Specialization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2023
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Joint Venture

is still a big, unmet need.” In that, he saw a significant—and growing—business opportunity. With risk factors leading to knee replacement on the rise—obesity, longer and more active life spans, specialization in youth sports—demand is... View Details

Keywords: Shoshi Parks

06 Jul 2023
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Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

experience they'll remember for the rest of their lives. That's what is empowering for me about the sport. It's not, do I have a favorite team and did my team win the World Series? That's great, but it's that it's a place where you, where people can come together and... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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The Exchange: Help Wanted

big institutions. Sadun: To have a functional team I expect that all executives will need social skills to work together. Even outside the realm of business: Think about teams of doctors and engineers. These technical professions will increasingly require View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2019
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The Burden Legacy

16, landed his first job as a reporter and camera assistant with a New York newsreel company. He joined RKO Pictures in California in 1929, rising from production assistant to associate producer. At the dawn of World War II Shirley launched Tradefilms, Inc., View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

“straight” time in dual-bin trucks that could handle both organic and inorganic waste. And while earlier programs required participants to opt in and order special bins, compost would now be collected on regular recycling days and people... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

22 Sep 2023
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Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

Photo provided by Harvard University Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Who was the most important person you met at HBS? And why? This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck, and when my colleagues set up on Spangler Lawn during Spring Reunions... View Details

06 Jul 2023
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Home Economics

girls, that’s going to be normal.” “This is joyful work,” says Laidler-Kylander, who joined the 43-year-old nonprofit in 2021. She considers the role to be the capstone of a “patchwork” career of moving between the for-profit sector, where she View Details

Keywords: April White

15 Dec 2023
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The Musts of 2023

newsletters, to books, to movies, to streaming mini-series—essentially any, and every platform. And in this special end of the year episode of Skydeck, we offer you their must-reads, must-listens, and must-watches of 2023. Enjoy. READ... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

company’s leadership group: Sponsor special events related to senior care issues (fundraisers for breast cancer or Alzheimer’s), embed information about Ellie Care in every step of the patient journey (at pharmacies, rehab/physical... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jun 2024
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Again and Again

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Jason Holley Whenever he’s presenting to a large audience, Professor Michael Norton likes to pose this question to the crowd: After you get up in the morning, do you brush your teeth first and then shower, or vice versa?... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2024
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The War Within

orphans with special needs, most of whom were between 15 and 21 years old. As air-raid warnings blared throughout the historic city, Zhyliak and her colleagues rushed the group to bomb shelters in the basement of the building, where they... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

07 Sep 2021
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New HBS Fund Chairs Take the Helm

serve as ambassadors and champions of the HBS Fund to the broader alumni community. They will also lead the HBS Fund Council. Formed in 2016, this volunteer advisory group helps to devise new strategies for raising alumni understanding of and giving to the HBS Fund,... View Details

28 Sep 2023
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Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive

supporting roles for Alumni Relations leadership team and special projects. Her primary focus will be supporting and managing club operations, club communications, the annual registration process, the Club Leadership Conference, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; community service

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center

special student advisory committee, call for a building that will serve both academic and practical functions. Sited across the lawn behind Aldrich Hall (see rendering), the new structure will extend into a small portion of the parking... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 1998
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Simmons Family Endows Professorship

active HBS volunteer who is president of Houston's Simmons & Company International, an investment bank specializing in the oil service and equipment industry. "Education has always been very important to our parents," says Julia Simmons... View Details

31 Oct 2023
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Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

Sijh Diagne (photo by Michael Bucher) In March 2020, Sijh Diagne (MBA 2017) was asked to serve as an advisor to Senegal’s minister of economy, planning, and cooperation. He was charged with leading the country’s private-sector development; but just as became the case... View Details

28 Feb 2019
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New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures

any academic concentration) annually with access to resources normally reserved for graduate students—such as the HBS Startup Bootcamp, selected MBA electives, and special seminars. The first cohort of students, who will be known as... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

instead become rituals. Shifting from a “habitual” mindset to a “ritual” mindset can convert ordinary acts from black and white to technicolor. Think of the way you savor a certain beverage, the care you take with a particular outfit that gets worn only on View Details