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Brice Fodouop

advance his communication skills and find a network that shared his interests in Africa. “I was looking for a program where I could voice my opinions in front of a group of people,” he says. “How do you... View Details

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

Mid-Career Professionals Learn the language of business through accounting as you gain the skills and knowledge to analyze financial statements. Reading a balance sheet was completely alien to me. Since taking Financial Accounting, I’ve... View Details

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Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

reserve the right to restructure or discontinue the Program as necessary. ELIGIBILITY You may be eligible for one-time loan reduction based on your application if you: Are a second-year MBA student graduating in May 2025, and you are in good academic and View Details

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Adrian Obleton

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I originally applied to HBS as part of the 2+2 program. I had already accepted a full-time role in consulting that would give me the technical skills I needed in my career. I knew that... View Details

12 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Bridging Science and Business: My Summer Internship at Eli Lilly

skills in business, making it a summer to remember. Our first academic year, known as the Required Curriculum (RC) year, laid a robust foundation for our new directions, but it was our summer internships that truly showcased the breadth... View Details

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

With a network of 105 Clubs and Shared Interest Groups (SIGs) globally, engage with fellow alumni where you work and live or focused on important identity groups. These alumni-led groups provide a plethora of compelling programs and activities such as pro bono work... View Details

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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting

Georgetown University, Leahy set out to uncover where her career path would lead, double majoring in English and Math. This academic combination allowed her to use her creativity and skills in quantitative analysis, both of which she’d... View Details

05 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

share their mistakes as a team-building exercise to improve communication and collaboration. “You can motivate your team to work harder by doing this,” Brooks says. “I know I have felt that way seeing other women who have succeeded. I... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23

Interconnected: A Manifesto for Smarter Cities Authors:Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Stanley S. Litow Abstract The need for a fresh approach to U.S. communities is more urgent than ever because of the biggest global economic crisis since the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

strategize your organization's financial health. A finance course will teach you the key levers that drive your company's performance and cover topics such as cash flow , value creation , and the cost of capital . An accounting course will equip you with View Details

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

top U.S. health administration schools and a recent article in the Lancet, our educational systems focus their curricula on isolated,theoretical subjects, such as analytics and quantitative problem solving, rather than the team-oriented, practical problem-solving View Details

31 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 31

possessed competitive advantages and management skills residing in contacts, knowledge, information, and relationships that sustained long-lasting and successful international businesses and that gave them genuine efficiency-enhancing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

development has never been more urgent. Companies of all sorts realize that to survive in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment, they need different leadership skills and organizational capabilities from those... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Dec 2023
News

The Musts of 2023

the continuation of some of the Star Wars saga, including the latest, Ashoka, because it features a female, as the lead who is dauntless and just amazing in multiple skills in terms of her brains and her brawn. Scott O'Neil (MBA 1998):... View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

challenges. Students will examine the forces that are leading Capitalism to evolve to address these challenges, how to overcome impediments that hamper businesses’ efforts to profitably address these challenges, the skills that managers,... View Details

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

Networking Taking a break from a job should not mean disappearing from the marketplace. Continue to maintain and expand your network, both virtually (digital communities, like LinkedIn) and in-person. Harvard ManageMentor: Leveraging Your Networks Networking is a... View Details

2008
Working Paper

Product Development and Learning in Project Teams: The Challenges are the Benefits

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ingrid M. Nembhard

The value of teams in new product development (NPD) is undeniable. Both the interdisciplinary nature of the work and industry trends necessitate that professionals from different functions work together on development projects to create the highest quality product in... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Learning; Management Skills; Product Development; Projects; Groups and Teams; Conflict Management; Social and Collaborative Networks

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Research Resources - Doctoral

Research Community Research Resources Our research and teaching resources are unmatched. The research and teaching resources at Harvard are unmatched by any other school. Students can make use of virtually any methodology required to... View Details

04 Apr 2023
What Do You Think?

How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?

centered on ideas that individuals with specific knowledge and skills can come up with on their own working remotely? Regardless of inevitable improvements in technology that will facilitate collaboration from afar, will this be the same... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

continuing the event's success and momentum after its founder, Jennifer (Jen) Goodman Linn (HBS '99), passed away from MFH sarcoma. Jen and her husband, David Linn (HBS '00), had founded Cycle for Survival in 2007 as a way for Jen to give back to the View Details