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03 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Physicians Off the Beaten Path

doctors and medical residents of alternative career paths if that’s what they want to do.” Their podcast features interviews with physicians who pursued careers outside of or complementary to medicine. Physician-investors,... View Details

13 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams

promoted women and people of color. The diversifying effect was not as pronounced in mergers that involved companies from different industries. "The disruption allows these patterns to be changed for the better." As part of his study, Zhang View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

24 Oct 2018
Blog Post

The Energy & Environment Club

Green Bank to operations at Tesla. The 40+ first-year MBA students in attendance were eager to learn what to expect from the internship search cycle, from generating a list of target companies to nailing the interview and accepting the... View Details

11 Oct 2013
HBS Seminar

Sen Chai, Post-Doc Labor & Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School, and NBER

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By: Richard S. Tedlow

Don't Deny the Facts

Investor's Business Daily, April 27, 2010

The ability to see facts objectively is paramount to business success. An interview with Richard S.... View Details

07 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

about world poverty. They want to move social marketing beyond mere sales and promotion. They insist that eliminating poverty requires all the complex skills the marketing profession can bring to bear. In this interview with HBS Working... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Pay Workers More So They Steal Less

from chain stores and interviewed managers of nine convenience store chains. The first data set, for the year 1999, came from 76 stores in a midsize retail chain and was used to weigh cash shortage and inventory shrinkage, the two most... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

13 Jun 2017
Blog Post

4 Things You Need to Know about the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

leaders of technology ventures Today’s technology ventures need leaders who are not only technologically skilled, but know how to run a business. The program aims to provide students with deep knowledge of both engineering and business and prepare them for leadership... View Details

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The Evolution of Corporate Structure, Internal Governance, and Leadership

My research documents the evolution of the internal governance of senior management in large US firms over a 20-year period and explores, via multiple methods, the causes and consequences of these changes. My findings suggest that... View Details

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

understanding of why Davies failed. Q: The crisis section we are excerpting at the end of this interview is about coping with a sudden denial of service attack. It's also about Barton navigating around conflicting advice while preparing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 Aug 2020
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

tell us. Inclusion is related to such things as “voice”—the belief by workers that they are heard—as well as recognition and equal opportunity in rewards and promotions. Harder to quantify than diversity, inclusion is more nuanced and measured in comments in View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

of the industry, but now it's responsible for much of the growth trajectory." The Guardians And The Entrepreneurs So how did the Swiss watchmakers know when to re-embrace mechanical watches? According to several industry CEOs that Raffaelli View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Apparel & Accessories; Technology; Consumer Products

04 Apr 2022
What Do You Think?

As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?

interviews that I ask questions, I don’t answer them (unless I have personally conducted research on a topic). The example that I included did imply a lack of knowledge of technology among senior executives of one company. We can debate... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

point. The president posted a tweet in which he said, “If they move, it will be the beginning of the end the aura will be gone and they will be taxed like never before.” Harley’s CEO Levatich commented in a July 2018 interview that,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto

19 Mar 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

astonished," said an engineer interviewed after the announcement. "Many Rakuten employees are allergic to English." “If they don't have a language strategy, they'll regret it” In a company where just 10 percent of all... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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FAQs - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

and maintain connections with student leaders throughout the term. In addition we conduct interviews with student groups for use in our research and programs with faculty.Does the Christensen Center offer training in case method teaching... View Details

09 Jan 2023
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Sam Perez Diarte

This year we’re speaking with current MBA students who were admitted through 2+2 to learn what they did during their deferral years. Here’s an interview with Sam Perez Diarte (MBA 2024). Why did you decide to apply to HBS via the 2+2... View Details

30 May 2023
News

Finding PRIDE

graduated college, I didn’t feel there were any limitations to what I could do, but I regressed on that front after HBS. I had worked at BCG before HBS, but I decided not to go back there and I decided not to interview with companies like... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018)

their student loans. Still, taking-on student debt to finance an MBA is a significant commitment, and we recognize that personal circumstances influence how each student approaches that commitment. To better understand how HBS graduates manage and repay their student... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

accomplishments are the Library's organizational redesign, the introduction of web-based information products, and the expansion of the contemporary archival collections. Library acquires New Collection The new John Hawkins Research View Details

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