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25 Oct 2018
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This big factor is at the heart of political protests all over Middle East

February 2018 (Revised May 2019)
Case

CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap

By: William Kerr, Michael Norris and Manjari Raman

In 2018, Ann Randazzo, executive director of the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) is assessing the organization’s performance since its 2006 founding. Founded to address an imminent retirement bubble of middle skills workers in the utilities industry,... View Details

Keywords: Workforce Development; Industry Cooperation; Skills Gap; Middle Skills; Training; Strategic Planning; Competency and Skills; Utilities Industry; United States

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07 Jun 2023
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My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

students discuss and debate potential solutions with fellow classmates, bringing their personal, cultural, and professional backgrounds to bear. While all cases help broaden the perspectives of future leaders, students find some to be... View Details

2025
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Training Within Firms

By: Brayan Diaz, Andrea Neyra-Nazarrett, Julian Ramirez, Raffaella Sadun and Jorge Tamayo

Training investments are essential for improving worker and firm productivity, yet their implementation is often hindered by low participation rates and insufficient worker engagement. This study uses data from three firms–a car manufacturer, a quick-service... View Details

Keywords: Productivity; Absenteeism; Middle Managers; Training; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Employees

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09 Nov 2015
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Career Data Released for the MBA Class of 2015

24 May 2012
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Graduating Harvard Business School Students Hold Class Day Exercises

20 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All

and jerk of your carry-on up to the overhead. An inelegant flop into the middle seat completes the journey—until View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Air Transportation; Sports; Travel

March 2020 (Revised June 2023)
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Profiles of the Classes of 1997, 1998, and 2000

By: Anthony J. Mayo and Keith Bender

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26 May 2020
News

Claire Wagner Named Harvard Business School’s 2020 Student Class Day Speaker

27 May 2014
Video

Class of 2014: Where are you going next?

29 May 2019
Video

2019 Class Day Distinguished Speaker Michael R. Bloomberg

28 May 2025
Video

2025 Class Day Welcome Co-Chairs Sarah Zia & Jordan Thomas

03 Jun 2021
News

Commemorating the Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Graduation

28 May 2025
Video

2025 Class Day SA Presidents Hayden Tanabe & Taylor Walden

25 May 2017
News

Graduating Harvard Business School MBA Students Celebrate Class Day

October 1984
Case

NIKE (B1): Business Class Travel

Presents information about Nike's way of accounting for travel expenses. The teaching objective is to raise the academic question: What is a policy? and then to proceed to a specific action question: what should be Nike's travel policy? View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Policy; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry

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July 2011 (Revised December 2015)
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Assistant Professor Gyan Gupta and the Wet Noodle Class (A)

By: Dorothy Leonard and Susan S. Harmeling

Professor Gupta faces three major problems in teaching cases: 1) his students, accustomed to lectures, don't know how to conduct a case discussion; 2) the students are using the Internet to discover the outcome of managerial dilemmas posed in the case; 3) he wants to... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Learning; Teaching; Cases; Outcome or Result; Internet and the Web; Theory; Education Industry

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