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Inside the Learning: Program Formats Unpacked

program that is right for them, whenever they can, in whatever format they can." More Insight Want more help in understanding the various learning experiences at HBS? Check out these past blog posts: What's the View Details

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Melcolm Ruffin

"It was definitely the right decision," he says. "UMass had a supportive ecosystem I wanted and needed." While there, Melcolm fulfilled two sports-related internships: a summer at Octagon sports agency, where he worked... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

08 Mar 2021
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International Women's Day Featured Stories

them, which ultimately meant that I was representing people like my mother who is a CalPERS beneficiary, required challenging those firms who managed their money to do the right thing on behalf of their limited partners, not themselves.... View Details

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

neither?" says Weiss. "Boston was one of the early cities where Uber was allowed to operate. I ask students whether they think we did the right thing." Other aspects of working with government, such as requirements for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Oct 2020
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7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club

coming out that night. I had never met another bisexual person, and I’m not even sure I fully realized that was the right word for myself until then. But just knowing that there was someone else like me, someone else who understood, was... View Details

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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020

Middle East & North Africa Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan Pictured: Mikheil Lomtadze (MBA 2002) returned to the HBS classroom as a case protagonist. In mid-2018, Mikheil Lomtadze (MBA 2002), CEO of Kaspi.kz, faced a perplexing question: Was... View Details

24 Jun 2021
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Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

in Medoff’s path to leading Arosa and living out the mission he is dedicated to. The support of professors Jim Sharpe, Royce Yudkoff, and Rick Rubeck aided in Medoff in his search for the right company while in graduate school. Six years... View Details

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Recent Alumni - Alumni

your city. MBA Admissions Partner with the Admissions team to support efforts with potential applicants, applicants, and admitted students, so that prospective students may experience firsthand the strength and warmth of our alumni community as they think about which... View Details

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

to nurture talent is legendary. Just about anybody who is anybody in jazz can trace some lineage back to "Miles University." Finally, the process that led to Kind of Blue is an example of pushing boundaries and taking experimentation View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

07 Nov 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

the players he developed—Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes—became true standouts in their generation, providing the club with a strong base on which to build. Managing this process well over a long period unavoidably involves cutting older players... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation

04 Apr 2023
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Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

competitive advantage while doing the right thing, rather than an imposition or a burden. According to Maersk leadership, the two keys to their decarbonization strategy are: Strong relationships with customers to get them on board with... View Details

17 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

employees’ needs. And they encourage employees to discuss their caregiving needs. “It’s motivating for people to be heard,” Fuller says. Managers need to acknowledge that many employees are caring for young children and aging parents, or both, and say, “That’s... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

26 Jun 2017
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How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

assigned his patents to La Cellophane Societe Anonyme, a French company formed for the sole purpose of marketing the invention. In 1923, the company licensed to DuPont the exclusive rights to make and sell cellophane in the United States.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising

24 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business

your next CEO. These internal candidates with some outsider views have a more objective and independent view about how your company needs to change and adapt. Executives with the right mix of Insider and Outsider attributes, Bower claims,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Mandi Nerenberg; Retail; Auto

2010
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Introductory Reading for Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger

This paper is the sixth of six pre-course reading assignments for an experimental leadership course developed by the authors over five years (2004-2008) at the U. of Rochester Simon School of Business working with students, alumni, executives, and faculty from various... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Curriculum and Courses; Strategy; Performance Capacity; Attitudes; Behavior; United States; Netherlands; Texas

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20 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Survival’s Secret Sauce

returns you need. I'm studying family wealth creators around the world. The best, like Alex Birman at Arezzo, often show an interest in business between the ages of 8-14. Develop these wealth generators by providing the right... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Boston Magazine ’s “The 100 Most Influential People in Boston Right Now” in 2020. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2020 Best Paper Prize in Quantitative Investments at the Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association with Huaizhi... View Details

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship

instead begins to cherry-pick. The suppliers' costs, meanwhile, just go up. While the customer is getting more value, only one party—the distributor—is actually working at the relationship. "But if you do things the right way, then... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Feb 2010
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?

Summing Up What is the right mix between intuition and analysis? Several clear themes characterized responses to this month's column. Dominant among these was that the best way to reach a decision depends on a number of factors, including... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Dec 2019
Book

6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

social media editor for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: iStockphoto] Related Reading For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style What’s Really... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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