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For Alumni Making a Difference in Health Care Harvard Business School With more than 8,000 graduates working in all health care industries around the globe, our alumni play important roles from supporting faculty with research to helping... View Details

08 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

share with the world, as I worry about what might get back to me.” But if coactive learning is key, the difficulty is figuring out how to incorporate it into an organization. Myers makes a distinction between on-line learning, which... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

01 Dec 2023
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Rounding the Bend

Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

21 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity

using them can’t use the technology correctly. “AI tools might be good at predictions, but, if they are not used properly, there is no value in investing in such tools,” Choudhury says. Choudhury aims to fill that gap with a new working... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Information

Portrait Project

Katie Rowe

fall short of delivering the care we both need and deserve. While individual patients drive entries on my “grrr” list, the patterns that emerge suggest shared themes. Over time, I weave the threads of individual frustrations into the... View Details

01 Aug 2022
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Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

shared values and behaviors and hence its performance. That’s why a recent study associating Confucian beliefs with positive performance of Chinese firms caught my eye. In it, three scholars based in China and Singapore examined the... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

13 Dec 2022
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The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

minorities to majority populations, particularly historically disadvantaged minorities, there's also income gaps, but the wealth gap is just really huge.” What’s more, minority-owned private equity funds face a significantly higher bar for success than white-owned... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

disinclined to conform to assumed gender stereotypes by working on beauty. The fashion industry, which is also huge, suffers from the same lack of attention from management researchers. Q: You write, "Beauty emerges as an industry which... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

16 Oct 2017
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The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

that more intensive people management is a worthwhile investment of a founder’s time.” Effective human resource management is more than just keeping the paperwork flowing. “You also need to focus on the strategic part of managing people to make sure they are View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

"I've heard many war stories," says Harvard Business School associate professor Connie Bagley, reflecting on conversations with former students who have started business ventures. To prepare current students for the HBS Business Plan Contest, Bagley gives a... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

Become a purpose-driven leader by learning how to influence key stakeholders and integrate values into your work to catalyze system-level change. 3 weeks, 7-9 hrs/week Pay by November 13 $1,850 Certificate Global Business Professor Forest... View Details

18 Jun 2020
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What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

point," Barasz says. "Our research speaks to this debate. If you're framing the policy question as 'is the internet necessary?' but implicitly, you're asking 'is the internet necessary for lower-income people?' our work suggests... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Alumni - Business & Environment

PHDIT PHDOB PHDSTM PHSM SEPME SEPSA SM VC VIS HBS Class* Work with Current MBA Students Student-Alumni Mentorship Program Help guide HBS students toward a career that addresses environmental risks and opportunities. Our Mentorship Program... View Details

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

into “a learning community with shared values and common goals." In the classroom, Christensen was a true artist, like the conductor of a symphony orchestra, as he posed questions to students, listened carefully to their replies, and then... View Details

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Data - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

reveals the share of industries serving a local market versus those competing with other regions; clusters of industries with particular local strength; and an area's performance in terms of employment, wages, patenting, and new business... View Details

21 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard? Do work... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 17

Working PapersThe First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures Authors:Thomas F. Hellmann and Noam Wasserman Abstract This paper examines the division of founder shares in entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't

capacity for generosity. In the following conversation with the HBS Alumni Bulletin, they share insights into the research on why we respond the way we do, when asked. Alumni Bulletin: You’ve both studied some of the reasons people don’t... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

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HBR Classics - Alumni

Landscape Cause Your Firms Decline CSR or Share Holder Value How to Uncover Hidden Shareholder Value , Brian Hagen, Raymond L. Manganelli Shareholder Value Must Top CEOs Agenda , Gregory T. Carrott, Stuart E. Jackson Ten Ways to Create... View Details

13 Jul 2023
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The Network Effect

didn’t realize that we had shared professional interests,” Model recalls, laughing. “It was just a social thing.” Only after graduation would they realize how well-matched their ambitions were: Model, who had a background in investment... View Details

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