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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Rethinking the MBA
there’s an urgent need to rethink the MBA. Garvin: Simply because MBAs are being churned out in large numbers doesn’t mean that we have the ideal combination of course offerings or that we prepare students as well as possible for the... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities
policy at hyper-local resolution, with global scope.” Related Reading: Developing Asia’s Largest Slum The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom Urban... View Details
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Reinhardt led a discussion of the case recently in the MBA field study seminar Innovation in Business, Energy, and Environment, held in Harvard's Innovation Lab. The case was prepared by... View Details
- 10 Jan 2007
- HBS Case
The Challenge of Managing National Security
oversight. Oversight is clearly important, but I see some weariness among intelligence personnel who have to answer questions again and again and have been reorganized only to have the reorganizations reorganized. As one pundit put it, some overseers seem to be View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
make the best use of their time by providing logistical and research support, establishing contacts with leading CEOs in the region, and sharing expertise that comes from living and working in the Asian environment on a daily basis." Under McFarlan's guidance,... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 10 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
PRIDE in the HBS Community
to show me that the LGBTQ+ MBA network, especially at HBS, is strong and growing. Those PRIDE leaders, who are now friends, took time out of their busy student schedules to give advice on applying, have coffee chats, help me prepare for... View Details
- Web
Alumni Career Journey: Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024) – Integrating Climate into Business (and Government) Priorities - Blog - Business & Environment
energy operations, prepare the MBTA for hotter summers, and enable a few departments to operate more effectively. It’s particularly rewarding to understand that each operational improvement, no matter how big or small, helps drive... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
BEI helps alumni and other leaders by connecting them to resources or troubleshooting issues they’re facing in their companies, such as how to prepare the workforce to deal with sustainability and climate challenges, or questions... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
revolutionized the way Americans drink coffee. In his spare time, he enjoys golf and skiing, and names a Seattle Starbucks location in his Capitol Hill neighborhood as his favorite store. Customers might even enjoy a double-tall-nonfat latte View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Time to Make Time
arrive in your email five minutes before the meeting starts, it's a signal that the person in charge hasn't laid the groundwork for a productive use of time. There should be adequate time in advance for everyone to prepare for a... View Details
Keywords: Time management
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
schedule; discussion of main issues raised and how the process addressed them; an annex prepared by representatives of civil society on their views of the process and how those views have been addressed; Participatory procedures for... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
intones, "How do you prepare to deal with the unexpected that's coming up? Get there early, set the place up. Read every signal you can get. So it's intuitive, but it's also systematic." Those two qualities—systematic... View Details
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), was preparing to meet with his senior managers to discuss BBC WW's global strategy options. BBC WW exploited and exported BBC-branded content around the globe through all formats, including magazines,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
Christensen rhetorically intones, “How do you prepare to deal with the unexpected that’s coming up? Get there early, set the place up. Read every signal you can get. So it’s intuitive, but it’s also systematic.” Those two qualities —... View Details
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
green business profitable is an even harder journey. For society's sake, entrepreneurs must be prepared to make that journey, says Geoffrey Jones. A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy Many... View Details
- 06 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 6
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/308024-PDF-ENG Competing Through Business Models (D) Harvard Business School Note 710-410 This note was prepared to aid students in the EC course "Competing through Business Models."... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Building an IT Governance Committee
School.How do you set up an IT governance committee? A company that decides it needs board-level IT oversight must do three things: Select the appropriate members and the chairman, determine the group's relationship to the audit committee, and View Details
Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan
- 06 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA and Switch Careers
only because it has always been my dream school, but because of the case method approach of teaching. Having been through lecture-based classes in Asia for most of my education, I wanted to experience what a case method class felt like, and I was View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Pursuing Meaning through an HBS/HKS Joint Degree
way to contribute in a meaningful way. All in front of over 90 people. Looking back, I can’t think of a better way to prepare us to be “at the table” wherever we go next. Why did you pursue a joint degree? The other important aspect of... View Details