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Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change - Course Catalog
course, many of whom are building high growth social enterprises. Course Overview Social entrepreneurs don’t just build organizations, they change systems. This course will explore the frameworks, tools, mindsets, and best practices that... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
accelerates recovery rates to such an extent that it creates a treadmill situation—we have to run very hard just to stay even with existing production levels." Information technology is also used to sift through geological data in the public domain. Fischer, who refers... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
Tencent to Scandinavian digital trailblazer Schibsted, from The New York Times to The Economist, and from talent management to the future of education. Synthesizing what these stories have in common, and drawing on the latest research in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015
and patenting data for 1,315 employees at the Indian R&D center of a Fortune 500 technology firm, I exploit a natural experiment where the assignment of managers for newly hired college graduates is mandated by rigid HR rules and is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
philanthropist to give us $1 million to start a nonprofit to design, evaluate, and scale this service.” In 2015, Cole and Kremer launched Precision Agriculture for Development, together with Dan Björkegren of Brown University and Heiner Baumann (MBA 1999), who serves... View Details
- 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23
management practices such as controlled irrigation and year-round harvesting. ViniBrasil "Rio Sol" wines, which have received several awards, are sold mainly in Brazil where per capita wine... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
globalization of markets and competition changed American business forever. Twenty years out, over one-third of the class had been fired or laid off at least once. Fundamental practices that worked for most of the century - large staff... View Details
Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
measurement tool, the Total Motivation Factor, enables managers to measure the strength of the company culture and track improvements over time. They explore their original research into how Total Motivation leads to higher performance in... View Details
- 25 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2022
On February 26, 2022, a cohort of HBS MBA students attended ClimateCAP, the Global MBA Summit on Climate, Capital, and Business. This year, ClimateCAP was hosted by Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and drew over 260... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
company and made it the foundation of the IBM Marketing Cloud. While exploring what was next, Nussey wrote a book. Your Mountain is Waiting: Practical Advice For Forging A Mission In Life, came together as he shifted his attention and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
by radio stations improves their capability to respond to entry by TV stations. Our research builds on and extends literatures on platforms and learning-by-doing and offers practical implications for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17
Janisse Publication:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2012). Abstract We examine the internal supply chains at two service organizations to discover the source of disruptions that erode employees' efficiency. Through... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 14
assuring price transparency so advertisers know what they're buying. I explain the need for these rights by presenting specific practices causing particular concern. The Decline and Renewal of British Multinational Banking... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
been designed to create a new kind of offshore operating environment, where safety was the priority. Management attacked the safety issue from the top down, investing extensively in leadership training, policies, and View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
School's education and research mission. "Today's general manager is operating in an information-inundated world," Clark elaborated recently. "We need to prepare our students to meet that challenge. We also need to take full advantage of... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
the December/ January 2008 issue of the Academy of Management Journal in which they question the value of business school research. Henry Mintzberg of McGill University in Montreal devoted a book to his contention that “conventional MBA... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
groups such as Boko Haram, which at least promise something to eat. Kola Masha Managing Director, Doreo Partners Masha's Babban Gona system turns subsistence farmers into commercial growers using a franchise model that provides everything... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
able to greatly increase our knowledge of the region and develop a deep understanding of business practices that cut across functional boundaries, from finance to human resource management to strategy," says... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 19 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
and quantitative methods with an emphasis on policy and practice. When combined with Harvard Business School’s Masters in Business Administration (MBA), students will demonstrate exceptional aptitude in the areas of policy expertise and cross-disciplinary View Details