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Engaged with field work in East Africa, South Asia, and in several large hybrid organizations in the United States, Professor Whillans places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the social psychological literature and relevant... View Details

11 Mar 2024
Blog Post

A Day in the Life: Ben Hsieh

and International Economy (BGIE) – and we are discussing Korea’s growth story. Our discussion centers around whether government intervention helps economic growth and on the impact of the Chaebols, or large family conglomerates. While... View Details

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

ready. Taking a Step Back Even the most ambitious and accomplished of HBS professionals will want, or need, to step back from business commitments to address more personal concerns, such as: Childcare and View Details

13 May 2019
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The Many Facets of Becoming a Mother at HBS

(the robes hide the belly nicely!). I worked in PE, was sponsored at HBS, and figured that business school would be a great time to have kids given the easier schedule compared to the world of finance. While nothing about having kids... View Details

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

businesses to some 200 investors in the audience. The goal of the event was simple: to get financing. "This is about money changing hands," Harvard Business School professor Myra M. Hart, forum... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Indoor Spaces | About

Indoor Spaces Many indoor spaces inside the buildings of the Harvard Business School campus have been named in honor or in memory of donors, alumni, faculty, and friends of HBS. Anderson Classroom The Franklin R. Anderson Classroom,... View Details

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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

customer behavior , customer satisfaction , service management , service operations , service quality Interviews Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi Prithwiraj Choudhury Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business... View Details

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

success over the top. You may be immune to the grosser forms of celebration—how many really believed Dennis Koslowski's financial excesses at Tyco were a sign of good business leadership?—but culture is a strong shaper of worldview. These... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

Career Coach

Tim Butler

Dr. Timothy Butler is a Senior Fellow on the HBS faculty and is the faculty advisor to HBS Career and Professional Development. He is an expert in the area of business career decision-making and the author of many books, psychological... View Details

24 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

students’ performance on standardized tests.” Published in the February 15 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study was authored by Hans Henrik Sievertsen, a postdoctoral researcher at the Danish National Centre for Social Research;... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

23 Mar 2003
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AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

be moved with the male work force? I think it's something companies have to address," Naidoo said. According to Chigwedere, businesses need to think beyond their employees and families in formulating... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

21 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

What Went Wrong at J.C. Penney?

backfire. Sales last year fell 25 percent, resulting in a net loss of $985 million, and the blood-letting continued in quarterly results released this week. In a recent interview, Harvard Business School marketing expert Rajiv Lal, the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail

Feb 23 2017
Testimonial

Leading, Learning, and Growing—Together

Christoph Schiess

Keywords: Real Estate, Hotels, Diversified

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Greenhill House | About

Greenhill House Robert F. Greenhill (MBA 1962) Greenhill House is named in honor of Gayle and Robert F. Greenhill (MBA 1962). Greenhill House (formerly Humphrey House) was renovated in 2004 and rededicated to honor a distinguished family... View Details

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

below, Frazier provides insights into this turbulent period of American history with Tsedal Neeley (@tsedal), the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Topics... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

26 Jan 2024
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HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy

and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Harvard Business School (HBS). During her time at Harvard, Zutshi discovered the power of entrepreneurship and translation of novel technology. Within a year of leaving Harvard, Zutshi had founded and... View Details

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Group Therapy

discovered that family ties in that country are so prevalent that they are not as useful as interlocking directorates and pyramidal equity structures in delineating business group boundaries. Furthermore,... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

11 Oct 2023
News

Soldier On

you can't really control. The narrative that emerged was you have a newcomer, he's young, he's aggressive. What we need right now for our city, we need someone that has some sort of business skills, someone that can represent our city,... View Details

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Bobby Tuohy

his choices. “I stumbled upon the joint degree program when I was at a crossroads,” he says about his discovery of the joint HBS/SEAS business and engineering program. “It appealed to me because it would allow me to deepen my tech skills... View Details

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