College Students - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jan 2009
What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

question, those who addressed the issue at all played it quite safely. For example, C. J. Cullinane wrote, "[I]nvest at the basic high school and college level in math and science. Small business should get tax breaks as well."... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

students and their middle class and white counterparts, the gap persists. By age nine, African American and Latino students are on average three grade levels behind, and View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

06 Aug 2014
What Do You Think?

What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?

sustenance for many of us helping prepare students for leadership.) His legacy is found in other influential practitioners and scholars of leadership. As I prepared the original piece on Bennis, Jay Lorsch, a colleague, reminded me that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

30 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

mention” candidates, Tony Hsieh, Jack Ma, and Richard Branson. Musk did his undergraduate work at Wharton and completed a graduate degree in physics at Stanford. Hsieh displayed entrepreneurial skills as a student at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

order to accelerate their expansion efforts, Jump Start, an early childhood education program that pairs college students with pre-schoolers struggling in Head Start, began entering into affiliate... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

18 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 18

the survey in Korean, demonstrating how cultural frames influence the contents of gender stereotypes. In Study 3, American college students rated a male student as higher on... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It

excellent students no longer can stand out if "grade inflation" at a college leads to almost all students getting A's, so too, innovative companies find it... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

03 Feb 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?

prestigious school, an award, or even a particular job that you’ve always prized? Students in my Harvard Business School MBA classes often expressed the notion that they were “admissions mistakes.” In my case, I had doubts about whether I... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie

spanned age groups from college students to people all the way past their 40s. Defeating the ‘illusion of intimacy’ The lesson? “I’d avoid temporary sharing for anything close to a professional purpose,”... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

George C. Lodge

School's required curriculum. Lodge's early career plans pointed him toward journalism. After serving in the U.S. Navy and graduating with honors from Harvard College in 1950, he signed on as a reporter with the old Boston Herald, then... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

24 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 24

institutions of our capitalist system, which, if ignored, can undermine the legitimacy of the system. I provide some ideas on how to fix the problem. Working Papers Curbing Adult Student Attrition: Evidence from a Field Experiment By:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

Lots of people have great ideas for new products and services, but most lack the imagination and doggedness to actually get them launched. Darren Rovell is a notable exception. As a college student, he had a passion for the business of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

management control and health care. Her latest book, Market-Driven Health Care, won the 1998 Book of the Year Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives. Herzlinger opened the conference by reporting on the forces driving... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

25 Aug 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?

highly-skilled workers” Just as problematic are Trump’s numbers with educated voters. Even solely among whites, 60 percent of white voters with a college degree disapprove of Trump’s performance as president, and 54 percent of white... View Details

Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda

01 Feb 2017
What Do You Think?

Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?

development for the sectors where jobs are being created.” Dolembo suggested a multi-faceted response: “Fund student loans, stop punishing those who get the training at community colleges and share in the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

08 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Women Negotiating in the New Millenium

Organizations and Markets Group and Deborah Kolb, a professor at the Simmons College Graduate School of Management, discussed the topic at the Women Enriching Business panel "Women Negotiating in the New Millenium." "The... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

risks of investing abroad.” Home bias is short-sighted In a recently released working paper, however, Viceira argues that such an investment strategy may be unwise for investors in the long run—not to mention damaging to the global economy overall. Written with HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Jan 2020
What Do You Think?

Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?

H-1B visa, the ticket to temporary employment for skilled immigrants that can lead to the coveted “green card” providing permanent residency. Along with college admissions of international students and and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

26 Apr 2016
First Look

April 26

Case 216-023 Models of Endowment Management: King's College, Cambridge One of the University of Cambridge's Colleges evaluates different asset management options for its endowment fund. Purchase this case:... View Details