Concepts - Publications - Faculty & Research

9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 09 Oct 2018

HBX Economics for Managers

Gain the knowledge and skills to craft successful business strategy, whether you are an aspiring marketing professional, strategy consultant, or entrepreneur, preparing for an MBA, or just looking to contribute more to business decision making. Program Dates: October... View Details

26 May 2015
Blog Post

5 Ways the Case Method Changes How You Learn

the questions. Fifth, I'll discuss the case with friends. It’s possible to learn tough business concepts through the case method Ezra: The case method teaches you to take ‘textbook’ concepts you would learn... View Details

01 Apr 2011
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My First HBS Class

(On Piskorski, see also here.) The day’s case, written by Jeff Bussgang (MBA ’95C) and Professors Piskorski and Tom Eisenmann, was about foursquare, a location-based social networking game. (For Bussgang’s blog about teaching his case, see here.) Since I was unfamiliar... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

wild." Key concepts include: The harmful side effects of goal setting are far more serious and systematic than prior work has acknowledged. Goal setting harms organizations in systematic and predictable ways. The use of goal setting... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Feb 1999
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New Releases

edition of Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution. This highly acclaimed, landmark work introduced a framework that would help companies achieve global-scale efficiency, respond flexibly to national market differences, and cultivate worldwide learning... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

James W. Rouse

A visionary in the real estate world, Rouse was famous for planning and revitalizing suburban and urban areas. Rouse created the "festival marketplace" concept in cities and the indoor mall in suburbs. Beginning with Boston's... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 20 Mar 2019
HBS Online

HBS Online Business Analytics

Develop a data mindset and the analytical skills to interpret and communicate data. This course will demystify data analysis and equip you with concrete skills to apply in your work or further studies. Program Dates: March 20, 2019 - May 15, 2019 View Details

16 May 2018
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ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup

Enterprise, and Student Business tracks — took the stage at Shad Hall to describe their business concepts in just 90 seconds. The Alumni winner, DynamiCare Health (New England region), rose to the top of a field of 164 original teams from... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

29 Sep 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property

professor Josh Lerner discusses current trends in IP such as the rise of patent pools. Key concepts include: In many cases, firms are ignoring the increased role of intellectual property in today's economy and failing to monetize their... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

24 Oct 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation

himself and 3 colleagues? One idea: Don't make life too comfortable for them. Key concepts include: The Medici String Quartet combines great human achievement, extreme conditions, and intense collaboration. The topic of creative... View Details

David D. Glass

Glass is credited with leading Wal-Mart through an aggressive expansion program – increasing sales ten-fold (from $16 billion to $165 billion), developing the SuperCenter concept combining groceries and general merchandise, and opening... View Details

Keywords: Retail

Portrait Project

Dan Shanoff

My "H-Bomb" is "house-husband." The concept is less a winning line on first dates than it is a vision. To raise my future kids—to tag along on trips to the Capitol as their elementary school "room mother," to... View Details

29 Aug 2018
Blog Post

From the Classroom to the Workplace: How I Applied Learnings to my Internship

The way Norwegians may want to buy clothes is very different to the way Spaniards are going to buy clothes, not only for the fashion but also for their preferred mode of payment, delivery, etc. Secondly, I found the concepts that we... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders - Course Catalog

the course, you will learn the key concepts needed to understand how people rise to positions of prominence. We start by defining key personal characteristics. Next, we consider the building blocks of a successful career and how to... View Details

01 Mar 2012
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Health Care’s New Frontier

consultants in the managed care practice of Booz Allen Hamilton, acquired an obstetrics practice in San Diego with $1.6 million in seed capital. The concept of a clinic where midwives and nurses provided quality care for healthy women... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2006
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Artist Christo Visits HBS

To illustrate entrepreneurship from a different angle, HBS professors Josh Lerner and Felda Hardymon and research associate Ann Leamon wrote a case about Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the husband-wife team known for their massive, self-funded outdoor art projects. (Their... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2018
News

Ready, Set, Launch

critical feedback about the features they do want—and reduces the possibility that the startup will waste time developing features no one wants. Based on this feedback, a startup can then decide to adjust or abandon a concept or, if it’s... View Details

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Impact on Research & Curriculum | Baker Library

framework of corporate strategy, the concept of looking at a company’s goals, policies, organization, and values from a holistic perspective. HBS Professor Joseph L. Bower noted: “With Professor C. Roland Christensen and others, Ken... View Details

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Curriculum | MBA

to work on their own startup concept or pursue an internship at a technology company. Most of Year 1 is spent at HBS completing the MBA Required Curriculum (RC) , although students start the program as a cohort at SEAS in August, taking... View Details

Fast Answer

Sustainability in Manufacturing Industry

adoption in production from proof of concept to industrial scale and how governments and civil society can best support the development of a favorable ecosystem for adopting and diffusing technology across industry sectors. Sustainable... View Details

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