Business Engagement - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Principles is designed to help new and aspiring leaders unleash the potential in themselves and others, and cultivate high-performing teams. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes, including self-assessments... View Details

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS

When Dean Nitin Nohria stepped onto the Burden Auditorium stage on the morning of October 1 to welcome a standing-room-only reunion crowd back to Harvard Business School, his audience was as attentive as any he had experienced in his... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

01 Mar 2017
Blog Post

What You Need to Know about the Latino Student Organization

Prior to HBS, Karla Mendez was working as a management consultant in the Silicon Valley, focused on customer-centric engagements for technology clients. She wanted to pursue an MBA to hone her leadership skills, develop more confidence in... View Details

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

Mills (@KarenGMills) is a senior fellow and served as administrator of the US Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013. Antonio Moreno: Engage creatively and prepare for returns With COVID-19 cases... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

30 Jan 2018
First Look

January 30, 2018

system more frequently and in stores with fewer same-company nearby stores. It also improved creative work and job engagement in stores in divergent markets, where customers needed more customization. We found weak evidence of better... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

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Dean Srikant Datar Statements & Speeches | About

more information about the working groups we announced late last year. They now have had an opportunity to identify and prioritize the issues they expect to understand and address (see below); to identify how they might engage members of... View Details

24 Nov 2021
News

Great Resignation? Tech Workers Try a Great Reconsideration Instead

06 Nov 2015
Blog Post

Casey Gerald: Becoming a Leader at HBS

role in changing the world in the 21st century that I had to go to business school and become engaged in understanding business and leadership. Without question, HBS was the... 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

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

negotiation of safe paths through the complexities of official regulations and government. The easiest way to understand the Unilever organization, observed an article in the U.S. business magazine Fortune in 1947, was "to think of... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

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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

02 Nov 2015
Blog Post

Harvard Arab Weekend (HAW) 2015

The Harvard Arab Weekend (HAW) is the largest pan-Arab conference in North America, bringing together over 1,000 students and professionals to discuss key issues with the region’s most prominent politicians, business people, and leaders.... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

lawyer and to be able to engage with their lawyers in deciding how to proceed. Q: Just as managers have to become more learned about the law, you say that lawyers must become more business savvy. What is the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

01 Feb 2022
Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

book Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game. In fact, venture-minded managers in big corporations often have the tools and infrastructure to become more successful than their peers at startups, say authors Michael Tushman, a Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

04 Nov 2009
What Do You Think?

What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?

a world, it is absurd to talk about 'free' competition—it is inherently unstable, but for the good efforts of government." Alan Ecclesston added, "Let's not confuse 'free market' with freedom from rules and oversight." Elizabeth Doty commented, "... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

25 Dec 2017
News

Employers Are Looking for Job Candidates in the Wrong Places

08 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 8

Cases & Course MaterialsGLOBIS Mukti Khaire, Akiko Kanno, and Nobuo SatoHarvard Business School Case 811-061 Yoshito Hori, dean of the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University, was planning to launch a full-time English MBA... View Details