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- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
selecting investments, VCs see the management team as more important than business-related characteristics such as product or technology. They also attribute more of the likelihood of ultimate investment success or failure to the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
differences materialized among nonnative speakers as a function of diverse linguistic and national backgrounds. I discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings for status, achieved characteristics, and language in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
theoretical framework contribute to our understanding of the nature of expert influence and how and why functional groups, such as risk managers, can become influential. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-068.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
for staff compensation, specialized outside professional services in information technology (IT) and other functional areas, marketing costs, and residence expenses for executive program participants. Total operating expenses for fiscal... View Details
- 25 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?
managers how to lead change that improved performance. One unit dramatically boosted its performance while the other did not. The difference? The readiness of the senior team and the environment for change. The unit with poorer results... View Details
- 17 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense?
Lillo of Swiss Reinsurance Company. To get consumers to sign onto the technology, the industry must instill trust by focusing on programming the cars to behave with the “common sense” human drivers tend to apply when navigating complex or dangerous driving moments, the... View Details
- 18 Dec 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Grooming Next-Generation Leaders
as foundational skills, critical business functions, strategy formulation and implementation, and personal leadership. For the organization, according to Sasser and Narayandas, talent is key to competitive advantage. And for the talented employee, a huge challenge is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
made a series of upward and lateral moves that entailed a number of tough assignments across many functional areas. Beginning as the director of regional operations in New England, this manager had profit and loss responsibility for fifty... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
customizations or modifications to our course content. Are there opportunities for team building? Many of our courses include team discussions and projects to foster social learning and community-building.... View Details
- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
Sports Are Played and Games Are Won. It was biased judgment on the part of supposedly unbiased referees and umpires. They hypothesize that the cause is a natural tendency to avoid excessive booing by the home team crowd, particularly in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)
skills required to succeed as an early-stage entrepreneur. The Bootcamp is designed for three types of students: Aspiring founders whose startup concept is selected as a team project will accelerate their concept’s development. Students... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
Current 21% Executive Education Tuition 14% MBA Tuition & Fees 6% HBS Online 3% Housing, Rents, & Other MBA Tuition and Fees Tuition and fee revenue from the MBA program increased by 11 percent to $152 million in fiscal 2023 from $137 million in the prior year. This... View Details
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
(Danielle); “Winning in this age requires more cross-disciplinary thinking... Women, in my experience, are better thought integrators.” (Allison S. A. Graves); “Many studies suggest that women tend to score higher on tests of social sensitivity than men do ... great... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 May 2022
- Blog Post
MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS
have over 20 mothers on campus. While we still have a long way to go to make our business school classrooms, board rooms, and executive leadership teams representative of their constituents – including mothers – we are hopeful that this... View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
learning must be more interactive" The limitations of traditional forms of knowledge management come from two sets of assumptions, he argues. The first assumption is that the most important elements of a job function are observable,... View Details
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
face is managing diverse perspectives. At the same time, productive disagreement and engagement with opposing views are crucial to high-functioning teams and organizations. Drawing from my research I will discuss how leaders can approach... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
On May 28, 2022, the Basketball Africa League (BAL) held the championship game of its second season, pitting the club team Petro de Luanda, from Angola, against US Monastir, from Tunisia. Traffic snarls outside the stadium, congestion... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- Web
Valerie Porciello | About
Valerie Porciello Bio Valerie Porciello is Executive Director of the Division of Research and Faculty Development at Harvard Business School and a member of the School's executive leadership team. Valerie joined Harvard Business School to create a new View Details
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
whether or not the problem is within that person’s purview. As a result, salespeople have to bring those other functions together. Similarly, multichannel selling changes competencies. For one thing, reps who were successful individual... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
work on what they've told you." Not sure the assessment is accurate? Call a few close friends or loved ones and see what they think. Most likely, Kaplan says, they'll agree with your subordinates. "Leadership is a team... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel