ambition - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 May 2021
News

The First Five Years: Sophie Bai (MBA 2020)

I’m also very impressed by Sophie’s energy and passion toward biotech innovations, and her dedication to her own biotech startup. I definitely look forward to learning more from her experience of identifying a career passion, integrating personal View Details

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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting

and leading lights her up and further her mission. “I knew that I wanted to get an education, build a network, and then at some point do my part toward deepening the economy and creating companies that could nurture ambition and talents... View Details

17 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

cannabis federally would shrink the illicit market and help the legal market grow, within the ambit of regulations and informed by research, thereby also generating tax revenue. What is popular is not always what is socially right. But,... View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

honest conversation, to undermine their ability to develop a trust-based culture for years to come. Michael Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, co-founder and director of TruePoint Partners, and the Center for Higher View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Portrait Project

Ninad Kulkarni

succeeding simply meant failing less often. My ambition was just fear wearing a nice suit. That ends here. I will make mistakes again. I am sure I will fail. But I will value the failures as much as I value the successes. Because failure... View Details

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

you have for prospective student moms? If you want to have or start a family at business school, then do it! I believe that while career ambitions are important, so are family ambitions. What that tactically means for every person might... View Details

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

"Why is there such a persistent gap between ambition and performance?" ask Robert Kaplan and David P. Norton in "The Office of Strategy Management" in the October 2005 Harvard Business Review. "The gap arises, we... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them

Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Green Technology

06 Nov 2008
Op-Ed

Selling Out The American Dream

pot. The American Dream embraced by immigrants over the past two centuries has been the opportunity to set one's own goals and pursue them honestly to the limits of one's ambition and ability. Too many Americans have been expressing the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

Profile

Sergio Velasquez-Terjesen

Sergio says. "My number one motivation was to change the trajectory of my career and my life. I saw HBS as an opportunity to explore my options and figure out where to go next with my ambition of using business to positively... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Consulting

Profile

Mireya Iglesias Ayala

with Mexico or OXXO. I had a lot of fun sharing my perspective! What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one thing you'll be leaving with? I brought with me a metaphorical "compass"—an innate sense of direction fueled by my View Details

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Kiran Gandhi

probing questions to advance our ideas forward. How do your HBS ambitions fit into the big picture of the world beyond? I am most passionate about eliminating gender inequality in the media. My goal is to use music as a medium to... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

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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Considering Retirement - Alumni

fulfill them in the future, such as adequate financial resources. What new things would you like to develop? New missions or ambitions may mean new additions to your life, such as a change in location, membership in like-minded... View Details

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

and creating companies that could nurture ambition and talents in Africa and other nascent markets,” she shared. “I feel like I’m living my dream.” Nneka’s advice for students and alumni For students and alumni seeking to make an impact... View Details

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

case, he acknowledges, doesn’t provide any easy answers to those difficult questions. By grounding the reparations question in the specific details of the Tulsa Massacre, however, he hopes that readers and viewers can better understand what is at stake in finding those... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

we lack the resources needed for translation and subtitling. We retain the ambition to add China to our list of countries in which we conduct interviews. Can I use the material freely? Yes, for both teaching and research purposes. It... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

School's educational programs; Intellectual ambition for widespread impact; Internationalization to build global knowledge, Inclusion to enhance culture and community, and Integration with Harvard University. Srikant Datar became Dean on... View Details

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

of practical relevance of much of our research might suggest that few of us also have the ambition to improve the decisions of the managers and policymakers whose actions we study” Toffel’s paper serves as a call to arms for scholars to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

01 Jan 2002
News

Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

humility is an important part of the mix, Zehnder adds. "What isn't is the boundless ambition that has been the downfall of too many CEOs in recent months." Although he retired two years ago, Zehnder still comes to the office just about... View Details

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