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Participation - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Body language may also provide a useful guide: instructors may prefer to call on a student who reacts with excitement or confusion to a comment just made in the discussion, as opposed to a student whose hand has been up for some time. Instructors should View Details
- 10 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?
whether this social movement impacted the hiring of female talent, Luo and Zhang focused on new movie projects set up from January 2014 to September 2019 using Done Deal Pro, a database that tracks script deals. They also used information... View Details
- 04 Aug 2010
- News
A Lonely Crusader
opportunity to make his case, something he never hesitated to do — at length. Even as the investigations continued, Ackman continued to bet against MBIA. Author Christine Richard’s narrative tracks the twists and turns of Ackman’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Stockholm-based company is on track to redirect 40 million garments in its first year, with ambitious plans to scale. Bolon envisions a not-too-distant future in which textile recycling is as routine as trash collection. Garbage trucks... View Details
- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
successful corporate explorer venture? Binns: In the book, we talk about the Boston-based firm Analog Devices. A lot of companies make semiconductor chips, right? But when a company wants the solution to condition-based monitoring, they say to a startup, you have no... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- July 2018 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
RunKeeper
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
The case examines the focus of an early stage company and how venture capital can distort a founder’s view. It encompasses issues such as financing, understanding the founders’ definition of success/failure, defining and pivoting a business model, and determining the... View Details
Keywords: Early Stage Funding; Pivot; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Model; Health Industry
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "RunKeeper." Harvard Business School Case 819-020, July 2018. (Revised January 2021.)
- 18 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers
unlocking the data used in the analysis. Among other services, the consulting company advises clients on how to make better hires by tracking personality traits and skills revealed during the hiring process. Cornerstone usually focuses on... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
Dixon. I love your music. I’m putting together a survey of hip-hop music, and it’s important to have you on it. Did you overcut your album?’ ” Her strategy worked, and she landed tracks by Tupac and Biggie, plus Mary J. Blige, Snoop,... View Details
- 02 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities
track four things and relate them to the success of our investments: market size, the team, unique technology, and whether the product is developed at the time we invest. We found proprietary technology is important but doesn't make much... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Barley
- 20 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Language Wars Divide Global Companies
Five researchers interviewed and tracked GlobalTech team members through the workday, following them to meetings, teleconferences, at lunch, and at after-work social gatherings. For a team split between Germany and India, one researcher... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 28 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
families as well. Q: How can a CEO spot a dysfunctional or at least disintegrating culture? What should be the first steps to fixing the problem? A: A CEO in this situation should be tracking and managing by the numbers—the nonfinancial... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified
shop may be a harbinger of things to come,” says Luca. The study didn’t specifically track the fate of existing shops or services after new businesses started opening in the area, so it’s possible the occasional shop might be crowded out... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams
its 2021 fiscal year compared with 2020. While Slack’s revenue climbed twice as fast at 43 percent, Microsoft’s sales still dwarfed Slack’s $903 million. And Microsoft is on track to take in more than $200 billion in 2022. “So, you’re... View Details
- 21 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
SVMP Gave Me the Courage to Fail
Clicking the submit button on my Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) application felt like an act of courage, one that left me feeling vulnerable and open to rejection, a sentiment likely shared by many of my peers. As we each prepared, reviewed, and submitted... View Details
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Home Economics
capital, and delivering coaching and mentoring. It’s a process with a proven track record. In 2021, for example, the graduation approach assisted 91 percent of participants in Bangladesh become food secure, allowed participants in Burkina... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet
Innovation Challenge, an annual competition for students, alumni, and affiliates in which winners in five tracks get a $75,000 prize and runners-up a $25,000 prize thanks to more than $500,000 in prize money provided by the Bertarelli... View Details
- 30 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators
more thoughtful and reflective.” Name the best fund During a presentation, Bazerman will show a Standard and Poor’s chart tracking the activity of four funds over a nine-year period. He asks audience members which one they would choose to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Git and GitHub - Research Computing Services
Software Tools Git & Github 8ms What version control systems are available to you? There are many different version control systems available, but one of the most widely used is Git , which is the program that will track changes of your... View Details
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Rachel H Chung
up in a track suit and bringing my dad’s motorcycle helmet to school for Halloween. Don’t worry though, I’m a safe and tame driver on the roads of Cambridge today. What is your favorite childhood memory? When I was seven years old, my mom... View Details
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About the Center - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
service offerings to HBS faculty. She also assists in the tracking the Center's activities as it continues to expand the scope of its services and faculty clients. Tara previously worked at HBS as a Faculty Assistant and as a Research... View Details