Competency and Skills - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 May 2022
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HKS Policy Analysis Exercise Showcase

final analysis—usually around 40 pages or 10,000 words—gives students the opportunity to integrate the technical skills and specialized knowledge gained from the MPP curriculum while also helping the client... View Details

10 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?

Summing Up Summing up the unusually large number of responses to the piece on street smarts, the consensus is that they represent skills taught by experience, role models, and experiential learning... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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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

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Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description - Recruiting

is already written on the website. In a conversational tone, briefly describe what the candidate can expect to do in the role and the primary skills they would use in the process. If you want to include a... View Details

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By: Reshmaan N. Hussam

Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Ikenna Okezie

education at the University of Tokyo Medical School. He also kept his quantitative skills honed working summers as a financial analyst in the Surgical Services Administration at Brigham and Women's Hospital... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

work and firms compete to craft successful business strategies. 8 weeks 6-8 hours per week 5 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What... View Details

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Judging Success - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

objectives, including knowledge transfer, skills development, and the cultivation of self-awareness, judgment, and the capacity to lead. In the short run, the success of an... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

New Venture Competition: Tough Tech Prize Secure funding for a summer well spent between your RC and EC years developing your own new venture or joining an early-stage start-up. Climate and Energy Prize @... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Stan O’Neal

O’Neal Photo courtesy Merrill Lynch & Co., INC. While Merrill Lynch CEO E. Stanley O’Neal admits the public perception of CEOs, business, and financial markets may be low in the current climate, he loves what he does. “I often pinch... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance

26 May 2016
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993

without the notion of EQ and IQ coming up. Erdoes is someone who has both emotional and intellectual intelligence—in spades. The combination of compassion and analytical View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Harvard Business Review in 2017 for "Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management?” with Nicholas Bloom and John Van Reenen. Andy Wu : Winner of the 2018 Best Conference Paper Award from the Behavioral Strategy... View Details

16 Aug 2018
News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

that we call the ‘high-impact entrepreneur.’” There are three things that define high-impact to Endeavor. First is having the commercial skills to create something that’s large and successful, creating a lot... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

15 Sep 2017
News

Christopher Harland (MBA 1984)

argument and present my ideas are powerful skills to have,” says Harland. After graduating a George F. Baker scholar, Harland went on to a 32-year career at Morgan Stanley, serving as chairman View Details

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

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Growing on the Job - Alumni

see our strengths and/or weaknesses, or identify areas for improvement, objectively. Tip: Get feedback from people who have skills you admire, and can help you envision a path toward their level of... View Details

07 Jun 2021
Book

9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

regardless of the size of the organization and the asks. The author recalls interviewing the CEO of an organization that had just completed a successful $1.4 billion capital campaign. The CEO confessed he had gotten his fundraising View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

August 28 $1,850 Certificate Economics for Managers Professor Bharat Anand Gain economic insights and learn how markets work and firms compete to craft successful business... View Details

2017
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Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices

By: Matthew Taylor, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent

I was not the only person appointed to the Review. My fellow Review team members, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent have not only been an important source of ideas and wisdom throughout the process but have led in engaging with key groups of... View Details

Keywords: Future Of Work; Labor Relations; Marketplaces; Employment; Labor and Management Relations; Labor; Markets

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

requires new skill sets and networks. This case also showcases multiple uses of “blended capital” financing structures. Social Finance, Inc. (219044) by Shawn Cole and Fanele... View Details

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