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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business Research... View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)

Tech has real social and ethical responsibilities, but we’ve seen that the current leadership of these platforms is not willing to make changes to promote a healthier ecosystem. When I was at Reddit, its culture needed a lot of work, and... View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

Social Change By: Eesley, Charles, K.A. DeCelles, and Michael Lenox Abstract—We examine the variety of activist groups and their tactics in demanding firms’ social change.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2019
News

3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)

what’s going on in the world through our purchasing decisions. Our research shows that two-thirds of people, across all age groups and incomes, now buy or boycott a brand based on where it stands on the political or View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

26 Jan 2015
News

The Ingredients for Success

something in a different way.” Markowitz was surrounded by creative types recently as she presented NOCHI’s plans to a group that included restaurant owners, tourism officials, chefs, and food business entrepreneurs. Ti Martin stood up to... View Details

Keywords: Tyler Bridges; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Educational Services

07 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events

engage students in discussion around company values, job opportunities, and potential career paths. You and your team have the option to facilitate events 1:1 or in a small group in person or virtually, or in a large classroom setting.... View Details

08 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Staying Connected to the Harvard Veterans Community After HBS

the Harvard Veterans Alumni Organization (HVAO)? HVAO was founded in 2006 by a Harvard alum who served in the Vietnam War. Our 501(c)3 incorporated organization is one of the Shared Interest Groups of the Harvard Alumni Association. The... View Details

22 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Memoirs of an International First Year Student

bucket my questions and experiences thus far into three categories: social life, professional development, and the good ol’ Boston winter! Social Life Walking into my section for the first time, I wondered -... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Surveying Students’ Summer Plans

Summer offers the benefit of long, warm days—and for students, the very real opportunity to consider a potential sector or role for post-HBS plans, sometimes with the support of the HBS Summer Fellows Program. (Last year, 256 students received $1.5 million in funding... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: You Can't Enlarge the Pie

about risk hinder attempts to make improvements); "Their gain is our loss" (the assumption that one's own group suffers if another benefits); "Competition is always good" (indulging in competition's wasteful aspects while shunning... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

ranking 16th out of 20 in the number of students who complete high school. Just as importantly, public education is facing a social justice issue that has the potential to undermine our democracy. Even with a dramatic increase in targeted... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

22 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?

quota structure in some stores, while testing the existent monthly quota in others. “We had to make sure the stores in the control group did not talk to the stores in the treatment group,” Chung says. Two, the chain sold products ranging... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Jan 2021
Blog Post

Bringing the Lessons of 2020 into 2021

Individuals and groups offered support, guidance, and resources knowing that the only way to get through one crisis after another was together. In that spirit, we look forward to supporting our recruiting partners into 2021, just as you... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Meet the Tech Club - Recruiting

industry skills. Each year, we provide robust recruiting opportunities and foster meaningful social and professional connections among our 450+ club members, the broader HBS community, and the extended Boston tech ecosystem. How We Do It... View Details

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Finalists | New Venture Competition

Pearle is a luxury vegan caviar brand, offering the taste and feel of caviar without harming sturgeon, the most endangered species group on the planet. After building a reputation in the greater than $2 billion caviar market, Pearle will... View Details

08 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp

with the number of violations restaurants received to teach the computer to recognize factors that might indicate a dirty eatery. When he then applied the algorithm to a second group of restaurants, the chance of finding a “dirty”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

March 2006
Case

The Whitesides Lab

By: H. Kent Bowen and Francesca Gino

A significant part of the long-term economic growth in developed economies depends on the translation of scientific research into new products and processes. Focuses on the front end of this value creation stream. The laboratory of George Whitesides has a 30-year... View Details

Keywords: Research; Performance Productivity; Economic Growth; Infrastructure; Creativity; Groups and Teams; Value Creation; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Leadership; Resource Allocation

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01 Jun 2007
News

KPMG for Mayor!

individual, a group of people, or some sort of board? Where would those people come from? New York? Nigeria? London? To my mind, it should be left up to the elected entity. If KPMG wanted to fly in a vice president from the Chicago... View Details

Keywords: Eric Werker; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

14 Jul 2021
News

The First Five Years: Nicolas Manes (MBA 2020)

from small- and medium-sized farms and ship it to our warehouses, where we prepare the orders. After the order is prepared, we ship the orders using a decentralized network of drivers to the group buyers, who handle the last-mile-delivery... View Details

02 Jul 2024
News

The Beauty Guide

Courtesy Michelle Freyre When Michelle Freyre (MBA 1997) was a brand manager at Neutrogena, Michael McNamara, global president of the beauty brand at the time, asked what she wanted to do with her career. She answered, “I want to be you. I want to run Neutrogena.”... View Details

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