Writing - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Jun 2017
Blog Post

4 Things You Need to Know about the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

applicants should still apply in the 2+2 Round). You’ll then need to indicate your interest in the MS/MBA on your application and write an additional essay. If you’re invited to interview, you’ll then be asked to submit a third... View Details

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Value Measurement for Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellations or deferrals received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of... View Details

15 Jul 2019
Book

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

year, with the goal of making the world of finance accessible to broader audiences by providing a rigorous but accessible overview of the biggest topics in finance. Finance is “the language of business, the lifeblood of the economy, and increasingly a dominant force in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

opportunities missed. Why I Don't Want to Own General Motors June 1, 2009 - Harvard Business Publishing Rosabeth Moss Kanter comments on the bankruptcy of GM, calling it a "dangerous precedent." The Past and Future of General Motors April 9, 2009 - Huffington... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

18 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

write about a personal past experience that fit one of five categories: unethical, ethical, positive, negative, or neutral. The participants mostly wrote about commonplace actions (cheating on an exam or padding an expense report, for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

experience. What is the source of their commitment to building a HCHP company and how do they describe the transformation journey they are leading? We are analyzing the data from these interviews and plan to write a book tentatively... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

arrive on their desk flagged as marketing or finance issues; part of the challenge is problem identification. Then the challenge is to design a feasible and integrated solution that works for the entire business unit. You're A Case Study GMP participants don't just... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Nov 2021
Blog Post

4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences

currently in the process of writing a case together with one of the panelists, which could potentially serve as part of the future MBA curriculum. Third, through developing new skills in a low-risk environment. One of my major goals... View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

Toward a Life Well Lived

profiles. They then write their own profiles, imagining their lives from the perspective of 10 years after graduation. “There is so much energy—but also angst—around those cases, I started to think about whether I should develop a course... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2007
News

Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

sociologist Talcott Parsons. Chandler was also influenced by his participation in the Research Center in Entrepreneurial History at Baker Library. Chandler taught at MIT from 1950 to 1963, where in addition to writing Strategy and... View Details

06 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

20 million units. The reason: Fountain pens were now marketed not simply as utilitarian writing implements, but also as nostalgic fashion accessories. As such, they were not really in the same competitive market as ballpoint pens anymore.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Apparel & Accessories; Technology; Consumer Products

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

a step-by-step guide to writing your brand positioning statement to differentiate from competitors and attract and retain customers. [...] Read more 16 Oct 2024 What to Expect from HBS Online's AI Essentials for Business Course Kate... View Details

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Running Jobs - Research Computing Services

resource usage. The section on choosing your resources provides guidelines for doing this. Running a Program/Submitting a Job There are two sets of methods of running programs and jobs on the HBS compute Grid: using default submission (wrapper) scripts or by View Details

30 Jun 2022
News

Scaling Hope

programs of treatment providers like Hazelden Betty Ford and Caron Treatment Centers. His ultimate message is one of hope. That’s what he didn’t know in the beginning: “I wish I had known that there was hope, a lot of hope, and that recovery was likely to happen for my... View Details

28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

techniques could have a significant effect. Specifically, participants who had received training were asked to write a response to an essay written by a person they disagreed with on issues such as policing and minority suspects or sexual... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Case Protagonists at HBS - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

17 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

fill people’s intrinsic motivational needs as opposed to making it simply contractual.” In the executive education courses DeLong teaches at Harvard, he has conducted a simple exercise—asking participants to write down the initials of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People

to do a word recognition exercise. The task was to write down the first word that came to their mind when given a string of scrambled letters. These strings of scrambled letters were each constructed by interleaving a pro-social word with... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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7 Tips for a Successful Technology Venture Immersion - MBA

beyond resources controlled” Okay, I cheated a bit here. This is definition of entrepreneurship , coined by Professor Howard Stevenson. I’m writing this post after learning the phrase in the first day of my RC course, “The Entrepreneurial... View Details

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

running a business today. Q: Grove's notebooks, which you had access to, are fascinating. Why did he keep such detailed journals and what did you learn from them? A: I mentioned previously that Grove is an autodidact—a man capable of teaching himself a remarkable... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

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