preparation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

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01 Dec 2020
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Two Truths and a Lie About 5G

major developments: Ericsson opened its first 5G-enabled smart factory in the United States, Apple unveiled its first 5G-enabled phone, and carriers like AT&T and Verizon have been preparing their customers for major transition. So has... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Oct 1999
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Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

preparation proved the catalyst for Bricklin's revolutionary idea. "I invariably realized in class that the numbers I was running at home were wanting," he recalls, "either because of an error I'd made or because I had not computed the... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Sep 2006
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Gift of Gab

then delivered a prepared talk on a topic of their choice. Subjects ranged from the pharmaceutical industry to the relative merits of cats vs. dogs, while Kim’s presentation took a humorous yet thoughtful approach to lessons learned in... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

31 Mar 2023
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How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we're going to highlight another one of the great podcasts here at HBS: Managing the Future of Work, hosted by professor and visiting fellow at the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

companies today. Few companies, however, are prepared to continuously innovate because they focus on the short term and do not emphasize the wisdom needed to make sure that their interests are aligned with those of society. Practical... View Details

01 Mar 2007
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HBS Alums Help Jailhouse Entrepreneurs Go Straight

endeavors often borrows on traits that are valuable in legitimate commerce: a cool head, decisive decision-making, and the ability to read people. Texas-based PEP helps prepare prison inmates, upon their release, to join the regular... View Details

Keywords: incarceration; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

31 May 2018
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Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders

is that abstinence from food, or even exercise, isn't an option in recovery. How do you prepare clients to establish those new relationships in their life and recovery? Ronga: That's a great question and great observation. And while other... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

expressed an interest in working for a small company, attracted by opportunities for advancement and the opportunity to be involved in all areas of a business. Bowen's new course helps students prepare for small-business management by... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

Since its founding in 2010, the Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) at HBS has worked to educate students and business leaders about the environmental challenges and opportunities confronting companies and organizations today, and advance faculty research that... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

17 Nov 2016
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Wired for Innovation

Houston Chronicle. Anticipating empty nest-hood as the youngest of their three children prepared for college, Skelly and his wife recently bought and converted a 1910 brick firehouse in Houston’s scruffy East End neighborhood, which they... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

13 Jul 2016
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From Money to Ministry

about how good bankers added value to the economy. That’s how I came to love banking.” Still, looking back, Quainton can see that HBS was also preparing him for ministry. “I am an off-the-charts introvert,” he says. “I had to learn to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 1998
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Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship

program tested Andresen's English skills. "I was often up until 3:00 in the morning, struggling with the dictionary to prepare cases," he recalls. "My canmates' support motivated me to stay, and that was the beginning of many lifelong... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All

company is doing a good job preparing for Y2K, you may have essential business links to companies that aren't. Is my desktop vulnerable? Yes. A computer is different from most other consumer products. When you buy a new car, you trade in... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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The View from the Pit

while previous academic experience prepared her for the challenges she faced as a student at HBS, she's finding the view from the pit a little more challenging. "Preparing to teach cases takes a lot longer than I expected," she admits. No... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Jun 2013
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Sochi Preview

such guys" (AFP, February 3, 2013). Hosting the Games, Zhukov asserted, gives Russia a big advantage because its athletes will prepare and train at the venues where they will compete. View Details

Keywords: olympics; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

19 Jun 2017
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How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe

do? How do you adjust? Your teammates might speak a little English, and that has changed over the years. But certainly, in the first 20, 25 years, it was just such an isolating experience unless you had the players and the team prepared... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Boosting Boardroom Diversity

around the challenges that board members actually face, not around the challenges that academics think they face,” says Boris Groysberg, faculty cochair of the program with Professors Frances Frei and Lynn Paine. “There’s no school better View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

18 Jan 2022
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HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference

“This is about helping to prepare students to successfully enter the workforce,” she says. “The mentoring program is helping to rebuild Morris Brown’s connections in the business community. The HBS Club of Atlanta’s goal to help engage... View Details