Networking - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

30 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Finding Pride

network of friends. One Friday night, when I wasn’t up for drinking at the straight bars, I got the courage to call the number for the Gay and Lesbian Students Association (GLSA) and asked if they were meeting. “We’d love to have you,” a... View Details

03 Dec 2021
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Physicians Off the Beaten Path

bringing guests to the podcast, and that is where the HBS network is proving invaluable. “The access we have in this network. We just started and we’ve already interviewed a Pulitzer prize winner, a New York Times best seller It’s... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

events. However, you may visit the HBS Online Business Insights Blog and HBS Online Facebook page for information about upcoming conferences and webinars featuring faculty, or join the HBS Online Community to build your network and... View Details

September 1988 (Revised September 1993)
Case

Mrs. Fields Cookies

By: James I. Cash Jr.

Mrs. Fields Cookies is a small company selling freshly baked goods through privately owned specialty stores (each store sells only Mrs. Fields products). The company has about 8,000 employees worldwide and less than 150 information systems people for a unique leverage... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Information Management; Organizational Structure; Customer Relationship Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Networks; Internet and the Web; Food and Beverage Industry; Information Technology Industry

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26 Jan 2024
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Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

job description. There can't be sustainability teams that are physically big enough. They have to include everybody on this planet working together to address the issues that we're facing.” Continually build your network. Many guests stressed the need to build a View Details

April 2011 (Revised May 2011)
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EMC2: Delivering Customer Centricity

By: Thomas Steenburgh and Jill Avery

This case introduces the concept of customer centricity and traces its development at EMC, the world's leading data storage hardware and information management software company. EMC's customers had historically relied on EMC salespeople to guide them through the... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Interpersonal Communication; Customer Relationship Management; Knowledge Acquisition; Marketing Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Salesforce Management; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet; Information Technology Industry

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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

10 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

learning more advanced coding. Build shared platforms like the United Nations Development Programme’s Accelerator Labs. This network of small teams exchange information to combat a range of problems, from food shortages in Zimbabwe to... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

16 Sep 2020
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Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault

increased, Kenneth and Kevin saw that the reach of the Anti-Racism Fund had grown well beyond their networks and that there was something there they could harness to propel their efforts forward. Next steps would be to turn this... View Details

13 Jun 2011
HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

South Africa; and M-PESA, an initiative launched by the mobile network operator Safaricom (in conjunction with Vodafone) to offer a new type of financial service to the poor residents of Kenya. Ultimately, the more successful of the two,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications

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

23 Mar 2023
News

Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition

reachable only through disruptive computer calculation and inaccessible to engineers' "creativity". Thomas Baudin, MBA 1997, CEO & Founder Region: Europe Globalcare The firm’s mission is to advance international healthcare mobility. It is building a trusted View Details

15 Jun 2021
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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

Keywords: leadership; international relations; politics; Executive Education

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

and practices out of the network of those that have been found to be associated with professions. We use these traits and practices both to set forth our own notion of the essence of professionalism and to enable us to compare management... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

04 Feb 2022
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Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student

by being thoughtful with who you ask and how you ask them. Your network may be inclined to immediately encourage you and reaffirm your assumptions. However, that is not what you always need; you want to be able to rigorously test your... View Details

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership View Details

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Sustainable Business Strategy 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

18 Apr 2016
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Meet the HBS Family Business Club

to network and connect with people of similar backgrounds, and have the opportunity to learn from distinguished professors and guests at our action oriented workshops and speaker series. Students also get to interact with classmates who... View Details

10 May 2019
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Advice for Mothers Pursuing an MBA

network and made friends. Sections organize lots of small group dinners that are great to attend even with kids, but you can go above and beyond that! I invited my section mates and friends to my home. Since I’m from Italy, it was quite... View Details

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