Competency and Skills - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2012 (Revised December 2012)
Case

Addleshaw Goddard LLP (Abridged)

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and James Weber

Addleshaw-Goddard (AG), the 15th largest law firm in the UK, is seeking ways to serve larger clients on more important legal matters. Part of this strategy involves its "Client Development Centre (CDC)," an innovative idea and set of services launched by Dr. Jim Hever... View Details

Keywords: Price; Innovation and Invention; Service Operations; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Advantage; Diversification; Legal Services Industry; United Kingdom

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04 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

In recent years, polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton has been celebrated through books, memoirs, several films, and a major museum exhibit. His achievements on the ice have much to teach business students View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Portrait Project

Alex Angelopoulos

hubs felt out of reach. A small startup of five was the antidote to my distress. Huddled around a laptop in a cramped, buzzing co-working space in Athens, our team competed with Goliaths, fueled only by our determination, creativity,... View Details

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The Gift of Global Talent

Research Research The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society By: William R. Kerr By: William R. Kerr The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty

meager supply of life jackets, neglecting to keep one for herself. When the boat sank, she used her skills as a former lifeguard to save people in the shark-infested waters, but hundreds of others drowned. Fashioning a flotation device... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

emerged and competed with one another in the early decades of university business education. The first was a simple aggregation of courses taught elsewhere in the university View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

Teaching Interest

Negotiation

By: Kevin P. Mohan

Managerial success requires the ability to negotiate. Whether you are forging an agreement with your suppliers, trying to ink a deal with potential customers, raising money from investors, managing a conflict inside your firm, or resolving a dispute that is headed... View Details

14 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Veteran Financial Aid Outlook

personal financial situation with my goals. I applied to scholarships and sought additional assistance through VR&E (Ch.31). I decided HBS was the place I could maximize my transition into civilian life, learn View Details

Winter 2021
Editorial

Introduction

By: Michael A. Wheeler

This issue of Negotiation Journal is dedicated to the theme of artificial intelligence, technology, and negotiation. It arose from a Program on Negotiation (PON) working conference on that important topic held virtually on May 17–18. The conference was not the... View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Information Technology; Negotiation; AI and Machine Learning

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16 Apr 2019
Blog Post

How Being an Introvert Influenced My Business School Experience

bolster important communication skills and build up a base level of confidence needed to address large audiences, a valuable “real world” skill. Given that as an introvert I prefer a slower pace View Details

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Nonprofit Board Service - Alumni

Resources HBS OnBoard is a program from the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative designed to inspire and support alumni serving on nonprofit boards. Program sessions focus on the leadership skills needed for the... View Details

19 Mar 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

invested in working and speaking together, Neeley says. Managers should also be aware that workers often underestimate their language capabilities. In many cases, testing and offering benchmarks helps calm... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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About the Project - U.S. Competitiveness

and improve the competitiveness of the United States—that is, the ability of firms operating in the U.S. to compete successfully in the global economy while supporting high and... View Details

29 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

critical reasoning and quantitative skills substantially and I am better for it. Four events in my first year are unforgettable: learning my husband, Abdul-Rahman (MBA 2022),... View Details

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

skills in the classroom became well known to students and faculty alike. To actively involve students in the learning process, which is the essence of the discussionmethod teaching he brought to such great... View Details

20 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting the Marketing Mix Right

whereas gains from detailing would come at the expense of competing drugs (84 percent). By contrast, the random coefficient logit model predicted that gains from DTCA, M&E, and detailing would come... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

their agreements with the current employer and their knowledge of trade secrets. The law is clear that if someone is currently working for a company, particularly if her or she is a key employee, they cannot operate a View Details

Keywords: by Staff

04 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Tech Club

all levels of tech experience and knowledge. What do you hope students get out of their membership? Our goal is that students (regardless of their skill level) can enter the club and, through the... View Details

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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

students committed to driving positive societal change. Through panels & workshops, community-building events, and collaborative projects across HBS and the broader Harvard community, we equip members with... View Details

27 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall

device industry. That allowed the researchers to evaluate how a recall’s severity and proximity—the degree of product market overlap between recalled and competing products—may... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Auto; Medical Devices & Supplies

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