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- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
Ferguson's Formula By: Elberse, Anita, and Sir Alex Ferguson Abstract—When Alex Ferguson took over as manager of the English football team Manchester United, the club was in dire straits: it hadn't won a league title in nearly 20 years... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit
underinvestment in behaviors like handwashing with soap that we see. If they are rational, it can affect the design of interventions and incentives that policymakers can offer to encourage positive habit formation.” The team’s experiment and findings are detailed in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding
more than 70 percent of the coaches did, Flick kept the team’s existing game plan. Like his predecessor, Flick built a 4-5-1 formation with a lot of speed over both flanks to prepare goals for center-forward Robert Lewandowski. But Flick... View Details
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
percent of employees suffered a 20 percent salary reduction. Case wrote: “Throughout this trauma, our team has demonstrated incredible resilience. We all understand the gravity of this crisis and recognize the important role Aon plays in... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 23 May 2024
- News
HBS After October 7
On Friday, May 17, 2024, Dean Srikant Datar, HBS Alumni Board President Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997), and members of the School’s leadership held an online forum for alumni to learn more about the School’s activities and actions since October 7, 2023. Stavropoulos... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
Abstract As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
effects of signals generated by different types of networks on new ventures' formation of future strategic alliances. We argue that the signaling value of a given tie in reducing adverse selection is more pronounced when another type of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
modifications to our course content. Are there opportunities for team building? Many of our courses include team discussions and projects to foster social learning and community-building. The courses that... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
not see their role ‘as an enabler of direct public participation in decision-making through formats such as deliberative meetings, and do not believe there are personal benefits for investing in these activities.’ And yet if society is to... View Details
- Blog
The Female Executive's Perspective: A conversation with HBS AMP Women on Applying
Stepping away from responsibilities in the office and at home for the multi-week HBS Advanced Management Program (AMP) is a major decision. Women executives in particular wonder, "Can I really leave my family and my team for that long?"... View Details
- Web
Demo Day | New Venture Competition
the New Venture Competition. Pitch Format 5-minute pitches slides recommended For Investors Information about NVC Demo Day teams is released in early February. NVC Demo Day is invitation-only and tickets are... View Details
- Web
Data Visualization for Analysis and Communication - Course Catalog
students will practice skills learned in class. The classroom format will include lectures, discussion, tutorials on visualization tools, and full-class project critiques. Career Focus: This course is designed for students who expect to... View Details
Benjamin Ha
finance, technology development and business development in American and Asian corporations. Ben earned a B.S. in economics and a B.S. in engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Engineering from MIT, and an MBA from Harvard University. Areas in... View Details
- 10 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Retail
The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from HBS staff dedicated to your industry. Meet the View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
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Field Course: Startup Operations Studio (SOS) - Course Catalog
Students may enroll as individuals or as a team. Team members who did not complete Startup Operations, but who are HBS students (or qualified cross-registrants) may apply as long as one team member who... View Details
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907412 HDFC (A) Harvard Business School Case 301-093 The top management team at India's leading home finance company must decide how to deal with the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Terror at the Taj Bombay: Customer-Centric Leadership | Information Technology
the Multimedia Team to create a case study that captured the devastation of what came to be known as 26/11. The coordinated assault on Mumbai, like that on targets in the U.S. on 9/11, sought to incite fear and confusion by exacting a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Health-Care Initiative to Leverage Ongoing Efforts
Dean Kim B. Clark has announced the formation of a faculty initiative in health care, with HBS professor of management practice Richard G. Hamermesh serving as chair. Technology strategy, the design of care delivery, consumer-driven... View Details
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Success Academy Charter Schools | Information Technology
decided to produce a case about Success Academy, he felt the traditional case format could not fully capture the passion Moskowitz and her team have for every detail of their schools and how focused the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
to encourage the development of new technologies that focus on clean, renewable, or efficient energy resources. One of our teams developed last year’s winning idea: a polymer-producing bacteria that eats away at microbial scale View Details