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Summer Venture in Management Program Offers Insights into Harvard MBA Experience - Naisha Silva

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Venture Capital and Private Equity Jo Tango , Archie L. Jones Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Doctoral Programs Faculty from the Entrepreneurial Management unit work with students across several doctoral programs. Detailed... View Details

06 Oct 2016
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John Van Reenen, MIT Sloan School of Management

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Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis

Topics Good for finding… Suggested Resources Company Research Data and background information for stock pitching prep Basic valuation metrics Strength and Weaknesses of the company (SWOT analysis) Lists (screening) and... View Details

December 2007 (Revised April 2008)
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The Elcer Products Transaction: Confidential Information for Euro Elektrische Keramische Vorrichtungen (Euro EKV), GmbH

By: James K. Sebenius

In a six-party negotiation exercise, the TNDA Corp. plans to sell the Elcer Products Division to one of four potential buyers (industrial, financial, U.S., German). This case contains confidential information for the Euro Elektrische Keramische Vorrichtungen, GmbH... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Managerial Roles; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics

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02 Jul 2018
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The madness of executives’ obsessive time management

February 1999
Teaching Note

Singapore Unlimited: Building the National Information Infrastructure, Teaching Note

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Teaching Note for (9-196-012). A rewritten version of an earlier teaching note. View Details

Keywords: Information Management; Infrastructure; Policy; Government Administration; Information Industry; Singapore

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16 Jan 2013
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The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management

production in a ledger, instead of as people. Rosenthal is aware that what started out as a straightforward history of business practices could become highly controversial, with some misconstruing her research as a kind of justification of slavery. Instead, she wants... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

programs are encouraged to apply. Learn More Contact Information Technology & Operations Management Unit Harvard Business School Morgan Hall Soldiers Field Boston, MA 02163 tomunit@hbs.edu View Details

30 Mar 2022

HBS College Programs Information Session at Ohio State University

Do you know where an MBA can take you? HBS offers four programs for college students that could be of interest to you including three preview experiences (Peek, Virtual Venture into Management, and the Summer Venture in Management... View Details

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Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations

Michael C. Jensen's research is aimed at obtaining a clearer understanding of how the 'organizational rules of the game' affect a manager's ability to accomplish his or her goals and how the rules can be structured to resolve problems and increase productivity. ... View Details

05 Jul 2017
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Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?

Institute; Amir Kermani, an assistant professor at the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley; and Carlo Sommavilla, a doctoral student at the Swiss Finance Institute. “Some managers appear to free-ride on the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

27 Jan 2019
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Harvard study questions benefits of fund manager diversity

November 1995
Teaching Note

Rattling SABRE: New Ways to Compete on Information TN

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Teaching Note for Harvard Business Review article (90307). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Competitive Advantage; Technological Innovation

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November 2008
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Royal DSM N.V.: Information Technology Enabling Business Transformation (TN)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Deborah Soule

Teaching Note for [807167]. View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Information Technology; Transformation; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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29 Mar 2022

HBS College Programs Information Session at Michigan State University

Do you know where an MBA can take you? HBS offers four programs for college students that could be of interest to you including three preview experiences (Peek, Virtual Venture into Management, and the Summer Venture in Management... View Details

11 Apr 2012
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The High Risks of Short-Term Management

Companies that manage for short-term gain rather than long-term growth have been blamed for everything from popularizing celebrity CEOs to causing a significant chunk of the current financial crisis. Now new research findings suggest that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

06 Jan 2011
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How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?

organizations that don't already have them. But let's assume that such plans only deter the amateurs and criminals for fleeting periods of time and that in fact it becomes impossible to hide or otherwise keep information confidential.... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

September 2002 (Revised October 2002)
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Managing Knowledge and Learning at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

By: Dorothy A. Leonard and David Kiron

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) faces a serious loss of knowledge--both because of the "faster, better, cheaper" mandate for Mars missions and from the retirement of key personnel. An extensive knowledge management system for NASA/JPL includes formal knowledge-capture... View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Management; Knowledge Dissemination; Leadership Development; Internet and the Web; Risk and Uncertainty; Organizational Culture; Retirement; Human Resources; Human Capital

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