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HBS Fund - Alumni

increase diversity and equity on campus and in the world. Faculty, Case Writing, and Research HBS is committed to developing passionate teachers and scholars and to advancing research that informs the School's View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

activities during the 2022–2023 academic year, from developing cases to convening thought leaders to conducting business history interviews. AFRICA RESEARCH CENTER (Johannesburg; offices in Nairobi and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace - Recruiting

environment that encourages casual dress to promote individuality and comfort, it could fund advanced education and training, or it could establish a mentorship program to encourage professional growth. Another element of culture that... View Details

July 2014 (Revised August 2014)
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AmazonFresh: Rekindling the Online Grocery Market

By: Rory McDonald, Clayton Christensen, Robin Yang and Ty Hollingsworth

More than a decade after the high-profile failures of several early online grocers, grocery remains the largest single U.S. retail category and one of the few that has not yet migrated online. Amazon began testing its grocery-delivery service, AmazonFresh, in Seattle,... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; New Markets; Grocery; Operations Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Strategy; Emerging Markets; Learning; Service Operations; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

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HBS Section I Celebrates Parents, Mentors, and Partners Day - MBA

Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged Goods Education Energy Engineering... View Details

21 Jun 2023
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Building a Better World: The Harvard Builders Club

Amid the greatest economic, geopolitical, and social uncertainty in years, there is one thing we can be sure about – real value creation and innovation are enduring. This is why we founded the Harvard Builders Club, an alumni community for Harvard’s builders who dare... View Details

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Value Creation Through Effective Boards

greater insight into corporate governance oversight and best practices, you will emerge a stronger leader and decision-maker, ready to create more value for your company. This program is developed and taught in collaboration with the IESE... View Details

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California - Global

study writing on West Coast companies, with an emphasis on California, specifically the San Francisco Bay Area. Since its opening, the CRC has helped develop more than 250 cases, which are used in all academic units within the School's... View Details

September 2004 (Revised February 2007)
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Hedging Currency Risks at AIFS

By: Mihir A. Desai, Vincent Dessain and Anders Sjoman

The American Institute for Foreign Studies (AIFS) organizes study abroad programs and cultural exchanges for American students. The firm's revenues are mainly in U.S. dollars, but most of its costs are in eurodollars and British pounds. The company's controllers review... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Revenue; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; Education Industry; North and Central America

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Food & Agriculture - Business & Environment

experiencing more extreme temperatures, increasing droughts and floods, more violent storms, and new plant diseases and insect pests. The United Nations forecasts that by 2050 the world’s population will grow by more than two billion people, mostly View Details

05 Dec 2022
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5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast

assesses America’s 250 largest public companies as ranked by Fortune magazine. “All employers are not created equal in terms of the type of springboard they provide for advancement and that's something that workers and employment... View Details

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Research - Managing the Future of Work

equity Joe Fuller 08 Jun 2022 Podcast Managing the Future of Work Dropbox founder Drew Houston on streamlining the digital workspace Bill Kerr 03 Jun 2022 News Built In Tech and the Gig Economy: Understanding Side Hustles vs. Moonlighting... View Details

07 Jul 2019
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Walmart's Workforce of the Future

manage team members, faced similar challenges.) In another move to build a more skilled, educated workforce, Walmart introduced a program in 2018 that offered workers the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

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Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About

Self-Catering Self-supplied food and non-alcoholic beverages is referred to as "self-catering". Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct The School is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy educational and work environment View Details

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

Business & Environment Business & Environment July 2015 Article BYOB: How Bringing Your Own Shopping Bags Leads to Treating Yourself, and the Environment By: Uma R. Karmarkar and Bryan Bollinger As concerns about pollution and climate change have become more central... View Details

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Community Values | About

Harvard Business School is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. Achieving this mission requires an environment of trust and mutual respect, free expression and inquiry, and a commitment to... View Details

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

Educators Related Tadikonda, Satish, Olivia Reszczynski, and William Marks. "Sky Therapeutics: Innovating in Digital Therapeutics." Harvard Business School Case 825-071, August 2024. Iogen: Decarbonizing... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

17 Jul 2023
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Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

Four years ago, I got involved with coaching and career education programs. This led me to working with students interested in industries such as consumer products, retail, sustainability, agribusiness, and... View Details

11 Jul 2019
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Meet the MBA Class of 2020

University PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE The Coca-Cola Co., Eurasia Africa Group, Pacemaker International, Teach for China Jacob Meiner “I WANT TO GET SMACK-DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOST COMPLEX PROBLEMS.” HOME REGION... View Details

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