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01 Mar 2023
News

Step Change

companies, a scaling initiative for ventures at the pre-series A stage, and training for individuals managing other accelerators. The effort is a continuation of the government’s investment of 5 billion Egyptian pounds in creating a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

2007
Text Book

Teaching the Moral Leader: A Literature-Based Leadership Course

By: Sandra J. Sucher

This book is a comprehensive, practical manual to help instructors integrate moral leadership in their own courses, drawing from the experience and resources of the Harvard Business School course "The Moral Leader," an MBA elective taken by thousands of HBS students... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Curriculum and Courses; Moral Sensibility; Body of Literature; Books; Leadership; Personal Development and Career

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07 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.

New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Insurance

17 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

good tertiary-care hospitals. Medical tourism usually refers to the idea of middle-class or wealthy individuals going abroad in search of effective, low-cost treatment. But there is another dimension of medical tourism that is not called... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

must wrestle with the downsides of that, too," says Weiss. "On an individual basis, it might seem OK to say this rule doesn't make sense, so we won't follow it, but at what point does this practice become a problem?" One... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

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

coming into the HBS | HKS Joint Degree program. “My goal was to help individuals better invest their money – that was my North Star,” he said. Fast forward ten years, and Reed is living out that vision managing the asset allocation for... View Details

25 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 25

Specifically, we test how individuals who have a responsibility to punish transgressions behave when confronted with the social norm of preferential treatment on people's birthdays. We first establish the existence of this social norm... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

evaluations. Organizational learning must be promoted. Create bridges between individual and organizational learning. Many successful organizations use advisory boards as sources of critical skills. Excellence in management should be... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

06 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

conversation (which tends to create anger, which can flow back toward the proposal or the proposer). Or they get that head-about-to-burst feeling, which they relieve by setting aside the proposal or plan. Some individuals can be... View Details

Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead

01 Mar 2024
News

The Internet's Next Frontier

of social and productive value. Blockchain infrastructure layers create the possibility of having individually owned digital goods that can outlast the platforms that create them. Web3 is the enabling system for businesses to be built... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online

identity; to process payments, subscriptions, credits and refunds; and to collect amounts owed, as applicable. To perform research (such as academic research). To assess admissions criteria and analyze individual and aggregate progress,... View Details

25 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

research rethinks what academics and practitioners have simply called the supply chain—a loose federation of individual suppliers that feed companies with the goods and services necessary to create products for consumers and businesses.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service

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U.S. Ethnic Minorities - MBA

community. Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP) HUNAP brings together Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students and interested individuals from the Harvard community for the purpose of advancing the... View Details

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Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1) - MBA

faces. This is the experience of FGLI students. Most of us come from underprivileged communities, where we do not have access to the same economic and social opportunities as others. We come from environments that don’t always aid in our View Details

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?

every time you say something. In addition, because you are usually relatively comfortable with individuals you know, you're likely to be more accepting of their differences. We also like to work with people who seem to like us. This can... View Details

Keywords: by Tiziana Casciaro & Miguel Sousa Lobo

18 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

specialists—including a professional climber, a doctor, and a photographer—each of whom scored points according to how many of their individual goals were met. For each group, the researchers designated a formal leader. In some cases they... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

1. Empower your team With Flick at the helm of Bayern Munich, one small lineup change made a big difference. Flick reduced the number of players rotated in and out of the game, trusting his smaller core to perform to their capabilities independent of View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports

08 Mar 2021
Blog Post

International Women's Day Featured Stories

work with an incredible team of dedicated individuals who daily give everything they have. My team and I are committed to attentively listening and responding to each student’s requests and needs in meeting their HBS goals while... View Details

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Joiner - Entrepreneurship

Student Journey Joiner Required Curriculum Elective Curriculum View Video Getting a job at a startup is a networked path and individual search. Throughout your time at HBS, use resources such as the Rock Center, VCPs, EIRs, Baker... View Details

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Health-care Applications

Active postmarketing drug surveillance. There is substantial interest within the U.S. health community and among health policymakers in developing a surveillance system that scans public health databases in order to proactively detect potential drug safety... View Details

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