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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
leading from the street to the house itself. That insight, coupled with the radical nature of precision medicine, led to a realization: A “business as usual” approach wouldn’t do the trick; a different way of fighting cancer required an... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader
hesitate to share information if they believe the new leader's mind is already made up. Typically, the result is less support for change. Sticking With The Existing Team Too Long Many new leaders believe subordinates they inherit deserve... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins
- Web
Career Journey | MBA
team at HBS helps students realize their unique career visions. Whether one knows exactly what they want to do or are still exploring possibilities, CPD is there to guide each student every step of the way with personalized career tools... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice
revenues and profits. Yet, high-performing entrepreneurs who had above-median performance got even better, with the AI mentor leading to a 15 percent increase in performance, according to the study. Difficult questions stump AI All told,... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 22 Feb 2019
- News
Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders
from a local public school, and each adult volunteer was assigned a team of about 7 kids. These groups were tasked with starting and running a company while the adult volunteers would act as consultants to help out when needed, mostly... View Details
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Supporting Careers | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
understanding of the complexities of leading in the social sector. Who Gets that Opportunity Right Out of Business School Clive Chang Making an Impact Multiple Students Summer Fellows The Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
Jacek Makowski (MBA 1960)
says he hopes it will “enable young, entrepreneurial managers from Poland to lead even more business growth in the years ahead.” Educated as an engineer in England, where his father led a Polish squadron of the Royal Air Force during... View Details
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
AFC. However, a broader set of emerging market countries show weaker liquidity, solvency, and profitability indicators. More countries are also in the Altman Z-score's “grey zone,” that is, at risk for corporate distress. Regression estimates confirm that View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
avoidable ways. This article is based on the analysis of hundreds of work diaries from professionals describing everyday events that involved high-level managers in their companies. The analysis uncovered four major types of actions that reduce meaningfulness in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- Fast Answer
Field Course: Investing for Impact
market trends encompassing various technology-, energy-, and manufacturing-related fields. [Applicable for: Novobeing, GLOU Beauty, CareRemedy] Gartner - The database includes research findings on a wide range of IT-related topics, including analyses,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Peter W. Olson: By the Book
the book business fascinated me," says Olson, who joined the German media corporation Bertelsmann in 1988 and worked his way up to chairman of its North American book group. When Bertelsmann acquired Random House in 1998, Olson was selected to View Details
- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
mass shootings lead to laws that actually loosen gun restrictions. Frustrated that the US firearm-related death rate hasn’t seen a meaningful reduction in more than a decade, the HBS team is hoping their... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
didn't have a gun, either, but said he'd ask around. He tried several coaches and the operator of a baseball camp, but these leads came up dry. Then, out of the blue, he got a call from someone else looking for a favor, a coach involved... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
Gilchrist, Duncan S., Michael Luca, and Deepak Malhotra Abstract— Do higher wages elicit reciprocity and lead to increased productivity? In a field experiment with 266 employees, we find that paying higher wages, per se, does not have a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
contribution to Asia's economic progress and the characteristics (and limitations) of a leading university, Professor Emeritus Daniel Quinn Mills lays out his recommendations for building a world-class university in Asia, including how to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2011
- News
Are Humans Cost-Effective?
On Halloween, before a raucous audience in Burden Hall, Watson, the IBM game-playing computer, took on student teams from HBS and MIT in a friendly game of Jeopardy! During the match, a slimmed-down, traveling version of Watson showed off... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
Academy of Management Journal Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-clearing Across Difficult Terrain By: Fisher, Colin M., Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa M. Amabile Abstract—How do teams working on complex projects get the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences – A Q&A with Professor Robert Howe
have been exploring the intersection of design and entrepreneurship for a couple of years. We’ve concluded that human-centered design skills are an ideal set of tools for someone who wants to lead a tech venture. These methods can be... View Details
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development
Establish Transparent Paths to Success Another strategy Fitzpatrick recommends for employers is to be transparent around the skills employees need to progress. During her time managing teams at a leading... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees' Career Development
Paths to Success Another strategy Fitzpatrick recommends for employers is to be transparent around the skills employees need to progress. During her time managing teams at a leading multinational... View Details