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What You Don't Know About Making Decisions
Most executives think of decision making as a singular event that occurs at a particular point in time. In reality, though, decision making is a process fraught with power plays, politics, personal nuances, and institutional history. Leaders who recognize this make... View Details
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Resumes & Cover Letters - Alumni
get started. You should complete your Profile in 12twenty by updating your Background tab which contains information about your career experience, skills, preferences and more. Ensuring your Background tab is complete and accurate will...
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- February 2013 (Revised February 2014)
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Phu My Hung
By: John Macomber and Dawn H. Lau
Privately held city development promoters decide whether to partner on next phase or go it alone in a 20-year, 4000-acre project. Set outside of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, this decades-long project led by two Taiwanese families reshaped and built the economic...
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Macomber, John, and Dawn H. Lau. "Phu My Hung." Harvard Business School Case 213-098, February 2013. (Revised February 2014.)
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
chronicles the brand's origins, life experiences, and evolution over time in a selectively constructed story." Keinan recently participated in an e-mail interview about the research and its importance for marketing strategies. Martha...
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by Martha Lagace
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Application Requirements - Doctoral
GRE. You may submit scores from tests taken no earlier than January 5, 2020. There is no minimum test score requirement, and admissions committee does not have a preference in tests. It may be helpful to note that other programs may have...
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MD/MBA Harvard Medical School - MBA
should I take the GMAT or GRE? Is one test preferred over the other? Is there a target test score? HBS accepts either test, so it is up to each individual student which to take. When to take the test is also up to each student (keeping...
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- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
October 2017 American Journal of Emergency Medicine Describing Wait Time Bottlenecks for ED Patients Undergoing Head CT By: Rogg, Jonathan G., Robert S. Huckman, Michael Lev, Ali Raja, Yuchiao Chang, and Benjamin White Abstract—Study...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship
The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) aims to create a close-knit community for its members from the time they choose to join HBS, through their transition to the second year, and extending beyond graduation. In this feature, we...
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- 28 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1
optimize your time and choose an effective event format? Is a Company Presentation right for us? At HBS, Company Presentations are held either off-campus at a local hotel or restaurant or on-campus in a classroom. Our classrooms seat up...
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How Coaching Can Help You - Alumni
select an available appointment in 12twenty (our recruiting platform). Important note: If your preferred coach does not have available appointments posted in 12twenty, reach out to the coach directly via email. To do this, click "Email...
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- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
fostering long-time learning. One of those things that I took away was what a tremendous challenge it was to try to generate an online discussion in advance of the face-to-face.— Brian DeLacey DL: That's one point, yes, but we do that pretty much all the time. That's...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.
Goldenberg says, where the crisis can be framed as an opportunity for learning and improvement. If remote employees felt isolated during the pandemic, for example, a leader using a repurposing strategy might have reminded workers that they had more opportunity to spend...
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by Kristen Senz
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
“linguistic-cultural expats” who, while neither native to the lingua franca nor the organization’s home culture, surprisingly have the easiest time adjusting to language changes. Neeley demonstrates that language can serve as the conduit...
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Carmen Nobel
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Actively Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting - Recruiting
bias in which people tend to gravitate towards others who look, act, and think as they do. In recruiting specifically, unconscious bias and affinity bias often express themselves as a preference for one candidate or another because of “...
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- 15 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why Giving to Others Makes Us Happy
to create conditions where helping people might feel good for the actor.” Plus, setting up both corporate and private giving programs properly may lead people to donate their time and money more often, she notes. At a View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
seeking to shave 10 to 20 percent off of research budgets. In flush times, a rising tide of consumption can compensate for less than optimal branding, positioning, pricing, or segmentation. That is certainly not the case now. At the same View Details
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by John Quelch
- 18 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 18
PublicationsSidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed and How We Can Stick to the Plan Authors:Francesca Gino Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, forthcoming Abstract You may not realize it but simple, irrelevant factors can have profound consequences on...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
beneficial effect reverses (i.e., cost transparency backfires) when it is revealed that a firm's profit margins are high relative to those of its competitors. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48019 Paying Up for Fair Pay: Consumers...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
With Subscription Fatigue Setting In, Companies Need to Think Hard About Fees
starting to see the benefits,” Ofek says. “A lot of startups are incorporating subscription models into their business plans, partly because investors are pushing companies toward these models.” A recent analysis revealed that subscription-based companies have grown...
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- 12 Sep 2023
- Book
Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You
offices—don’t always bring happiness, Brooks and Winfrey find. “I talk to people all the time who say, basically: ‘I can manage money. I can manage a whole company. I can’t manage my feelings.” “I talk to people all the View Details
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by Avery Forman