Observation - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Nov 2021
News

Getting Back Together for Global Networking Night; Healthcare Conference Draws New Interest

56 alumni who were highly engaged in the conversation. GNN, HBS Club of Nigeria Drake brings deep experience in leading diversity initiatives for higher education organizations, and started his talk by sharing his initial observations of... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2018
News

March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Alumni Books Dress Like a Million from Goodwill: The Ultimate Recycle Store by Jean Kelley (OPM 29, 2000) (JKLA Publishing) Goodwill stores are the ultimate retail location for getting great deals on name brand clothing. In this book, the author shares her years of... View Details

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

appearance of prejudice during social interaction is to avoid talking about race, or even acknowledging racial difference. Four experiments involving a dyadic task investigated antecedents and consequences of this tendency. Observed... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Michelle Giguere

opinions. If you can defend your ideas to ninety smart people you respect, you're well-prepared for any meeting you might have later on. What can someone throw at you once you've experienced that on a daily basis?" About student life, Michelle View Details

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Andrew Holmberg

Harvard rapidly became his top choice. “After creating actionable change,” he says, “I didn’t want to be a passive classroom observer again. I like the case method because it’s active.” Equally important, HBS facilitates deep interactions... View Details

07 Jan 2015
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

demand which is deemed as justified by a panel ." What isn't off limits when it comes to transparency? What do you think? Original Article When Sony was hacked recently, most observers concentrated on issues of criminality as well as... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 2, 2009

technology, file sharing has not undermined the incentives of authors to produce new works. We argue that the effect of file sharing has been muted for three reasons: First, the cannibalization of sales that is due to file sharing is more modest than many View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Evolving Executive Education: Five Lessons from the Senior Associate Dean

business leaders face on a daily basis. That's why today's leaders cannot afford to stop learning. I am a swimmer, so I think about it this way: I can always improve my technique. I can do some of this on my own, but I also need to let others View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

HBSAAAA Convenes in San Francisco

power and influence. "The issues discussed had wide relevance," observes program chair Willa E. Seldon (MBA '86). Adds Wilkinson, "The dialogue took advantage of shared experiences from the vantage points of early- through late-career... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

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Raghu Yarlagadda

opportunity costs of a two-year MBA were more than made up by returns that last a lifetime.” Choosing HBS proved easy. “Talking to students and alumni, I observed that at HBS, the gap between ideas and execution is so small because of the... View Details

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Hold ourselves accountable to meaningful, measurable progress. - Advancing Racial Equity

observe the arc of the School bending clearly towards racial equity. Third, we will create a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Board of Advisors , consisting of alumni and outside experts, that meets regularly to review HBS’s progress and... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

Immersion Program Digs Deep

part of it,” remarks Moshkovich, a native of Israel. “In less than two weeks I was able to upgrade my understanding of business, cultural, and political issues — not just in China and Vietnam but in other countries as well.” Despite her extensive experience with both... View Details

Keywords: immersion; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2004
News

Starting Off on the Right Foot

never be taken back. Talk less, listen more. “Corporate meetings are not first-year HBS classes,” observes Waldroop. “You won’t score any points by stealing ‘airtime’ from the person sitting next to you.” Waldroop acknowledges that the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

12 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Can Our Parenting Struggles Make Us Better Leaders?

let go. Finding a happy medium is far from easy. Diana Baumrind, a pioneering research psychologist, observed that parents often behave in ways that are either authoritarian, permissive, or negligent, with a tendency to bounce among the... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Air Transportation

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Casey Gerald

garden” While at Yale, Casey attended a law school event at which the speaker made an observation that made a lasting impact upon him. “He said law was the instrument of social change in the twentieth century,” Casey explains, “but if you... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Retail; Nonprofit / Government

01 Jun 1997
News

Entertainment Moguls Ponder the Future at HBS Conference

managing director, Cowen & Co., and author of the influential book Entertainment Industry Economics; and Strauss Zelnick (MBA/JD '83), president and CEO, BMG Entertainment North America. Harold Vogel observed that while new technologies... View Details

Keywords: Paula Maute

01 Oct 1997
News

Terence P. Stewart

sectors, the U.S. economy, and American workers and their communities. "In fact," observes Stewart, "over the past forty years, virtually every segment of the U.S. economy has required assistance at our borders or overseas." Stewart and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 1998
News

Putting on the Wheels

mainstay of the American economy. So questions about the current Asian economic crisis elicit from him the wry, seen-it-all-before observation that "when you expand, it's always at the wrong time." After all, Hughes points out, with... View Details