Publications

Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College.

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MBA Experience - Leadership

on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise. The first modules examine teams, individuals, and networks in the context of: The determinants of group culture. Managing the performance of individual... View Details

April 2004 (Revised November 2004)
Background Note

Why Complex Systems Fail

Operationally excellent organizations create competitive opportunities for themselves that are not available to their peers. One view of the manager's competitive dilemma is to pick the right position for his organization, differentiating it, for example, as a... View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Complexity

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The General Management Program Impact

Career-changing, life-changing where passionate leaders become the change. When senior executives from all corners of the world join forces at GMP, their energy, excitement, and expectations are flying high. From attending virtual sessions in the HBS Live Online... View Details

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Executive Education - Health Care

Delivery Addresses the complex challenge faced by health care leaders: being accountable for both medical and financial outcomes. With the focus on dramatically enhancing patient care, this intensive program helps you design, manage, and improve your organization. At... View Details

Fast Answer

Stock prices: current & historical

as ‘Add an Event Marker’. To download the data, click on the fifth icon from the right and select ‘Export to Excel’. For a multimedia learning module on LSEG Workspace check out our View Details

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements

responses. Response modules might include: facility lockdown, police or fire response, evacuation, isolation (preventing people from entering facilities), medical containment (response to significant epidemic), grief management, as well... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

February 1985 (Revised January 2024)
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Health Stop (A): What Type of Innovation Is It? And Six Factors Alignment

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Joyce Lallman, Nancy Kane, Jefferson C. Grahling and James Wallace

How can we evaluate if innovative health care ventures can do good—benefit society—and do well—become financially viable? This question is the topic of the first module in the Innovating In Health Care course book. This note and case series enables readers to conduct... View Details

Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Strategy; Valuation; Health Industry; Retail Industry

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

offer. Financial Accounting $1,850 Next 8-week session starts June 18th Enroll Now In this accounting fundamentals course, discover what's behind the numbers in financial statements, such as balance sheets and income statements. 8 weeks 6-8 hours per week 7 View Details

September 2024
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Eat App: Building and Monetizing an End-to-End Dining Experience Solution

By: Elie Ofek and Ahmed Dahawy

Founded in 2015 in Bahrain, Eat App was an up-and-coming player in the global restaurant management software business. In early 2024, having shifted to a product-led growth strategy, the company’s co-founders faced a host of decisions that could greatly impact their... View Details

Keywords: Price; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Marketing; Negotiation Deal; Internet and the Web; Value Creation; Profit; Revenue; Applications and Software; Product; Food and Beverage Industry; Technology Industry; Bahrain; United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi; Dubai

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Competing with Social Networks

MBA EC 1217

Career Focus

Competing with Social Networks is a Strategy class targeted at students considering careers in high technology, entertainment, social media or consumer packaged goods. It will be useful... View Details

22 May 2019
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What is FIELD Global Immersion?

900+ RC students in a country/city they have never been to before?! FGI has evolved in many ways from being a part of a year-long, three module course to now a stand-alone course that is graded independently from its counterpart FIELD... View Details

January 2024
Background Note

Evaluating Innovations in the Organization of Primary Care: What Type of Innovation Is It and How Well Does It Align with the Six Factors?

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace

How can we evaluate if innovative health care ventures can do good—benefit society—and do well—become financially viable? This question is the topic of the first module in the Innovating in Health Care course book.

This note and "Health Stop (A): What Type... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Health Care and Treatment; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Mission and Purpose; Alignment; Health Industry