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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni
are designed to bridge the gap between the recipient’s salary and $120,000 USD, with a maximum award of up to $50,000 USD per year. For example, if recipient’s salary is $85,000 USD, the GO Fellowship may be up to $35,000 USD. Beginning...
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My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service - Recruiting
Highway. Using business skills to give back to an organization that had provided so much joy sounded too good to be true. I reached out to two ECs (second years) who had done the internship the previous summer, and learned that yes, this...
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- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
vaccine did more harm than good. We don't have a great history of introducing vaccines quickly in the middle of a pandemic. We want to keep that in mind. The second point that I think is very important is I think when we do tell people...
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- 14 Aug 2006
- HBS Case
On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”
because of it." The story also illustrates the importance of matching management style with the task (or employee) at hand. "There are skills in the workplace that you only get through repetition, drill, habit, and discipline. A...
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- 28 Jan 2020
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Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
University, where senior and retired executives learn to develop leadership skills in the service of solving large social problems. Many of the examples in the book come from her experience leading that program. Sean Silverthorne: We’re...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?
messages that can come with these cash exchanges have deep roots in history. During the Middle Ages, feudal lords traveling beyond their territories would toss coins to beggars in hopes that these acts of kindness would ensure safe trips....
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by Dina Gerdeman
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
to the Secretary of Energy, US Department of Energy Gordon Jones , President, College of Western Idaho (CWI) Building the workforce is critical to scaling climate ventures, to valuation, and to public uptake of climate technologies both existing and new. The current...
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- 18 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers
unlocking the data used in the analysis. Among other services, the consulting company advises clients on how to make better hires by tracking personality traits and skills revealed during the hiring process. Cornerstone usually focuses on...
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by Roberta Holland
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
too-commonly used term, not mine) are tradable on international labor markets. They especially follow the migration of manufacturing activity involving jobs requiring lower skills and compensation. Efforts to revive high value-added...
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- April 2023 (Revised July 2023)
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Dena Almansoori at e&: Fostering Culture Change at a UAE Telco Transforming to a Global Techco (Abridged)
By: Emily Truelove, Michelle Zhang and Alpana Thapar
Dena Almansoori, the first female and one of the youngest members of the United Arab Emirates-based e&’s leadership team, joined in 2020 just before e& began a strategic transition from being a regional telecommunications company to becoming a global technology...
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Technology;
Telecommunications;
Employee Mobility;
Leading Change;
Human Resources;
Organizational Culture;
Transformation;
Change Management;
Employee Relationship Management;
Leadership;
Talent and Talent Management;
Telecommunications Industry;
Technology Industry;
Middle East;
United Arab Emirates
Truelove, Emily, Michelle Zhang, and Alpana Thapar. "Dena Almansoori at e&: Fostering Culture Change at a UAE Telco Transforming to a Global Techco (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 423-059, April 2023. (Revised July 2023.)
- 29 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)
Ministries of Finance across Africa and the Middle East on topics such as tax revenue improvement, expenditure management, and economic planning. I also advised commercial and development banks on revenue growth strategies in new...
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- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
is what business is about. Much to my surprise, I found that this was the exception rather than the rule for most businesses. “As I delved deeper into companies seeking to become more customer-centric, the biggest gap I discovered was the...
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Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023 - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion Women Geographies Geographies...
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- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
was often predictable. The concept of talking to extreme consumers was developed to push students out of their comfort zone. "There is an enormous gap between chatting with your friends and chatting with people on the streets in Vietnam,"...
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by Michael Blanding
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2 Tips to Beat Imposter Syndrome - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion Women Geographies Geographies...
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About the Project - U.S. Competitiveness
% of business leaders expect U.S. firms to be less able to compete, pay well, or both in three years. More from “Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided” Research Tracks Core Readings PK–12 Education Transportation Infrastructure Cluster Mapping View Details
- 26 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Office of Strategy Management
"Why is there such a persistent gap between ambition and performance?" ask Robert Kaplan and David P. Norton in "The Office of Strategy Management" in the October 2005 Harvard Business Review. "The View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
Teaching a case study on the National Geographic Society for the first time, HBS professor David A. Garvin walks out to the middle of the horseshoe-shaped classroom and asks his students, "How many of you have familiarity with...
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- August 2023
- Case
Kariyer.net: Recruiting AI
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Fares Khrais and Namrata Arora
In 2017, Fatih Uysal (AMP 2021) became CEO of Kariyer.net. By then, the business was already the industry leading online job board in Turkey. However, faced with stalling growth, a turbulent macroenvironment, and growing competition from international players, Uysal...
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Online Technology;
Marketing;
Websites;
Artificial Intelligence;
Innovation;
Two-sided Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Product Launch;
Product Positioning;
Job Search;
Employment;
Transformation;
Volatility;
Innovation and Invention;
Disruptive Innovation;
Management Practices and Processes;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Competitive Strategy;
Business Startups;
Talent and Talent Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
Macroeconomics;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Emerging Markets;
Digital Platforms;
Employment Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
Middle East;
Turkey
Zhang, Shunyuan, Fares Khrais, and Namrata Arora. "Kariyer.net: Recruiting AI." Harvard Business School Case 524-014, August 2023.
- 23 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit
approximately 150 million children ages 3 to 8, making it an ideal partner for working at scale. Rocket develops and delivers digital training materials focused specifically on boosting the skills of this group of public-sector educators....
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