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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

March 2022
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Skills-First Hiring at IBM

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah Mehta

This case reviews IBM’s efforts to widen its hiring funnel and broaden its talent pool. View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Society; Social Issues; Technology Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)

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14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

these narratives A common feature of all resilient businesses we interviewed is that they proactively sought information from a variety of sources, including suppliers, trade associations, and health care professionals. Managers readily... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

05 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors

nonroutine problems with no clear solution. It may not even be evident what the problem is, only that there is one. I have collected considerable data on this topic and will be conducting further interviews to understand the qualities of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products

06 Jan 2021
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (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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Diversity and Equity - Alumni

a sense of urgency and conviction, the School is strengthening its efforts to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus and in business and society. Female Founders Share Insights In a “Women-Led Wednesdays” series, the Harvard Innovation Labs View Details

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

and Mahindra Group. Description of silent animated video above: Learner scrolls through video interviews from prominent business leaders About the Professor Forest Reinhardt Global Business John D. Black Professor of Business... View Details

01 May 2020
What Do You Think?

Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

workers more fully in their work? What has to be done to assure adherence to an organization's values by everyone? Do effective organization cultures and remote work mix? What do you think? Acknowledgement: I am indebted to Dan O'Brien and Dan Maher for conducting... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

History at HBS, have been compiling an oral history project called Creating Emerging Markets, 130 video interviews of iconic business leaders from emerging markets discussing their careers and organizations in an unstructured format.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni

This can include the internet version of the required newspaper advertisement. Participation in on-campus recruiting events ( HBS campus presentations and/or interviews ) Posting with trade or professional organizations Having an... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

Must-listen: How I Built This, with Guy Raz. “He’s talking to people about the totality of their lives. His interviews show we don’t have our professional selves and separate parenting selves; we are ourselves, whole and complete.”... View Details

Keywords: April White

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How Do I Cite Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools?

including a general acknowledgment of AI if you use it as a tool to complete your writing or project work, even if you do not quote or paraphrase output: Interview questions used for the project... View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

or frames, focus too narrowly on women. A new broader approach is needed, they argue. HBS Working Knowledge's Mallory Stark recently conducted an e-mail interview with the authors. Mallory Stark: You argue that while women's presence in... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

30 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Finding Pride

interview in 1990. When the owner of the company asked if I had any other questions, I made clear that insurance coverage for my domestic partner was a condition of my employment, which wasn’t really done then. Had I not had the fortitude... View Details

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

on three particular cases: those of Apache, Perl and Sendmail (see "The Fathers of Invention"). In addition to wading through printed interviews and materials, and conducting face-to-face discussions with key players in the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

02 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Applying to the JD/MBA Program

whole day of events for people who interview on campus. You get to see the case method in action and meet some of your future classmates. Definitely interview on campus if you can. Bhargav: Arriving at the... View Details

2014
Working Paper

The Organizational and Geographic Drivers of Absorptive Capacity: An Empirical Analysis of Pharmaceutical R&D Laboratories

By: Francesca Lazzeri and Gary P. Pisano

Scholars and practitioners alike now recognize that a firm's capacity to assimilate and use know-how from external sources—what Cohen and Levinthal (1990) called "absorptive capacity"—plays a central role in innovation performance. In recent years, a common strategy... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; Industry Clusters; Knowledge Acquisition; Pharmaceutical Industry; San Francisco; San Diego; Massachusetts

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27 Nov 2006
What Do You Think?

What’s to Be Done About Performance Reviews?

interview than the interviewee." According to Wally Bock, "When I conducted research I found that the more effective supervisors spent the bulk of their performance evaluation meeting time talking about the future." Forced... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

11 Aug 2021
Blog Post

The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise

we also took advantage of Harvard’s entrepreneurial resources. We conducted dozens of customer interviews in Startup Bootcamp, leveraged the Rock Center and Innovation Lab’s expert office hours, and became a semifinalist in the HBS New... View Details

02 Feb 2022
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Nikki Philip

This spring 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 Nikki Philip (MBA 2023). Why did you decide to apply to HBS via the 2+2... View Details

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