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Global Research Centers - Faculty & Research

Global Research Centers Global Research Centers Facilitating faculty research and case development on an international scale. Our unprecedented network of research centers and regional offices in key areas of the world enable faculty to... View Details

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Building a Legacy

required. Chief executives and family members involved in the company and looking to expand business strengths and strategies are encouraged to explore our program, Families in Business. Learning and Living... View Details

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PLD Module 5

lifelong learning, growth, and success. (You also can earn a total of 10 PLDA points by completing other qualifying HBS Executive Education programs.) Learn more. Learning and Living at HBS When you participate View Details

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Agribusiness Seminar

Seminar is generally not appropriate for individuals from consultancies and other professional services firms. Learning and Living at HBS When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture; Agriculture

Race, Work, and Leadership

Race, Work, and Leadership is a rare and important compilation of essays that examines how race matters in people’s experience of work and leadership. What does it mean to be black in corporate America today? How are racial dynamics in organizations... View Details

August 2010 (Revised November 2020)
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Integrating Around the Job to Be Done

By: Clayton Christensen, Rory McDonald, Laura E Day and Shaye Roseman

Unlike traditional market segmentations that are based on a correlation of product sales or service with the attributes of the purchaser (such as age, gender, income level, and education level), jobs-based segmentation seeks to understand the causal roots of... View Details

Keywords: Integration Planning; Jobs; Market Segmentation; Customer Satisfaction; Marketing; Jobs and Positions; Marketing Strategy; Segmentation; Integration; Planning

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16 Nov 2021
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How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

defendants were also ordered to pay about 3 million euros in damages to victims. What could the firm have done differently? When Montgomery teaches the cases in executive View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

leadership. Due to the mission of the School ("We educate leaders who make a difference in the world"), our convening power, and the urgency of issues in leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

19 Sep 2013
Working Paper Summaries

U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

March 2021 (Revised September 2021)
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Applied: Using Behavioral Science to Debias Hiring

By: Ashley Whillans and Jeff Polzer

The UK government’s Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) needed to hire a new associate and were trying to increase the diversity of their job candidates. This decision was based on academic research showing that recruiters and managers often fell into common traps like... View Details

Keywords: Hiring; Bias; Behavioral Science; Selection and Staffing; Diversity; Prejudice and Bias; Information Technology; Recruitment

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Field Course: Social Innovation Lab

This course provides students an opportunity to address a social enterprise topic with the discipline of business tools and techniques. Students will work in teams, choosing among three types of projects: a) developing a business plan for your own social enterprise;... View Details

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VBHCD Intensive Seminars - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Health Care Courses Health Care Courses Executive Education Courses Health Care Curriculum Residents & Fellows Course Strategy for Health Care Delivery... View Details

November 2023 (Revised April 2024)
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Khanmigo: Revolutionizing Learning with GenAI

By: William A. Sahlman, Allison M. Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean

Already a leader in the edtech space since its 2008 launch, Khan Academy was now one of the first edtech organizations to embrace generative artificial intelligence ("genAI"). In March 2023, Khan Academy began beta testing Khanmigo, a genAI “guide” and tutor built with... View Details

Keywords: Technology Adoption; Leading Change; Entrepreneurship; Risk and Uncertainty; Education; AI and Machine Learning; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Education Industry; Education Industry; United States; San Francisco

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

to eight individuals. Attendance by multiple company representatives will foster teamwork and amplify the program's impact on your organization. Learning and Living at HBS When you participate in an Executive View Details

Connections

Connections Education (CE), now part of Pearson’s Online and Blended Learning business, was created in 2001 to develop a new, more flexible, and more personalized type of learning for students for whom the traditional classroom was not a good fit. In early 2017, CE... View Details

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

to northern cities Influence: Medium-High 20 1920 19 Population of urban centers overtakes that of rural communities Tight immigration restrictions Increase in divorce rates Influence: Medium-Low 30 1930 19 Westward migration of... View Details

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Help - Alumni

by using any of your preferred email clients: Android , Apple Mail , or Outlook . It will ask for your HBS email address and password to connect your account to the app. I had Office 365 as an MBA student or Executive Education... View Details

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Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

may require yearly sponsorship. Aerospace & Defense Club Co-Presidents James Sorensen jsorensen@mba2026.hbs.edu Ryan Holte rholte@mba2027.hbs.edu Bethany Russell brussell@mba2026.hbs.edu Club Email aero@studentclubs.hbs.edu Africa... View Details

June 2001
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Coordinating + Managing Supply Chains: Course Overview Note TN

By: Ananth Raman

Describes the MBA elective course on supply chain management at HBS. Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains focuses on the managerial aspects of supply chains. Acquaints students with practical issues in a variety of supply chains and then identifies barriers to, and... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Framework; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Marketing; Supply Chain Management; Performance Improvement; Planning; Behavior; Integration

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February 1997 (Revised April 1998)
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first direct (A)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport

Describes the operations and strategy of the world's largest, fastest growing branchless bank. Using a person-to-person interface over conventional phone lines, First Direct provides standard banking and related financial products to nearly 700,000 customers throughout... View Details

Keywords: Service Delivery; Customer Satisfaction; Banks and Banking; Innovation and Invention; Banking Industry; United Kingdom

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