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The Africa Business Conference at HBS: Reimagining the Road Ahead - 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...
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Working Groups Update | About
engage in this work. We’ve set up a Working Together email that the working groups will use for future outreach and where you can share ideas and feedback. Additionally, in the next few weeks, please keep an eye on Know Your HBS for Q&As...
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- 30 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations
theory, and research on how emotions can affect transactions between parties. Wasynczuk and his coauthor, independent researcher Colleen Kaftan, do so using an everyday example of a work-at-home consultant ("Kate") dealing with...
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- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
competitive. That's what CEO Anne Mulcahy did in cutting 28,000 jobs to enable Xerox to be competitive once again. Now she is refocusing Xerox, long known as the plain paper copier company, on the paperless, all-digital office. How can...
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published in management journals including Harvard Business Review, worked for the Small Business Administration, US Department of Commerce, Bank of America, and Stanford Research Institute; taught at Georgetown University; and was...
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- 10 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay
self-employment incomes in both high and low capital industries are falling sharply compared with the wages that organizations pay workers, according to the researchers. Their data came from a number of sources, including US Census and...
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by Jay Fitzgerald
- 26 Nov 2001
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How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
flexible production over time and broadly based across the system. It was from observations such as these that Kent and I started to form the impression that despite all the attention that had already been paid to Toyota, something...
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- 04 Jun 2001
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of the Subscription Model?
value of their lifetime revenue streams, can provide a strong incentive for continued product and service excellence. At the same time that former manufacturing enterprises are adopting the subscription model, it appears that media and...
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by James Heskett
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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
understanding the key metrics that dictate whether a venture has achieved product-market fit and is ready for scaling. “The course is useful for startupland citizens—founders, investors, and joiners—to get complete, honest insights about...
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- 24 Jan 2011
- HBS Case
Terror at the Taj
world's collective conscience. “Not even the senior managers could explain the behavior of these employees.” A new multimedia case by HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé offers a flip side to the nightmarish scenes that unfolded in real time on...
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- 01 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault
Simons says. “They control this narrow slice, but their jobs are tied to things like revenue growth and profitability. The missing piece is the support they are given to accomplish their goals.” When using the tool, a job can be evaluated...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce
“If I increase your bargaining power over the share of household income you benefit from, I strengthen your position in the household,” she explains. “And, because you’re now in a position to assert your preferences more, traditional models suggest that you would have...
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by Julia Hanna
- 25 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse
at an impasse. The impasse experience has features that are common to all of us, and in time each of us has a unique experience of impasse. For most people the recognition that we're at an impasse, whether...
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by Martha Lagace
- 04 Nov 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Do We Chase Stars?
organization to another. Several discussants maintained that portability is high for certain leadership talents. C. J. Cullinane stated, "The manager who is experienced in cost-cutting and turn-arounds can use this talent in many...
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by Jim Heskett
- 24 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Les Williams (MBA 2005)
strategy? Over the last 15 years I have worked in technology, real estate development, and entrepreneurship. During that time my compensation has varied, and I have adjusted my loan repayment accordingly. I just finished paying off my...
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Demonstration Policy | About
amplified sound. Using public safety as their guide, HBS and Harvard administrators and security officers will determine the most appropriate means and time to address policy violations. If it is not...
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Research - Health Care
drugs. Medicare bans such coupons on the grounds that they are kickbacks that induce utilization, but they are commonly used by... July 24, 2024 Article Providing Value and Equity in Medicare's Dementia Care Is a Must By: Susanna Gallani...
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Jeff Barkas
My grandparents could do everything, until one day, they couldn’t. I was used to the weekends when I would play tennis matches and card games with my grandpa and enjoy my grandma’s famous chicken cutlets. They were so healthy into their...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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My First Job
it’s almost an unavoidable fact that blunders will be made. We might wish we could forget them and focus instead on the more successful stages of work life, but the lessons that we take from those earliest failures have a way of sticking with View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
topic and hope that this piece provides a helpful starter guide on the intersection of business and environmental justice. Summary: Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice in the US – What Businesses Need to Know Overview This research...
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