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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

power really works and develop their own power to gain influence and make an impact—within their professional relationships, organizations, and society at large. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes,... View Details

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

01 Oct 2001
News

Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus

accent and direct, engaging manner, he comes across immediately as the kind of person who is accustomed both to doing things right and to doing the right thing. Over a late afternoon cup of tea in a conference room at the firm's midtown... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

products are more accessible to users, they are typically still relatively complicated to build. We see this in education; effective and engaging computer-based learning products are not easy to make. Within a few more years, however, two... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

01 May 2019
What Do You Think?

What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

remained engaged. “On the surface, YouTube’s business model appears to be the work of genius. But it has posed problems.” According to Google investor John Doerr, she inherited a stretch goal set in 2012 to increase viewer engagement by... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

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Student Activities - Health Care

MBA Experience Student Activities At HBS, there are more than 200 health care-related events annually for students to engage in health care activities, network with alumni who work in the sector, and delve more deeply into various health... View Details

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

much to me. A decade later at HBS, I am glad to have found a community that is engaging in a dialogue to learn about each other’s cultures and ways of thinking, that is looking to understand Asia not as a monolithic whole but as a unique... View Details

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

NOT AS IMPORTANT AS COMPANY CREATION Perhaps the biggest difference between winners and losers, though, was the role that technology entrepreneurs play in creating the new market. “We oftentimes think about entrepreneurs as missionaries because they’re View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

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Join the MOC Affiliate Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

and veteran faculty alike. It offers a unique opportunity for all MOC faculty to gain exposure to the latest learning and research related to competitiveness and cluster development. MOC affiliate activities extend beyond classroom teaching to include View Details

06 Aug 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

was a marketing executive at American Express. Shelly, thanks for joining me today. Santana: Thanks for having me. Kenny You're listening in on the 100th episode of Cold Call, so we're excited to be here today to share this with you. We're going to View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

08 Feb 2010
HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

do" policy, or, if you have a clear set of global values that cannot be compromised, you have to decide which countries are off limits. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act helps U.S. multinationals protect their employees from being compromised. But we have no rules... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

06 Jun 2008
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?

possibility that " managers are not trained for it." Dianne Jacobs cited the possibility that persisting assumptions borne out of success serve as "roadblocks to act on needed change" (proposed by those who engage in... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

six-minute engagement with a patient as proof a clinic was performing very efficiently, rather than one that was severely under-staffed relative to the demand for its services. “The six-minute consult is not a good standard for care; it’s... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

04 Nov 2015
What Do You Think?

Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

included those that “women have greater analytical skills and coordinate activities with much (greater) ease than men while upholding company values and strategy” (Mathews Daniel Kapito); “Having senior female leaders should lead to higher View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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CORe Undergraduate Credit | HBS Online

application No documentation required Confirmation within one week All applicants must be at least 18 years of age, proficient in English, and committed to learning and engaging with fellow participants throughout the course. View Details

21 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)

elections at all. We asked the study’s coauthor, Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Vincent Pons, for some insights on the results. Pons has studied voter participation and engagement issues in France, Italy, and Africa. He... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Jan 2020
News

Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67

course, Disruptive Strategy, has engaged more than 5,000 learners—more than 10% of Online's cumulative learners to-date. He also led Doctoral seminars, served on a number of doctoral thesis committees, and was a member of the Doctoral... View Details

Research Summary

Platform Competition

Technology has challenged the underlying foundations of business, and firms must evaluate and change strategies accordingly. Professor Halaburda studies the interaction of technology and economic theory, and her findings indicate that conventional wisdom and rules... View Details

January 2024
Case

National Football League and Private 5G

By: Andy Wu, Grant Son and Shuoyu Chen

On September 9, 2021, the National Football League (NFL) designated Verizon as its official 5G partner in a 10-year deal, committed to enhance the experience for NFL teams, players, and fans in stadiums. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said, “Verizon will help us... View Details

Keywords: Football; National Football League; 5G; Verizon; Communication Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Adoption; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Sports Industry; Telecommunications Industry

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15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

And what a body of scholarship it was! Al did not invent the subdiscipline of business history so much as he established it as a rigorous and thriving enterprise. He was not the flashy George McClellan of the Union Army, meticulously drilling his troops but never... View Details