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- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
In a recent Harvard Business Review article, professor Robert Simons wrote about how organizations can design jobs for maximum performance. In this excerpt, Simons discusses what he terms the four basic "spans" of a job—control,... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 19 May 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts
any initiative to empower the poor and the equally critical importance of available credit to allow poorer families to invest in their future. Despite the plethora of education-related activities and the rapidly growing success stories in the area of microfinance, we... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
psychologist,” she says. “None of this is exotic, but it does require consistent attention. Provide resources, help, and clear goals. Offer opportunities to build camaraderie, give basic respect and recognition—simply support people and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age
team built two platforms. The first platform, launched in 2014, houses HBX Credential of Readiness (CORe) and HBX Certificate Programs. CORe introduces students to business fundamentals through three courses — Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial... View Details
- 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 16 Oct 2019
- HBS Online
HBS Online Business Analytics
Develop a data mindset and the analytical skills to interpret and communicate data. This course will demystify data analysis and equip you with concrete skills to apply in your work or further studies.
Program Dates: October 16, 2019 - December 11, 2019 View Details
- 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 07 Aug 2019
- HBS Online
HBS Online Business Analytics
Develop a data mindset and the analytical skills to interpret and communicate data. This course will demystify data analysis and equip you with concrete skills to apply in your work or further studies.
Program Dates: August 7, 2019 - October 2, 2019 View Details
- 9 AM – 10 AM EST, 09 Jan 2019
- HBS Online
HBS Online Business Analytics
Develop a data mindset and the analytical skills to interpret and communicate data. This course will demystify data analysis and equip you with concrete skills to apply in your work or further studies.
Program Dates: January 9, 2019 - March 6, 2019 View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
Jeff Feingold (MBA 1997) launched Hope and Comfort out of his Boston-area garage in 2011 to address the issue of hygiene insecurity in Massachusetts. "If you don't have basic hygiene products, it's very hard to stay clean, healthy, and confident," he explains. "No one... View Details
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
basic savings account with a standard 0.3 percent real interest rate, similar to the highest available alternative in the Chilean market; a basic View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 06 May 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Driving the “New Marketing?”
What do you think? Original Article Who doesn't remember the basic lesson from Marketing 101, the four Ps—which I don't even need to enumerate? They were based on concepts of a marketing mix developed in the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Deals - Course Catalog
students, the basic course in Corporations, Corporations taken concurrently, or permission of the instructor is a prerequisite. A familiarity with basic business concepts will... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent
model into the finance world: it was an industry that had basically no concept of gig or contract workers. “It had never been a field that thought that way, so we had to explain to people why they should... View Details
- 09 Feb 2012
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Online Marketing
Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business? In a new study, Assistant Professor Michael Luca shows just how much restaurant reviews on Yelp affect companies' bottom lines. The more difficult question: Are these ratings reliable as a measure of product quality?... View Details
- Web
Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals - Course Catalog
sophisticated follow-on to basic negotiation courses and/or as a self-contained negotiation course taught at an advanced level with a heavy emphasis on handling challenging real-world cases. Unlike past versions of this course, there is... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
and make decisions based on assumptions about the future. The problem: Most of these prophecies about what is to come are basically straight-line extrapolations of a few weeks of data or sermons about what that prophet believes should... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- Web
Policymakers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Value-Based Health Care Value-Based Health Care Cases & Teaching Notes Key Concepts Key Stakeholders Publications Team Work With Us Presentations Key... View Details
- 15 Jan 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Career & Life Balance
Butler. In this Q&A and excerpt from his book, Getting Unstuck, he explains six steps for getting from here to there. Key concepts include: A psychological impasse is developmentally necessary for human beings. Although impasse is... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
overloading forces better time management " KHA attributed part of the problem to the perception that "We love a 'hard worker,'" rewarding effort and time spent at work as much or more than results. Yet another concern, expressed by Yadeed Lobo, is that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Dean Clark Addresses Journalists
Declaring himself “appalled” and “dismayed“ by recent acts of greed and wrongdoing in corporate America, Dean Kim B. Clark told a National Press Club audience in Washington last February that “we need solutions that are driven by a broader View Details
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Financial databases: certification and training | Baker Library
Fundamentals, Bloomberg Market Concepts and Environmental Social Governance (ESG). Open to all current Harvard faculty, students, and staff through 12/31/2024*, with potential for extension. Please email infoservices@hbs.edu for the class... View Details