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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

strategies. 8 weeks, 6-8 hrs/week Pay by September 25 $1,850 Certificate Complete any three courses within this subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization in strategy . Complete the year-long CLIMB program to earn a Credential... View Details

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

in Investment Performance Measurement programs) allows its members the ability to self-determine and self-report continuing education credits earned from external sources. CFA Institute members are... View Details

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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details

17 Oct 2022
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Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

fill people’s intrinsic motivational needs as opposed to making it simply contractual.” In the executive education courses DeLong teaches at Harvard, he has conducted a simple exercise—asking participants to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 May 2021
Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

reflect persistent disparities based on race, gender, age, and educational attainment. Coming out of the crisis, providing more workers with pathways to economic stability will depend in large part on... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson

30 Mar 2003
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The Future of IT Consulting

an impressive education and training facility called St. Charles, outside of Chicago, which focuses on maintaining currency in the skill levels of their professionals, as well as providing a leading tool for... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting

12 Aug 2020
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Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

investments and never assume that years of education will make them more aware of misdeeds. Egan started studying ethics in financial services after an adviser swindled his aunt, a high-level university... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

01 Sep 2010
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Now Starring: Single Dad

WAND: With Robby, at HBS. Courtesy John Wand John Wand (MBA ’81) was about to enroll in Harvard College when his high-school sweetheart in Boise, Idaho, told him she was pregnant. The couple married and... View Details

Keywords: single parents; fatherhood; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2024
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Leveraging Generative AI

they should and shouldn’t be used for.” In making GenAI available to students, both the University and the School have established guidelines to preserve the rigor and integrity of the educational experience... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

13 Apr 2021
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How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

Unless men embrace their role in eliminating gender bias and barriers, organizations and institutions will never leverage the value that women bring to the workplace. “Most positions of power are still held by men,” says Colleen Ammerman,... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

19 May 2022
Blog Post

HKS Policy Analysis Exercise Showcase

April 26, students presented projects focused on a range of topics—female representation in the start-up ecosystem, anticipating climate disasters in Yemen, a community-based approach to early childhood... View Details

29 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

Income inequality is on the rise in many countries around the world, according to the United Nations. What’s more, disparities in global income were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with some countries... View Details

Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser

May 2021
Article

Making Doctors Effective Managers and Leaders: A Matter of Health and Well-Being

By: Lisa Rotenstein, Robert S. Huckman and Christine K. Cassel

The COVID-19 crisis has forced physicians to make daily decisions that require knowledge and skills they did not acquire as part of their biomedical training. Physicians are being called upon to be both managers—able to set processes and structures—and leaders—capable... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Management; Leadership; Health Pandemics; Health Industry

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Alumnae Circles - Alumni

It provides them with a strong support network and the opportunity to share, support, and inspire one another – personally and professionally – without competition or the need to impress. Members are asked to have an open mind and commit to participating View Details

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Regional Winners - Alumni

Jain, OPM 2016, Founder & CEO Region: Asia-Pacific Collective Academy Education to re-evolve the future Patricio Bichara, MBA 2015, Co-Founder & CEO Region: International Track Favarr Earn cash from the spare space View Details

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Golden Age of Black Business

In 1996, HBS endowed the H. Naylor Fitzhugh professorship, and in 2002 AASU renamed its annual conference in his honor. The Value of Business View Details

18 Jul 2023
Interview

Jeffrey Rayport on Product Market Fit, Profit Market Fit and Whiplash, and More

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Doug Levin

This episode of "Lessons from Startup Life" podcast features Jeffrey Rayport, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Jeffrey specializes in teaching and researching growth-stage technology ventures and their scalability. Prior to... View Details

Keywords: Scaling And Growth; Start-up; Diversity; Equity; Inclusion; Technology; Business Startups; Product Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation

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25 Jul 2013
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Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway

People make snap judgments all the time. That woman in the sharp business suit must be intelligent and successful; the driver who just cut me off is a rude jerk. These instant assessments, when we attribute a person's behavior to innate... View Details

Keywords: by Anna Secino; Education; Education

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Maha Malik

helping a "small, ten-person team in one of Pakistan's largest telecommunication companies develop the IoT ecosystem in the country. I'll work on a technology roadmap, sourcing of the hardware and... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Financial Services

01 Aug 1998
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Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center

Spangler embarked on an ancillary career of public service in education at the local, county, and state level. He was chairman of the state's Board of Education View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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