Competency and Skills - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer

competitors, but now the arena is moving to the WTO, and that's different competition. They are not competing with similar airplanes, they are competing on who convinces the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing

18 Apr 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Emerging Markets

including courses like Africa Rising or Global Tech Entrepreneurship, and interaction with fellow students in the Africa Business Club, will equip me with the necessary skills View Details

11 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

that disproportionately rewards people who can throw an orange ball through a hoop, people who can pick companies to invest in,” says Kim. “If you happen to be one of the lucky ones with a skill set that affords so much opportunity, it’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

20 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh

dislikes. It’s hard for computers to compete with that." Where did that computer recommendation come from? Besides, product recommendations that seem to pop up out of nowhere in a social media feed or email may come across as confusing... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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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

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For Recruiters - Health Care

outside perspective as well as strong analytic and strategic training. For students, the summer provides a rare opportunity to apply new skills and to experience the rewards... View Details

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

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

new roles and creates the motivation and readiness to learn from knowledge and skill training that they can now enact. “These are not lockstep... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

your leadership skills to drive organizational success and effectively implement transformative change. 7 weeks 6-8 hours per week 7 modules Self-Paced This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

offer popcorn as well as bowls of spicy beef over French fries. During timeouts, the nearly 10,000 fans—one of them painted head to toe in green, yellow, and red, and another wearing an impossibly detailed... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

Blog

Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method

emphasis shifted from facts and theories to practical situations and outcomes. This shift was part of a larger cultural movement toward instrumentalism and pragmatism that... View Details

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

helped a lot. It’s one of the reasons Aphrodite supports 50 currencies now. Daniel Dietzel CEO of Aphrodite at Aphrodite Gain the skills and knowledge needed to grow your business internationally View Details

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

cautious about accepting jobs in highly politicized environments where only those who are very skillful at handling difficult work relationships can prosper. Those early in their careers can glean important self-insight through careful... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

20 Nov 2023

Veteran Student Perspectives: The Value of an MBA

Join a panel of current veteran students to hear about their experiences at HBS and how they have advanced their skills to enter a variety of industries and even to start their... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Redefining How Businesses Operate

In her LinkedIn profile, Rebecca Hu (MBA 2023) describes herself as a “biologist-turned-technologist obsessed with building great software products.” A product manager at the language learning app Duolingo, Hu immersed herself in electives and activities centered... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

achievement. In the 1960s, however, it began to self-destruct by diversifying, first in attempting to compete with IBM in the production of mainframes and then by becoming a conglomerate, purchasing, among... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

authors explain the fundamentals of platforms, different strategies and business models, common errors, and platform battlegrounds of the future that involve competing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

frameworks are complicated. The processes that companies install to develop their strategy are highly complex, hundreds of slides, dozens of analyses, many competing frameworks and considerations. I meet... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

03 May 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the First HBS African-American Mother-Daughter Duo

of the hardest in her life in a white-male dominated institution, the struggle was worth it. Growing up, I noticed the value of the Harvard MBA experience, especially as a Black woman. It gave her the skill sets, credibility, View Details

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Newsletter - Managing the Future of Work

Subscribe to Managing the Future of Work Newsletter Subscribe to Managing the Future of Work Newsletter Many forces are redefining the nature of work: automation and AI, the gig economy, the care economy, the View Details

22 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

and if given the tools, empowerment, and support, they will not only perform for you—they will thrive,” Neeley says. “We need to trust ourselves, trust our people, and increase... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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