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- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
Colleges and universities are learning what companies have known for a long time—when scandal breaks, business can take a significant hit. New research from Harvard Business School concludes that high-profile scandals on college...
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- 02 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Leveraging Transferable Skills
Shelby, Jasmyn and Katie (MBA 2019) describe their summer internship experiences. All three students utilized transferable skills from their previous work experience to transition into new industries; technology, retail and agribusiness....
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- 30 Jan 2014
- Blog Post
Big Media, Big Business! Inside scoop on the upcoming Entertainment & Media Club Conference
Each year, the Entertainment & Media conference at the Harvard Business School brings together hundreds of students, alumni, faculty, and industry leaders to share experience and insight and, most importantly, View Details
Keywords:
Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 02 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Finding My Focus in Health care Amidst a Global Pandemic
I applied to the HBS and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) MBA/MPP (Master of Public Policy) Class of 2023 to learn about the interplay between the public and private sectors in...
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- November 1999 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Webvan: Groceries on the Internet
By: John A. Deighton and Kayla Bakshi
What are the prospects for grocery shopping on the Web? This case invites a comparison of seven business models, with particular emphasis on Webvan. Why does the investment community value Webvan at $7.8 billion after less than six months of operating experience, and...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Experience and Expertise;
Investment;
Information;
Marketing;
Distribution Channels;
Service Delivery;
Cognition and Thinking;
Internet and the Web;
Retail Industry;
Service Industry
Deighton, John A., and Kayla Bakshi. "Webvan: Groceries on the Internet." Harvard Business School Case 500-052, November 1999. (Revised March 2003.)
- Article
Capabilities, Cognition and Inertia: Evidence from Digital Imaging
By: M. Tripsas and G. Gavetti
There is empirical evidence that established firms often have difficulty adapting to radical technological change. Although prior work in the evolutionary tradition emphasizes the inertial forces associated with the local nature of learning processes, little...
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Tripsas, M., and G. Gavetti. "Capabilities, Cognition and Inertia: Evidence from Digital Imaging." Strategic Management Journal 21, nos. 10-11 (October–November 2000): 1147–1161.
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
Becoming a Consulting Expert
I’m a full eight weeks into my internship, which basically means I’m a full-blown consultant....That’s only partially untrue. The number one lesson I’ve learned this summer is that when it comes to...
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Consulting
- 21 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Global Business Club
The Global Business Club is a student-run organization at the Harvard Business School. We provide services to support students interested in growing their global intelligence, exchanging ideas about global issues and View Details
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All Industries
- 02 Apr 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics
- Teaching Interest
Designing Winning Organizations
The course focuses on only one thing: how to design an organization that executes strategy better than competitors. This course will not teach you how to formulate strategy. Instead, taking strategy as given, you will learn the practical tools, tips, and techniques...
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- 27 Mar 2020
- News
What Courageous Leadership During Crisis Looks Like
Eva Ascarza
Eva Ascarza is the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing Unit. She is the co-founder of the Customer Intelligence Lab at the D^3 institute at Harvard Business School. She teaches the Marketing core in the MBA required... View Details
- 03 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Leveraging Transferable Skills
This is a repost from the HBS Recruiting blog. Shelby, Jasmyn and Katie (MBA 2019) describe their summer internship experiences. All three students utilized transferable skills from their previous work experience to transition into new...
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- 09 Mar 2016
- News
In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade
- Teaching Interest
Strategic Financial Analysis
By: Suraj Srinivasan
This course focuses on the tools used to create economic value. It presents frameworks for assessing strategy, monitoring performance, forecasting capital utilization, valuing strategic assets, and reviewing restructuring opportunities. Participants learn to...
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- 08 Jan 2015
- Blog Post
Job Search Days at HBS
HBS places a high priority on academics and the communal learning benefits of the case method, so in an effort to support the school’s mission, students are not allowed to miss...
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- April 1988 (Revised January 1989)
- Case
Korea's Technology Strategy
Describes Korea's efforts to improve its technological capability and learn to produce and export high technology goods. The roles of government policy, domestic firms, and foreign firms are explored. Special attention is paid to how technology flows across borders,...
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Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin. "Korea's Technology Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 388-137, April 1988. (Revised January 1989.)
- 13 Feb 2020
- Video
Meet Liz | Leadership Principles Participant Testimonial
- Web
From Classroom to Workplace - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
take action. So it was a question of really learning how to think in a new way that has stuck with me, and has been very important to my career." 38 187, 188 Women who enrolled...
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- April 1976 (Revised September 1996)
- Background Note
Use of Cases in Management Education
Briefly describes the process of case writing, the general nature of cases, and the advantages to students of learning by the case method. An approach to studying a case, individually or as a group member, for classroom discussion is outlined. Also summarizes the basic...
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Corey, E. Raymond. "Use of Cases in Management Education." Harvard Business School Background Note 376-240, April 1976. (Revised September 1996.)