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- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
Summing Up The global corporation and globalization in general are poised to achieve new and different heights, if responses to this month's column are to be believed. As Greg Bownik put it, "for globalization to peak businesses...
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by James Heskett
- 02 Apr 2020
- What Do You Think?
What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?
into the fabric of normal, ongoing organization financial management (it) buys time to figure out what is happening and what it means to the organization.” Jacob Navon suggested, “Perhaps corporate thinking going forward will shift to...
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by James Heskett
- 23 May 2016
- Blog Post
Advice for Prospective Students from Africa
like the natural choice for a couple of reasons. I wanted a program that was focused on delivering a solid general management and business education, and one that had a history of developing leaders. I also...
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- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
School finance professor Luis Viceira, an expert on investment management and capital markets, offered his views on how this happened, what it means, and how high the Dow may go in the future. Jim Aisner: Last week the Dow closed above...
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by Jim Aisner
- Research Summary
The Value of Family Ownership, Control, and Management
In collaboration with Professor Raphael Amit of Wharton, Belén Villalonga is investigating how family ownership, control, and management affect firm value. Their forthcoming Journal of Financial... View Details
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Tools & Training - Alumni
careers. This Key Job Search worksheet might be helpful to generate ideas. Career & Life Criteria Examples Check out some Career and Life Criteria examples. As you read them, you might begin to reflect on what your own criteria might be....
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- April 2008
- Exercise
Exercise: Customer-Operator Letter Writing
By: Frances X. Frei
The exercise involves having students write letters to an organization of their choice describing their operating experience at a detailed level. The companies' responses are paired with the students' letters and the entire collection is made available to the class....
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Customer Relationship Management;
Customer Satisfaction;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Knowledge Sharing;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Performance Improvement
Frei, Frances X. "Exercise: Customer-Operator Letter Writing." Harvard Business School Exercise 608-126, April 2008.
- Web
The Canton Trade and The Hong Merchants System - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in...
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- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
You're a successful senior executive with 20, 25 years of experience under your belt. You've made your mark and stand just 1 or 2 rungs from the position of CEO. Now what? As faculty chair of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management...
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- November 2021
- Case
Steve Schwarzman on Dealmaking I: “Becoming a ‘Friend of the Situation’” (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green
Blackstone Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman, whom Forbes has called “Wall Street’s Greatest Dealmaker,” played a major role in the negotiations that transformed Blackstone from a fragile startup in 1985 with $400,000 in capital into a dominant...
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- Research Summary
Overview
Chu's research is focused on business and low income sectors, particularly in the use of commercial platforms to deliver what has traditionally been considered public responsibilities. In the last three decades, business models have emerged to meet the underserved...
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Impact Investing;
Microfinance;
Base Of The Pyramid;
Role Of Profit And Social Impact;
Private Sector Development;
Emerging Markets;
Business Ventures;
Health Care and Treatment;
Management;
Social Enterprise;
Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Banking Industry;
Health Industry;
Latin America;
North and Central America;
Asia;
Africa
- Profile
Yaoxin Ding
commercialize a clean tech product,” he chose HBS for its general management strengths – and its emphasis on communicating with others. “The case method was very attractive to me,” says Yaoxin. “I want to...
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- Career Coach
Phil Wong
operational foundation for running healthcare practices. Prior to pivoting into healthcare, Phil was a portfolio manager at a fund of hedge funds managing $1Bn+ on behalf of pension plans and insurance...
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- 02 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Energy
Director Amanda Schmitt – Recruiting Relations Manager Together, Phillip and Amanda make up the Career & Professional Development team that manages relationships with recruiting partners in the energy...
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Energy / Cleantech
- 2010
- Working Paper
Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model (PDF File of PowerPoint Slides)
By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen and Kari Granger
This presentation is based on our research program over the last seven years in which our objective has been to rigorously distinguish leader and leadership and to create a technology for providing access to being a leader and exercising leadership effectively (in... View Details
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Curriculum and Courses;
Innovation and Invention;
Leadership Development;
Goals and Objectives;
Research and Development;
Attitudes;
Perception;
Technology;
United States
Erhard, Werner, Michael C. Jensen, and Kari Granger. "Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model (PDF File of PowerPoint Slides)." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-124, October 2010.
- 20 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say
Bhargav Srinivasan (MBA 2019) is a Senior Manager at Bain & Company. If you were to describe your HBS experience in 3 words what would they be? Unforgettable, reflective, and thought-provoking. Was an HBS MBA worth it? It was 100%...
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HBS - Key Metrics
located outside the US. Staff Leadership is defined as all department heads and managers in the 60–64 paygrades. GHG Emissions is calculated using the location-based reporting methodology and Harvard University follows The Climate...
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- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
conjuring up. 3. Emphasize coaching and mentoring over managing the details. Talent is the most important strategic resource for future success, suggests Hargrove. You can't win the talent wars without putting leadership development at...
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by Melissa Raffoni
- Web
Klarman Hall | About
Klarman Hall Klarman Hall was made possible through a generous gift from Seth and Beth Klarman. Located next to the Spangler Center, Klarman Hall was designed by William Rawn Associates and built by Walsh Brothers Construction. The...
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- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
that "68% of the Global 250 firms generated separate annual sustainability reports in 2004." Whether that represents a "management revolution" remains to be seen, but it's something that puts a number on a trend toward...
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by Jim Heskett