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01 Jun 2013
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Revitalizing America

educational videos. The line between business- oriented entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs is blurry and easily crossed. In fact, as I have seen in my research as part of the US Competitiveness Project at HBS, service is one way to... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

17 Jul 2017
Blog Post

Podcast: Should You Consider the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program?

to learn about how to market a product and position a product. You can pick up those things on the job more slowly than you could in graduate school, it's exactly the stuff we teach in an MBA program.” And how would you convince a business View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Faculty Books

create their own personal leadership development plan centered on five key areas: knowing your authentic self, orienting your moral compass, understanding your motivations, building your support team, and staying grounded by integrating... View Details

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

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Contact Us | Information Technology

our calendar. We’ll schedule an informational kickoff meeting to discuss the specifics of your program and determine if the LOC is a good fit. We’ll give you a hands-on orientation tour of the classroom to ensure that you’ll feel right at... View Details

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The Experience | Information Technology

online meetings, the HBS Live Online Classrooms let you interact with learners in amazing ways. High-definition LED screens and directional speakers instantly orient you—when a participant speaks, you know exactly where to turn. The... View Details

30 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2013

in New-Employee Orientation Employee orientation programs ought to be less about the company and more about the employee, according to new research by Daniel M. Cable, Francesca Gino, and Bradley R. Staats.... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Alumni Forums - Alumni

on their particular approaches to supporting forums, so please consult your club's forum administrator. What happens during an HBS Alumni Forum orientation session? The orientation provides the foundation... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Pedal Mettle

look to Lance and see that there are no limits.” An investor-relations manager at Moore Capital Management, based in New York City, Berté also helps lead an orientation group for patients preparing for stem-cell transplants. “I love my... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 May 2019
Blog Post

Viewpoints: Synthetic Thinking with a Humble Mindset

whether by nation (us vs. them), by wealth (rich vs. poor), and by political orientation (Right vs. Left). This is a world where there is thesis and anti-thesis; and these two positions are seemingly incompatible. However, the following... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Books

knowledgeable ambassadors armed with cost-saving solutions customers will be happy to pay for. His method involves “value creation selling,” that is, reconfiguring a sales force’s orientation toward customers’ profitability before its own... View Details

Keywords: Management

14 Dec 2017
News

Making Movies Is a Class Act

stayed connected with the Christie family. Though Christie is enjoying a resurgence of attention of late—the film Murder on the Orient Express premiered last month and the BBC is adapting several stories for TV—when Abrams and Wood were... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Feb 1999
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Short Takes

development. Tacit dimensions of human behavior can also point to new directions in product creation, say Leonard and Sensiper. In designing an automobile navigation system, for example, researchers at the product-design company IDEO noticed that some subjects... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

27 Jun 2017
News

Suzanne J. Battit (MBA 1992)

Suzanne J. Battit (MBA 1992) Suzanne Battit will never forget her first week at Harvard Business School. She loved Orientation and felt particularly lucky to be a member of section D. “Classmates nicknamed us ‘the love section,’ because... View Details

22 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Name Your Price. Really.

questionnaire to determine their SVO. Sure enough, those with a pro-social orientation forked over an average of $1.22 for the cookie, while those with a pro-self orientation paid an average of 62 cents.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

17 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Through The Eyes of The Patient: A Recap of The 13th Annual Health Care Conference

Engagement”. Oriented around the consumerization of health care and patients as more engaged stakeholders, 40 panelists across different 8 panels and 2 keynotes delivered their thoughts about what adding a more invested, active consumer... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

01 Dec 2015
News

Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right

This raises a number of questions about who pays a lot...and who pays a little. Can sellers take low-cost subtle actions that will get the people who pay a little to pay a little bit more? Past research on social value orientation shows... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Oct 1997
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Honorable Mention

Association's task force on admissions, were recognized for their efforts to help develop a long-term strategy to boost admission of women to the MBA Program. David Hughes, section president, student senator, and HBS Show production manager, was praised by Clark for... View Details

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

organizations are certainly economic instruments, but they also have an immense impact on human development and the well-being of society. Sustaining research attention on both the ethical and economic responsibilities of business, and on the tensions between them,... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Dec 2002
News

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao Advises New MBA Students on Business Values

Chao Photo Stuart Cahill As part of the orientation for the MBA Class of 2004, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao (MBA '79) told 899 entering students that they had an obligation to help fix the American free-enterprise system. “This... View Details

17 Apr 2024
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New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures

MiCampo - Marcus Stromeyer (MBA 2024), Julian Saavedra - MiCampo is an AI-powered ranch management solution for Latin America. NEAT: Niger Meat - Sharif Nami (MBA 2024), Mouin Chreif (MBA 2024), Ali Akhdar - First export oriented abattoir... View Details

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