Business Engagement - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jan 2023
Book

Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

back up and running, many women are asking: What’s it going to take to effect real change? According to Tina Opie, visiting scholar at Harvard Business School and author of Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies

Why did a group of Harvard Business School professors become interested in an innovative new heart surgery technique? It turns out that a hospital's operating room provides an excellent controlled arena from which to explore the role that... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

06 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Takeaways from the Peek Women's Colleges Cohort

Peek has changed a lot since its founding in 2015! Please visit the Peek website for the most up to date information on dates, registration, and program events. I was incredibly excited when I learned about Peek Weekend, which offers an authentic look into the MBA... View Details

25 Dec 2017
News

Employers Are Looking for Job Candidates in the Wrong Places

17 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring

to in July and December. Now, we’ll look at what they have been doing to cope with the circumstances. Forced to stop and rethink every aspect of their businesses from the morning commute to the mission statement, these inspiring CEOs have... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

15 Dec 2023
News

The Musts of 2023

to me because it felt there were so many lessons that we could learn today. Whether it's business or politics or just international relations I just found it very interesting. Marcus Wedner (MBA 1988): Marcus Wedner, 1988. The book is... View Details

14 Jul 2021
Blog Post

From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)

herself in Boston at Harvard Business School and is spending the summer interning for a Cambridge-based pharmaceutical and biotech company that has become a household name – Moderna. The contributions Llano will be making to the team and... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

23 Mar 2021
Book

Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World

When the pandemic forced employees to flee offices and work from home in droves last year, many business leaders worried that productivity might take a dive. Would remote workers be too tempted by the lures of Netflix or too distracted by... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Aug 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Built for Global Competition from the Start

Thanks to the Internet, entrepreneurs are no longer confined to a local geography when building a new business—the world can be their market from day one. But building a startup as a global business requires managers with skills and... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Education

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

number of self-identified gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender executives gained 733 percent. Another benefit: "By deliberately seeing ways to more effectively reach a broader range of customers, IBM has seen significant bottom-line results," says Thomas.... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

09 Mar 2023
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

way to contribute to solutions at the legislative level. I fundamentally believe the yet-to-be-uncovered solutions to the issues I care about most, like racial justice, lie at the nexus of business innovation and legal knowledge. How have... View Details

03 Jul 2017
Blog Post

4 Ways HBS Alumni Utilize Baker Library

his role as Director of Business for Baker, Jim Borron supports alumni and ExEd participants by helping them understand and take advantage of the information services and products offered by the library. “It’s very gratifying to be part... View Details

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

face reality, engage in real debate and help solve our nation's problems? As citizens (and voters), I believe we must insist on it. william A. Sahlman, Dimitri V. D'arbeloff-mba Class Of 1955 Professor Of View Details

Keywords: by Staff

06 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

[He has] created a monument more lasting than bronze And loftier than the pyramids' royal pile, One that no wasting rain, nor furious north wind Can destroy, nor the immeasurable succession of years and flight of time. (Book III. Ode 30) Several Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda

27 Nov 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Secrets for Creating a Long-Lasting Brand

A well articulated and adored brand is more valuable to a business than any single product. But they are also vulnerable—a crippled brand, like a a piece of fine crystal with an alarming crack, is one jostle away from breaking apart.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

Web

Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

and become a more effective attorney, CPA, or overall colleague. "HBS Online doesn't teach you knowledge or prescribe to any cookie-cutter solutions to problems. Rather, it teaches you how to think about business problems and arrive at a... View Details

15 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

advancement—especially important in a hot labor market at a time of economic uncertainty. “Your digital network can have lasting implications on how your career progresses, not just over the next year, but over your whole life,” says Iavor Bojinov, assistant professor... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Oct 2023
Blog Post

HBS Section I Celebrates Parents, Mentors, and Partners Day

geographical locations in the pursuit of academic excellence. Professor Fubini led the discussion with the same level of rigor and high expectations that he maintains in any Harvard Business School class. Described by parents as... View Details

23 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

majority/minority status, disproportionately affecting women and underrepresented minorities. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-066.pdf PublicationsHandbook of Leadership Theory and Practice Authors:Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana, eds.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

value would necessarily trump another, and any decision would have to be evaluated by taking all such values into account and balancing them against each other. Once there is a consensus on which values are important, future business... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

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