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Fast Facts - Global

academic year 2022–23 MBA Program 39% Class of 2025 international students (66 countries). GLOBAL COLLOQUIUM ON PARTICIPANT-CENTERED LEARNING (GLOCOLL) 2,961 Participating faculty from over 400 universities since 2000 EXECUTIVE EDUCATION... View Details

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Founder - Entrepreneurship

Student Journey Founder Required Curriculum Elective Curriculum Throughout your Founder Path, get feedback on your idea, testing plan, business model, and more from experienced entrepreneurs and VCs by meeting 1:1 with Rock Executive... View Details

02 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

Salary Negotiations: A Catch-22 for Women

co-researchers, Jennifer Dannals of Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business, and Nir Halevy and Margaret Neale, both of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, analyzed data from 2,552 MBA students and executives from five... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

25 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

When Your Passion Works Against You

change the world for the better,” he said. Jobs’ passion and his ability to communicate it saved the company. Business leaders like Jobs who express passion in the workplace can reap big benefits, earning enough admiration and support from colleagues to View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

rather than focus simply on products and sales. And Gulati's research, including interviews with 500 executives spanning industries and geographies, asserts that outside-in success is not confined to any one sector. "I see the move... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

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Building From the Bottom Up - Managing the Future of Work

and high churn for companies. As companies struggle to fill positions in the post-Covid recovery, they will need to invest in retaining and nurturing talent—especially for the lowest earners who perform the most critical tasks. Read the Report View Details

04 Apr 2011
HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

risk-taking, a greater focus on commercial activities, and more cross-departmental collaboration," notes the case, cowritten by Garvin and Carin-Isabel Knoop, executive director of HBS's Global Research Group. The story especially... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports and (b) how the risk of governmental monitoring affects the extent to which CSR reports are symbolic or substantive. First, we examine how firm characteristics reflecting dependence on the government—including private... View Details

08 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?

for the pricing of bids made by its foreign subsidiaries. The company believed that its U.S.-based executives would be more effective in making pricing decisions because they had a broader purview of the company's needs. But the time... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

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A Commitment to Sustainability | About

at Harvard and beyond. HBS promotes sustainability across our community with support from Operations, the Student Sustainability Associates program, the Business & Environment Initiative , the employee Green Team , and Executive Education... View Details

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

says. “So training becomes an easy way to try to fix the problem, even though it doesn’t fix it.” Although Beer and his colleagues at TruePoint have worked with senior executives in hundreds of organizations to enable honest conversations... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

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Public Education Leadership Project

build management and leadership skills, and acquire new ability to achieve long-term excellence across all schools in your district. You will return to your district with new ideas and strategies that you can implement successfully. Read More Develop, communicate, and... View Details

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Esteves Hall | About

Esteves Hall The renovation of Esteves Hall was made possible by the support of André Santos Esteves, cofounder and CEO of Brazil-based BTG Pactual, and his wife, Lilian. Esteves Hall, reopened in April 2015, is an executive education... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Understanding the Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard

which senior executives identify as one of their top priorities, along with climate change and diversity, equity, and inclusion. REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES... View Details

17 Apr 2022
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How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

question-and-answer format that’s accessible for everyone from C-suite executives to business students. It covers a wide range of topics, from the basics of ethical behavior and legal liabilities to the cultivation of best practices and... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Women at HBS - Alumni

and mobilizes professionals who deliver strategic and tactical advice to a wide range of clients. Chief , cofounded by Carolyn Childers (MBA 2008) , supports New York—based women in their journey to executive leadership. The private... View Details

05 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

of their trustworthiness at the bargaining table. 1. Speak their language Some years ago, an airline that was seeking to go high-tech with its ticketing process invited a number of consulting firms to bid on the project. At the kickoff meeting with prospective... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

commerce, to greater and lesser degrees depending on the country. "This law is seen as deriving from direct, divine command," said Vogel. "This is important to grasp." Frank E. Vogel Executives who understand the basic... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

electronic commerce , moral leadership , nonprofit governance Interviews Dr. Elizabeth Mary Okelo Ritu Kumar Dr. Manu Chandaria Francis Okomo-Okello Nii Narku Quaynor Kwasi Abeasi V.G. Narayanan Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration Senior... View Details

19 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 19

therefore exacerbated career concerns, and show that this forecast pattern is more pronounced after the Settlement. Both analysts and bank executives benefit from this behavior. Analysts issuing more biased forecasts for potential future... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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