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Selected Digital Historical Resources – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Full text available as a networked resource Construction of the Western Electric Hawthorne Works on over 100 acres in Cicero, Illinois, began in 1905. By 1929 more than 40,000 men and women reported to work at the massive plant, which... View Details
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
global community of peers before, during, and after your course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online program will be added to the HBS Online Community's Official Networking Group and gain exclusive access to events and other... View Details
- April 2012
- Article
Teamwork on the Fly
By: Amy C. Edmondson
In a fast-paced and ever-changing business environment, traditional teams aren't always practical. Instead, companies increasingly employ teaming: gathering experts in temporary groups to solve problems they may be encountering for the first and only time. This... View Details
Keywords: Teaming; Cross-functional Integration; Organizational Learning; Groups and Teams; Experience and Expertise; Interpersonal Communication; Projects; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competency and Skills; Learning
Edmondson, Amy C. "Teamwork on the Fly." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 4 (April 2012).
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Serving the Public Interest Through Competition: British Railroads - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
Casson, The World’s First Railway System: Enterprise, Competition and Regulation on the Railway Network in Victorian Britain . New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 314. Fifth Report of the Select Committee of 1844 , p. 6 in Casson,... View Details
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
community of peers before, during, and after your course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online program will be added to the HBS Online Community's Official Networking Group and gain exclusive access to events and other View Details
- 26 Jun 2023
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ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
In February 2023, students from top MBA programs across the country gathered in Austin, Texas at the McCombs School of Business for ClimateCAP, The Global MBA Summit on Climate, Capital, & Business. HBS sent a number of students to View Details
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Award for Teaching Excellence. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the Inaugural Hakan Orbay Research First Prize Award in 2015 for “Resident Networks and Corporate Connections: Evidence from World War II Internment Camps” with Umit Gurun and... View Details
- July 2004 (Revised October 2018)
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Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century
By: Geoffrey Jones, Elisabeth Koll and Alexis Gendron
This case examines the role of Jardine Matheson, a trading company founded by two Scottish merchants, in the opium trade between India and China during the nineteenth century. The two Opium Wars fought between Western powers and China, which sought to stop opium... View Details
Keywords: History; Globalized Economies and Regions; Ethnicity; Multinational Firms and Management; Groups and Teams; Trade; Social and Collaborative Networks; China; United Kingdom
Jones, Geoffrey, Elisabeth Koll, and Alexis Gendron. "Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century." Harvard Business School Case 805-010, July 2004. (Revised October 2018.)
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Leading at State
implemented,” she says. The results of the business impact projects will be just the first benefit of this investment in State Department employees, Perez says. “We’re trying to create a cohort of people who will continue to work across barriers. They are going to have... View Details
- 25 Jan 2024
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Alumni Gain Insights on Nigeria’s New Government; Taipei Alumni Host Faculty Guest
Clubs News Clubs News HBS Alumni in Nigeria Discuss New Government’s Fiscal Policies To better understand the economic and policy direction of Nigeria’s newly sworn-in government, the HBS Association of Nigeria hosted a hybrid program on December 14 featuring Taiwo... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Jun 2009
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GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
government. This is a great deal for Magna, but terrible for Chevrolet. GM's best small cars are engineered (and some are manufactured) by Opel in Europe. But it's not just about design and engineering. The supply chains and factory View Details
- 28 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Why Get an MBA?
and network that would come with an HBS MBA would be invaluable. AWARENESS: Perhaps the most valuable thing HBS offered was tuning my social awareness. Classes on leadership and accountability force students to have conversations about... View Details
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
pricing strategies Benchmark costs compared to competitors through relative cost analysis Apply conjoint analysis to understand what features customers value most Understand the power of network effects to drive demand Identify sources of... View Details
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Career Support - Business & Environment
Development . Events Agribusiness Seminar Networking Session An opportunity to network with alumni working in agribusiness. Open to members of the Food, Agriculture, & Water Club. (January) Career Panels... View Details
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David Chan
A typical five-year old on a Saturday morning would likely be watching the Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon. Not me. I could be found watching The Weather Channel. I was enamored by the weather. I grew up in New York’s Hudson Valley, and... View Details
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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
Understand how power really works Cultivate power to make an impact Avoid the pitfalls of power Build networks as a source of power Assess your organization’s political landscape Develop influence skills to shift power dynamics Exercise... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
specific use of the asset class when he observed that a possible use of Bitcoin could be “hedge funds betting on sovereign debt defaults.” Charles Sabatier III added that Bitcoin is the most secure financial network in the world. “The... View Details
- 03 May 2024
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From Harvard to Miss New Jersey: A Journey of Perseverance and Self-Belief
beyond my reach: the title of United States of America’s Miss New Jersey. Empowered by SVMP's lessons, I approached the competition with newfound confidence. During my one-on-one interview with the judges, I seamlessly applied the leadership, communication, and View Details
- 11 Jul 2023
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Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career
experience per se—but for those interests, ambitions, and activities he was most passionate about. Looking back, Kloeblen spoke passionately about a social networking group he had led at IBM. “It was a View Details
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You? Why Entrepreneurs Must Focus on Building Trust Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People What do you think of this research? Share your insights... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost