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- 23 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Application Tips from MBA Admissions
What are we looking for in your application? The Application Tips video series breaks down each section of the application and provides some thoughts and advice from members of the MBA Admissions team. We encourage you to review the short... View Details
- 05 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Meet The HBS African American Student Union
Founded in 1968 by 5 Black students at Harvard Business School, the African American Student Union (AASU) is a community for all Black students at HBS inclusive of all backgrounds, familial situations, and social preferences. Our goal is... View Details
- Program
Preparing to Be a Corporate Director
Summary What does it take to succeed as a corporate director? For senior executives interested in joining a corporate board, preparation is key, as board service presents unique responsibilities, dynamics, risks, and opportunities. It... View Details
- Profile
Jonathan Evans
HBS was my top choice among business schools because I wanted a learning environment steeped in not only thinking but also doing. The soul of HBS is the case method, which brings real business issues to life and permeates the academic... View Details
- 18 Apr 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
How Are Small Businesses Adjusting to COVID-19? Early Evidence From a Survey
- 05 Aug 2011
- News
High achievers, high anxieties
- 07 Oct 2016
- News
Boston-based attorney argues Uber’s star ratings are racially biased
- Teaching Interest
Designing Winning Organizations
The course focuses on only one thing: how to design an organization that executes strategy better than competitors. This course will not teach you how to formulate strategy. Instead, taking strategy as given, you will learn the practical tools, tips, and techniques... View Details
- March 2014
- Case
Babcock International Plc
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2013, Babcock International Plc (Babcock) was the largest engineering services provider in the UK with sales of over £3 billion. Under the leadership of CEO Peter Rogers, Babcock had grown revenues and profits nearly tenfold over the previous decade as it benefited... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Change; Strategy And Leadership; Diversification; United Kingdom; Military; Nuclear Power; Nuclear; Engineering And Construction; Conglomerates; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Construction Industry; Energy Industry; United Kingdom
Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Babcock International Plc." Harvard Business School Case 714-496, March 2014.
- 14 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
5 Lessons I Hope Marketers Don’t Learn from Donald Trump
If marketing is a profession, and I hope it is, then I suggest there are five rules that marketers should not follow in the interests of self-respect and respect for the profession. It pays to pander. No it... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Deighton
- Web
Placement - Doctoral
Placement Tradition of Success The demand for faculty at business schools has never been greater. Graduates of the HBS Doctoral Programs have gone on to become prominent scholars in a wide range of disciplines at many of the world’s most... View Details
- 19 Oct 2017
- HBS Seminar
Dennis Carlton, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- 2009
- Chapter
Nonlinear Pricing
By: Raghuram Iyengar and Sunil Gupta
A nonlinear pricing schedule refers to any pricing structure where the total charges payable by customers are not proportional to the quantity of their consumed services. We begin the chapter with a discussion of the broad applicability of nonlinear pricing schemes. We... View Details
Keywords: Price; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Monopoly; Service Operations; Research
- March 2012
- Article
Why U.S. Competitiveness Matters to All of Us
By: Nitin Nohria
Americans may not realize this, but the world wants the United States to be competitive. For more than a century, global observers have considered the U.S. economy to be an exemplar and America a country to envy and imitate. Unfortunately, America's reign as the... View Details
Nohria, Nitin. "Why U.S. Competitiveness Matters to All of Us." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012).
- October 2008 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth
By: Robert S. Huckman and Gary P. Pisano
Considers the situation facing David Barger, President and CEO of JetBlue Airways, in May 2007 as he addresses the airline's need to slow its growth rate in the response to increasing fuel costs and the effects of major operational crisis for the airline in February... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Operations; Performance Capacity; Performance Efficiency; Competitive Strategy; Air Transportation Industry
Huckman, Robert S., and Gary P. Pisano. "JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth." Harvard Business School Case 609-046, October 2008. (Revised June 2011.)
- 28 Feb 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Patent Trolls and Small-Business Employment
- 01 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Answers to Your Top Questions about Financial Aid at HBS
At HBS, we are committed to ensuring that an MBA is both affordable and accessible to students from all backgrounds. First off, don’t worry, you do not need to apply for financial aid until after you have... View Details
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Managing Health Care Delivery
reform, and payers are demanding cost control. These factors have placed great strain on health care delivery, and pose significant challenges for vulnerable populations. These issues are not unique; they... View Details