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Generative AI - Alumni

Careers Generative AI Careers Generative AI In today's dynamic job market, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) stands out as a powerful ally for job seekers, offering View Details

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

should government strategy matter to business people? It seems many executives, particularly Americans, believe government is incompetent. Richard Vietor: Business people care in several ways—macroeconomic, microeconomic, and foreign... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

November 2017
Teaching Note

Amazon.com, 2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-402. On January 28, 2016, Amazon announced record 2015 operating profits of $2.2 billion on $107 billion of sales, and the markets responded with cautious optimism. For years, founder and CEO Jeffrey Bezos had prioritized growth and... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

business planning and control. Joe began his career at MIT's Department of Ocean Engineering as an Instructor in 1970 and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1972. He View Details

12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

substantially when the managers and lawyers work as partners both to craft the objectives and to devise the means of accomplishing them. Fifth, every firm should have a general counsel or chief legal... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

04 Jan 2024
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Great Heights

training and fortitude in a hostile environment. And only ten percent of those who make it to Denali’s summit are women. “It’s much like tech!” Kostova says. And it proved a... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

25 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

great migration northward by African Americans, and the opening up of consumer capitalism." Women Take The Stage As Consumers Walker may have catered primarily to an African American clientele, yet her ideas View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

18 Feb 2020
Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

personal and professional lives amid constant change. Despite the distance, we did our best to grow our careers and our relationship while... View Details

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Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

needed to meet the deadline should contact Rock@hbs.edu at least two weeks in advance of the deadline. Club List Entrepreneurship Club VC Club Insights Get insights and news on a range of start-up topics. Read more View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Action Plan: Life Study

Above: photo by Beth Perkins “There’s an artistic spark in everybody,” says Ted Hartley (MMP 4, 1956). “If you can get rid of that left-brain inner critic, you can explore what will open up in the right-brain side in all of us.” Hartley came to painting a little over a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

24 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

programs, increasingly have in-house programs for developing and promoting talented employees who have only undergraduate degrees. One anecdote drove the point home. When Datar asked a partner at a top... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education

03 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 3

PublicationsAddressing the Leadership Gap in Medicine: Residents' Need for Systematic Leadership Development Training Authors:Daniel Mark Blumenthal, Kenneth Richard Lee Bernard, Jordan David Bohnen, and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni

type of board opportunity that interests you Seek out CEOs, board members, organizational leaders, and investors who could be helpful. Then, develop a strategy to connect with them (through industry... View Details

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

of our clients who saw how we managed to overcome the crisis.” —Antonio Madero, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Sanluis Corporation (a leading Mexico-based automotive parts maker) Silverthorne: Was this focus on reputation View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

exam Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Credential of Readiness from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Apply Now Key Concepts Analyze and interpret data to inform business... View Details

09 Nov 2023
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From the Brink

Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994), Adam Chepenik (MBA 2010), Sebastián Negrón-Reichard (JD/MBA 2024) As the senior top official in the US Treasury Department on domestic finance issues, Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994) could see Puerto Rico’s financial meltdown coming, like watching a... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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About the Center - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

September 2010. Nancy is the point person for all center scheduling and direct service coordinating; she oversees the administrative functions for the center, and assists with... View Details

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

demonstrated their capacity to build a HCHP firm and to study them more formally. My own interest in HCHP companies began at Corning, Inc. I started my career there, after earning my Ph.D. in organizational... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Planned Giving - Alumni

uses the remainder as you directed. Charitable Lead Trust A CLT enables you to support HBS and transfer assets to children or other heirs at a reduced tax cost. Gifts of Assets Complex Assets Tangible View Details

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Interviewing - Alumni

Careers Interviewing Careers Interviewing Preparation is key to a successful interview. The tips and questions below are designed to let you know what to expect from the... View Details

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