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How the Pandemic Changed Case Development in Latin America
develop research ideas across disciplines and across institutions. In this dynamic case development process, faculty may be supported by a team of researchers and case writers based at HBS Research Centers around the globe. Opened in... View Details
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Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management - Course Catalog
venture capitalist Tim Draper, Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary, stellar entrepreneurs like Yvonne Hao of PillPack and Charles Curran of Armored Things, and many others with wisdom to share. Q: Can I take the class if I just have an idea but I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
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Collective Wisdom
idea is that there are some problems that require collective input and cumulative knowledge-building. Open-source communities are a very powerful way to get that done. We used to think that software had to be developed by lots of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
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Room to Write
Edited by April White; photos courtesy of the authors “A lot of my book was written on the Notes function of my phone while commuting in London. The ideas flow easily wherever I am, but I need a bit more quiet to bring it all together.”... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
of 2000. A customer entering the new center was immediately greeted at the door by a host—an idea borrowed from Wal-Mart and other retail stores. At freestanding kiosks, associates stood ready to help the customer open accounts, set up... View Details
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Rakhshan Zahid
that a lot of these businesses were started by ordinary people. The real difference between someone with an idea and someone who starts a business is just courage – taking a leap. Then you look at everything from how to get financing, how... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
country, we tend to be more fluid and flexible. Once Americans understand the problem, we can make considerable headway. Q: Would you be surprised to see some of your ideas surface in the next presidential campaign? A: I would be... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.
audience of the day with the president, believing the last idea he hears is the one most likely to be chosen. If true, the president is no better or worse than most of us in allowing cognitive biases to cloud our thinking. We are, for... View Details
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Prita Kumar
operations. “The more I saw people transform businesses, the more I wanted to do that, rather than do analyses.” The right fit for entrepreneurship Prita came to HBS with a business idea she wanted to develop: Booya Fitness, “a Hulu for... View Details
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Abhay Saboo
then absorb what others have to say from a variety of perspectives. Most of the time, by the end of class, I've changed my way of thinking." Effective communication is a key part of the MBA experience. "The hard part is conveying my View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
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Supporting our Exceptional Faculty
Bell In recruiting candidates for HBS faculty positions over the years, one of the many qualities I’ve looked for is what I call “boundless interest,” a passion for not just business but for inquiry as well. Our exceptional faculty — over 220 strong — create knowledge... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
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Escape from Alcatraz
fail and still be seen as contributing. They shake off the idea that failure is always a bad thing.” Top Tips Lend A Helping Hand: Superbanan, Boda Borg Boston’s most physical quest, isn’t just easier when you work with your teammates;... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2010
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Faculty Books
Project) New research in the social sciences has yielded insights with important implications for the government’s role in the economy. The financial crisis has made the need to share these ideas with policymakers more urgent. To meet... View Details
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Early-Stage Feedback | New Venture Competition
Early-Stage Feedback Business Track Early-Stage Feedback allows potential participants in the New Venture Competition (NVC) to receive guidance on their venture. This is a great opportunity to get feedback on your startup idea from VCs,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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Noted & Quoted
chin goes back, like, ‘Really?’” — former supermodel Tyra Banks describing reaction to her enrollment in the OPM Executive Education program. (CBS Sunday Morning, March 6, 2011) “People often misunderstand ‘preparation’ to mean just knowing their own View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
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Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family
true of her techno-savvy son Adam (MBA '98). "He's had a million ideas forever," Kanner laughs. "I was always Adam's sounding board." One of those ideas was for an e-commerce Web site that would offer... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Dressing by Number
More Retail Revolutions Manufacturing Makeup on Demand Although it isn’t available yet, Mink, a 3D home printer that produces custom makeup, has already made serial inventor Grace Choi (MBA 2013) a cosmetics celebrity. Katrina Lake knew as far back as 2010 that there... View Details
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John Oxtoby
small-business owners to Fortune 500 CEOs to make sure their ideas and voices were heard." Turning best policy ideas into reality Although John had “an amazing experience in government,” he wanted to... View Details
- 13 Jan 2023
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Video: Introduction to the Harvard MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences
Walsh: We try and give students an idea of the early-stage product development process. So how do they go from an idea to creating a prototype and then be able to demonstrate that in some way. They're... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
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Honoring HBS’s Organization Men
lecturer Robert Eccles moderated the discussion. Nohria, noting that the book turns on just a few key concepts (see sidebar), asked how some of the book’s core ideas had come about. “It’s hard to figure out where View Details