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Global Business Course | HBS Online

brought to life by industry-leading experts from companies like NatureSweet, H-E-B, Kerry Logistics, and Mahindra Group. Description of silent animated video above: Learner scrolls through video interviews from prominent business leaders... View Details

09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

During their Elective Curriculum (EC)—or second—year, MBA students register for courses based on their interests. With more than 100 offerings in 10 subject areas, these classes provide an opportunity for depth and breadth while helping students gain more concentrated... View Details

07 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

not asking them to hire Madison Avenue experts to go do their "social marketing." Just bring the principle into managing poverty alleviation programs. McCaffrey: The typical model you get is a hierarchical, top-down model where... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers

Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details

Keywords: by Jose Alvarez and Len Schlesinger; Retail

01 Jun 2022
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In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

well-researched, expert advice, she turned to other working parents, asking, What do you wish you had known? Those inputs helped Dowling guide colleagues at Blackstone, where she had taken a job as head of talent development. Helping... View Details

Keywords: April White

11 Aug 2021
Blog Post

The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise

we also took advantage of Harvard’s entrepreneurial resources. We conducted dozens of customer interviews in Startup Bootcamp, leveraged the Rock Center and Innovation Lab’s expert office hours, and became a semifinalist in the HBS New... View Details

22 Feb 2024
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GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit

“We’re delighted that our event has left such a positive impression, and we look forward to continuing to provide valuable experiences for our community in the future.” Alumni Clubs Co-Host Expert Panel Talk on Tech Leadership The HBS... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Industry Information - Alumni

provides research and insights from McKinsey with ideas and contributions from leading experts and practitioners on all aspects of management thought. + – Education EdSurge Provides the latest news and trends in the edtech industry to... View Details

09 Jun 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

School professor Josh Lerner, an expert in intellectual property protection and commercialization. He believes many companies have failed to recognize the growing importance of IP in the global economy. "It has become more essential... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

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Providers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

expertise, experience, and volume in particular medical conditions. Physicians and providers achieve true excellence in select conditions, rather than try to do a little of everything. Maximize patient value by creating expert teams in... View Details

27 Oct 2015
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Sweet Success

couple soon acquired an additional 400 acres of nearby hardwood forest to protect it from development—and thus began a journey that led to the launch of Crown Maple, now a leading US maple syrup producer with a following that spans the worlds of Cornell University... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

24 Feb 2022
Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

can readily include standardized trustworthy data about the surge capacity plans of individual hospitals—updated in real time. Understandability. An expert should analyze plans and frame them in a way that the public would understand. A... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

brought to life by industry-leading experts from companies like WR Hambrecht & Co., Google, EMC, and CircleUp. Description of silent animated video above: Learner scrolls through video interviews from prominent business leaders About the... View Details

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

1980s, when the companies he studied scrambled to boost quality in response to the competitive threat posed by Japan. “In many of the cases [companies] employed experts in improving quality,” Beer says. “These View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

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African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise - 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

19 Apr 2024
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Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

Principal at Houston Capital Partners. An expert panel on energy transition technologies included Sarah Jewett (MBA 2019), VP Strategy, Fervo Energy, with introductions by the club’s incoming chairman Eric Calderon (MBA 2013), Managing... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2006
News

Marketing Giant Ted Levitt Remembered

SCHOLAR, WRITER, TEACHER: Levitt, in a photo from 1983. His research tranformed the study and practice of marketing. The HBS community lost a legendary member of its faculty June 28 when marketing expert Theodore (“Ted”) Levitt died at... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Feb 2001
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Advisory Boards Help HBS Assess and Attain Its Goals

Committee The Visiting Committee, created to offer outside assistance and expert advice, reviews what is happening at HBS, meets annually, and reports to the University's Board of Overseers every three years. By appraising the School's... View Details

Keywords: Elena N. Berg; boards; alumni; planning; leadership; advice; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

keep up with the demand to treat patients every day. And that’s why Partners in Health turned to the straightforward time-driven activity-based costing system to measure the cost of treating a patient, with the help of a grant from the Gates Foundation and View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

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Establish the enduring structures required for the journey ahead. - Advancing Racial Equity

member with a faculty member in a corresponding Senior Associate Dean role, has proven very effective at HBS. A key undertaking of the pair will be to work with experts in organization change processes and build on best practices and... View Details

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