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2022
Book

Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy

By: Isabelle Ferreras, Julie Battilana and Dominique Méda

What happens to a society—and a planet—when capitalism outgrows democracy? The tensions between democracy and capitalism are longstanding, and they have been laid bare by the social effects of COVID-19. The narrative of “essential workers” has provided thin cover for... View Details

Keywords: Democratic Capitalism; Essential Workers; Sustainability; Equality and Inequality; Climate Change; Social Issues

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22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

Bill George, now a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. "Innovators need to be able to try things out, fail, correct them, and then bring them back into the organization." You really need to develop two... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

understand financial statements and communicate financial results. My job is project-based, and I'm currently leading the operational functions of a system-wide IT implementation, a project that affects the daily work of a few thousand... View Details

14 Sep 2021
Blog Post

How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development

what the employee can do to grow their skills and what extra opportunities they can take on,” said Fitzpatrick. Then, as extra projects will often be within different teams, communication between managers is... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Team - Entrepreneurship

Director of Rock and Foundry Thara Pillai, Director Emily Cronin, Associate Director LAURIE BISHOP, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR MARY ROSE SAINT-CYR, COMMUNITY MANAGER- ALUMNI PROGRAMS Ben McLarey, Community Manager VIRGINIA SHANNON, SPECIAL View Details

01 Dec 2023
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A Continuum of Innovation

can we ensure that HBS’s MBA Program offers the best management education possible for future leaders in business and society?” In an ongoing effort to address these questions, the School launched the Required Curriculum (RC) Renewal... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

16 Jul 2018
Blog Post

3 Key Take-a-Ways From My Summer at Zalando

I am now on the halfway point of my internship and I would like to use this post to share three of the most relevant experiences I have had in the last few weeks at Zalando. 1. Management Board speaks about Diversity As I mentioned on my... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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AOM Ethno PDW 2009-2014

AOM PDW 2014: Being There/Being Them: Entry, Exit, and In-Between in Organization Ethnography

Co-Organizers: Michel Anteby, Harvard; Curtis K. Chan, Harvard; Julia DiBenigno,... View Details

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Career Histories and the Biotechnology Industry

Professor Higgins' other major project focuses on the consequences of individuals' career experiences for firms and industries. This second research stream centers on the careers of executives in the biotechnology industry.

Professor Higgins has written... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Made in Italy

of 45 students to join Arthur Segel, the Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice; Sophus Reinert, the T. J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of Business Administration; and Dante Roscini, the MBA Class of 1952 Professor of View Details

Keywords: April White

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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

students committed to driving positive societal change. Through panels & workshops, community-building events, and collaborative projects across HBS and the broader Harvard community, we equip members with the skills and knowledge to... View Details

22 Feb 2024
Blog Post

It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!

Technology Venture Immersion. Much of the broader HBS experience is based upon the conversations you’ll have with peers. Whether classroom discussions or project collaboration, you end up getting to know this group of 30 peers incredibly... View Details

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

expertise to improve the lives of children and youth of low-income families in the Washington, D.C., region. Morino is the author of Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity. Alnoor S. Ebrahim is an associate professor... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Faculty & Research - Business History

Business History in Emerging Markets By: Geoffrey Jones This article describes the motivation, structure and use of the Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) oral history-based project at the Harvard Business School. The View Details

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

the trends of yesteryear, we ask that you also turn your thoughts to 2012. What do you think will be the top areas of concern for managers in the coming months? Please share your thoughts in the comments section, and have a happy new... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

02 Jul 2014
Blog Post

Connecting Fashion & Technology at Kate Spade

I found my internship with Kate Spade through Career & Professional Development’s collaboration with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Coming from management consulting where the recruitment process was very... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

01 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS

born to supportive parents who pushed me to do my best in school and extracurricular activities, being able to benefit from strong education systems in safe environments, and having managers who trusted me to take on large... View Details

20 Apr 2011
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Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

situations. When you are able to project yourself into a future situation, almost as if you were actually in it, you can better anticipate which motivations will be most powerful and prepare to manage them.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

CO2 while reducing ocean acidity. Vanessa's role prior to HBS was a Consultant at BCG and Project Manager at NextEra Energy. Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024, Section H), Summer Internship: Sales & Marketing,... View Details

2023
Article

A Review of Commercialisation Mechanisms for Carbon Dioxide Removal

By: Conor Hickey, Sam Fankhauser, Stephen Smith and Myles Allen

The deployment of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) needs to be scaled up to achieve net zero emission pledges. In this paper we survey the policy mechanisms currently in place globally to incentivise CDR, together with an estimate of what different mechanisms are paying... View Details

Keywords: Carbon Dioxide Removal; Climate Change; Markets; Cost; Policy; Environmental Regulation