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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
at Africa Health Management in Accra, Ghana. Dezzy Ogakwu (MBA 2021) , director/CEO of Lagos-based Aku Fintech, which enables access to digital financial services. Nikki Okrah (MBA 2021) , founder of Ghana-based Chaku Foods, and a grand... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
example of what can push the system to a new approach. Another example, which I plan to visit, is Rocketship Education, a charter school system where students spend the first few hours of the morning in a computer learning lab and the rest of the day View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
you to consider which methods scale well in the modern workplace, and which will not. Let me give you an example. We used to talk about “managing by walking around.” This informal way of managing through observation and casual View Details
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
excerpt, Thomas describes the key factors that made the initiative a success. Any major corporate change will succeed only if a few key factors are in place: strong support from company leaders, an employee base that is fully engaged with the initiative, View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24
long-term impact on the practice and thinking in this field will reach its full potential. From Counting Risk to Making Risk Count: Boundary-Work in Risk Management Author:Anette Mikes Publication:Accounting, Organizations and Society... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27
agent expertise are important competitive dimensions in this setting. Pricing transparency, on the other hand, has a main effect on demand but has no significant interaction with competitive intensity. This paper furthers our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007
Working PapersStrategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies Authors:Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact
nonprofit leaders today," says Associate Professor Alnoor Ebrahim, a member of the School's General Management Unit and Social Enterprise Initiative who focuses on the challenges of performance management, accountability, and governance... View Details
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
were going to succeed and prosper needed to manage risks better, have a stronger sense of purpose to motivate their employees, and satisfy a public already agitated about scandals such as Enron in the corporate world. What I didn't see... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
(Clerisy Press) The author’s message: the single unifying and fortifying element across all categories of business is people. By understanding their points of view, needs, and ideals, managers can learn to succeed along with them in a... View Details
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Software Environments via Conda - Research Computing Services
Software Tools Software Environments via Conda 6ms Conda is a general-purpose, cross-platform package manager written in Python and developed by Continuum Analytics. HBSGrid administrators use conda to install R and Python environments... View Details
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Digital Transformation - HBS Online
vital tools and frameworks, and the diversity of your peers’ perspectives to analyze the problem and determine a path forward. Active Immerse yourself in a dynamic, interactive learning experience. You’ll engage in a new activity every... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
when companies use them to do something they were not designed to do. For example, a product development process designed to create complicated high-end products will not be good at creating simple low-end products. Similarly, a distribution process that involves close... View Details
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
Those who break the mold and set their own expectations, says Gino, are often seen as rebellious troublemakers. But those very traits are the keys to a successful, happy, and fulfilling life and career. That can be a difficult concept,... View Details
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), a joint project of HBS and Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also founder and CEO of the District Management Council, an organization that works with school districts to improve... View Details
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Climate Symposium 2024: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation - Blog - Business & Environment
to phase 3 as “the difficult third album for energy transition”, explained that while the challenge is complex, we can do a better job at addressing it. Mohammad Alkhadra , Co-Founder and CEO of Lithios , Tomoaki Inchida , View Details
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Brooke Boyarsky
there will be many times that I look back on my key takeaways from the classes, speakers, conferences, and panels I attended here and feel prepared to make the right choice in a difficult situation. What are you most looking forward to in... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
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Don’t Listen to “Yes”
recognize that expressing dissent can be very difficult and uncomfortable for lower-level managers and employees. Therefore, leaders cannot wait for dissent to come to them; they must actively go seek it out... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Raymond Hwang
candidate. This is perhaps the most difficult message to convey.” Why was having both an MD [Hwang graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2003] and an MBA from HBS important to you? “Well, the MD helped me get licensed to practice... View Details
- 27 Jul 2023
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Buy big, sell small
connection. “But then COVID-19 hit,” she says, “and all of India stopped traveling.” The risks Shruti had considered in the abstract became real. “The 15 people on my team had devoted a year of their lives to the travel venture,” she says. “My cofounder left, I had... View Details