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Research Summary

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Professor Pons studies questions in political economy and development with the goal of understanding how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved.

He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

Pricing, product customization, and service customization cannot be entrusted to either group alone. The impact on economics, the whole account base, and corporate strategy require an integrated approach. At the small account end, the sales force competes with and is... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

and complements perfectly the physical business we have built so far.” Another example is MyoMaster, a company that specializes in recovery products and knowledge for athletes. Founded by couple Joe Gray and Lottie Whyte, MyoMaster... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

director of operations told us. They complemented this broad messaging with daily meetings before each shift focused entirely on safety protocols involving both operation managers and employees. Employees participate in monitoring and are... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

01 Dec 1996
News

Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business

killing, and then bury the competition, right? Well, half right. Competitors aren't the whole picture. Providing complementary products - or making sure they are available - is the other half of the game. A complement to one product is... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

You Haven’t Changed a Bit

and guests from the MBA Classes of 1950, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, and 1985 reconvened and took their places once again for stimulating classroom discussions led by HBS faculty, complemented by a full array of dinners, get-togethers, and... View Details

Keywords: reunion

Career Coach

Matt Spielman

the globe. To complement his training as a certified executive coach, Matt draws upon his operating experience working as a Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, SVP Strategy & Innovation and Chief People Officer. Matt... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Sports; Technology; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All)

15 Nov 2020
News

How Scholarships Helped One Student Achieve Many Firsts

took full advantage of the opportunities available to her, and how her formal business education complemented the informal lessons she learned from the small-business owners in her family’s restaurant plaza. View Details

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 05 Mar 2019
Webinars: Career

Starting a New Position? How to Ensure You're Successful

About to begin a new role at a new company or one within your existing organization? Inflection Point Partners' Matt Spielman (MBA 1999) shares the five-step process that he has put into practice with executives across the globe to help ensure success in those first... View Details

Career Coach

Yanzhan Wen

advice in networking best practices. As a Canadian, he offers unique perspectives on overcoming challenges international student commonly encounter, complemented by strategic tactics to navigate such hurdles effectively. Work Experience:... View Details

27 May 2021
News

Sal Khan (MBA 2003) Awarded Honorary Degree by Harvard

peer-to-peer tutoring resource meant to complement Khan Academy.” Khan spoke to the Bulletin last year as part of a conversation with Senior Lecturer John Kim about the pandemic’s lasting impact on education. View Details

Career Coach

Deborah Resnick

Deborah (HBS '06) has deep expertise in consulting (breaking into consulting, navigating a career in consulting, and breaking out!), complemented by a diverse set of operational and managerial experience across Fortune 500 companies and a... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Retail

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Introduction - The Response - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

original photographic prints that had appeared in the publication. The sharp, crisp photographs, complemented by the brochure’s clean, graphic design, led readers through a series of manufacturing steps: from the careful selecting and... View Details

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Additional Harvard Funding | MBA

Additional Harvard Funding We complement our need-based Harvard Business School (HBS) Scholarships with a small number of other awards for students with specific backgrounds and interests. The majority of these awards are available to... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Great Expectations

exercises — some of which were pioneered in our Executive Education programs — that were immersive, field-based, and action-oriented. Our goal was to complement the case method with a more field-based approach to learning — one that would... View Details

Keywords: Youngme Moon; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Portrait Project

Lincoln Alabaster

always been "to gain the leadership and business skills that complement my natural creativity." After all, the number-one goal of the film producer is to make a positive return on investment. So NPV aside, the central... View Details

Portrait Project

Anonymous

develop a business that uses its profit-making discipline to best enable economic development. For my personal life, I hope to first find my complement and then raise children as fortunate as my sister and I. View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

White knight in the rye

collecting and philanthropy. His grand gesture toward Salinger was complemented by his charitable view of Maynard, the target of unfavorable comment from many quarters, not the least of which was the National Review, which dubbed her an... View Details

17 Dec 2014
News

Facilitating an understanding of business and society in Turkey and the surrounding region

As executive director of HBS’s Istanbul Research Center, Esel Çekin (AMP 184, 2013) serves as a bridge between the business world in Turkey and, more frequently, the broader Middle East with HBS faculty, alumni, and students. The Istanbul native’s deep knowledge of her... View Details

11 Jan 2016
News

Guiding Students to Out-of-School Programs and Resources

impact on both students and their parents. “Harvard really gave me the ability to translate my ideas—which I had many of—and make them into visions. So, Harvard was a wonderful complement to the other experiences I had in my life, and it... View Details

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