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- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
Influence People, published originally in 1937, remains one of the most popular and draws in part on lessons the author learned working as a salesman for Armour. Q: You trace the world of selling in America and the salesman View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
2022 surveys and course data All FAQs Business Strategy FAQs What are the learning requirements in order to successfully complete the course, and how are grades assigned? + – Participants in Business Strategy are eligible for a... View Details
- Portrait Project
Genevieve Sheehan
question, I could have solidified my lead; instead, I lost the game. But I'd do it all again. I've learned that "safer" choices in life aren't necessarily better choices. Taking the conservative route — when starting a... View Details
- 12 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
4 Things You Need to Know about Immersive FIELD Courses at HBS
industry/subject focus, and the faculty member teaching the course. The immersion component often lasts anywhere from 6 to 11 days. Each IFC has a specific focus which exposes students to projects and/or business contacts within an... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
managing through the pandemic. The topics: people and personal management, strategy, marketing, and organizational design. PEOPLE AND PERSONAL MANAGEMENT Tip: Guide your team to create new norms, protocols, and purpose. Leaders need to hold a “working View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online
knowledge through polls, quizzes, and problem-solving exercises designed to accelerate and reinforce your learning. Exchange ideas with your classmates, broaden your perspective, and challenge your worldview. Social Join a global community of business professionals.... View Details
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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
and Unleashing Capability Featured Exercises Explore the internal drivers of your motivations as a leader through the Personal Values Questionnaire self-assessment Video upload: Deepen your understanding of how others experience you as a leader through recording... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
Professor Ferreira's research primarily focuses on how retailers can use algorithms to make better revenue management decisions, including pricing, product display, and assortment planning. In the retail industry, anticipating consumer demand is arguably one of the... View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
really paying attention to. It turns out from our research, it matters a lot.” Going beyond the term sheet McDonald, along with Columbia University’s Dan Wang and Emily Cox Pahnke from the University of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
sustainability" companies-exhibit fundamentally different characteristics from a matched sample of firms that adopted almost none of these policies- termed "low sustainability" companies. In particular, we find that the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Role Model
One of four daughters of Pakistani immigrants, Salma Qarnain (MBA 2002) grew up in the midwestern “I” states of Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana before attending Stanford University. “It was my first experience feeling happy and comfortable in a place that had diversity,”... View Details
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
expert to her team, and started hiring staff from nail salons and department-store cosmetics counters. "It feels really good to have something you worked so hard for come to reality," she almost bubbled. Still to come were the... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
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Financial Aid - Alumni
leadership annual donors. Learn More CONNECTING DONORS & STUDENTS Donors who establish a fellowship fund and members of the HBS Fund Investors Society at $50,000+ levels are invited to meet student beneficiaries at our annual MBA... View Details
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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Organizations and professionals from around the world participate in our Executive Education programs, access our research publications, and interact with our students and alumni through field-based projects, recruitment activities, and... View Details
- 24 Feb 2015
- Blog Post
Finding Unity in our Diversity: The Second Annual LGBTQ Conference at Harvard
discrimination?” Read the full article by Jonathan Capehart.The weekend was an exciting opportunity to not only learn from and collaborate with leaders from across the LGBTQ... View Details
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
the respect and capacity to pull the best out of each area of the corporation." A self-awareness and self-assurance when it comes to one's values and sense of purpose. At the same time, however, "you need to be flexible in View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
from foreign countries, raise their hand. "What do you associate with it?" The yellow border, answers one. Others note the stunning photography, detailed maps, and magazines piled up all around the house. A few minutes later... View Details
- 24 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day
scores decrease. Why? Because they suffer from cognitive fatigue. In other words, their brains get tired. However, test scores do increase slightly when students get to take a short break immediately before taking a test. These are among... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Made in Italy
HBS faculty members and students visited Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna during the immersion to learn how the company became experts in electric car technology. Photo courtesy Lamborghini IMMERSIVE FIELD COURSES OFFERED AS ELECTIVES IN 2023 Denmark and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 Nov 2018
- HBS Case
On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website
knew from previous experience leading data science at Gap Inc. that consumers get frustrated with slow mobile apps. To him, the most important engineering requirement was providing users with a response to their search in milliseconds... View Details