Competency and Skills - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Mar 2024
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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

School. Making the connection at HBS At HBS, Nneka enjoyed her coursework focused on emerging markets, and she took an active role in the Africa Business Club as co-leader of the Africa Business Conference. Leading the conference provided... View Details

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

eleven regions compete like teams in a league, trying to beat one another's return on equity. Similarly, the 550 branches compete on two other key performance indicators: Cost to income View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

before they escalate Secure maximum value for your organization and yourself Reflect on personal behaviors and refine your approach to be more effective Who Will Benefit Negotiation Professionals... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Stein & Robert W. Vishny JUN 2015 What defines the role of traditional banks in a financial system where they compete with ‘shadow banks’? Hanson, Shleifer, Stein, and Vishny present a model in which both... View Details

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Founder - Entrepreneurship

the summer? Apply to one or both of the following: Rock/SEI Summer Fellowship Student i-Lab Membership SUMMER Work on your new venture: Rock Summer Fellowship program is a rigorous and practical program where you apply the View Details

06 Jun 2005
What Do You Think?

Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?

especially in math and science, so graduates will be able to compete effectively with government-subsidized colleges in India and China." So let's assume that there is no... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

2019
Working Paper

Rehabilitating Corporate Purpose

By: Malcolm S. Salter

In this paper, I address how the ascendance of the theory of shareholder value maximization into the central consciousness of public corporations and its canonization as the only legitimate expression of corporate purpose has contributed to both a widening breach... View Details

Keywords: Capitalism; Justice; Corporate Purpose; Shareholder Value Maximization; Ethical Reciprocity; Economic Systems; Business Ventures; Mission and Purpose; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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March 2015
Case

BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm

By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White

BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.

In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy

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31 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

agencies, and compared prosocial and standard job postings with the same skill requirements—some 27,000 of them. To test the veracity of their work, the authors... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

to let go of commanding by fear and trust they’ve hired competent people who aren’t slacking off. One caveat: While most workers thrive with a hands-off approach, Choudhury’s research suggests that junior... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2023
News

Buy Big, Sell Small

brands and SKUs,” she says. Shruti, who graduated at the top of her class at the Indian Institute of Technology and had experience in consulting and impact investing, came to... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; retail; supply chain management; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

To succeed in today's fast-moving economy, traditional corporate structures are holding back companies, even great companies, from being creative enough and speedy enough to compete effectively. What's... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

22 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate

growth of competing companies or countries. Firms can also process and use unstructured data, such as text from documents. “There is so much data we can use,” Chung says. “For example, average... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jan 2002
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Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

that distinguish top performance." What matters to Egon Zehnder? Sure, the founder of one of the world's largest executive search firms believes that new hires must possess piercing intellectual skills and... View Details

07 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

about world poverty. They want to move social marketing beyond mere sales and promotion. They insist that eliminating poverty requires all the complex skills the marketing profession can bring to bear. In... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

care, state-of-the-art facilities, and skilled doctors are available in many parts of the world, including in developing countries. Auxiliary health-care providers such as nurses go where care is needed.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

31 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Transitioning From the Military to Business School

in with David to see what it’s been like to make the transition to civilian life, learn more about his HBS experience, and find out how business school fits into his plans for the future. How did the military prepare you for HBS? The... View Details

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

career and life Who Will Benefit Early and Mid-Career Professionals Aspiring Finance or Investment Professionals New Leaders Gain the skills and... View Details

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

sketches and sparse instructions. He would more often tell them what not to play. Think about how valuable it would be for teams of business innovators to be free of preconceptions but as skilled at their... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

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Academics | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Courses The first year Required Curriculum (RC) incorporates social enterprise cases and topics in several courses ranging from finance to entrepreneurship. In their second (EC) year, students choose from a range of Social Enterprise... View Details

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