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- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
professional awakening about how he managed his company was part of a larger reflection about how he managed something more personal: his anger. READ MORE DM: You’ve spoken about how you underwent anger management counseling and how it... View Details
- 17 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?
their work, so they’re searching for something to replace that work identity.” Over four years, the researchers conducted interviews and surveys of 120 professionals at three quite different companies located in different parts of the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
often too big to have everyone participate on the board so the board starts to become representative. Plus, shareholders recognize the value in having the objective, professional experience of external board members. I see... View Details
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?
where decision costs are minimal is only part of the battle. You still must deal with the fact that those imbued with decision authority are invariably motivated by their own sets of personal and professional goals—some of which... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 22 Sep 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Measuring Teamwork in Health Care Settings: A Review of Survey Instruments
- 10 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself
John, the charismatic chief marketing officer of Netflix (once described by Buzzfeed as the “coolest” person to ever go onstage at an Apple event). Research shows being true to who you are leads to greater professional performance and... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
presence did, too. Today the PRIDE group is an association of 190 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ+) students and partners. It serves as a social and professional network, as well as a place to promote... View Details
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
the writing of popular film scripts like The Matrix or Star Wars. Character behaviors, actions, and motivations hook the interest of readers at all levels, regardless of their professional experience with IT, while the plot sets up a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Research Summary
Financing New Business Formation
By: Paul A. Gompers
New business creation has become a potent force for economicdevelopment in the United States. Prior to 1980, large firms created the majority of new jobs in the American economy. While considerable debate rages over whether small firms are the source of recent job... View Details
- October 2008
- Article
It's Time to Make Management a True Profession
By: Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana
In the face of the recent institutional breakdown of trust in business, managers are losing legitimacy. To regain public trust, management needs to become a true profession in much the way medicine and law have, argue Khurana and Nohria of Harvard Business School. True... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Education; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Management; Trust; Value Creation
Nohria, Nitin, and Rakesh Khurana. "It's Time to Make Management a True Profession." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 10 (October 2008).
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Action Plan: Wild at Heart
At first glance, Heather Evans (MBA 1983) might not seem the likeliest candidate for a career in ecological landscaping. A former chief marketing officer and “true urbanist” (“to the extent I used to hate visiting people in the country!”), Evans spent most of her life... View Details
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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
anniversaries) as well as professional applications (in construction, insurance, real estate, journalism, personnel identification, medical instruction, and archaeology). In 1949, leading photography magazine U.S. Camera awarded Polaroid... View Details
- Web
Donor-Advised Fund - Alumni
charities whenever you wish. Benefits An immediate charitable tax deduction for the full amount of your gift Professional management services provided by Harvard Management Company (HMC) at no cost to you The opportunity to name your fund... View Details
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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877
records relating to the nineteenth-century China trade, present a look into momentous events concerning Sino-Western relations as well as the day-to-day activities of American traders in the treaty ports. Within the 800 volumes, 272 boxes, and 103 cartons survive both... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
imprints: the founder's own, direct work experience, as well as the indirect influence of parental work experiences and professional education. Our findings further suggest that the effects of direct imprinting are strongest from the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
time more: 1. Prioritize important work and fend off interruptions. On average, business professionals spend 23 hours a week trapped in meetings, and a recent survey of more than 700 workers revealed that 99.9 percent were routinely asked... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Brandon Graves
both professional and personal aspects. The HBS experience encourages deep reflection and has allowed me to take early steps at shaping my life post b-school. I am pleasantly surprised by how many takeaways extend to everyday life beyond... View Details
- 22 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)
What are our priorities? We believe there could be a stronger disability culture at HBS and in many of the spaces that we occupy professionally and personally. Our vision is to bring historically marginalized voices to the center of our... View Details
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
changing aspirations. Secondly, Unilever developed strengths in the acquisition of other firms, and their subsequent "Unileverization." After the failed merger attempts of the late 1960s, Unilever professionalized its... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
Astro Arena, Star Sports, and others. Dressed in a sharp dark suit and crisp white shirt, the Thai native, 43, looks the part of impresario, although his favored attire is often jeans and a T-shirt or workout gear. Trained in Muay Thai himself, with 30 View Details