Experience - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2011
News

Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

leave to attend HBS was not an easy one. Doing so, however, changed the course of Klarman's life. "HBS teaches you about leadership. It immerses you in a series of real-life business situations. Even now, 30 years later, I draw on my View Details

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

taken a lot of paid online courses, but the HBS Online experience was close to that of the classroom and highly immersive." Swaminathan Aiyer Head of Private Equity at Amazon Web Services Learn to speak the language of alternative... View Details

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Events - Creating Emerging Markets

At this online conference, speakers shared their experiences using CEM transcripts and video materials for teaching in different institutional contexts in Europe, India, Latin America and the United States. May 28 28 May 2019 Santiago,... View Details

26 Jun 2013
News

How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case

Bob Reiss Photo courtesy of Bob Reiss It was 1983, and Bob Reiss (MBA 1956) was looking for a new game to play. A Brooklyn native and former basketball star at Columbia University who had become a successful entrepreneur in the toy-and-game industry, Reiss was... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

22 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate

advanced analytics that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI). “Chung has seen companies dramatically improve productivity after adopting advanced analytics to guide compensation.” In an ideal world, a company would use trial and error to set the best sales targets... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Participation - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

experience as fair, safe, and challenging. During a case discussion, experienced instructors often rely on a variety of principles to decide which student to call on (or avoid selecting) at any point in time. Instructors might choose a... View Details

25 Oct 2010
HBS Case

Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market

Fresh & Easy experiment no doubt prompted the recent announcement that Fresh & Easy would be given a two-year reprieve until 2013. Tesco has the resources to continue, and the US market's size remains a juicy target if Tesco can... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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Peggy Mativo-Ochola

As the daughter of two pioneering civil engineers in Kenya, Peggy Mativo-Ochola learned to be ambitious. "I saw my mother as a woman who broke glass ceilings and my father as a man who strove for excellence in his field," Peggy says. While her parents... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

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Health Care Curriculum - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

efforts to reorganize health care delivery and engage in meaningful policy reform. The multiplier effects of the curriculum are already evident in our experiences over the past five years. Curriculum on Value-Based Health Care Delivery:... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Come Sail Away

When Michael Sard (MBA 2018) arrived at HBS, he owned about 50 Hawaiian shirts. “It was one of the few items in a man’s closet that could have a ritual to it around going out, like a tuxedo does,” he says. Purchase options, however, seemed limited to two extremes:... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; manufacturing; career path; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

support all these activities through a conscious and proactive effort to be as effective and clear as possible in their communication to both internal and external stakeholders. To learn more, read Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

to some perfect ideal in our minds,” Whillans says. “We have to disconnect the experience from money, since that doesn’t adequately measure its value.” Use it or lose it Tending to our time takes careful thought and planning, since it’s... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Dec 2023

HBS Global Voices: International Student Insights

Join us for a virtual session designed for current international college students as we discuss the opportunities and experiences awaiting you at Harvard Business School. The event will include a panel of current students and recent... View Details

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Doug Marsan

Coming to HBS is like... Going to the world’s greatest amusement park with some of the most amazing, talented, and diverse people. As you enter the park, your eyes are wide open with all the possibilities available to you. Some View Details

05 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Video Blog: Why I Decided to Pursue an MBA at HBS

stories. And that translated over into the actual MBA experience itself. My first year of school, I mean, just how vulnerable people let themselves be about the things that they'd gone through or the thoughts that they have percolating in... View Details

13 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Take a Seat in the Case Method Classroom

Have you ever wondered what it was like to experience Harvard Business School’s Case Method teaching style? Watch the Harvard MBA Case Method classroom brought to life by Professor Tsedal Neeley and a section of current students and see... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

was a bit of an adjustment," he laughs, "but the best thing about this experience is that it's given me a chance to assemble a great group of people and work with them to create what I hope will be an extraordinary fund and firm." Waters... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

23 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness

Americans are lonelier than ever—a problem the COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated. Could interactions on platforms like Zoom and Twitch come close to replicating the real-life contact people crave? New research suggests that’s more likely to happen if the virtual... View Details