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ICHOM - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network... View Details

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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

01 Jun 2022
News

A Sustainable Solution for Fashion

HBS network through which they met their investors. “We couldn’t have built this business without HBS,” Theuerkauf says. HBS senior lecturer Jeff Bussgang served as the faculty supervisor for one of the Syrup cofounders’ independent... View Details

Keywords: April White

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

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15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

network of individual contracts or the vision of its entrepreneur. The people inside firms learned, developed effective routines, and innovated. While we have sophisticated theories of competition in economics, the cooperative teamwork... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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More Information | HBS Online

methods, scholarships, financial aid, and more. Policies Get details on academics, accommodations, changing your program status, and more. Connect Student Stories Participants share their firsthand experiences with HBS Online. Community View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

assemble high quality local camera crews and co-ordinate with interviewees, we need a local support base. We have made particular use of Harvard Business School’s network of global research centers . We have also benefitted from the... View Details

October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
Case

Project Maji: Pricing Water in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Esel Çekin

In July 2021, Sunil Lalvani, founder and CEO of Project Maji, a non-profit social enterprise headquartered in Dubai that had already provided sustainable, clean water solutions to 80,000 people living in rural communities across Ghana and Kenya, was facing an important... View Details

Keywords: Water; Pricing; Nonprofit Organizations; Projects; Price; Decision Making; Social Enterprise; Growth and Development Strategy; Equity; Green Technology; Social and Collaborative Networks; Africa; Dubai

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

09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

community in your field as soon as you can. Clubs are a great way to do this, but even informal coffee chats I had with classmates led to deep connections in my field later on. Although I only took one formal course in my field, I was still able to build a robust View Details

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America

business capable of identifying the next big food trend and propagating it across a vast network of cloud kitchens. “We only have 80 kitchens right now,” Azuero says. “We believe we can easily fit 1,000 into the region.” This article was... View Details

March 2022 (Revised May 2022)
Case

Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (A)

By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco

In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

build their careers. So I would say the satisfaction from all the customers, the satisfaction from building a franchise network that enables families to live far better than they would have had it not been for us. And also the career... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

30 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?

parentheses are mine.) Shann Turnbull suggests that the world of corporate governance will benefit from the establishment of "a new type of corporate information and control architecture." In fact, he goes beyond this to propose that a View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Apr 2024
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Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

convergence of tech, film, music, education, and culture, and attracts an international audience of professionals, entrepreneurs, and artists. HBS and Harvard alumni mingled at a networking party, Harvard @ SXSW in Austin, cosponsored by... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

13 May 2019
Blog Post

The Many Facets of Becoming a Mother at HBS

faculty providing personal experience as a mom in the business world, fellow moms helping me navigate school and day-to-day responsibilities, and my section mates celebrating and loving on my baby like family. I couldn’t imagine a more concentrated and close-by support... View Details

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

interested in making a global impact and building their network of influence. Global Business Power and Influence for Positive Impact Sustainable Business Strategy What You Earn Certificate Boost your resume by completing an HBS Online... View Details

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

Keywords: Teams; Teaming; Leadership And Managing People; Leadership; Team Effectiveness; Team Performance; Team Design; Team Leadership; Teamwork; Team Process; Team Function; Team Launch; 60/30/10 Rule; Team Boundary; Distribution Of Leadership Authority; Self-Managed Teams; Virtual Teams; Unbounded Teams; Acts Of Leadership; Execution Teams; Decision Making Teams; Creativity Teams; Team Size; Task Design; Team Timeline; Team Roles; Team Representation; Diversity; Team Familiarity; Collective Intelligence; Team Stages Of Development; Team Coaching; Performance Pressure; X-Teams; Team Focus; Interaction; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Management Systems; Management Style; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Networks; Social Psychology; Behavior; Conflict and Resolution; Creativity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; Prejudice and Bias; Power and Influence; Personal Characteristics; Familiarity; Cognition and Thinking; Attitudes; Projects; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Sharing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Design; Interpersonal Communication; Accommodations Industry; Accounting Industry; Advertising Industry; Aerospace Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Auto Industry; Banking Industry; Battery Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Bicycle Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Communications Industry; Computer Industry; Construction Industry; Consulting Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Distribution Industry; Education Industry; Electronics Industry; Employment Industry; Energy Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Fashion Industry; Financial Services Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Forest Products Industry; Forestry Industry; Green Technology Industry; Health Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Insurance Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Legal Services Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Mining Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Music Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Relations Industry; Publishing Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Rail Industry; Real Estate Industry; Retail Industry; Rubber Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Service Industry; Shipping Industry; Sports Industry; Steel Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Utilities Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; Asia; North and Central America; South America; Atlantic Ocean; Central Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; Oceania; West Indies