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08 Mar 2021
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International Women's Day Featured Stories

clinical setting. My goal was three-fold: to reduce the burden on frontline healthcare workers, to support our patients in this time of need, and to continue our education. I led a team of over 500 medical students to support clinicians,... View Details

30 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides

their products and downplay risks, fearing that any negative sentiment might hurt demand. But research led by Ryan W. Buell, a professor in the HBS Technology and Operations Management Unit, and doctoral student MoonSoo Choi found that... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

06 Sep 2019
Blog Post

The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact

understanding the entire health care environment, including stakeholders and financiers. It was a realization that led him to seek an MBA in addition to an MD. —Pratibha Gopalakrishna Images: John Soares View Details

04 Jun 2018
What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

such as adding contractual clauses to assure that the manager will not repeat the offenses that led to the earlier firing.” Shadreck Saili observed that getting fired in itself might transform a candidate. MrScott remarked that the issue... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

American hegemony giving way to a multipolar world order, we seem to be gravitating to a very familiar model: a bipolar world order centered around the West on one side and a Sino-Russian led bloc on the other. The first time this... View Details

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

with beating Microsoft. His battle was futile. He left the company as Novell began a long downward slide. The fighter pilot mentality of several U.S. airlines led to a price war in which billions of dollars were lost. Even in small... View Details

Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

I have immersed myself into social media, thanks to an amazing team I'm working with in Raleigh, NC, that is led by Zach Clayton (HBS MBA 2009). I'm learning how to actively use Twitter as well as Facebook and LinkedIn. I enjoy the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

teaching excellence and innovation. Also visit the book's Web site. Martha Lagace: What led you to identify and study gaps and opportunities in MBA education? David Garvin: To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Harvard Business School in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

books about one tiny idea—he'd already done it, in a chapter. He would have cut right through it all." Levitt's personal interest in students sometimes led to lifelong friendships. Michael Berolzheimer (HBS MBA '63), cofounder of the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

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By: Leslie A. Perlow

There has been tremendous change in the workplace — ubiquitous technology, 24/7 globalization, hyper-efficiency and now significant changes in work location. Professor Perlow’s research explores the implications for the ways we work and live, and what we can do to... View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

biases and irrationalities of people seriously and trying to incorporate them into economic models." "My research takes the biases and irrationalities of people seriously and incorporates them into economic models." Most recently, that focus has View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Renovating Democratic Capitalism

By: Malcolm S. Salter

This in-process work focuses on how best to address the declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider to be a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? While the answer to this question is not entirely clear, I... View Details

03 Feb 2012
HBS Seminar

Dr. Regina Dugan, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Research Summary

Career Histories and the Biotechnology Industry

Professor Higgins' other major project focuses on the consequences of individuals' career experiences for firms and industries. This second research stream centers on the careers of executives in the biotechnology industry.

Professor Higgins has written... View Details

2017
Other Book

Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices

By: Matthew Taylor, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent

I was not the only person appointed to the Review. My fellow Review team members, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent have not only been an important source of ideas and wisdom throughout the process but have led in engaging with key groups of... View Details

Keywords: Future Of Work; Labor Relations; Marketplaces; Employment; Labor and Management Relations; Labor; Markets

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Leadership and Leadership Development: An Ontological Approach

This summarizes my research program over the last twelve years (with my co-investigators Werner Erhard, Steve Zaffron, and more recently Kari Granger) in which the objective has been to rigorously distinguish leader and leadership and to create a technology for... View Details

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Raghu Yarlagadda

lamps; to study, children have to sit close to these lamps, inhaling the fumes." A light bulb went on over Raghu’s head – an LED light bulb. “I realized that it wasn’t a difficult problem to fix,” Raghu says. As a side venture, he... View Details

Carlos Reines

Carlos Co-founded RubiconMD and led its growth until its acquisition by Oak Street Health/ CVS. Originally from Spain, he’s passionate about leveraging technology to drive change in healthcare and improve patient lives. Prior to... View Details

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Margaret Regan

thinking "I can do that!" My goal was to lead a meaning-filled life. My HBS MBA led to a real estate opportunity in Houston which led to another opportunity which led... View Details

06 Jun 2023
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Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

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