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Georgetown University as a Distinguished Military Graduate, Army Reserve Officer Training Corps. His family has eight decades of consecutive service in the US Navy and US Army by seven View Details

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Placement - Doctoral

studies, are uniquely individualized. Factors like departmental fit, location preferences, dual career choices, and family needs shape these decisions. We celebrate when students secure a position that brings them joy! Students are... View Details

14 Sep 2023
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Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?

and mixed news,” says McGinn, the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration at HBS. Women have seen employment gains, while some gender roles have remained firmly entrenched thanks to outdated household norms and workplace demands, she observes. One silver... View Details

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26 Apr 2024
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Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

write a case study about how Sanders, known as “Coach Prime,” applies a military commander’s approach to motivating his team. “Deion reminds me of military officers I’ve served under because of the clear way he communicates and the... View Details

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October 2021
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Diversifying P&G's Supplier Base (A)

By: Kris Ferreira, Kym Lew Nelson, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Sarah Mehta

In February 2003, P&G hosted two meetings—one with its largest woman- and minority-owned suppliers and one with its largest non-minority-owned suppliers. Attendees in each meeting heard the same message: P&G was keen to grow its commitment to inclusive supply chains,... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Business Organization; Family Business; Joint Ventures; Demographics; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Ethics; Fairness; Ownership; Supply Chain Management; Consumer Products Industry; Service Industry; United States; Ohio

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12 Sep 2023
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Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You

notes. This may bring happiness to people who prioritize lifestyle, location, or social life. Talented but have significant family obligations? You might prefer the “steady-state” path that allows you to learn and grow but not take on too... View Details

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23 Jun 2023
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This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions

unleashed when people can make their own decisions,” Sandino says. Sometimes these decisions can push boundaries. The case describes nurses backdating a family meeting to the day of a patient’s death so that they don’t have to interrupt... View Details

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Entrepreneurs-in-Residence - Entrepreneurship

questions or would like to learn more about the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, please email us at rockcenter@hbs.edu . Gil Addo SVP, Specialty Care Solutions RubiconMD acquired by CVS Health Andrzej Baraniak Founder / Chief Revenue View Details

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Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details

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Marketing - Faculty & Research

ElliQ, Intuition Robotics leadership had to make a critical decision. Since its founding, the team believed that the most efficient path to widespread adoption of ElliQ was the business-to-consumer model, targeting older adults and their View Details

17 Aug 2020
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What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

by unloading to and confiding in and trusting your fellow officers and your men.” Advice and exercises for leaders While the entire world is enduring the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis is affecting individuals in drastically different ways... View Details

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Spangler Center | About

Spangler Center C.D. (“Dick”) Spangler (MBA 1956) Spangler Center was made possible through the support of the Spangler family and named in their honor. Officially opened in 2001, Spangler Center has played a dramatic role in connecting... View Details

March 2022 (Revised October 2022)
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Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

Kimball International, Inc. (KII), led by CEO Kristie Juster, and its board of directors, chaired by Kim Ryan, faced critical questions about KII’s future in the spring of 2021. Two years earlier, the board had appointed Juster as the new CEO of KII, a publicly traded,... View Details

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Middle East & North Africa - Global

Center in Istanbul in 2013, followed by offices in Dubai and Cairo. Separately an office was opened in Tel Aviv in 2016 reporting to the Europe Research Center. All play an important role in helping HBS... View Details

29 Jul 2019
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How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School, and fellow researchers compared the outcomes of flexible work arrangements at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The team found that employees with liberal “work from... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

03 Oct 2023
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Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

Oprah is trying to make here and we try to make in the book. That the magic of all of this is that if you want more happiness in your life, show more love to other people in your life. Winfrey: Yeah. Brooks: Love of the divine and of your View Details

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Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship - Health Care

Thomson is co-founder and CEO of Modulate Bio, a biotechnology company developing next-generation therapies to treat neurological disorders, including tremors, epilepsy, and anxiety. Driven by personal and family experiences, Andrew is... View Details

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Latin America - Global

an office in Mexico City. Locations Latin America Research Center: Montevideo Montevideo, Uruguay Latin America Research Center: Mexico City Mexico City, Mexico Latin America Research Center: São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil News & Highlights... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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Organizing the Family-Run Business

officers below the CEO, except to make sure that compensation practices are well designed and fairly implemented. Guarding Decisiveness Because of a family's desire to avoid conflict or protect traditions, View Details

05 Aug 2022
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Why People Crave Feedback—and Why We’re Afraid to Give It

most people don’t,” says Francesca Gino, the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “People overestimate the negative consequences giving feedback for themselves, as well as underestimate the... View Details

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