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Investment Management and Capital Markets - Course Catalog

business. This includes both those targeting careers in asset management and those interested in learning how to manage effectively their personal wealth, current and future. This course aims at de-mystifying the world of investing as a black box full of... View Details

10 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Governance in India and Around the Globe

is a global market for technical talent. Second, capital plays a smaller role in software than in most other global industries. Thus, one can, to some extent, isolate the impact of global talent markets from the effect of global capital... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu; Technology

11 Jun 2019
Book

These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

Desan dive into the evolution of these new historic perspectives. The Fearless OrganizationTo do their best work, people need to feel secure and safe in their workplace, argues Amy C. Edmondson. Rebel Talent Francesca Gino argues that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1999
News

HBS Collaboration Helps Management Education for Minority Students

and help companies tap into this incredible talent pool." When he first began visiting historically black colleges, Aguilar recalls, he discovered that few faculty members were conversant with the teaching of business practice. As a... View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

01 Jun 2012
News

Desperate Sections

forced the Dean to eliminate underperforming sections in order to keep the School in business and to fund a new, revamped curriculum. Chaos ensues, and indeed it merrily continued over four knock-’em-dead performances, perpetrated by a cast and crew of dozens of View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

18 Dec 2024
Podcast

Nicholas Bloom on the unbundled workplace

The Stanford economist explains the momentum behind the work-from-home trend, how to manage a hybrid staff, and the new workforce geography. Also, the tech-driven evolution of remote work and the rise of the CHRO. View Details

July 2019
Teaching Note

AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow

By: William R. Kerr and Carl Kreitzberg

A Teaching Note for the "AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow" case study (HBS#820-017). The case describes how AT&T designed and implemented a program to retrain 100,000 of its workers. The case first reviews the technological forces that compelled AT&T to... View Details

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21 May 2025
Podcast

Shake Shack’s test kitchen: Developing a good jobs and automation combo

Shake Shack Chief Growth Officer Steph So and HBS professor Chris Stanton join Bill Kerr to discuss the fast-casual chain’s digital strategy and how technology is changing the dining experience and restaurant work, from frontline to back office. View Details

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Our Leadership | Information Technology

Security Chris Pringle, HBS Campus Information Security Officer IT Talent Management, Services & Support Heath Racine, Senior Managing Director Learning Experience Design & Interactive Spaces Jeanne Po, Managing Director Organizational... View Details

John R. Simplot

Investing in businesses that ranged from cattle to potatoes to fertilizer, Simplot used his talent at achieving efficiency and at spotting a growing market to garner enormous profits. Simplot capitalized on the Army’s World War II demands... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Set Your Recruiting Vision for 2020

A new year provides an opportunity to set your vision for the future at home, in your career, and for your company. In your role as a recruiter or hiring manager, a cornerstone of that vision will be attracting and retaining top talent so... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Lew R. Wasserman

When Wasserman joined MCA, it was a talent agency, and he rose to the rank of president by attracting and being a strong advocate for a growing list of clients. Seeing the potential of the television industry, however, Wasserman set MCA... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

08 Jul 2025
Blog Post

In-Office, Remote, or Hybrid: Strategies for Success

routines, and communication. The HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) office shares practical tips to help you and your team thrive. When you’re ready to hire MBA talent with the skills to lead in any environment, explore our... View Details

16 Jul 2020
Blog Post

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

we are willing to contribute ideas in the workplace or try to compete for a promotion,” Coffman says. “If talented women in STEM aren’t confident, they might not even look at those fields in the first place. It’s all about how good we... View Details

18 Nov 2020
News

Advancing Company Culture

21 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google

wealth with them. His parents’ primary assets were their talents, energies, and aspirations to have a better life for themselves and their children. So how did Brin reach a position to cofound Google in 1998? The US educational system recognizes and promotes View Details

Keywords: by Shane Greenstein; Information Technology

01 Jun 2017
News

Better Hiring Through Brain Science

Illustrations by Marcos Chin Illustrations by Marcos Chin Hiring companies employ Pymetrics to source additional talent and filter massive applicant pools as well as to boost retention and serve as a development tool. “We follow the View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

2015
Reducing Bias

Emilio Castilla

October 2001 (Revised March 2002)
Case

Perlegen Sciences

By: Linda A. Hill and Nicole Tempest

As a biotech start-up company involved in studying human genomes, Perlegen needed to develop an organization that fostered innovation and teamwork among a group of highly trained professionals from both the science and technology fields. Perlegen's CEO, Brad Margus,... View Details

Keywords: Innovation Leadership; Groups and Teams; Management Teams; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Genetics; Talent and Talent Management; Innovation Strategy; Biotechnology Industry