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What Black Executives Really Want

interviewing about a dozen black executives in depth—young black professionals in their 20s. We asked them to tell us their whole story, from the beginning to what they are doing now and where they are working. After that, we started View Details

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

created an enormous amount of profit for advertising agencies. Often services, and to a lesser extent products, can be priced not just by quantity, but also according to the performance or quality provided. Thus, a computer consultant might be paid based on View Details

Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

environmental management and occupational safety, offers several suggestions for how scholars can steer their research toward real-world business problems. It starts with climbing down from the ivory tower and actually spending time with business practitioners:... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

06 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

Sometimes when John R. Wells, a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, meets a senior manager from a successful company, he likes to ask the provocative question, "Is your company already dead?" In his more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

to shrink. You meet less new people and socialize more within a smaller circle. In this panel workshop, you’re going to walk away with practical strategies to enhance your social connection. You’ll leave with an action plan and strategies... View Details

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By: Rohit Deshpande

Rohit Deshpandé is Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business Schoolwhere he currently teaches in the Owner/President Management Program and in other executive education offerings. He has also taught global branding, international marketing, and... View Details

02 Nov 2016
HBS Seminar

Gillian Hadfield, University of California, Gould School of Law

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Organisational Learning in Software Requirements Engineering and Management

The current research project addresses the continuing low success rate of software development projects, which has been frequently reported in empirical studies. For example, the 2004 Chaos Report by the Standish Group found that only 29% of 9,236 application... View Details

December 5, 2024
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A Consensus Definition of Creativity in Surgery: A Delphi Study Protocol

By: Alex Thabane, Tyler McKechnie, Phillip Staibano, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W. Busse, Sameer Parpia and Mohit Bhandari

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Clear definitions are essential in science, particularly in the study of abstract phenomena like creativity. Due to its inherent complexity and domain-specific nature, the study of creativity has been complicated, as evidenced by the various... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics

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06 Feb 2014
HBS Seminar

Karthik Ramanna, Harvard Business School

Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)

The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions - Alumni

criteria (region, neighborhood, and general availability). Every effort will be made to place all interested and eligible applicants. What is the expected time commitment? The importance of commitment cannot be emphasized enough. Commitment to consistent attendance at... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Save the Dates

Palo Alto October 10 –11, 2002 Fall Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors HBS October 18–19, 2002 HBS Volunteer Conference HBS November 1–2, 2002 Winter Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors HBS January... View Details

17 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often

million emails and 80 million meeting invitations. Shortly after a new CEO takes over, uncertainty among employees dampens communication within a company. However, after about five months, internal chatter sharply intensifies as managers... View Details

Keywords: by Ami Albernaz

03 May 2016
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Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Renee Pappastratis

strategies. HBS has many great resources to guide employers on how to connect with students and alumni: Career Hub, student clubs and resume databases. All of these tools provide direct connections between the organizations and students. Events are also an effective... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Consumer Products / Retail

24 Apr 2014
News

Medicine made personal

Entrepreneurship Club, Goyal has created the start-up Foresight Pharmaceuticals. Goyal and Levy secured a residency at the Harvard Innovation Lab and have pitched Foresight to HBS Business Angels, an alumni investment group. Through HBS, Goyal says he and Levy have... View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Inside Executive Search

executive search with tips on how to make each step work for you: Defining the Need. Once we are awarded an assignment, we meet with the client to find out what is required of the new employee. This input becomes the foundation for a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Corporate Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2000
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Looking to the East

When Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori conferred about matters of commerce and technology last August in Bangalore, India, with S.M. Krishna, the state of Karnataka's Chief Minister, a key figure at their meeting was Shrikrishna... View Details

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1.4.4 Elective Curriculum (EC) | MBA

1.4.4 Elective Curriculum (EC) 1.4 Academic Program Specifics The EC Schedule is divided into: X-schedule days (first half of week: Mondays, Tuesdays and some Wednesdays) Y-schedule days (second half of week: Thursdays, Fridays and some Wednesdays) Most courses View Details

13 Nov 2018
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Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology

access to council meetings head on. “These meetings are so important because that’s where policies are made that impact the daily lives of our residents.” Yet a very small percentage attend. “We realized,”... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Nonprofit / Government

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