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Levels of Meaning
courses were even offered at HBS. But I decided to take Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (EGC) and The Coming of Managerial Capitalism because I wanted to balance “hard skills” courses with classes that broadened my perspective on... View Details
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
prepared to make a snap judgment; collecting and analyzing the data across two firms took nearly a year. But by offering them my initial observations about team behaviors and combining it with some basic... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
business strategy 101 for most entrepreneurs, so why have so many mobile money service offerings failed? It’s a question being studied by Rajiv Lal, the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing at Harvard Business School. “You would think... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs who also were starting from scratch—those for whom social ventures were still in the very early phases. They identified an ideal data pool through a partnership with Echoing Green, a socially focused investment organization View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Actions Organizations Can Take to Communicate Their Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Harvard Business School, offered the following guidance to help organizations understand the metrics that serve as a baseline for diversity and inclusion View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 11 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital
formal recruiting process. Instead, many rely on student outreach to initiate a series of conversations rather than traditional interviews. Students respect this process and are very willing to put in the effort to connect and be... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family
healthy perspective during her recent initiation into the topsy-turvy world of start-ups, as cofounder of Boston-based edu.com. "If I was able to get through HBS under those circumstances, I figured I could handle anything," Kanner... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program
the integrated management toolkit I needed to advance equity across underserved communities. I chose HBS and the Kennedy School because the experience offers peerless, highly integrated preparation for management across government,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
Illustration by Istvan Banyai Since 2006, Gazelle has offered consumers an answer to the question of what to do with their old electronic devices when they upgrade: Sell them to us. Customers can go to Gazelle's website; get a price for... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
From Das’s Desk
hosted by External Relations and its partners, with more than 4,000 alumni attending three or more programs. Based on the popularity of these initial programs, and an obvious hunger for more remote learning opportunities, the External... View Details
- 25 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Hikma Health + HBS MBAs Crowdsource Largest County-Level COVID-19 Dataset
research caliber dataset covering those 1,320 US counties and also 154 Native American communities, and inbound funding offers to continue the project. Daniel: HBS MBA students across classes 2020-2022 contributed at all stages, but most... View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
life sciences. The initiative was started in 1997 at the behest of Dean Kim Clark. We asked professor Gary P. Pisano, who heads up the initiative, to give HBS Working Knowledge a peek into the work being accomplished in the initiative.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
HBS Collaboration Helps Management Education for Minority Students
and help companies tap into this incredible talent pool." When he first began visiting historically black colleges, Aguilar recalls, he discovered that few faculty members were conversant with the teaching of business practice. As a result, the Alliance concentrated... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
HBS Business Plan Contestants Pin Their Hopes on the Internet
that has already garnered $16 million in funding to link shipping companies with suppliers via the Internet. More than one hundred teams involving over three hundred students initially entered the competition. Some 95 percent of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Donella Rapier to Head External Relations
School. Our growing technology capabilities will enable us to broaden our offerings to alumni in ways that have never been possible before. In addition, as we move ahead with initiatives to expand our impact... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
NFL Players Tackle Cases at HBS
spring. Its goal was to help athletes near the end of their football careers learn how to own, operate, or build their own businesses. The program, a first for pro football players, offered two three-day modules delivered a month apart.... View Details
- 14 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco
featured a reception and speaking program. The Dean was introduced by Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997), president of the HBS Alumni Board. During his remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will... View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
One Month into the New MS/MBA Biotech
perfectly for our August course. Initially, we planned to offer Lab Essentials as a hands-on lab course to immerse everyone back into the science, but with the coronavirus pandemic hitting globally, we realized that we had a unique... View Details
- 08 May 2017
- Blog Post
Learning through the Case Method
favorite classes are the ones where I would change my mind two or three times during the course of the debate. You don’t get challenged like this in a lecture, period. I definitely had some initial concerns about whether it was possible... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Research Brief: Subject Expert Matters
the proposals. A double-blind process allowed reviewers to see how others had graded the proposal and then offered them the option of changing their scores. About 47 percent of the time, reviewers decided to update their View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers