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25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

Health Care Club, Co-President, PRIDE Club, Soccer Club, Tech Club, Management Consulting Club Christina Byrd “While working on cross-functional and strategic initiatives at Uber,” says Christina, “I realized how important it was to speak the View Details

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Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online

3 Courses Credential of Readiness (CORe) Designed to help you achieve fluency in the language of business, CORe is a business fundamentals program that combines Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting with a... View Details

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

much to the attorney. "While the language of the law can be intimidating, the concepts are usually quite straightforward," she says. "Lawyers tend to be risk averse, and if you delegate to them you will usually stay out of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

of their trustworthiness at the bargaining table. 1. Speak their language Some years ago, an airline that was seeking to go high-tech with its ticketing process invited a number of consulting firms to bid on the project. At the kickoff... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

it’s just a virtuous cycle. We’ve never seen an organization that didn’t attract more and more diversity when people there behaved inclusively. Gino: I agree, and there is research that backs you up. This article originally appeared in the HBS Alumni Bulletin.... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

to structure a series of studies to figure out first what politically correct and incorrect language is, and then how it affects people’s perspectives of speakers in conversation. The results were shared in the study, Tell It Like It Is:... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

30 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

"emotional intelligence" may take the form of changing body language or tone of voice to influence the way the other person responds—or taking a break during a difficult point in negotiations in order to turn down the heat when... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

01 Jun 2024
News

Redefining How Businesses Operate

In her LinkedIn profile, Rebecca Hu (MBA 2023) describes herself as a “biologist-turned-technologist obsessed with building great software products.” A product manager at the language learning app Duolingo, Hu immersed herself in electives and activities centered... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

28 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

traveled across China. I began to learn Mandarin, and the process of learning the language itself has been extremely revealing. For this book I went pretty deep into China as into India. It's been a terrific journey of discovery. View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Apr 2024
News

Origin Stories

American Petroleum Institute. At Harvard and Harvard Business School, Hess learned the language of business and the languages of the countries where Hess did business, including Spanish, Arabic, and Farsi.... View Details

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Research Computing Services - Faculty & Research

and matching Review of papers and assistance addressing reviewers' comments Identification and testing of new methods and approaches The expertise of RCS staff includes: Statistical analysis Predictive modeling Machine learning Natural View Details

19 Mar 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

astonished," said an engineer interviewed after the announcement. "Many Rakuten employees are allergic to English." “If they don't have a language strategy, they'll regret it” In a company where just 10 percent of all... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

03 Jan 2023
What Do You Think?

How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

introduction to Ms. Hesselbein in 1988. Case preparation, appearances in my classes, and writing for her later publications then followed. "As Hesselbein put it, 'the power of language is so important in this job.'" Welch and Hesselbein... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

15 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

the study. A more effective campaign would be to encourage development of STEM-based skills more generally. For professionals or new college graduates looking at IT for high-paying jobs, Greenstein advises concentrating not on a specific programming View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

your LinkedIn profile under "Education" with the language from the Credential Verification page: School: Harvard Business School Online Dates Attended: [The year you participated in the program Degree: Other; Certificate in Leading with... View Details

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Certificate in Leadership Principles [Cohort Start Month and Year] List your certificate on your LinkedIn profile under "Education" with the language from the Credential Verification page: School: Harvard Business School Online Dates... View Details

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

Management Essentials [Cohort Start Month and Year] List your certificate on your LinkedIn profile under "Education" with the language from the Credential Verification page: School: Harvard Business School Online Dates Attended: [The year... View Details

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Statistical & Data Services - Research Computing Services

maps; synthetic controls) Visualizations Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Natural Language Processing State-of-the-art data retrieval (e.g., Twitter data, Google news posts, location data) Optical Character Recognition (OCR;... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

programs available in languages other than English? We expect to offer our courses in additional languages in the future but, at this time, HBS Online can only be provided in English. All course content is... View Details

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

List your certificate on your LinkedIn profile under "Education" with the language from the Credential Verification page: School: Harvard Business School Online Dates Attended: [The year you participated in the program] Degree: Other;... View Details

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