Human Capital Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

and potential often fail for one simple reason―the enormous challenge for investor relations and fundraising professionals to raise the necessary capital to make the fund profitable. Marketing Alternative Investments builds on the... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation

early-stage challenges with an eye toward scaling operations after graduation. “The cases in Globalization and Emerging Markets were about business realities I’ve been living every day,” he notes. “Finance was the subject where I had the least experience before coming... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

19 Feb 2020
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Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change

(MBA 1997) and the panel On the panel, Sarah Wright (MBA 1997), founder and managing partner of Hull Street Energy, made a strong business case for national environmental laws to address climate change, including in the electricity... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy

04 Oct 2018
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“A Shout Through Time”

because I am also an alumnus, I could use the database. Morrell: So Piero, who graduated from HBS's General Management Program in 2013, looks up Tim Perzyk in the HBS Alumni directory and finds his Twitter account. Ricci: But, I spotted... View Details

05 Aug 2016
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Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

Photography by Susan Young “If you’re a brain geek, this is the best time in history to be alive,” says Jordan Amadio (MD/MBA 2010), founder and managing partner of NeuroLaunch, the world’s first neuroscience startup accelerator. “We’re... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Mar 2023
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Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions

case-based approach to teaching and learning relies heavily on exposing HBS students to a wide variety of perspectives because we’re preparing them to be leaders in organizations and in a world marked by vast human difference and... View Details

Keywords: April White

15 Jun 2021
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The Value of Difficult Conversations

particular people: Do the descendants of those who died or lost property deserve reparations? The relative recency of the Tulsa Massacre and the economic loss—estimated at $26.1 million in today’s dollars—accompanying the tremendous human... View Details

Keywords: April White; Tulsa Massacre

10 Mar 2021
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Sister Soldier

actor managed to put in place. They aimed for a participatory democracy where women and men govern together. Women are co-heads of every town they govern. A women’s council was created in every town these fighters took back. It is the... View Details

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

regulate the industry, and the company became a pioneer in establishing a regulatory model and developing good manufacturing practices for stem cells and human tissue. ViaCord’s first transplant was in 1995, saving the life of a young... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Sep 2024
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Ink: Framing the Full Picture

Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

18 May 2017
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Pioneer Spirit

humanities class of the semester, he met Fern, his future wife. “We were married four hours after we both graduated from Kansas State (Ross earned a BS in mathematics and Fern earned a BS in business education) and immediately moved to... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Dec 1997
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Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution

and has been operational now for just over a year. The Israeli side is contributing expertise, access to export markets, and design capabilities; the Jordanian side provides production management and manufacturing prowess. The venture... View Details

Keywords: Michael Porter, Yagil Weinberg, and Noreena Hertz

01 Jan 2007
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A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968

application to HBS in a tent in Chu Lai, South Vietnam," he recalls with a smile. Mixon's experiences in the military and in business have made him acutely aware of the importance of leadership in every endeavor. "Leadership is the most important responsibility of any... View Details

30 Apr 2025
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A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado

DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2022
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June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

offering occasional remote workdays—they will redesign every aspect of how work gets done, from defining how they measure organizational success to training their managers to make it happen. How the Future Works offers a blueprint for... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books

marks clear dividing lines between China’s domestic economy and the rest of the world. It shows how China seeks to manage the links between the two just when western countries are also focusing on decoupling. In order to prosper, business... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 Jan 2017
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Mental Illness and the Workplace

managing very well. You did-- I believe-- have another psychotic break, is that correct? Switz: Yes, I went from HBS to McKinsey for three years and then, to GE Capital in a strategy role. And a couple of... View Details

08 May 2019
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Lessons from the Ashes

critical opinions about the company’s management and wary of a corporate takeover, 26-year-old Warwick launched a successful takeover bid that was worth about $1.5 billion in US dollars. Just three years after Warwick’s takeover, the... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Mary Callahan Erdoes

even in the womb!” explains Erdoes, who heads global investments for the private bank of J.P. Morgan Chase & Company. Her job puts her in charge of more than $200 billion in assets, managed on behalf of an exclusive group of private... View Details