Publications

27 Sep 2016
First Look

September 27, 2016

development programs have entered a period of disruption catalyzed by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication and are driven by renewed demand for high-level executive and managerial skills. Unlike other segments of higher education, the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Publications - Faculty & Research

Strategy ; Credit ; Banking Industry ; Argentina ; Mexico ; Colombia ; Latin America Citation Educators Related Alcacer, Juan, and Manuel Franck. "Hyperscaling Dreams: Ualá’s Path from Startup to Fintech Champion." Harvard Business View Details

15 Nov 2016
First Look

November 15, 2016

underperforming brands as candidates for pruning or revitalization, and pinpoints gaps in the portfolio that indicate growth opportunities for new brands. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517021-PDF-ENG Harvard Business View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2017
Case

SEAS and HBS in Allston

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Kerry Herman

The case describes opportunities for and barriers to collaboration between the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Harvard Business School as SEAS prepares to move two-thirds of its faculty and classes to a new campus in Allston, 1.5 miles... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Engineering; Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Change Management; Education Industry; United States

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

changing. HBS first voted to allow women to attend in 1962, and since then it has been a slow march to not only welcome women, but mothers as well. However, with more and more women moving into the breadwinner (or dual breadwinner) role, and business View Details

Program

Senior Executive Leadership Program—Middle East

networking opportunities to participants from the region and to those from organizations initiating or expanding their Middle Eastern presence. An Exceptional Learning Experience When you participate in an HBS Executive View Details

2010
Working Paper

Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model (PDF File of PowerPoint Slides)

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen and Kari Granger

This presentation is based on our research program over the last seven years in which our objective has been to rigorously distinguish leader and leadership and to create a technology for providing access to being a leader and exercising leadership effectively (in... View Details

Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Innovation and Invention; Leadership Development; Goals and Objectives; Research and Development; Attitudes; Perception; Technology; United States

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05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

transfer in security markets. We focus on connections between mutual fund managers and corporate board members via shared education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms they are connected to through their... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2017
Report

Room to Grow: Identifying New Frontiers for Apprenticeships

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Sigelman

In the United States, apprentices are employed in just 27 occupations, mostly in skilled, physical trades. An analysis of job postings data shows that extending apprenticeships to more occupations provides an opportunity to expand employment and close the middle skills... View Details

Keywords: Employment; Training; Competency and Skills; Personal Development and Career; United States

Read Now

16 Jun 2015
Blog Post

Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS

schools that winter. Nothing came close to how I was welcomed and my service was appreciated at HBS. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to study at HBS - an opportunity that I am still grateful for to this day. My three years on... View Details

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Faculty & Research

Moreover, municipalities are significantly more likely to reassess in up markets as opposed to down – consistent with maximizing tax base and revenue collected. Using micro-level evidence from just-passing school referenda in Illinois,... View Details

October 2013 (Revised November 2015)
Case

Southwire and 12 For Life: Scaling Up? (A)

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Ryan Lee

Southwire, a leading maker of cable based in rural Georgia, has partnered with the local school system to staff a factory with at-risk high school students. The positive impact on student outcomes has been remarkable, and the factory makes a profit for the company. Now... View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Production; Education; Business and Community Relations; Manufacturing Industry; Education Industry

12 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

Publish or Perish: What the Research Says About Productivity in Academia

on things like the publication record and grant databases, which are not designed for us to see how science is operating.” Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Kyle Myers and seven colleagues surveyed professor-level researchers at... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Education

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Employment Data

Starting own business 13% Company sponsored or already employed 3% Other 1% Postponing job search 0% Continuing education 0% No Data Available Median Base Salary $175,000 Median Signing Bonus $30,000 53% Receiving Median Variable Bonus... View Details

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

Nineteen years ago, Harvard Business School professor Linda A. Hill wrote the first edition of her book Becoming a Manager, detailing the experiences of several first-year supervisors who were making the daunting transition from star... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

September 2007
Case

Still Leading (B3): Gerry House—Impact of a Different Scale

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce

Describes how Gerry House made the transition from head of a large school district to leader of a small nonprofit. View Details

Keywords: Transition; Teaching; Secondary Education; Leading Change; Nonprofit Organizations; Transformation; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry

Career Coach

Meredith Hamilton

African American Studies with a concentration in Anthropology. She currently lives in Boston with her partner and two children, both of whom are enrolled in Boston Public Schools.Work Experience: embark coaching (Founder & Principal), View Details

Keywords: Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education; Education

October 2018
Case

Phuc Huynh and Teach for Vietnam (A)

By: Leslie Perlow and Eunice Eun

This Harvard Business School case is about Harvard Kennedy School graduate, Phuc Huynh, who wants to establish Teach for Vietnam (TFV) in his home country and become an official Teach for All partner. It considers the concepts of giving back in one’s career and the... View Details

Keywords: Vietnam; Giving Back; Career Decisions; Education; Social Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Mission and Purpose; Leadership Development; Education Industry; Viet Nam; Asia