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Considering Retirement - Alumni

realistically about what they require. What lifestyle do you want? As you reflect on your grander ambitions, don't neglect the routine life ahead of you. Imagine an ordinary day – what would that look like for you? Do you see yourself... View Details

30 Aug 2018
Blog Post

My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

Thirteen months after starting at Google and my first product went live, I was simultaneously filled with excitement, anxiety, and relief. But most significantly, the product launch sparked a real reflection of my time and work at Google.... View Details

25 Aug 2014
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Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981

face rejection are job requirements for entrepreneurs. “No one person can build a company,” says Dahod, reflecting that one of the most difficult moments in his career was when he sold Starent to Cisco and decided to build a new team. “I... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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What You Can Support - Alumni

financial aid helped her make the move. Diversifying HBS's Case Collection Recognizing that, historically, too few protagonists in its case collection were from underrepresented groups, HBS has made a commitment to developing more cases that View Details

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

Phases of Business Development OnStar Applying Managing the Strategy Development Process to You Featured Exercises Reflection: Examining How to Align Your Organization’s Profit Formula and Stated Strategy Reflection: Identifying “Hardened” Companies Conclusion View Details

25 Jan 2017
HBS Case

How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?

fairer, while many European and American women prefer a dark tan. “This is an issue that manifests in many different societies,” Deshpandé says. “Although this case study originated in India, the issues it deals with are universal issues that business leaders have to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Beauty & Cosmetics

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Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description - Recruiting

How does the organization support an employee's goals? What are the organization's core values, and how are they reflected in its culture? Speak to your organization’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging practices Is this role... View Details

27 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?

choose an all-white group. Decades of diversity initiatives have failed to drastically alter the American executive suite, especially for Black people, who hold only 3.2 percent of senior executive roles. While the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements have prompted... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

15 Sep 2022
Blog Post

6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS

Projects, internships, and fellowships. HBS’s efforts reflect Harvard-wide sustainability and climate goals Back in 2014, Harvard launched a five-year Sustainability Plan which set clear University-wide goals and priorities in five areas:... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf

nonprofit organization, DKMS German Bone Marrow Donor Database, that currently has 650,000 registered potential donors, the largest bone marrow donor bank in the world. While Harf's wife did not survive, thousands of others have, thanks to his efforts. Asked to View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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By: Jill J. Avery

Creating Brand Value (MBA elective course)

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In the consumer/retail space, brands are often companies’ most valuable assets and sources of their sustainable competitive advantage. But, managing brands to achieve their full value potential... View Details

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win

made a difference in the world for many others, he said. Their success reflects their values and uniqueness; they were not people who tried to copy anyone else. "None of them wanted to be set up as paragons," Stevenson told the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Jan 2019
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The Life and Role of a CEO

the team, not the other way around.” “Being CEO is like being a parent. You give unconditional love and strict limits.” The fact that they always used the word “we” instead of “I” when they talked about their experiences reflected their... View Details

28 Mar 2012
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Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

which the directors toured a newly-created "beauty park" in the US, where companies cooperating to create and manufacture new fashion beauty products are located together in one light industrial park. It is a reflection of colleagues Gary... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

07 May 2024
Blog Post

Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

will ensure that at least 9.5% of the project portfolio is made up of projects with health & equity benefits. Emphasis on climate, health and equity is also reflected in Harvard’s use of the term “fossil fuel” in our climate action... View Details

17 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

How Managers Stifle Creativity

Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, reflected on her research and its impact in an essay in Perspectives on Psychological Science, Educating Leaders Who Make a Difference in the World (pdf). More recently, she... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat

has 40,000 employees spread out around the world.Photo: iStockPhoto In the other camp are those who believe that despite all of these powers, the United Nations merely reflects the agendas of the 193 member states. Either way, the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors

and the title of a second-year course he teaches at HBS. "At the foundation of finance is the idea that investors and managers act rationally, so that capital market prices reflect fundamentals and managers respond to incentives in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

however, may not be enough. “You need to have more active or curated interviews, giving people a reason to talk to one another, and an agenda so they can reflect on their strengths and opportunities for growth,” Stanton says. “You don’t... View Details