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01 Mar 2024
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The Internet's Next Frontier

pages, web forms) Users mainly consumed information published on the web, but it was a one-way street Static web pages Content owned only by the creator Minimal online transactions No/very little user data collected Inception View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

historical database of banking, stock market, and currency crises with data on over 60 countries back to 1800. Please visit our data page for visualizations and data downloads, organized by topic. You may also be View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

investment success. “The initial funding was $7.5 million; one of our first investments was $250,000 in Intel.” Apple corps: “We invested early in Apple, purchasing 10 percent of the company in 1979 for... View Details

19 Jan 2015
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Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?

Bias? Evidence from Encyclopædia Britannica and Wikipedia. A new study examines biases between print andonline encyclopedias.©iStock.com/adventtr Zhu and Greenstein have long been interested in the question View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Publishing

2010
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Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down

By: John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead

You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it to the group but get confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets in return. Before you know what's happened, your idea is dead,... View Details

Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Cost vs Benefits; Problems and Challenges; Interests; Value

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1.17 Field Based Learning/Independent Projects - MBA

interest in the information. Provide the participant with an opportunity to ask questions about the nature of the project and the rationale behind the decision to keep the company sponsor name confidential.... View Details

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Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion - MBA

East and North Africa South America United States 13 Jun 2019 Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion Reggie Smith Author MBA Students tag Consumer Packaged Goods FIELD Eight of us (six HBS... View Details

July 2019 (Revised April 2021)
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Salary Finance

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In April 2019, Asesh Sarkar, co-founder and chief executive of Salary Finance Limited, a London-based FinTech, faced tough choices. Sarkar had founded Salary Finance with Dan Cobley and Daniel Shakhani in 2015. The company’s value proposition was quite simple: partner... View Details

Keywords: Credit; Financing and Loans; Wages; Innovation and Invention; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry

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Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online

3 Courses Credential of Readiness (CORe) Designed to help you achieve fluency in the language of business, CORe is a business fundamentals program that combines Business Analytics, Economics for Managers,... View Details

31 Jan 2023
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Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

days that they drive. This type of contract is common in other markets, for instance in cell-phone contracts, where pay-as-you-go enabled the proliferation of smartphone adoption across the world by allowing... View Details

Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance

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Professional Development - Alumni

managerial path for yourself, Harvard ManageMentor is designed to help you achieve your goals and drive business impact. View videos, use handouts and discussion guides, and read related articles on subjects of View Details

05 Mar 2019
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Part 2: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - The Path to Your Goals

an endless number of classes and opportunities, and it is easy to get consumed into many classes and activities that require the most valuable resource you have: time. Knowing what you want out View Details

28 Jan 2020
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Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

change that seems perfectly benign. I tell the story of Carol Hallquist, a talented corporate executive with an interest in accelerating improvement in public education so that every school is great. She... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Feb 2022
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How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Nikki Philip

is to consider how a 2+2 admission fits into an overall plan for your career and passion. One of the biggest benefits of the deferred admission process is the freedom it gives you to learn and pursue your... View Details

31 May 2004
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How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

of subordinates' capabilities or work; providing nonconstructive negative feedback on work done; checking on the status of assigned work for too long; and displaying lack of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group - Race, Gender & Equity

conducting research on identity change and career intentions of first-time pregnant professional women, as well as on how women “firsts” explain their advancement into top leadership positions. Vanessa Conzon Vanessa Conzon PhD Candidate... View Details

December 2022
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I Don't 'Recall': The Decision to Delay Innovation Launch to Avoid Costly Product Failure

By: Byungyeon Kim, Oded Koenigsberg and Elie Ofek

Innovations embody novel features or cutting-edge components aimed at delivering desired customer benefits. Oftentimes, however, we observe the need to recall new products shortly after their introduction. Indeed, a firm may rush an innovation to market in an attempt... View Details

Keywords: Innovation Management; Innovation And Strategy; Product Development Strategy; Product Introduction; Quality Control; Product Recalls; Game Theory; Market Timing; Innovation Strategy; Product Launch; Product Development

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New Americans - MBA

Annual Cost of Attendance Summer Fellowships Career Support & Exploration Funds Fast Facts MBAid Stories Consumer Information RISE Career Fellowship Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans... View Details

June 2017 (Revised May 2019)
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Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople with Incentive Compensation (B)

By: Doug J. Chung

Kjell & Company was a Swedish retail electronics chain founded in 1988 by brothers Marcus, Mikael and Fredrik Dahnelius. The company operated 84 stores, all company-owned, located mainly in the metropolitan areas of Sweden’s most popular cities: Stockholm, Gothemburg... View Details

Keywords: Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Change Management; Behavior; Electronics Industry; Sweden

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