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04 Jun 2020
Book

It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

isn't what we observe [that] is getting in the way of great leadership. We're finding that if we can change the orientation, progress can be made.” We’ve been teaching people to look in the mirror, but I want to change the mirror to a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

animated video above: People walking on the street transitions into data points on a map Get social by collaborating with a global community of peers before, during, and after your course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online... View Details

March 24, 2014
Article

Like a Boss: How Corporate Negotiators Would Handle Nuclear Talks With Iran

By: James K. Sebenius

While the Obama team deserves high marks for launching the interim talks, its approach doesn't sell the upside of a comprehensive deal persuasively enough to transform more Iranian skeptics into active supporters—a necessary condition for success if there is an... View Details

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Kraft Accelerator

Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator started by investigating the cure ecosystem, identifying and addressing the most crucial obstacles in developing medicines. To help us, we pulled in more than 300 thinkers, doers, and disruptors on the front lines of business,... View Details

15 Mar 2017
Blog Post

An Average Day at HBS

advantage of this while you are here. Club events: these events can range from social to professional and include speaker series, conferences, and various recruiting prep. Recruiting/Networking: obviously this will vary depending on the... View Details

26 Aug 2024
Blog Post

HBS Lingo 101

and a general management perspective in private enterprise, government, and the nonprofit sector. HMS: HMS is short for Harvard Medical School. Together with HMS, we offer the MD/MBA which provides the informed leadership necessary for innovation and View Details

27 Jun 2019
Blog Post

My Week at Harvard Business School's Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP)

from Vanderbilt University and also among three Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholars with the shared conviction to challenge ourselves and work towards a better future. Representing so many different social and cultural backgrounds, we are... View Details

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Events - Business History

in-depth profiles of business leaders and their companies...from India to Japan and from the turmoil of the nineteenth century to the latest developments in impact investing and the B-corps." It "distinguishes deep responsibility, which can deliver radical View Details

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

in America, and Work in Progress (co-authored with Michael Eisner, chairman of the Walt Disney Company). Schwartz is now president of LGE Performance Systems and co-created its Corporate Athlete training program, which aims to apply the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

30 Aug 2016
First Look

August 30, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51552 forthcoming Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Competition and Social Identity in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm By: Kato, Takao, and Pian Shu... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

animated video above: Learner completes an interactive question by dragging and dropping choices into two different categories Get social by collaborating with a global community of peers before, during, and after your course. Learners... View Details

22 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup

company made steady progress in both areas. For the six years preceding July 2010, Campbell's cumulative total shareholder return was 64 percent, nearly five times the 13 percent return of the S&P 500. And by 2010, the Gallup Employee... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

mastery of leadership and management Earn by: completing any three courses within this subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization Learn More about what you earn Syllabus 4 Modules, 35-40 Hours Download full syllabus 1 hrs Prework 360° Emotional and View Details

15 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 15

Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/jlerner/private-equity-jobs-and-productivity-8-march-2014-with-ables-and-figures-clean.pdf August 2013 Strategic Management Journal The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Buy Now, Pay Later &mdash Easy Payments: The Rise of Installment Selling

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

It is what Ron Heifetz [founder, Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School] calls the capacity to do adaptive work, to confront social problems that—like the problem of gender in organizations—have no known solutions. To... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

decision-making simulations, and a capstone assignment. Description of silent animated video above: Learner completes an interactive question by dragging and dropping choices into two different categories Get social by collaborating with... View Details

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

for granted, ever. Today, social media can quickly amplify the views of even a few vocal opponents, giving voice to latent negative concerns of many otherwise passive groups. As Amazon learned, an apparent “movement” can seemingly spring... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

critical care centers that were overwhelmed immediately. And right now, it's critical for people to understand that while we hope to have a vaccine post-HSCT, that they are the protection against the spread of this virus right now by good hygiene, using your mask,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

18 May 2023
News

India's New Money Managers

When Priti Rathi Gupta (OPM 49, 2017) was 16 years old, her father handed her his investment portfolio and asked her what she could make of it. She was befuddled. "He realized that, although I had schooling in what we call commerce, I didn't really know much about... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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