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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

GO: AFRICA Fellowships the School is able to grant each year, as well as the size of each fellowship award. While HBS hopes to grant every recipient the maximum award amount for which they qualify, it may... View Details

05 Jul 2022
What Do You Think?

Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?

such as Toyota. The approach worked. The amount of inventory needed to support a given sales level shrank. Logistics as a component of the total cost (transport plus inventory) of doing business came down. Customer service, as measured by stockouts, improved. "What we... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation

02 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

Farre-Mensa, Joan, Deepak Hegde, and Alexander Ljungqvist Abstract—We provide evidence on the value of patents to start-ups by leveraging the random assignment of applications to examiners with different propensities to grant patents.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

CEO Bonus Plans: And How to Fix Them

Keywords: by Kevin J. Murphy & Michael C. Jensen

Trust

Entrepreneurial ventures often fail in the developing world because of the lack of something taken for granted in the developed world: trust. Over centuries, the developed world has built customs and institutions such as enforceable contracts, an impartial legal... 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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11 Apr 2016
HBS Seminar

Pian Shu, Harvard Business School

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HBR Classics - Alumni

Discovering Your Authentic Leadership , Bill George, Peter Sims, Andrew N. McLean, and Diana Myer Do You Play to Win or Not Lose , Heidi Grant Halvorson, E. Tory Higgins Level 5 Leadership - The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve ,... View Details

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Past Programs - Crossover Into Business

Wrestling Damien Wilkins NBA Elizabeth Williams WNBA Grant Williams NBA Katherine Williams Ballet Deatrich Wise NFL Caroline Wozniacki WTA Blidi Wreh-Wilson NFL Brandon Wynn Gymnastics Liz Yilmaz Ballet Remy Young Ballet Sam Young NFL... View Details

22 Feb 2024
News

Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

change behavior? And usually it is a collaborative process. So for example, in myeloma, we had to start by attracting scientists to the field at the MMRF. If we had to do grant funding and get them in, but then we didn't understand the... View Details

13 Aug 2020
Blog Post

The U.S. Job Search for International Students

students to get work visas at larger companies? The most common, and sought after, long-term skilled visa category in the U.S. is the H-1B Temporary Specialty Worker classification. H-1B visas do require sponsorship from the employer and are View Details

30 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Donors Are Turned Off by Overhead Costs. Here’s What Charities Can Do

“overhead-free” group, recipients were told that a donor had given a grant to cover all the overhead costs associated with raising money for the project. The results were significant. In the control group, 336 out of 10,000 letter... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922

order, take for granted that he will buy. Say to him "Mr. Blank, what color shall I make it?" or "How soon do you want delivery?" ... Take out your order blank, fill it out, and handing him your pen say, "Just... View Details

Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman

13 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

personal, business, management, and financial risk before granting or denying the loan. Because these applications had already been processed in real life, the researchers knew whether each one had been accepted for a loan, and which of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

elected the undergraduate credit option or have enrolled in the non-credit version of the program. More information is available on the Payment & Financial Aid page . Are there grants for CORe? How do I qualify? + – CORe participants may... View Details

07 Jul 2021
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Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

its value when it loses trust, at least in the short term. Meanwhile, a 10 percent increase in trust leads to 0.8 percent more economic growth. “People think trust is an airy-fairy concept that’s nice but not essential, and it’s not,” Gupta says. “It’s that moment when... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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About the Center - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Fellowship and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Grant to conduct research on diversity and social stigma within organizations. Alexandra earned her BA at Wesleyan University, graduating as a valedictorian in 2004.... View Details

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Partners - Case Method Project

Nicholson Cerritos High School Cerritos, CA CA 49 of 65 Christie Pacheco Los Gatos High School Lost Gatos, CA Subjects: American Government, College Prep/Honors U.S. Government, World History CA 50 of 65 Adam Pinkerton Arcata High School Arcata, CA CA 51 of 65 Omar... View Details

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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment

range of career choices: Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship: Grants awards of approximately $10,000 to 7 to 10 first-year MBA students who have exhibited leadership and an extraordinary commitment to working in the not-for-profit sector. HBS... View Details

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Clubs & Consulting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

recommendations for review. Projects run from October to April. If you think your organization could benefit from the services of our club, please complete the interest form by September 4. Created by Harbus News Corporation at HBS, the Harbus Foundation provides View Details

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