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09 Mar 2023
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

class discussions, attending guest lectures from industry leaders, and forming lasting friendships with classmates during exciting trips and events. Anything else you would like to add? If you are considering HBS, I encourage you to take... View Details

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

Center for Entrepreneurship The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship is a vital resource to HBS students and a champion for entrepreneurship at HBS. Are you an entrepreneur? Need advice on pitch feedback or startup challenges? HBS... View Details

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

what he calls the negative outliers. The estimated cost—based on turnover triggered by the toxic worker and the cost associated with new hires and training—is likely on the low end, Minor says, because it doesn’t take into account... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

01 Dec 2023
News

Case Study: Staking a Claim

Chime. Kate Terry has created a fascinating product offering that takes advantage of changing consumer behavior to reinvent a staid category and, as a result, benefits from economical acquisition costs. But being the first in a category... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

intellectual property. Expert Office Hours : Any Harvard student may sign up for the Harvard Innovation Labs’ virtual or in-person office hours. Get real-world advice from seasoned entrepreneurship experts in the Boston and global... View Details

07 Aug 2013
What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

the proper role of judgment in decision-making? What do you think? Original Article In the last several years, a veritable tsunami of advice on how to make decisions has hit the Internet and what few shelves remain in our local... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

innovation. Highlights Healthcare.gov Case Show Hide Details Case Studies Healthcare.gov: The Crash and the Fix The 2010 Chilean Mining Rescue The U.S. Army’s AfterAction Reviews Featured Exercises Giving feedback exercise Giving and receiving View Details

01 Feb 2022
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Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

You take it and you persuade people and you build the case and you build the social movement around it to get it done. Lambert: What is the first piece of advice you would give a potential corporate... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Sep 2023
News

Case Study: The Home Team

to pull, rather than taking out a loan at a higher interest rate later to pay for a new roof.” So far buyers have loved it. They say it helps them look at a prospective purchase with a broader perspective, beyond just countertops and... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

02 Nov 2016
Blog Post

The Benefits of a Residential Campus

A friend who just entered the Class of 2018 recently shared with me that upon letting a few mentors know about her acceptance, one of them called her immediately and said — I have only one piece of advice for you: live on campus. My... View Details

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

have found that taking things in stride is the best way to stay sane. However, it does take a village! My husband and my mom have been extremely supportive. What advice do you... View Details

14 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Dating at HBS

amount of people do date outside of the HBS community. From my friends it seems as if online dating is the best way to meet those people. What advice do you have for prospective students who are single or in a relationship? Don’t come in... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Research Brief: Making Way for Moonshots

Josh Krieger (Courtesy subject) Josh Krieger (Courtesy subject) Many innovations in modern medicine have come about due to cutting-edge drugs—advances that required both a scientific leap and a willingness to take risks. And while most pharmaceutical companies would... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

23 Oct 2019
Blog Post

How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life

helps scholars and firms capture and analyze conversation data online. We sat down with Professor Brooks to discuss the "How to Talk Gooder" course and to get some advice on that very topic. What is the class “How to Talk... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Case Study: Testing the Waters

picture of its demographic: 70 percent of its customers are women. They are generally physically active, average about 42 years in age, and most of them are parents. In interviews, Cure found that its customers also tend to take other... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

28 Jun 2021
Blog Post

7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

approach you’re taking to move through complexity and uncertainty. This trains you every single day to develop rigorous mental frameworks to deal with problems in this methodical way. #4 Ask for help. The biggest View Details

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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

center, 2001. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-highsm-15224. Vartan, Vartanig G. "Peterson Is Named Chief Executive by Lehman: Former Commerce Secretery to Take Ehrman's Post." The New York Times , July 27, 1973.... View Details

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

on an unsurprising outcome. In this case, a deal at 2.5 percent, the midpoint of the two parties' opening positions, seemed likely to be agreeable to both sides. This time things would be different, he resolved. He would save everyone hassle and delay by making... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

18 May 2023
News

India's New Money Managers

follow the advice but the women—who saw the positives—still sought advice from their husbands and fathers before making any financial decisions. This meant that men were easier to access and convert, which... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

22 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

have been recipients of it say that it’s humiliating,” she says. "It became really important for managers to ask, ‘How’s it going? How are you doing? How can I help?" Instead, Neeley takes a page from the late J. Richard Hackman, an... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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