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01 Jun 2002
News

Start-Up Success

to provide some Longhorn representation.) Partying is part of the scene, but “the competition aspect is really the main attraction,” said team organizer James Gowers (MBA '01). “Despite the fact that we... View Details

28 Oct 2001
What Do You Think?

What Can We Expect in the Other War?

In light of the outset of the war on terrorism, how does this affect what has been called the war for talent? A book by the same name 1 has recently characterized this as an "endless journey" to address the enduring challenge to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2007
News

Winter Break Just Got Educational

IMMERSION EXPERIENCES: Students who traveled to New Orleans spent time working on Habitat for Humanity redevelopment projects. Winter break this year gave some 200 MBA students an opportunity to participate in one of three pilot, noncredit Immersion Programs created to... View Details

Keywords: immersion; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

03 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The State of Customer Service Leadership

relatively high return (for the industry) to employees and investors. This “trifecta,” which occurs as a result of outstanding service design and delivery, can be found in only a few very special organizations such as Apollo Hospitals in... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail

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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

care Facilitate process improvements identified through the TDABC analysis Develop innovative reimbursement approaches that reward providers and organizations for delivering higher value care Produce... View Details

06 Mar 2017
News

Leading in the Community and the Boardroom

for you,” says Wiley, who served for 15 years as president and CEO of the Partnership, a nonprofit talent management organization for minority professionals in greater Boston. “I want to grow and contribute to a professional organization,... View Details

Fast Answer

Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship

contemporary issues in social problems; provides insight into how social conditions get defined as social problems, and the ways different people and organizations view and try to solve them. View Details

25 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

housing program. The initiative, Home for Good, collaborates with local service providers and tribal health organizations to deliver high-quality, culturally tailored care to those experiencing homelessness... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

believes the key to making better strategic choices in turbulent markets lies in understanding the level of uncertainty faced in a given situation. 20/20 Foresight provides a framework for learning to separate what can be known from what... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management; Finance

05 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

the United States. What has driven its success? How can it be sustained? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706417 John Mackey and Whole Foods Market Harvard Business School Case 807-111 Traces the history of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

easier to achieve in a for-profit organization than in a comparable nonprofit," he writes in a recent working paper, "Philanthropic Social Capital Markets and Performance-Driven Philanthropy," and the most important reason is capital. "It... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

05 Feb 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?

not directly competitive. They offer different products that provide different results for different markets. Alan Carswell points out that online programs are ideal for adult learners with "less need for the social role of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Education Club | MBA

Education Club The Education Club aims to provide students with a platform for shared learning and a cross-functional network to drive change and impact in education. Annual Events Career info sessions and 1-on-1 coffee chats for students... View Details

16 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters

larger, more centralized networks, even if those networks are more malleable than previously thought. The insights provide valuable information on what is really happening inside that mysterious black box. "For many, many years there... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

29 Jul 2024
News

Leading the Way

Illustration by Gisela Goppel When Michael Trejo (MBA 2013) was a freshman at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2005, he almost lost his full scholarship. “I just really lacked direction,” says Trejo. That’s when he joined ASU’s Hispanic Students Business Association... View Details

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Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring - Course Catalog

course is organized around two modules. The first module focuses on the restructuring of debt – and provides a foundation to understand the fundamentals of corporate restructuring and then applies these... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

New Releases

an organized framework to help individuals make intelligent choices. It presents ways to identify the right problem or opportunity, probe one's values, generate and evaluate alternatives, think about tradeoffs, and cope with uncertainties... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Collective Wisdom

Administration, is coeditor of Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software and has published cases on organizations that practice crowdsourcing, including Data.gov, TopCoder, OpenIDEO, Google, Threadless, and Wikipedia. He serves as... View Details

Keywords: crowdsourcing; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

19 Nov 2018

HBS Diversity Webinar

This webinar provides insight into the diverse community at HBS. It includes a panel discussion with members of the African American Student Union (AASU) and Latino Student Organization (LASO). View Details

05 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

distributors and content providers. We provide a model of bargaining and price competition within these industries, and show that whether or not a piece of content ends up exclusive to one platform depends crucially on whether or not the... View Details