Reflection - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

memories, and appreciate the people that embody them everyday. #FakeLove I reflected on my first and (hopefully) only time losing what I thought to be love. In the aftermath, I became doubtful that love ever existed. I felt desperate... View Details

20 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

and Florida) or “blue” and liberal (California, New York, and Massachusetts), and boardrooms in various states reflect the same geographic pattern. The researchers observed more clustering of Democrats on executive teams in blue states... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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

23 Jun 2023
News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

updates on the MBA program, the campus framework planning process, fundraising and alumni engagement, and plans to enhance Reunions. The Alumni Board is a representative group of about 75 alumni who reflect the diversity of HBS... View Details

24 Jan 2011
HBS Case

Terror at the Taj

what it would be like to have people confront the trauma again. We objectify it, keep emotion at a distance, but after 15 minutes of questions with a video camera in a darkened room, there are deeper, more personal reflections of what... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accommodations

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

chapters and a more prescriptive style to reflect today's world of expanding globalization, accelerated change, and increased complexity. This excerpt discusses the importance for young managers to continue to develop as professionals via... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

rigorously experiment with the one-step process under a variety of conditions. Researchers annotated their test photographs with information about the test run, sheet, coating, pod, and exposure. Describing his original one-step photographic process in 1949, Land View Details

10 May 2019
Blog Post

Advice for Mothers Pursuing an MBA

hear your perspective – there are case discussions where being a parent really adds value. Everyone will learn the best way to be inclusive which is such a terrific lesson for life! HBS represents and reflects the business world. You will... View Details

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

Wrap-Up Featured Exercises Categorize business model characteristics and environmental, social, and governance criteria Reflect on challenges and opportunities of sustainability strategies 5 hrs Module 2 Public Equities Understand the... View Details

Profile

Dilan Gomih

Although trading was “an incredible experience that forced me to be detail oriented and whet my appetite for risk," Dilan felt called to leadership. Reflecting upon her work experience—in trading, media, and wellness instruction—she... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Entertainment/Media

26 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2024 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is one of 14 student essays that highlights their View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

innovations that will move the School forward. I’m a big believer that you are never too old to learn new things. So I’ve made a practice of going back to my notes at the end of each week to see and reflect on what I have learned.... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?

The Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) welcomed scholars to Harvard Business School last year to advance their research about race, diversity, inclusion, and inequality. As the nation reflects on issues such as... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

30 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?

example, Jaime M said, “What you define as pride would be better stated as humility, a customer-centric focus as opposed to an organization driven focus. You can build pride around humility and it will be tempered in a positive way that View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

their donors and not attempt to be all things to all people. By aligning the current mission with their target donors, nonprofits can create a brand identity that both more accurately reflects the organization's activities and mission,... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

systems of factories, hotels, hospitals, or agencies as reflected in (a) the structure of who gets what good, service, or information from whom, (b) the coordinative connections among people so that they can express reliably what they... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

reflect on how transformational the experience of joining the board of Cure HHT has been for me and how much I’ve learned in the past year alone. I’ve found purpose in working to solve a big challenge, not just for the disease impacting... View Details

14 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

developing some very different approaches to measuring social performance," he says. "That suggests we might not see agreement on a common set of metrics in the social sector for a while. What we could see instead is convergence on what constitutes critical View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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