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  • 10 Nov 2015
  • Blog Post

Using an MBA for a Career Change

I applied to MBA programs because I wanted to change careers.  I went from spending six years at one company to trying out a number of industries and function areas in two years.  During that time I learned two important things: 1. Maybe... View Details

    Guhan Subramanian

    Guhan Subramanian is the Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business at the Harvard Law School and the Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law at the Harvard Business School. He is the first person in the history of Harvard... View Details

      Amitabh Chandra

      Amitabh Chandra is the Henry and Allison McCance Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School where he is the Faculty Chair of the joint View Details

      • 30 Nov 2015
      • Research & Ideas

      Donors Are Turned Off by Overhead Costs. Here’s What Charities Can Do

      as a doctoral student at the University of California, San Diego, where she conducted a series of laboratory and field experiments with UCSD’s Uri Gneezy, a professor of economics and strategy, and Ayelet Gneezy, an associate professor of... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

        Jeffrey T. Polzer

        Jeff Polzer is the UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He studies how people collaborate in teams and across organizational networks to accomplish their individual and collective... View Details

          Juan Alcacer

          Juan Alcacer is the James J. Hill Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He joined HBS in 2007 and has taught the required MBA strategy course, an elective on Global Strategy and PhD courses in Strategy and International Business. Within... View Details

          Keywords: consulting; management consulting; telecommunications
          • 12 Mar 2006
          • Research & Ideas

          New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

          research into this emerging field and its implications for executives. Sean Silverthorne: How did you get interested in studying multi- and two-sided platforms? Is this a new area of research? Andrei Hagiu: During my PhD View Details
          Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
          • 03 Jul 2015
          • Blog Post

          What is HBS Bridges?

          Before they know it, students are packing up apartments, handing in final assignments, and preparing for commencement. And given everything they’ve learned here, and everyone they’ve come to know, these goodbyes can be difficult. As a capstone to the HBS experience,... View Details

            Dwight B. Crane

            Mr. Crane was a member of the Finance Faculty at Harvard Business School for a number of years, working primarily in the field of financial institutions and corporate governance.  He taught in the MBA and executive education programs at the School, most recently... View Details

            • 01 Feb 2023
            • Blog Post

            How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Jada Haynes

            The HBS 2+2 program is a deferred admission process for current students in their final year of study, either in college or a full-time master’s degree program. If you are admitted through 2+2, you work for two to four years in a View Details

              David Ager

              David Ager is a Senior Lecturer in Executive Education.  He engages CEOs, CHROs, and their teams to design and deliver customized executive development experiences for executive, senior and high potential leaders.  The companies hail from diverse sectors including... View Details

              • 21 Aug 2020
              • Blog Post

              Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

              of the FIELD Global Immersion program during my first year. This access also extends to student-planned career and international treks. Over the winter term, JD/MBAs are able to participate in supplemental coursework and writing, including Short Intensive View Details
              • 2019
              • Working Paper

              The Gift of Global Talent: Innovation Policy and the Economy

              By: William R. Kerr
              Talent is the most precious resource for today’s knowledge-based economy, and a significant share of the U.S. skilled workforce in technology fields is foreign born. The United States has long held a leading position in attracting global talent, but the gap to other... View Details
              Keywords: Global Talent Flows; Talent and Talent Management; Global Range; Immigration; Policy; Economy
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                H. Kent Bowen

                Professor Kent Bowen's current research and teaching is in the field of operations and technology management. He has served as course head for the required first year MBA course, Technology and Operations Management, two advanced level courses, Running and Growing... View Details

                • 2020
                • Chapter

                The Gift of Global Talent: Innovation Policy and the Economy

                By: William R. Kerr
                Talent is the most precious resource for today’s knowledge-based economy, and a significant share of the U.S. skilled workforce in technology fields is foreign born. The United States has long held a leading position in attracting global talent, but the gap to other... View Details
                Keywords: Global Talent Flows; Talent and Talent Management; Global Range; Immigration; Policy; Economy
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                • 06 Jun 2005
                • What Do You Think?

                Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?

                Summing Up This month's column seems to have struck a sore spot with many respondents who question whether the term, "level playing field" even serves a useful purpose. John Forsyth asks, "Is the playing field ever level in... View Details
                Keywords: by James Heskett
                • March 1997 (Revised March 1998)
                • Case

                Help the World See: Self-Sustaining Eye Care in Belize

                In 1992, Help the World See (HTWS), a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to improving eye care in developing countries, established permanent, self-sustaining eye care clinics in Belize in conjunction with the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired (BCVI). The... View Details
                Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Belize
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                • August 2015 (Revised October 2017)
                • Case

                Turnaround at Norsk Gjenvinning (A)

                By: George Serafeim
                Erik Osmundsen, CEO of Norsk Gjenvinning (NG), had initiated a program to strenghten corporate governance, eliminate corruption and improve compliance, and as a result the company had experienced a turnover of almost half of its top 70 line managers and strained... View Details
                Keywords: Change Leadership; Governance; Compliance; Waste Management; Environmental Impact; Social Responsibility; Industry Regulation; Regulatory Enforcement; Turnaround; Turn Around Management; Corruption; Leading Change; Change Management; Crime and Corruption; Governance Compliance; Wastes and Waste Processing; Industrial Products Industry; Norway; Scandinavia; Europe
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                • 09 Apr 2018
                • Sharpening Your Skills

                The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

                changed how those loan officers perceived reality. The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator Money isn’t always the most powerful work motivator. In this field experiment participants were willing to pay money to be ranked higher. Why? How to... View Details
                Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

                  Karim R. Lakhani

                  Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial... View Details

                  Keywords: biotechnology; communications; computer; health care; high technology; information technology industry; internet; pharmaceuticals; software; video games