Executive Education - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

exercises become increasingly complex, involving multiple parties with varying interests. For example, when a chief financial officer and a marketing person are involved in negotiations, the CFO is naturally focused on keeping costs down while the marketing View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

04 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector

how a social entrepreneur [GDBA chief executive Geraldine Peacock] used an innovative network approach to achieve tremendous mission impact by mobilizing resources and building capacity beyond GDBA's immediate control. The organization... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Feb 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?

MBA education that has socialization as a pedagogical function." His view is seconded by a respondent who currently is in the last semester of an online graduate program and says that "virtual View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Stories of the Quarter

education nonprofit wants nothing less than to “provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere. (8,230 visits) How to Be a Digital Platform Leader The most valuable companies in the world have one... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 May 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts

e-mail interview, HBS Working Knowledge talked with team member Raj De Datta to hear more about the plan and next steps for Gyaana.Tishler: What inspired you to develop Gyaana? De Datta: The genesis of Gyaana came from two observations: the critical importance of View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Financial Services

10 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

between brokerage- and boundary-spanning positions. Longitudinal analyses of careers within the Internet Engineering Task Force community from 1986-2002 support the arguments. Relevance and Rigor: Executive View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 24, 2007

increase the quality and impact of faculty research. With roles and boundaries clear, such on-going relationships with firms, particularly those rooted in executive education venues, increase the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations

At the HBS Executive Education program Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations (BCAO), executives charged with leading and building operations and manufacturing... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

17 Jul 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence

other industry executives don't, including: The tech company's most valuable assets in the form of human capital walk out the door every day. Tech companies largely rely on components from other vendors, meaning that complementary assets... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Education

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

future course of Asian business. "Asia has always been a tough place to do research," notes McFarlan, the driving force behind a joint HBS-Tsinghua University executive education program that... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

expenditures under the entry of new generation lab managers. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46697 Executive Education in the Digital Matrix: The Disruption of the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

reached the executive level at his organization. Why did he make it when so many other minorities plateaued in middle management? First, Williams had the good fortune to be hired by Nathan Barrett, a white manager who continually expanded... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

the director community—through Executive Education programs—and help them think about some of these questions. Kanter: Suppose we took some of these issues we've been discussing—CEO compensation, for... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

25 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Developing the Global Leader

popular second-year MBA course Authentic Leadership Development (ALD), which he has compressed into a five-day Executive Education program at Harvard Business School. "The most successful leaders will... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

03 Feb 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?

do, by precept and practice, is to show several paths, including those related to values, ethics, and judgment." Others, more hopeful, suggested a number of ways in which matters of implementation could be approached in a more formal View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?

growth. Being self-aware and asking for help is a super power, and no time is too soon to get started. About the Author Julia B. Austin is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School. [Image: FatCamera] Other stories by Julia Austin... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

18 Apr 2005
Lessons from the Classroom

NFL Players Touch Down at HBS

the executive education program, so the cohort of NFL players was something new. "The truth is that it was difficult to know what to expect," said Professor W. Carl Kester, who helped develop the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

14 Dec 1999
Research & Ideas

From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation

community center. Such projects are good for team building and may augment limited community budgets, even build new relationships, but they don't change the education system or strengthen economic prospects for community residents. In... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

28 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Celebrates Social Enterprise Initiative

educational activities within the HBS community. Our vigorous research program pushed outward the knowledge frontiers and created a rich portfolio of courses and learning opportunities for MBA students and View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

02 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Health Care Research and Prospects

that. The fourth piece was executive education. Two years ago we launched an executive education program specifically for future leaders in pharma and biotech. And we've run it... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Health

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