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Online Creating Brand Value Course | HBS Online

new market, and manage a portfolio of diverse brands. Highlights Sharon MacLeod, former Global Vice President, Dove Men+Care Tina Edmundson, President, Luxury, Marriott International Brian Perkins, CEO, Budweiser Brewing Group UK &... View Details

27 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning to Make the Move to CEO

world," notes Simons. The topic of marketing, taught by Professor John Quelch, is brought up to the executive boardroom level, says Simons. “There's a realization that they only have so much time left.” Professor Julio Rotemberg provides an View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

31 Jan 2018
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Tiffany Nida’s Amazon Journey: “I Continue to Grow Because They Keep Giving Me Responsibility.”

internal support” from her company. She engaged in additional internal training authorized by senior management, and Amazon leadership ensured that Tiffany could find appropriate mentors, “even if they were... View Details

Keywords: Technology

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

attempting to get the right people in the right positions at the right time.6 McCall asserts that the management skills and intuition that enable people to succeed in new assignments were shaped through their experiences in previous View Details

Keywords: by Michael Raynor

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Viktor Puzakov

in the United Nation’s Istanbul office, Viktor was able to apply his industry experience and knowledge acquired during RC year to something new: a spring-break volunteer assignment with the U.N. Development Project, “to help U.N.... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Letters

eliminates a core source of international instability, and replaces expensive, tax-supported aid with productive, locally generated economic activities. Henry L. Kotkins Jr. (MBA ’72) Seattle, WA Poor Taste? Did the juxtaposition of the... View Details

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

policy at the Harvard School of Public Health. Trained as an industrial engineer, Tucker is interested in the perspective of frontline workers in productivity and process improvement, including how internal supply chains and other... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

17 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 17

impact people's feelings about their decisions. We compare post-choice satisfaction from choices made by mind wandering to reason based choices and randomly assigned outcomes. Participants chose a poster by mind wandering or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

John Irving’s Lessons for Business

internal competition — trying to look better than other people. All of these forces are extrinsic motivators. They may get people to perform in the short run, but they lead people to feel that they're not doing their work because of their... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

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5 Ways the Case Method Changes How You Learn - MBA

Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion... View Details

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Casey Gerald

“Truth is, there weren’t a lot of kids around me going to an Ivy League school.” Initially “convinced” he would become a lawyer, a summer internship within a law firm “quickly disabused me of the idea.” Investment banking came next, accompanied by figurative broken... View Details

01 Sep 2024
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From the Classroom to Casablanca

in Casablanca. For their project, the six HBS students assigned to work with BMCE Bank (now Bank of Africa) were asked to create a digital product to attract 18 to 24-year-olds to the bank’s services. Since BMCE already had existing... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jun 2012
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Around the World

ago, Nohria made advancement of the School’s international strategy one of his top five priorities. “Today, HBS would be derelict in its mission if it weren’t preparing the leaders it educates to succeed in a global context,” says Nohria.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015

Publications Forthcoming National Bureau of Economic Research Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 16 By: Lerner, Josh, and Scott Stern Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://papers.nber.org/books/lern15-1 2015 View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Sep 2005
What Do You Think?

What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

crash at a major U.S. airline that has never suffered an accident-related passenger fatality. Executives were assigned to "battle stations." A command post was established. Along with the CEO, teams were designated to be flown... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Instagram Takeover Policy | About

also understand that HBS may use the images/videos from the Instagram takeover on other social media platforms such as in Newsroom articles, LinkedIn posts, TikTok videos, other social media platforms, and additional communications channels for the school, both View Details

01 Mar 2011
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The Rankings Game

(See chart.) The Financial Times and the Economist go global with their surveys, including schools in Europe and Asia. (Bloomberg Businessweek creates a separate list of the top international programs.) The FT emphasizes MBAs’ salary... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; rankings; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 2001
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Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms

firm following a turnover is largely determined by two factors: whether the turnover is forced or natural and whether an internal or external candidate is selected as the successor. To understand better the inner workings of the chief... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Telecommunications; Information

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