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10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

Depot has studied deeply how to best deploy their assets in order to satisfy the customer in a way that allows for an excellent return on invested capital. They have also paid very close attention to what is likely their most profitable... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

phrase that has been defined as a "state of rational apprehension that does not result in appropriate action." In her brilliant study of the disastrous decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, sociologist Diane Vaughan... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

01 Dec 2020
News

In Review

Administration. We also engaged in the continuous renewal of courses across all our programs, driven by our faculty’s research and the 250 new cases they write each year. The last decade has been an exciting time for curricular innovation... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

City of Dreams

remade his mother’s broken washing machine into a chair. He loved to work with wood, shaping a table out of raw planks. Transforming the things around him was an outlet, a way to make his vision a reality. Studying architecture was a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

12 Jul 2019
News

The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster

something around that. And so that evening, we cornered Tom Eisenmann at the Sheraton Hotel in Palo Alto and literally sketched out—about the most cliche thing you can do—sketched out on a napkin how Cloudflare would work. And said will you be our advisor for an... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

The Long Run

death in a quantity equivalent to two grains of salt, has become a major factor contributing to the spike in overdoses. Last year, recognizing the fast-moving and shapeshifting nature of these and other alarming developments, Langford approached Georgia Governor Nathan... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

01 Dec 2012
News

From Where We Stand

and interactive photo project: January 2013 Women's Student Association's Dynamic Women in Business Conference: February 23, 2013 Case study on women at HBS and in business by Professor Boris Groysberg:... View Details

09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

previous books: the Watsons of IBM, Sam Walton, for example. What led you to focus this time on Andy Grove? Tedlow: Having looked at CEO's, as you mentioned, in other books, and really having studied the phenomenon of the chief executive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

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1.11 Leaves of Absence | MBA

more than five years in the aggregate will be required to reapply for admission to the MBA Program in order to return; readmission is not guaranteed. Voluntary Leaves of Absence Following the completion of Term 1, students in good standing who wish to interrupt their... View Details

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Program Policies - HBS Online

Harvard Business School Online (“HBS Online”) Program. HBS Online offers online courses, programs or other offerings in specific areas of study or on particular topics (each, a “Program”). When enrolling in a Program, participants accept... View Details

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