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1.6 Degree Requirements | MBA

achievement implies the following three conditions for the award of the MBA degree: The candidate must possess the basic intellectual capacity to have benefited from the academic work of the MBA Program, and to continue to grow in professional View Details
  • 01 Jun 2019
  • News

Case Study: Mind the Gap

platform, signing partnerships with software houses (70 and counting), and creating a digital fingerprint for each engineer—incorporating a mix of professional competencies and a person’s psychometric profile. Meanwhile the founders are... View Details
Keywords: Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Research Brief: So Many Sites, So Little Time

define what makes for effective advertising or promotion. “If you have a concept to communicate that is 20 minutes long, you will be competing with other instances of 20-minute content,” Greenstein explains. “Don’t expect households to... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2018
  • News

Ask the Expert: Star Search

Above: photo by Getty/Bloomberg Nobody, says Kate Gulliver (MBA 2009), chooses to work somewhere just because they offer a free lunch. “I think people care far more about being excited about the content of the work they’re doing,” says Gulliver, the global head of... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • News

James McKenney Remembered

MCKENNEY: The first information systems expert at HBS, he led its early IT efforts. HBS professor emeritus James L. McKenney,an expert in management information systems and the use of computer systems for teaching management, passed away on March 28in Belmont,... View Details
Keywords: Information
  • Profile

Tiffany Niver

your career? I'm looking forward to making an impact on the world. I know that sounds cliché, but one thing I think HBS does well is teach us to think big, think beyond ourselves, and empower us to have the confidence and competence to... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Retail; Consulting
  • 30 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Reunions: Accelerating Climate Solutions with Professor Jim Matheson (MBA 2001)

to Drive This Change - leading companies, communities, and countries through this transition is the challenge of our lifetime. Successfully navigating this transition calls for a new wave of leaders who can navigate the uncertainly, complexity and View Details
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • News

Case Study: Golden Ticket

collaboration, working together to win against other competing value chains. However, G8 would bring a further competing factor: the power (Michael Porter’s “five forces”), the clients, and few competitors.... View Details
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Trusting Talent: Cross-Country Differences in Hiring

By: Letian Zhang and Shinan Wang
This article argues that a society’s social trust influences employers’ hiring strategies. In selecting workers, employers could either focus on applicants’ potential and select on foundational skills (e.g., social skills, math skills) or focus on their readiness and... View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Trust; Competency and Skills; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; European Union
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  • November 2023 (Revised December 2023)
  • Background Note

Talent Incubator Rankings

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2023, The Official Board surveyed 853 executives on the topic of talent incubators/academy companies. Executives were asked to list the top three academy companies within their function, industry, and country. They were also asked: what practices differentiate these... View Details
Keywords: Talent Development And Retention; Hiring; Performance Management; Human Resource Management; Human Capital; Human Resources; Performance; Talent and Talent Management; Organizational Culture
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  • December 2021
  • Article

Entrepreneurial Learning and Strategic Foresight

By: Aticus Peterson and Andy Wu
We study how learning by experience across projects affects an entrepreneur's strategic foresight. In a quantitative study of 314 entrepreneurs across 722 crowdfunded projects supplemented with a program of qualitative interviews, we counterintuitively find that... View Details
Keywords: Crowdfunding; Experience; Prediction; Timeline; Complexity; Entrepreneurship; Learning; Experience and Expertise; Forecasting and Prediction
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  • April 2019
  • Case

American Ballet Theatre

By: Anita Elberse, Tsubasa Nakajima and Melissa Rodman
Kara Medoff Barnett, executive director of American Ballet Theatre (ABT), widely regarded as one of the world’s premier ballet companies, faces several challenges. It is June 2018. Despite its prestige, the company’s $45 million annual budget and $22 million endowment... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts; Superstars; Talent; Talent Development; Non-profit; Contracts; Labor Economics; General Management; Arts; Entertainment; Media; Talent and Talent Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Marketing; Strategy
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  • June 2001
  • Exercise

Strategic Human Resource Management Applications Exercise

By: Michael Beer
Overview of a method for diagnosing and developing an organization's capability to achieve its goals and implement its strategy, with exercises for application. A rewritten version of an earlier exercise. View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Strategy
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  • 29 Sep 2022
  • News

SAP’s Tony Pante Asks These Four Questions to Connect with His Team

  • 07 Sep 2021
  • News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2

Illustration by Ket-le / iStock; photo courtesy of Jeff Immelt Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) Dan Morrell: In 2009, in the wake of the financial crisis, with ratings agencies weighing whether... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Research Brief: Bargaining for Better

Kathleen McGinn (photo by Tracy Powell) Kathleen McGinn (photo by Tracy Powell) By the time they reach eighth grade, about 61 percent of girls in Zambia have dropped out of school—a rate three times higher than their male counterparts. Interventions have shown little... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
  • 01 Sep 2018
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Rob Price (MBA 1997)

I learned classical piano in the traditional way as a kid, but as soon as I could get a synthesizer and play Foreigner and Journey, I escaped. That, for me, reinforces how our method builds on traditional programs. Our philosophy is that playing music that one loves... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Services
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Takeaways

Edited by April White Peter A. Gudmundsson photo by Susan Young Peter A. Gudmundsson photo by Susan Young “All organizations need great people. Veterans are great people, so all organizations need to hire veterans.” —Peter A. Gudmundsson (MBA 1990), The Veteran Hiring... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2005
  • News

Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories

The starting five: This year's Alumni Achievement Award winners included (clockwise, from lower left) Judy Haberkorn, Lou Gerstner, Joe O'Donnell, Rahul Bajaj, and Nancy Barry. The group visited HBS in September and took part in a case discussion with members of the... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 03 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

to find that they were now competing with Amazon.” Reversing the trend What should boards do to improve their focus on innovation? Making that strategic change starts with a frank analysis of the skills and expertise that may be lacking... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding