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Bryan Stromer

thing you'll be leaving with? One thing I brought to campus is the belief that business and the private sector have a responsibility to ensure that people with disabilities are included in our economy. I have been able to work with the... View Details

12 Sep 2018
Blog Post

Optimizing the Coaching Experience for Midcareer Professionals

issue, the loss of a job." The midcareer professional may have a desire to go deeper. Or may recognize that their accumulated knowledge and experience can open previously unavailable options. Whatever the motivation, Butler believes, coaching can help participants... View Details

11 Oct 2006
What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

"The only viable long term solution is for people (and their employers) to invest enough over the length of their working life . [It] is the only way in which the dependency ratio can be made... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Portrait Project

Sara Mattei Gentili

I don’t recall a moment in my life when I had that comforting feeling of belonging. What I do remember perfectly, is the first time I thought I was odd. My kindergarten classmates played in the school’s courtyard, and I sat in a corner... View Details

24 May 2017
News

David G. Bradley, MBA 1977

a freelancer who had worked for the Atlantic and was held hostage in Libya in 2011. Bradley gathered interested parties—Gillis’s parents, journalists, lawyers—to brainstorm how they could help, and their initial success led him to bring... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

collaboration between DY Patil University and Harvard Business School Online, student Avanti Patil gained real-world business skills and a global perspective. Her story shows how integrating HBS Online courses into university programs can View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

Furthering the Legacy of Whitney Bowman (MBA 2006)

of 20 years and the mother of their six children, endowed a fellowship in Whitney’s honor on the occasion of what would have been his 15th HBS Reunion. “The School meant so much to Whitney,” says Brittanie, noting he had dreamed of attending HBS from a young age and... View Details

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

to reshape their companies, and explored how they can put data to work for them in ways that create value for their own businesses. The data advantage in sports Big data is already being used heavily in the sports world, students heard... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

Through these meetings I’ve gained a greater appreciation for how deeply people care about the School and the role they wish to see us to play in the world. I’ve also come to see how the collective efforts of this community are the lifeblood of the institution: The... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

Working PapersParallel Search, Incentives and Problem Type: Revisiting the Competition and Innovation Link Authors:Kevin J. Boudreau, Nicola Lacetera, and Karim R. Lakhani Abstract This paper presents econometric evidence of two... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

still works out with former and current world champions at least five days a week at one of the martial arts academies he owns in Singapore. Sityodtong launched Evolve Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in 2009 as a response to an unanswered... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

18 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 18

Khurana Publication:Harvard Magazine, May-June 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://harvardmagazine.com/2010/05/the-pay-problem Working PapersMen as Cultural Ideals: How Culture Shapes Gender... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

of the family business system, we need to understand what capable leaders in family business systems actually do. I've spent much of my professional life figuring this out. I've gotten to know a number of excellent family business leaders... View Details

11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Niren Chaudhary (AMP 191, 2016) has spent most of his career in restaurants, working in leadership positions at Yum! Brands and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts before becoming the CEO... View Details

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

friends, and strangers, even when costly. Why do people devote their resources to helping others? In this chapter, we examine whether engaging in prosocial behavior promotes subjective well-being, which encompasses greater positive affect, lower negative affect, and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

learned--and that many of these skills require executives to rethink their conception of what a superb leader actually does. Developing and practicing these skills requires hard work and may demand that talented executives overcome some... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

transfer doesn’t quite happen that way, and organizations that practice watch-and-learn vicarious learning run the risk of undertraining their key employees, says Myers. He challenges the theory in a new working paper, Coactive Vicarious... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Molly Welch

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I worked for several years at Google in marketing and public policy roles, first related to corporate social responsibility initiatives and subsequently to emerging technologies. In my... View Details

30 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

action by citizens and policy-makers alike: (1) securing the future through innovation strategies suitable for an emerging "white coat economy" that is discovery-based; (2) pursuing happiness by addressing the connection between View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

lowers it.” Everyday unethical behaviors Gino and Kouchaki conducted a series of studies to compare people’s memory for their own unethical actions with their memory of other life events, as well as their memory of other people’s... View Details