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08 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate

Efforts to restrict women’s sexual behavior date back centuries in virtually every region of the world. Now, the end of Roe v. Wade in the United States has returned such limitations on women to the contemporary spotlight. Yet, the desire... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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Contemporary African Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Contemporary African Art Search Baker Library Search Search Search Overview Contemporary African Art at Harvard Business School Opens February 2024 Online Exhibition Celebrating the vibrant African contemporary art scene, this online exhibition... View Details

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Contact Us - Research Computing Services

Contact Us Contact Us If you happen to be off campus or would prefer to attend virtually for any reason, you can also join us via Zoom: Web Conference Link: https://hbs.zoom.us/j/479352769 Audio-only Phone Dial In: 888-475-4499 (US... View Details

09 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

have mastered the core competencies, have a high EQ, and work for the right company for them. The latter requires thinking about the level of technical skill the company requires, its philosophy of the PM role, the stage of the company,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

A Balanced Scorecard Approach To Measure Customer Profitability

profitable to least profitable (loss). The vertical axis represents cumulative customer profitability. The shape of the curve in Figure 1 occurs in virtually every customer profitability study ever done, in which 15 percent to 20 percent... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America

off the ground? That is exactly what Juan Azuero (MBA 2019) and Daniela Izquierdo (MBA 2019) are doing with Foodology, a foodtech startup with operations in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Peru. Azuero and Izquierdo both grew up in Bogotá, both View Details

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Why HBS? - Doctoral

Why HBS? Why HBS? Rigorous academic research that influences practice Faculty & Research Harvard Business School faculty are world-class scholars who have had an impact on organizations and economies on every continent. Doctoral students across our programs also will... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

and build and manage new systems. Throughout, the HBS community worked together to overcome the complexities inherent in this hybrid approach. Students Arrive More than 9,300 applicants sought a place in the MBA Program and nearly 800... View Details

04 Dec 2019
Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

launched as new champion. Example of an experiment conducted by Booking.com; from Experimentation Works by Stefan Thomke. Discipline required In order for such an experiment to work, says Thomke, a company must be disciplined—having a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

virtually connected spaces—often spaces that span the globe. In these conditions, the resulting impact has been that people are able to and need to draw on a richer set of experiences and bring them to bear on their work. The example in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Inside the Learning: Program Formats Unpacked

experiences, requiring you to disconnect from work and devote your full attention to the learning. Virtual programs are centered on live (synchronous) interactions with faculty and peers, but the required... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

a Google doc or Slack. This is how virtual companies work. If you and I are working as a team, I can work in a Google doc and explain what I’ve done, and you can wake up in a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Judges - Alumni

start-ups, and consumer brands and technology. She has worked closely with many founders over the past decade and has collaborated with numerous leading VC and PE firms. Tina enjoys working with start-ups... View Details

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

23 Mar 2023
News

Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition

brief pitch to the judges and audience, with the more than 400 audience members then invited to vote for a Crowd Favorite winner. Grand Prize winner M7 Health is “making nursing jobs work for nurses.” Cofounders Ilana Springer Borkenstein... View Details

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

though more than 90 percent had detailed strategic plans with much higher targets. Our own work with clients supports the existence of a persistent gap between the strategic goals organizations set for themselves and the results they... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

By: Mikes, Anette, Matthew Hall, and Yuval Millo Abstract—In theory, the risk management groups of two British banks-Saxon and Anglo-had the same influence in their organizations. But in practice, they did not: Saxon's was engaged in critical View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

31 Oct 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

healthcare system. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53401 Business and Sustainability: New Business History Perspectives By: Bergquist, Ann-Kristin Abstract—This working paper provides a long-term business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

about the AI Course Assistant chat bot? + – You can think of the beta version of the Strategy Execution AI Course Assistant chat bot like a virtual Teaching Assistant who can help you consolidate and confirm your understanding of course... View Details

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