understanding of economic fluctuations, popularized the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
8 FAQs on the MBA Application
versions of these exams where available, and both GRE and GMAT scores are valid for five years. 3. Is full-time work experience required? As the case method of learning used by our MBA program relies on exchanging perspectives, you must... View Details
- 17 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Teaming in the Twenty-First Century
she says. "When I think about my research, it doesn't necessarily organize itself into a clear narrative from point A to point B." Edmondson's career hasn't followed a clear narrative either. After earning her undergraduate degree in... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 28 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
From Harvard Business School to Spotify: Four Lessons in My Journey to Land My Dream Job
your MBA experience From the first day of my MBA, my classmates knew that I loved music and wanted to explore careers in Entertainment and Media. On the professional front, I joined the Entertainment &... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty
Soon afterwards, his company was acquired and he began talking with career-focused individuals who had also taken sabbaticals. Despite the diversity of their backgrounds and the experiences had while off work, the sabbatical-takers... View Details
- March 2005 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Oprah!
By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
Oprah Winfrey believed in sharing the experiences that shaped her development and enabled her to become the wealthiest women in the entertainment industry and first African American billionaire. Traces her childhood and entertainment career, drawing connections in... View Details
- 25 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Adjusting the Fit for Government
press. He also urged them not to let the specter of poor governments dissuade them from considering entrepreneurial careers in their home countries. "I see an enormous amount of opportunity for improvement, for personal wealth... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
information. We implement an experiment where senders are required to report their private information truthfully but can choose how complex to make their reports. We find that senders use complex disclosure more than half the time. Most... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Article
The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions
By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Katherine L. Milkman
Using a field experiment in a 401(k) plan, we measure the effect of disseminating information about peer behavior on savings. Low-saving employees received simplified plan enrollment or contribution increase forms. A randomized subset of forms stated the fraction of... View Details
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Katherine L. Milkman. "The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions." Journal of Finance 70, no. 3 (June 2015): 1161–1201.
- 01 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Jada Haynes
defer your 2+2 admission? I deferred for 3 years. HBS MBA students matriculate with 5 years of full-time work experience on average, so I wanted to get as close to that as made sense for me. What job(s) did you have during your deferral?... View Details
- 05 Sep 2023
- Book
Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs
teams appeared to have more, not fewer, errors. “All these years later, I can still remember viscerally how it felt,” says Edmondson, who recounts the experience in her new book about the importance of failure, Right Kind of Wrong: The... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Wayfair
having students visit our office so they can meet a wide range of employees - from executives, to recent MBA grads, to people right out of college - and experience our culture up close. Give us your elevator pitch – what is the one thing... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 2018
- The Significance of Race Research in the 21st Century
Harvard Business School AASU50 Research Findings
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Compensation Committees
professional network Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business... View Details
- 24 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud
Noa Torok, MBA 2019, came to HBS with a blank slate. “I arrived with zero expectations,” she says. “I had no idea what I wanted to do.” Her prior experience had shown her the opposite – what she did not want to do. After studying both law... View Details