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First-Year Required Curriculum (RC) During the first year at Harvard Business School, all students pursue the same course of study: the Required Curriculum . By studying under a common curriculum, students build a solid, broad foundation... View Details

Jun 11 2020
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Crisis Management for Leaders

01 Dec 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

achieve at their highest level of excellence.” Attitude adjustment: “Since the pandemic, more Gen Z-ers and millennials have decided they can have a good quality of life... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Employee Welfare – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

sick pay, disability benefits, and stock purchase plans, Western Electric workers could participate in a range of recreational and educational programs from running meets, tennis games, and baseball leagues... View Details

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Accounting & Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Accounting & Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students MBA Required Curriculum (FIRST YEAR) Financial Reporting and Control (FRC) Recognizing that accounting is the primary channel for communicating information... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Health Care

Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship Led by Peter Barrett and provides a select group of alumni with the opportunity to work with Harvard inventors to promote the commercialization of life... View Details

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Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems

By: Tarun Khanna

What problems do developing countries face, and how can individuals contribute to solutions rather than awaiting the largesse of the state or other actors? Intractable problems – such as lack of access to education and healthcare, forced reliance on contaminated... View Details

28 Jun 2021
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7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

case writers to significantly increase representation within courses. The fact that 80% of cases used in business schools globally are developed here at Harvard Business School will help make a positive difference in the world View Details

Portrait Project

Nikita Ramanujam

It was supposed to be a week of celebration—after a year of distance learning during the pandemic, the public elementary school in Oakland where I taught had reopened. We were finally back together as a... View Details

22 Oct 2009
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Strategies to Fight Ad-sponsored Rivals

Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Feng Zhu; Advertising

01 Jun 2001
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Richard Pechter: Learning New Lessons

state resources,” he says. “I saw an unbelievable group of people trying to provide kids with a quality education.” A longtime supporter of education, Pechter had given time... View Details

Keywords: Lory Hough; Educational Services; Educational Services

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Cold Calling - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

student: A instructor may select a student who has demonstrated strong preparation and enthusiasm to contribute, but who may not have been called on for several classes. This approach provides an opportunity for the student to shine and signals respect for the... View Details

March 2024 (Revised August 2024)
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Darktrace: Scaling Cybersecurity and AI (A)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Alexis Lefort

In 2023, Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson was contemplating her growth strategy at a leading U.K.-based cybersecurity venture, launched in 2013 by a group of anti-terror cyber specialists, University of Cambridge mathematicians, and artificial intelligence (AI) experts.... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Talent; Scaling; Entrepreneurship; Cybersecurity; Leadership; Business Growth and Maturation; Recruitment; Resignation and Termination; AI and Machine Learning; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Going Public; Technology Industry; United Kingdom; Europe; United States

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Accelerating Solutions - Business & Environment

does society need to finance a decarbonized future? Investors weigh in. Highlights Video Full Panel Video Collaboration, Living Wages, Trade-focused Education to Drive a Climate Workforce Building a climate workforce requires herculean... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

especially cautious about appointing company managers to your board. Company managers tend to steer discussion to operations issues and away from more strategic topics, and also make it difficult for the other board members to openly evaluate the View Details

12 Aug 2020
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Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

productive relationships. However, every year, a few thousand customers file new arbitration cases with Finra, the US brokerage industry’s regulatory organization, alleging everything from negligence to fraud. “Consumers should monitor their investments and never... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25

Foundation funds its operations and grant budget by selling discounted salesforce.com software licenses to nonprofits and education clients. The case recounts the development and initial stages of this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Sep 2022
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When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment

evaluator ratings for novelty, feasibility, and quality of design. They also analyzed individual written comments justifying evaluators’ recommendations. The results showed that experts made a “tradeoff”... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Aerospace

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Are All Certified EHRs Created Equal? Assessing the Relationship between EHR Vendor and Hospital Meaningful Use Performance

By: A Jay Holmgren, Julia Adler-Milstein and Jeffrey McCullough

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The federal electronic health record (EHR) certification process was intended to ensure a baseline level of system quality and the ability to support meaningful use criteria. We sought to assess whether there was variation across EHR vendors in the... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Electronic Health Records; Digital Health; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Service Delivery; Performance Evaluation