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1.11 Leaves of Absence | MBA
should consult the Harvard International Office concerning their status. The date a student goes on leave will affect the student's enrollment in the Harvard Student Health Insurance Plan (HUSHP), if applicable. For details, review the... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of accelerating digital convergence and decreasing magazine sales. Historically a proponent of evolutionary change, he is considering a radical move: creating a senior management position View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 29, 2008
products 'on the shelf.' In 2000, they create Lincoln Financial Distributors (LFD) which will be responsible for the wholesaling of all of these products. The case ends by asking the students to (a) react to this idea and (b) formulate a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
in the planning room one day when a US Navy SEAL walked in the door, and asked me if I've heard of Operation Red Wings. So we talked for a little bit, we opened up a map, and he pointed to a place in Northeastern Afghanistan called the... View Details
- 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010
being and acting in any leadership situation that is a spontaneous and intuitive effective response to what one is dealing with. In creating leaders we employ the ontological discipline (from the Latin ontologia "science of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
wrong consequences.” Leadership, central to the mission of HBS and other top schools, can’t be taught in a classroom, he contends. Mihnea Moldoveanu (DBA ’97) of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management maintains that the MBA is in View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14
away from headquarters, surveying the field and building relationships, she knew she needed a strong senior management team. Some members of her senior team had been with BrightStar for years, expanding their responsibilities as the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
China, planned to use its network of 5,000 dealers to sell the laptops." It wasn't just PC makers that were attracted to this new market. Chip giant Intel did not want to relinquish a potentially lucrative market to its key rival... View Details
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy
was directed at Latin America—about ten times Latin America's share of world FDI. Europe's much larger regional economy was pushed into second place as a destination for Spanish capital. Finally, it's important to remember that the definition of "region"... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
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Jason A. Kilar
fully separate company with its own culture and structure. We decided that ultimately Hulu was going to be a place for very premium content. I had written the business plan for Amazon to get into video back in 1997 and ultimately, I was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
unlike cord-blood or adult stem cells, are unique for their ability to develop into any cell in the body. (While the HSCI does not as yet have a permanent physical home, it may one day become HBS’s Allston neighbor as part of the University’s View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
wave of new business ventures in areas such as microcomputers, software programs, and hardware-related peripheral equipment that has changed the world forever. "During the early '80s, I'd get a lot of business plans from alumni starting... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
ambitious: a five-part, all-Ravel score that required a set change in the middle. The principal horn—who was responsible for a crucial solo—called that morning to say her flight had been canceled, and she wouldn’t be able to make it. And... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
efficiency? What if cars weren’t made up of 25,000 different parts? What if, instead of giant factories that operate on economies of scale, forced to produce millions of the same cars to make a profit, we produced cars in small batches, allowing us to be more View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
a unique aspect of our research setting allows us to test who is responsible for the earnings management. While firms appear unable to increase the frequency of display promotions in the short run, they can reallocate these promotions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
clearly a signal was given: Don’t get complacent. You have to earn your keep. And if you do, you will be rewarded. A: That’s right. And people can accept more responsibility if you let them. That was a smart move because the advertising... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
productivity, increased response time). Don’t let more than two or three days go without interacting with your direct reports. A regional supervisor who holds office-wide meetings every two or three months should increase the frequency to... View Details
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Program Policies - HBS Online
accommodations request process? Participants are responsible for disclosing the need for accommodations in each course by completing an Online Accommodations Request Form as early as possible. Individualized accommodations are then... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation
describe the new conjoining of responsible environmental practices with sound business principles. Defined in 1984 by the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development as business and development activity that "meets the... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
something to say. And I think in business meetings or in a lot of different contexts in business, people might just ask me my perspective. And I always feel like I have a ready response or perspective on a tough or easy business problem.... View Details