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- 06 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine
reality is that some days you need to drive your kid to school.” So, what’s the alternative? Beshears teamed with researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University in 2015 to test different ways to help 2,508... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 04 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Heard on the Street (HOTS) - bringing the HBS community together through harmony
Monday evening we will be able to see these familiar faces and catch up. We all obviously love singing – but we’re more than just a singing group. Personally, I’ve met most of my closest friends at HBS, especially those outside my RC... View Details
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Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online
Introduction to Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy This Credential Includes Leading in the Digital World, Design Thinking and Innovation, Digital Marketing Strategy, and Winning with Digital Platforms + team activities and a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
varied experience) and learning by groups finds inconsistent results. We hypothesize that repetition of interaction may help explain this difference, as familiar teams may be able to use the knowledge gained... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?
teaming up with some local firm in Europe that offers a complementary product? Couldn't we get what we need through a joint venture?" If we don't make this move, we get killed by VisiDat—or some other competitor we don't even know... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
a token hire. Knowing the extended team around the business is diverse, can allay these concerns. Ask your investors to help sell the business to prospective candidates. This can be especially critical if you’re trying to hire a senior... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference across Borders
During the pandemic and the disruption in business worldwide, the HBS Career & Professional Development team made an appeal to alumni and recruiting partners that resulted in nearly 1,000 new full-time and internship opportunities for... View Details
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SPACE: Space, Public and Commercial Economics - Course Catalog
these familiar benefits of competition? This question of trade-offs is not just theoretical, because there’s a growing sense that SpaceX is building a monopoly—or, in some respects, already has one. Class session 11: Public funding and... View Details
- 11 May 2021
- Blog Post
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
company to a larger one. In contrast, startups funded by a VC syndicate with less familiar co-investors are most likely to exit through a potentially splashy IPO that could let founders retain more control, says Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
socially responsible development projects in economically challenged communities. Students come from 48 countries, predominately in Latin America and Africa. The admissions team and faculty personally conduct up to 1,000 interviews in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
of the American B-17 Flying Fortresses as they passed over Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, on the morning of September 17, 1944. The sound had become familiar since the United States had entered the Second World War almost three years earlier;... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
innovations that allow local sectors to catch up with frontier technology. In poor countries, catching up requires the cooperation of a foreign investor who is familiar with the frontier technology and a domestic entrepreneur who is View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2020
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?
while hiring and assigning conventional managers to deal with more familiar and common tasks and goals.” “The right question is therefore not the amount of ‘rebel talent’ but how to focus it on the right causes.” Grace was more cautious.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
to adopt mentoring habits that have been key to the Valley's success over time, despite the recent fallout. So-called "mentor capitalists," in Leonard's view, are "smart angels," distinct from venture capitalists and angels, who are cashed-out... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
be familiar with specific opportunities) manages the context—organization, the way managerial performance is measured and rewarded, etc.—that shapes definition of opportunities and the selection of those to be supported. In this view,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
she worked on Moroccan agricultural policy with a team of consultants. "I was just an intern," Ashraf says, "but as I looked around the boardroom I realized that not one of these people had ever actually talked to a farmer in Morocco. And... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability
application process. If organizations are able to forego the long forms on company websites, students appreciate when job postings are available on 12twenty as it allows students to apply through a platform they are familiar with and... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
in, and when they did, they saw a warm, welcoming city, with attractive facilities and convenient infrastructure. Team Great Britain also vastly exceeded expectations, earning 65 medals in the Games compared to 19 four years earlier and... View Details
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
sets of challenges. For example, in one case study I discuss, participants have to make some decisions about a law firm's overall compensation policies as well as how the firm's partners should be compensated. The participants quickly discover that everyone in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
extended, and the removal of a center wall offers a glimpse of Western Avenue in the distance. The slate tiles on the roof have been redone, and there is a new shine to the cupola. Upon entering Baker, visitors familiar with the original... View Details