Administration of Human Resource Programs - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2006
News

A Capital Asset

its reasonable hours allowed Cohen time to raise her children, Amanda (now a lawyer at the Natural Resources Defense Council) and Eli (JD/MBA ’06). During her NTHP tenure, from 1980 to 1993, she focused on developing View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

once-classified national security documents, and other sources to show how far we have traveled from the time of our founders, who tried to constrain presidential power, to the present day, when a single leader has the potential to launch... View Details

04 Sep 2019
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Impact: Where Science and Business Intersect

The creation, commercialization, and scaling of science-based enterprises will be a crucial segment of the global economy in the decades to come. Harvard Business School—through its educational programs, the... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

later known as the “dean of black businessmen.” Fitzhugh encouraged Lambert to apply to HBS, where she was the first African American woman to attend the School during the early years of women’s acceptance... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

Monaco's Digital Transformation

Genta manages 5 percent of the state budget and a staff of 270. His ministry oversees the telecom industry and digital improvements in smart city initiatives, education, and health care, as well as View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2007
News

Mead Treadwell

sciences, climate, biology, and human development. While we focus on research goals, our advice is tied to major policy issues as well. For example, the commission advocates ratification of the United... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Transportation

01 Jun 2000
News

Managing the Map

direction is largely determined by the needs of its scientists and by the direction of the life sciences themselves. "Management's role therefore tends to be more of a View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015

1991): to provide continuous Internet access to the planet’s unconnected billions through, in Cassidy’s words, a “complex choreography where thousands of balloons are being steered and programmed all in an... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

01 Feb 1998
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Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74

professor at Pennsylvania State University. He quickly made his mark at HBS as an effective and highly regarded teacher in the MBA and Executive Education Programs, while also taking leadership roles in the administration View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Building a Social Network

percent. A second proposal under consideration would overhaul the existing initiative by taking the “deep” networks approach of sinking resources into already-successful groups and shutting down others. YPO... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2022
News

Contributing to a Better Future

their world. “The early results show that trust in most major institutions is declining. People trust the government less, they trust the media less, they trust religion less,” says Debora Spar, the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor View Details

Keywords: April White

15 Nov 2024
News

Driving Change

Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details

01 Mar 2025
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Forward Thinking

There was a time when human activity in outer space was a highly centralized, government-led endeavor, says Professor and Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl. But that era has passed: Over the past two decades, a calcified space bureaucracy has given way to a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Franziska Barczyk; Space Research and Technology; Government

01 Mar 2023
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Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions

student body. “Affordability is of paramount importance because it enables people from all backgrounds, experiences, and interests to enroll at HBS,” says Matthew Weinzierl, the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2003
News

Business Answers the Call

margins, want reform to be instituted through the familiar public-school structure. For their part, HBS graduates have long been involved in various education initiatives and reform efforts. Alumni have created and funded national View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2004
News

Corey, Lombard Remembered

and coauthored several books and other materials on human relations. In 1962, he largely put aside teaching duties when he was named associate dean for educational affairs, a key position from which he guided the development and... View Details

23 Sep 2020
News

HBS Action Plan for Racial Equity

member of our community to thrive.” The plan was crafted by a 25-member task force made of HBS faculty, staff, students, and alumni, and co-chaired by Chief Information Officer Ron Chandler, Senior Associate... View Details

09 Mar 2021
News

Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

districts and community colleges and creating apprenticeships. I'm not talking about jobs tourism, “Come on a field trip to my company.” I'm talking about compensated work to gain work experience and earn credentials. Such programs are... View Details