Active Seller Learning - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

ensemble for, give or take, close to 40 years, but this past summer was their final concert tour as a group. "The Medici String Quartet is one of the very best such ensembles, probably one of the very best ever. One of my favorite research strategies is to find... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

26 Aug 2024
Blog Post

HBS Lingo 101

START and a group of second year (EC) START Ambassadors plan and lead activities throughout the week. TREK: Pack your bags to travel to different parts of the world! HBS Treks are student-organized trips that give you a chance to network,... View Details

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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Both on and off campus, there are many opportunities for students to engage in social enterprise focused activities and community building. Rising Leaders for Social Impact Forum Through carefully tailored content and small peer group... View Details

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Klarman Hall | About

across the globe has long been a hallmark of the learning environment at Harvard Business School (HBS). In keeping with this tradition, Klarman Hall provides a world-class convening venue designed to welcome event participants and instill... View Details

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Clubs - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Clubs 2ms Student-led clubs and activities give students the opportunity to become better informed about and engaged in issues and possible career paths. A number of clubs focus on the link between business and environment... View Details

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

leverage course concepts, vital tools and frameworks, and the diversity of your peers’ perspectives to analyze the problem and determine a path forward. Active Immerse yourself in a dynamic, interactive View Details

07 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

07 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic

Team Work: Learnings from How Teams Adapted Their Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic, which will appear in the journal Information and Organization. Perlow, Whillans, and HBS doctoral student Aurora... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Doing Business with China: Early American Trading Houses - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business... View Details

26 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

patient, only to learn that the patient no longer needed the bed. Thus, all of the TSICU's efforts and conflict on behalf of the patient was wasted. Purchase this supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Events - Business & Environment

with an understanding of the activities required to start a climate-focused technology venture including identifying climate problems, translating and licensing IP, building a founding team, and raising early financing. The LCV Sprint is... View Details

25 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 25

Download working paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1999484 Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism By: Gow, Ian D., Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, and Suraj Srinivasan Abstract—We examine how shareholder activist... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Partners - Case Method Project

CA 21 of 65 Daniel García Chula Vista Learning Community Charter High School San Diego, CA Subjects: Civics CA 22 of 65 Jennifer Golub-Marcus Harvard-Westlake School Studio City, CA CA 23 of 65 David Gracia Esparto High School Esparto, CA... View Details

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1.11 Leaves of Absence - MBA

end a student’s email access sooner and will provide them with advance notice if this is the case. Students on leave should not represent themselves as actively enrolled students. Students are strongly encouraged to set up forwarding to... View Details

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

systems of factories, hotels, hospitals, or agencies as reflected in (a) the structure of who gets what good, service, or information from whom, (b) the coordinative connections among people so that they can express reliably what they need to do their work and View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Browse All topics Accounting Audits (3) Accounting (119) Acquisition (20) Activity Based Costing and Management (2) Adaptation (7) Adoption (3) Advertising Campaigns (6) Advertising (77) Agency Theory (3) Age (3) Agreements and... View Details

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Apply - Crossover Into Business

Apply Apply Name Email Phone Sports League Years in the league The program is for active and recently retired professional athletes. Are you an active athlete? Yes No If yes, what is your current team or... View Details

12 Jan 2022
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Cecil Alfaro-Mora

This spring we’re speaking with current MBA students who were admitted through 2+2 to learn what they did during their deferral years. Here’s an interview with Cecil Alfaro-Mora (MBA 2022): Why did you decide to apply to HBS via the 2+2... View Details

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

regulations on buybacks as some propose, I’m in favor of boards being much more active in evaluating buybacks, limiting accelerated share buybacks, and changing the accounting treatment of buybacks so that managers are not tempted by... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 Jun 2022
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Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

them through an exercise that’s specific for uncovering the current forces at play in each of the Four Element areas. For the Identity element, we arrive at fresh new language for the day-to-day work activities that are most likely to be... View Details