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15 Sep 2015
Blog Post

Advice from an Intern

excellent experience to learn and try something new. Being an intern has some unique challenges, unlike any other form of employment, and I feel like I’ve encountered all of them anew this summer.... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

August 2017 (Revised September 2018)
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Accounting Turbulence at Boeing

By: Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan, David Lane and James Barnett

Unlike its rival Airbus, Boeing had used a practice called program accounting to record its commercial aircraft expenses since the 1980s. Program accounting allowed Boeing to expense estimated average costs instead of the actual production costs of an aircraft. This... View Details

Keywords: Asset Recognition; Program Accounting; Airline Industry; Accounting; Production; Cost; Air Transportation Industry

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14 Feb 2018
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HBS Partner Feature: Love Doesn’t Need a Zip Code

We caught up with Frances to learn about their story and the distance they’ve traveled to support each other’s dreams. When you know, you just know. Jeremy and I met at Tufts... View Details

02 Jan 2014
Blog Post

Preparing for a career in investment banking

learned to navigate. To be honest, I was quite sure that I wanted to try out investment banking in New York. My last year at my old job in... View Details

Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard

The Tech for All Lab at the D^3 Institute aims to promote accessibility. It will broaden the benefits of digital innovation to reach more emerging economies. By providing knowledge and tools across the stack, it will serve as a launchpad for start-ups and... View Details

Teaching Interest

General Management Program (GMP)

By: Stefan H. Thomke

As global business challenges become more complex, companies are turning to exceptional general managers who can take on greater cross-functional responsibilities and contribute to corporate growth on a more strategic level. Moving beyond your field of expertise,... View Details

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Technology and Operations Management

By: Chiara Farronato

This course is taught in the MBA required curriculum. It provides students with the foundations necessary to be effective operating managers. During the course students learn to analyze decisions that drive the design, planning, and execution of the activities that... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Operations Management; Innovation

12 Nov 2019
News

Non-English speakers are shut out of the top jobs

20 Feb 2024
Video

Admissions Info Session for College Students

12 PM – 1:15 PM EST, 08 Nov 2021
Virtual Programming

Building Your Scaled Digital Organization

During this program led by HBS professor Karim R. Lakhani, learn how you can translate your HBS skill set to build or scale your organization using digitization, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) from a panel of HBS alumni who will share their extensive... View Details

February 2010
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Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Market Size and Market Share Analysis

By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery

Marketers frequently need to estimate the size of their markets—both for existing products so that sales forecasts can be developed and for new products so that market opportunities can be assessed. This toolkit enables students to size a market and generate a sales... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Marketing Strategy; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Size; Strategic Planning; Sales

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28 Nov 2022
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College Students, Take a Sneak Peek at the HBS MBA

of Business Administration (MBA) is one of the most flexible master’s degrees you can find. We invite you to join us for Peek, an annual virtual program in January for undergrads considering an MBA. Through Peek you can explore options... View Details

August 2012 (Revised August 2024)
Case

ABC Pharmaceuticals

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Erik R. Sparks

This case asks students to price a new drug that is in Stage II of its clinical trials. It contains detailed estimates of the time required and costs for all the steps needed to commercialize a drug in the U.S. Students will learn virtually all the steps required to... View Details

Keywords: Drug Development; Price; Product; Product Launch; Health Industry; Technology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry

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14 Apr 2022
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Developing a Digital Mindset

March 2014
Article

Delivering High-quality Cancer Care: The Critical Role of Quality Measurement

By: Tracy Spinks, Patricia Ganz, George Sledge, Laura Levit, James Hayman, Timothy Eberlein and Thomas W. Feeley

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published Ensuring Quality Cancer Care, an influential report that described an ideal cancer care system and issued ten recommendations to address pervasive gaps in the understanding and delivery of quality cancer... View Details

Keywords: Health Care Quality; Health Care and Treatment; Quality; Measurement and Metrics; Health Industry; North America

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