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CORe Undergraduate Credit | HBS Online

During the January, May, and September cohorts of CORe , we offer an undergraduate credit option through Harvard Extension School . When you start your application, you can select whether you are seeking admission for the undergraduate... View Details

13 May 2019
Blog Post

The Many Facets of Becoming a Mother at HBS

of the biggest challenge at HBS broadly: what do you focus your time on? There are so many options – classes, fun, networking, entrepreneurship, job searches, family, etc. – and it’s impossible to be good at more than a couple of those. ... View Details

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

04 Dec 2019
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Creating the Experimentation Organization

subtle tweaks to everything from varying shades of color to alternative placement of links and menu options for booking properties. It’s part of an innovative culture of experimentation that pervades every aspect of how the company... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Ramya Sundar

shaping the way I look at the world today. I realized the influence that a teacher can have on young minds, and wanted to do that myself someday. I’ve not ruled out this option for me just yet – will try to get back to academia at some... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

for individuals who successfully complete HBS Online programs, including exclusive access to events and the HBS Online Community’s Official Networking Group, which enables you to connect and collaborate with like-minded business professionals worldwide. If you elect... View Details

14 Apr 2022
Op-Ed

Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned

quickly allows employees to assess their options and find new opportunities within the industry, pivoting to another sector or starting an entrepreneurial venture to find more meaningful work. Two things companies should be doing now:... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

Research Summary

Understanding Customers

In conventional business case studies, protagonists almost never have the option of stepping back to seek a new understanding of the customer. But to be effective in practice, managers need both the self-assurance and ability to initiate and pursue, with rigor and... View Details

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Monitoring Jobs & Troubleshooting - Research Computing Services

bqueues -u all View recent past job info View list of past jobs (failed or good) from date to now View details (long format) of past job bhist bhist JOBID bhist -a [-n #] -S 2017/09/01, bhist -l [-n #] JOBID Note: The -n option (where n =... View Details

12 Apr 2022
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The Many Languages of Medicine to Impact Care Delivery

in biotechnology. On my psychiatric rotation, I witnessed patients of similar ages as me in a state of mental turmoil without effective treatment options to mitigate their suicidal tendencies. The impact of producing more efficacious,... View Details

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Socioeconomic Inclusion - MBA

your future. Understanding options for financing your MBA is an important but sometimes overwhelming part of the applicant journey. HBS offers need-based financial aid to make the MBA education financially attainable for all students –... View Details

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

company Sysco reduced staffing levels by a third via furloughs and layoffs but also did a deal with Kroger supermarkets to provide some of Sysco’s furloughed workers temporary work at distribution centers. Another option is to rotate... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

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4.2 Student/Faculty Ventures - MBA

enrolled at HBS or the faculty member is no longer employed by HBS. [5] Accordingly, as long as a student is currently enrolled at HBS, a faculty member may not: Acquire or hold a financial interest in a student venture. Financial interests include all forms of debt,... View Details

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Business in Global Society - Alumni

HBS Fund supports core priorities and new initiatives, and donors have the option to direct their gift specifically to business in global society . To learn about leadership giving opportunities to support the new Institute for Business... View Details

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Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season

winter—effectively lasting from November through March—tends to be cold and sometimes snowy. But that does not stop hardy New Englanders. Go skiing. Whether you prefer downhill or cross-country, good skiing can be found not too far from the city. Good View Details

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2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy - MBA

information about treatment and counseling options available to the Harvard community through Harvard University Health Services, and Harvard’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Additional health information is included in the Harvard... View Details

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Diversity and Equity - Alumni

equity, and inclusion is by giving to the HBS Fund . As our annual fund, the HBS Fund supports core priorities and new initiatives, and donors have the option to direct their gift specifically to diversity and equity . To learn about... View Details

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Connecting Remotely to WRDS on Windows - Research Computing Services

communication access method (=> comamid); */ %let wrds=wrds.wharton.upenn.edu 4016; options comamid=TCP remote=WRDS; signon username=_prompt_; /* After SAS reads the signon statement and executes successfully, the LOG window */ /* will... View Details

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

How to Avoid a Price Increase

When product companies see the cost of materials rise, the result for consumers is often a price increase (gasoline) or, less often, a smaller amount of product at the same price (potato chips). Which option is more likely to turn off... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America

Those informal mom-and-pop joints often don’t show up on delivery apps, so hungry consumers have fewer options than their US counterparts. Azuero and Izquierdo aim to fill that gap with their own virtual brands, and the platform’s... View Details

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