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- 09 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Career Advancement Without Experience
technology so I learn something It's like playing pool You hit the green ball with the white ball, and the point is to place the white ball to get the next shot. So I take that job in order to learn skills... View Details
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
If it's one lesson the individual investor learned the hard way from the collapse of Enron, it is that the recommendations of Wall Street stock analysts can be influenced by much more than purely objective research. Just look at the large... View Details
- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
casually dressed person is a big shot and why do we do it? What's going on psychologically?" Bellezza says. Keinan and Bellezza, teaming with HBS Associate Professor Francesca Gino, conducted a series of studies to gauge how people react... View Details
- 19 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech
Twittersphere that they would investigate. Technology is undeniably transforming the financial services industry. Fintechs, Big Tech, and banks are using increasing volumes of data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to build... View Details
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
approach to these unique negotiations, why they were so successful in the face of such great odds, and what the experience taught him. READ MORE Dan Morrell: When the average person thinks about negotiation, they usually think of it in... View Details
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
enduring problem." Testing The Testing Facilities To learn whether increased competition was associated with a greater likelihood of testing results being fudged, the researchers looked at pass/fail results in micro-markets... View Details
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
times—get started on the right foot. “It really is possible to bottle up life experience and tacit knowledge and deconstruct it to accelerate the learning curve,” he says. Ng says that unlocking the best career opportunities requires job... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
personal finance curriculum to 5 million students, who range from kindergartners to high school seniors across the country. Morrison says her charge is to prepare the organization for the future. "I need to make sure we're doing the right... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
High Brow
select retailers. Of T&H’s prospects, Cartwright observed, “We know there’s a big learning curve among consumers. But that means more of an opportunity, too.” View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Last Look
you on what we have learned in the next issue. Thank you! Last issue’s LAST LOOK: Readers Joe Kaminski (MBA ’71), John Rees (MBA ’72), Paul Restaino (MBA ’71), and Jim Stanton (MBA ’73) wrote to inform us that the dramatic scene depicted... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Finance: Helping Consumers Improve Their Financial Life
their financial lives, high tech is not enough. In our business, we also have to be high touch. Consumers love the convenience of a digital platform, but there will always be circumstances in the financial services sector when the consumer wants to talk to a View Details
- 27 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad
Rationalization The American workers were sympathetic yet relieved that the situation wasn't reversed, with the Americans having to learn Japanese. They also engaged in what Neeley calls status rationalization—expressing the feeling that... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Campaign Passes Goal, Continues
and events that are directly relevant to their personal and professional lives,” Salter said. “Alumni are a crucial part of HBS. Whether they are serving as recruiters, advising students, participating in our travel programs, attending... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
knowledge (KNOW) and skills (DO) are highly perishable. If you don't use them today, they're gone tomorrow. And, with the world changing at breakneck speed, the knowledge and skills we learn today may be irrelevant tomorrow. Hence, our... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Origin Story: Ricky Cordova (MS/MBA 2025)
making music in our free time.” “My first exposure to HBS was through Tom Eisenmann’s course Tech Venture Immersion. That’s where my mind was really blown. I knew I had to be here.” Bioengineering 101: “At Stanford, one of my professors posed a question: Which organism... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
the consequences of their actions. Koehn: We should ask ourselves, How do we incite the best in our students? How do we help them learn that they're responsible for other people? One expectation our students have when they come here is... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
sectionmates, your classmates for help—and by all means, do attend those reunions. This is Aarati Rajwade, MBA Class of 2010. I was too hard on myself and my definitions of success when I graduated. I had goals with years in a spreadsheet. Life was not a spreadsheet. I... View Details
- 22 Nov 2011
- News
A Storybook Beginning
Valley. At the same time, Worldreader is busy raising money and working with publishers to expand the list of titles that can be downloaded via Africa’s cell phone network. As the organization scales up, Risher says he is relying heavily on lessons View Details
- Profile
Jamira Cotton
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? My undergraduate education in engineering shaped my ability to think analytically about solving rigorous problems. Additionally, while serving clients at McKinsey I constantly learned to... View Details
- April 2000 (Revised October 2002)
- Background Note
Career Strategies and Tactics in Professional Service Firms
By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry
Presents suggestions for ensuring a good start in a professional services career. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Performance Expectations; Performance Effectiveness; Customization and Personalization; Practice; Valuation; Performance Evaluation; Business Startups; Competency and Skills; Learning; Talent and Talent Management; Management Skills; Consulting Industry
Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Scot H. Landry. "Career Strategies and Tactics in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 800-375, April 2000. (Revised October 2002.)