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New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links New Levels of Capitalism: Finance The rapidly growing industry required an extraordinary amount of capital for construction and operations. View Details

18 Jun 2018
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Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

sufficiently graphic don’t work. “San Francisco policymakers are devoting lots of time and money to fighting it out in court, and they’re operating on the assumption that text warning labels are going to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Public Relations

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Openings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Openings Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation Engagement... View Details

10 Nov 2003
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Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

cautionary tale of what can happen when companies go too far. Acer entered early into the contract manufacturing of personal computers, operating in low-wage Taiwan, and made good money with that arbitrage play. But in the early 1990s, it... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

10 May 2020
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Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

actually be able to raise a child. And even when Ren was born, I knew nothing about being a mom. I have become a mom as Ren grew and I am still learning every day. Both my husband and I are RCs and it has been quite a journey. After we... View Details

02 Jun 2021
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A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

information could have been especially helpful earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite similar COVID-19 infection rates, Black people are almost three times more likely to be hospitalized and twice as... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

11 Feb 2020
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10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

of it as superhuman—especially if AI is solving complicated problems such as 100 percent accuracy in self-driving cars and medical diagnosis. You have to help them understand that the performance of ML... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

27 Sep 2021
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Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’

and beliefs online with the wrong colleague may expose employees to career consequences, such as not being hired or promoted and being discriminated against.” Workers are wary of friending bosses Across four studies, the authors examined... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

14 Feb 2017
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A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World

presaged a world that is “volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous” —VUCA, for short. VUCA describes perfectly what is happening in the global business world today. Business is not running as usual. Leaders must deal with growing... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

30 Jun 2003
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Are You Supporting Your B Players?

Vijayaraghavan, B players are the "heart and soul" of any company. B players are loyal. They are the ones who do their work without fanfare or fuss. They are the keepers of institutional memory during hard times such View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Jun 2002
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Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

United States are paid a fraction of salaries compared to the salaries received by government ministers in Singapore. Thus, Singapore has managed to achieve the same level of institutional quality as the United States but has done so at a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

HBR Prize for the best article of the year in Harvard Business Review for “Reskilling in the Age of AI” (September–October 2023) with Leila Doumi, Sagar Goel, Orsolya Kovács-Ondrejkovic, and Raffaella Sadun. Tiona W. Zuzul : Included as... View Details

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

director time and detract from other, more strategic, director roles. Also, as regulations mandate more outside directors, many of these directors lack the necessary knowledge about the industry and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

04 Jun 2007
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Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

Regina Herzlinger is not afraid to call them as she sees them. And what she sees looking at the American health care industry is a bunch of killers. Not only are hospitals, insurers, employers, Congress, and academics killing health care,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Set Your Recruiting Vision for 2020

well as you sought to attract and retain talent? What would help you move the needle in 2020 and make progress towards your organization’s goals? Taking the time to evaluate missteps, wins, and future... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

30 Jul 2012
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How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies

nation's wealth. After all, new tools—from the telegraph to the PC—enable expedited production of goods and services, eventually facilitating economic growth. Technological tools also improve a country's perceived standard of living, as... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Aug 2021
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OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

learned first-hand about this inequity as a child in Philadelphia’s public schools. During a recent interview with Manny Maceda, Bain & Company’s worldwide managing partner, Frazier reflected on his experience: “My younger sister and... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

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Prineeta Kulkarni

Prineeta Kulkarni originally "dreamed of becoming a scientist." She completed a dual biotechnology BS/MS at the University of Pune, but when it came time to launch her career, she shifted direction. "I wanted to see the... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Nonprofit/Government/Education

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

topics. The course also tackles career questions for students who wonder how to spend time making a difference in both the private and public sectors. For the full listing, click here . iLab Training - How to Create a Climate Venture “How... View Details

08 Apr 2019
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Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career

In 2015, Steve Kloeblen retired and thought he was done with the corporate world. A graduate of HBS Executive Education’s General Management Program, Kloeblen had more than 30 years of experience with IBM, culminating with his transition from CFO type roles to success... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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