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20 Dec 2023
News

New School

In three and a half weeks, Curriculum Associates added 1 million students. (In the previous eight years, it had enrolled 8 million.) “The things that mattered most were not the things we did in that moment. It took a decade to be ready for a week I never thought we... View Details

01 May 2013
News

Raphael Geismar, MBA 2006

For Raphael Geismar, chairman and CEO of Stumec, a French supplier of tools and equipment to the railway industry, the attraction to HBS was part aspiration, part continuity. “In France and everywhere,” Geismar says, “HBS is recognized as... View Details

23 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power

yet the traditions and memories of preeminence remained, and today's educational leaders have used these lessons to fuel the more recent, dramatic growth in scope and excellence of Chinese universities. The early PRC was widely believed... View Details

Keywords: by William C. Kirby

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Your Alumni Community - Alumni

Business Administration) 15 Nov 2024 | HBS Alumni News At the HBS Women’s Leadership Summit, alumni focus on progress How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms Re: Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) 14 Nov 2024 | Skydeck Liberty Mutual CEO... View Details

16 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

shareholder returns of 150 percent while the S&P 500 has delivered 14 percent. They've also grown their sales 134 percent while the S&P 500 has grown just 53 percent. Clearly, these firms have found something that allows them to be resilient in both good View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

05 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

negotiators to speak one another's language. This principle goes beyond understanding technical terms and lingo. It also means catching the nuances and cultural implications behind what's being said, and noticing how the other side uses... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

16 Jan 2018
Blog Post

How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS?

While the financial aid process begins after you’ve been accepted at HBS, there is a lot you can do in the months (and even years) beforehand to put yourself in the best position to access funding. HBS will help you meet your full financial need through a combination... View Details

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Video - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

is used in health care delivery organizations around the world. Length: 28 min. January 2018 Presentation The Value-Based Health Care Agenda The Value-Based Health Care Agenda by Michael E. Porter In this video Professor Porter teaches... View Details

16 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

expensive, often don’t work, and at times are impractical for leaders who are working full-time on their businesses, the paper notes. Koning hopes the research shows founders that they should seek mentor networks with the goal of picking... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Matthew Young - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

13 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up and Listen

chance to speak, remember what you had said the next time you see them, and be focused on things other than the conversation at hand.’” Responses revealed a significant, negative relationship between an individual’s self-reported... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

that establishes an implicit value for the shares—also helps prevent potential tax problems for "cheap stock." Incorporating too late, and issuing inexpensive stock to the founders at the same time that much more expensive stock... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Sep 2023
News

Elevator Pitch: Standard of Care

March 2023, Teodorescu traveled to Ukraine to deliver 50 additional SurgiBox units at the military’s request. A portable operating room that fits into a backpack and runs on a rechargeable battery, SurgiBox is a timely innovation for a... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; healthcare; surgery; Ukraine; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

27 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 27, 2007

company. They can either sell the company to a large public company, raise another round of capital from a preeminent venture capital fund, or continue to grow using existing positive cash flow. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Environmental Quality - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

mechanisms by which environmental regulations might enhance competitiveness; for example reduction in the use of costly chemicals or lower waste disposal costs. The traditional view of environmental regulation held by virtually all... View Details

Portrait Project

Albert Chiu

COVID-19. As a chemical engineer, I designed the process to manufacture Moderna and Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. I developed new technologies to improve how vaccines are manufactured and shortened production time in half for Operation... View Details

05 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

The Vanguard Corporation

communities like leeches. The time is ripe for a new corporate model, driven by a new type of business leader, where creating business value also means creating value for society. Surprisingly, Kanter finds models for these so-called... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Feb 2020
In Practice

6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy

Even though the internet has been publicly available for almost three decades, executives at just about every company are wrestling with how to use digital technology to advance their business strategy. We asked professors from Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

organization a competitive advantage, using a proven framework that creates value for customers, employees, and suppliers. 7 weeks 5-6 hours per week 6 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of... View Details

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time is to be published today. Kanter is the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. In addition to her many years of teaching and research at HBS,... View Details