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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

launching their ventures. Throughout Career Coaching: Consult with MBA or Alumni Career Coach with social enterprise expertise. Community Connections: Meet with students, faculty , and alumni by interest area. Harvard Innovation Labs:... View Details

29 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

the role, the more likely the employer is to pay a woman more, since highly visible roles meet societal or board pressures to address equity concerns. The results also showed: Public companies pay more. For job moves to publicly traded... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

missed her cousin’s funeral and a chance to meet her best friend’s newborn because of work trips—Whillans spent that Christmas alone in her apartment reflecting on her missteps and started writing her book, Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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McCulloch Hall | About

campus plan. Much of the interior of the U-shaped, brick, Georgian Revival-style structure was renovated in 2008 to upgrade safety systems, lighting, and finishes while meeting sustainability goals and adhering to modern, green building... View Details

30 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)

Student Union. Social Events Of course, a large part of the HBS experience is meeting new people and making lifelong friends. Whether it’s small group dinners or happy hours, the WSA regularly hosts events to bring our community of women... View Details

22 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate

is no chance of meeting it,” says Doug J. Chung, MBA Class of 1962 Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School. "The salesperson will be discouraged, and just as unlikely to work to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The Life and Role of a CEO

Miho Sakuma (MBA '20) is from Tokyo, Japan and graduated with a major in history at Williams College. Prior to HBS, Miho worked in management consulting for Mickinsey in the Tokyo and New Jersey offices. As a former management consultant, I always found it exciting to... View Details

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

familiar." The remote and hybrid work that rose up during the pandemic helped break down these boundaries. Virtual meeting and collaboration platforms helped level the playing field by increasing meeting... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

01 Dec 1997
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Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner

Inc. When did you first meet Martha Stewart? Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 1993. I had completed my time at McKinsey and Rainbow, where I had become a startup and turnaround person. I was finishing a year off, and I was undertaking... View Details

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

Publications August 2013 Marketing Science Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans By: Chung, Doug J., Thomas Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir Abstract—We estimate a dynamic structural model of sales force... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

22 Aug 2012
Working Paper Summaries

A Randomized Field Study of a Leadership WalkRounds™-Based Intervention

Background: Leadership WalkRounds have been widely adopted as a technique for improving patient safety and safety climate. WalkRounds involve senior managers directly observing frontline work and soliciting employees' ideas about improvement opportunities. However, the... View Details

Keywords: by Anita L. Tucker & Sara J. Singer; Health

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Career Resources | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

The Social Enterprise Initiative has compiled the information below as a guide to those embarking upon a social enterprise job search. Initiative staff members are also available for individual meetings with current HBS students and... View Details

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

need to make the obligations you have. Can you work from home, at least part of the week? Is there wiggle-room in work hours and scheduling? Can you trade travel for time off? Schedule collaboratively Make it a practice to meet once a... View Details

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Shira Asa-El

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After over seven years of military service, going to business school was a step toward my ultimate transition to the private sector as well as an opportunity to live in a foreign country and View Details

17 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet

in social networks and online communities as a source of support. And 19 percent of all U.S. marriages are now the result of bride and groom meeting via the Internet. When regulators start trying to constrain the Internet, let's be aware... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising; Publishing

06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6

But a short-term focus in many businesses and political gridlock have prevented the U.S. from taking the steps needed to meet the challenge. The U.S. retains core strengths in areas such as entrepreneurship and higher education. However,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Loeb House | About

reunions as well as meetings and conferences. Loeb’s son, John L. Loeb Jr., is a financier, philanthropist, and distinguished public servant. A 1952 Harvard College graduate, he is an Air Force veteran who served as a senior partner at... View Details

12 May 2021
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The First Five Years: Sophie Bai (MBA 2020)

felt like she was my younger sister, that we somehow got separated in childhood. We talked as if we had been friends for a long time. It’s definitely not a typical situation when you meet someone like this for the first time.” And, like... View Details

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Insurance Policy Research at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. 2020 Edward B. Berk : Received the Robert F. Greenhill Award for Outstanding Service to the HBS Community in 2020. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2020 Best Paper Prize in Quantitative... View Details

10 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself

word that is thrown out there a lot. I think the confusing part for a lot of people is that it’s often assumed that if you’re authentic, it means that you’re not filtering. And that is not the case. You’re being thoughtful about it. What it means is that, in moments... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

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