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August 2010 (Revised December 2016)
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Kaweyan: Female Entrepreneurship and the Past and Future of Afghanistan

By: Geoffrey Jones and Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Explores the challenges of female entrepreneurship in Afghanistan through the case of Kemeli Sediqi, who built a business under the Taliban, and founded a consultancy in 2004. The case positions Sediqi's experiences against the background of Afghanistan's turbulent... View Details

Keywords: Opportunities; Social Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Welfare; Gender; Afghanistan

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April 1998 (Revised November 1999)
Case

Linda Jacober

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven

Linda Jacober is parachuted into a new venture, Mac Direct. Did she inherit the strategic plan of a lifetime or did she board a kamikaze plane? What organizational challenges did she encounter upon her arrival? How well has she done to date and what advice would one... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Opportunities; Change Management; Leadership Style; Problems and Challenges

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01 Sep 2024
News

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Meyers

15 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Exploring the World of Electric Adventure Vehicles

Adventuring outside her comfort zone While Danziger will likely return to EY-Parthenon after graduation to fulfill her sponsorship agreement, she says that securing her Rivian internship seemed like a low-risk opportunity to throw herself outside of her typical work... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Consumer Products / Retail

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Oliver Bladek

(primarily finance, and entrepreneurship), as well as practice what I already had learned. The case method was a fantastic environment for this practice. That said, getting my MBA has really felt like a 'finishing school'. I'm now much... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consulting

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

China—face challenges and opportunities under President Xi Jinping. We will delve into China's domestic business environment and the changing relationship between the private sector and the Chinese Communist Party. Students will gain an... View Details

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Creating a Candidate-Centered Recruiting Process - Recruiting

evaluating candidates. This creates an environment where people can understand what is expected and potentially ask for accommodations.” Have Authentic & Honest Conversations Transparency also extends to authenticity during the interview... View Details

27 Mar 2017
Blog Post

How to Partner With a Club: Host a Club Trek

members, discuss career trajectory, job opportunities and how different teams work together. Allowing students to envision their daily work environment is an advantage to any organization looking to educate students and attract talent.... View Details

Keywords: Technology

9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 03 Oct 2018

HBX Becoming A Better Manager

Maximize your managerial effectiveness by shaping and influencing processes in the critically-important treetop level between 50,000 feet (strategy) and ground level (daily tasks and activities). Program Dates: October 3, 2018 - November 28, 2018 View Details

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Harvard Business School and Polaroid - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

03 Feb 2017
Blog Post

The Making of an Internship

For the first time, our office followed three students from the classroom to their summer internship workplaces. Learn how to create a successful internship environment by watching as these students tell all. Meet Francesca Ioffreda,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 2015
News

The Evolving HBS Campus

The importance and value of the School’s unique residential environment has been clearly demonstrated in the nearly 100 years since the campus was first envisioned and built. Recent and current building projects are intended to enhance... View Details

9 AM – 10 AM EST, 09 Jan 2019
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HBS Online Management Essentials

Maximize your managerial effectiveness by shaping and influencing processes in the critically-important treetop level between 50,000 feet (strategy) and ground level (daily tasks and activities). Program Dates: January 9, 2019 - March 6, 2019 View Details

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Site Credits - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

Executive Education HBS Alumni Bulletin HBS News HBS Working Knowledge MBA Admissions Harvard Business School Alumni Business & Environment Executive Education MBA Recruiting Rock Center: Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Initiative HBS... View Details

31 Jan 2018
Blog Post

Tiffany Nida’s Amazon Journey: “I Continue to Grow Because They Keep Giving Me Responsibility.”

between her Required Curriculum and Elective Curriculum years. “My hypothesis,” says Tiffany, “was that I’d enjoy it.” Having arrived at HBS with an interest in technology, she had hoped to find an environment in which she could apply her... View Details

Keywords: Technology

29 May 2019
News

HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni

useful,” says Engle. “The workshop was excellent and provided guidance on how to consider our goals, strengths, what we love to do, and what the ideal environment might be.” Andrews says that while the workshop tour is not specifically... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

David Duffield

After failing to convince Larry Ellison that Oracle should invest in the development of human resource management software, Duffield decided to create his own business. PeopleSoft with its innovative software for managing human resource functions became a phenomenal... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

does not have the same number of sticks at its disposal as the legal system would have, it does have more carrots to use for rewarding good governance behavior. Q: You mention that "reputational bonding" could be further strengthened if the U.S. information... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

environment not by doing nothing, but by accelerating past organizational routines based on established assumptions.— Donald N. Sull The benefits of this knowledge sharing, however, are likely to decline over time as the industry settles... View Details

Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

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