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Life at Harvard - Doctoral

option to cross register into courses at the other schools, such as the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard School of Public Health and MIT; the opportunity to participate in university-wide academic and... View Details

14 Nov 2013
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What Shapes the Gatekeepers? Evidence from Global Supply Chain Auditors

Keywords: by Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel & Andrea Hugill; Financial Services; Legal Services

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

factors when making decisions about which job opportunities to pursue: How good is the fit between who they are and the position (and the organization)? How good is the fit between who they are and who they want to be? That is, what types... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

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Rising Leaders for Social Impact Forum | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

change in the world. The forum builds a robust community that connects students and alumni who share a passion for social impact; and supports success in the classroom, navigating the unique career path, and challenges and opportunities... View Details

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Careers | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

MBA students can engage in a wide variety of career development programs that support their social impact career pathways. These programs cross multiple sectors and provide the opportunity to tailor one's... View Details

03 Nov 2021
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Recent Grad Reflections: From Being Cold Called to Becoming a Case Protagonist

opportunities for themselves, and miss chances to create opportunities for others.” As a member of the Class of 2020, my final semester and... View Details

24 Jun 2021
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Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

of the challenges and opportunities facing his company. “The last year has been filled with national and international crises in which the role of government and how that... View Details

27 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 27

PublicationsRethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads Authors:Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, and Patrick Cullen Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract : "Business Schools Face Test of Faith."... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

The 20th Century Zeitgeist The 20th Century Zeitgeist Great Leadership is not a singular concept. On the contrary, it is a function of the circumstances in which businesses and their top executives operate. The View Details

04 Nov 2015
What Do You Think?

Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

gender diversity in management enhance performance? What do you think? Original Column Gender equality in leadership is a topic appearing with increasing frequency among the research reports, books, and opinion pieces crossing my desk.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

New To Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, Invest Like VCs, and Install a Permanent Operating System for Growth

Serial entrepreneurs David Kidder and Christina Wallace reveal their revolutionary playbook for igniting growth inside established companies.

Most established companies face a... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

into account external opportunities and threats, the availability of internal resources relative to requirements, the aspirations and values of senior management, and... View Details

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Events - Business History

Trade (1458). The new edition of the book, which recounts the life and work of a Mediterranean merchant, contains scholarly essays from Niall Ferguson, Giovanni Favero, Mario Infelise, Tiziano Zanato and... View Details

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Dean Srikant Datar Statements & Speeches | About

more information about the working groups we announced late last year. They now have had an opportunity to identify and prioritize the issues they expect to understand and address (see below); to identify how they might engage members... View Details

09 Mar 2023
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

your other degree program, and why? I applied to HBS as part of the 2+2 program while I was a senior in college. I was attracted by the opportunity to spend time developing my skill set in the professional... View Details

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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

and various roads to success. Assessing Your Fit Due to the risk involved in choosing the wrong CEO, companies are placing increased emphasis on assessment as part of the search, and this process is equally... View Details

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Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy Shared value opens up new needs, new markets, new value chain configurations, and new ways of thinking about the business. This creates new opportunities for strategic... View Details

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Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang

Many professionals aspire to work for startups. Executives from large companies view them as models to help them adapt to today's dynamic innovation economy, while freshly minted MBAs see magic in founding something new. Yes, startups look magical, but they can also be... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Managerial Roles; Job Search

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Eduardo Avalos

Coming to HBS is like... Experiencing everything, everywhere, all at once. It can be overwhelming, challenging, fast-paced, but deeply inspirational and rewarding. Most importantly, as a student with dreams far greater than the View Details

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

to him for their education. “What an opportunity it is,” he reflected in an interview, “to have the privilege of being a teacher, the greatest of all vocations, for it keeps us... View Details

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