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- 05 Sep 2008
- What Do You Think?
Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?
set of packaged data available on which to base the decision. Research outside the case may be discouraged; there may not be time for it in a curriculum packed with cases designed to encourage students to... View Details
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Leadership Collaborative | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
designed for alumni in social impact sectors including nonprofit, public service, social entrepreneurship, and philanthropy. It is not designed for professionals in impact investing or large scale for-profit... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Research Brief: The High Cost of Election Expectations
perfect laboratory to test initiatives designed to improve both. Eager to showcase the country’s strengthened commitment to democracy, Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) partnered with Assistant Professor... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
management" under a program called "Holacracy," a concept being adopted by several hundred other firms. Instead of being led by managers, associates along with their former managers are encouraged to define their own jobs... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
counterintuitive driver: the fact that in the US, pharmaceutical companies subsidize the purchase of their drugs. Medicare, the government insurer for elderly or disabled people in the US, encourages patients who can’t afford their drug... View Details
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Jonathan Arena
important to design, while encouraging experimentation,” says Jonathan. “We posed the conference as a question: What does the conversation between design and any other discipline look or sound like? For... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Passion & Purpose
employees in 28 offices. The company, with an industry-high 99 percent customer retention rate, regularly receives awards for its customer service. Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960 Cofounder and Chairman Emeritus, The AES Corporation, Washington, DC Roger W. Sant “I am View Details
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
productivity always hold a fascination for us. But the last few weeks seem to have brought an unusual flow of material on the subject across my desk. One question this raises is, "Why now?" In short order, I am encouraged by... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Creativity and Innovation
Professor Dianne Taylor-Gearing (GMP11, 2011) is president of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. In this video, she talks about how the school encourages students to blend the creative... View Details
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
Summing Up Is customer volunteerism combined with "ownership" a double-edged sword? It's seems okay to involve customers in providing ideas for new products and processes. Encourage them to refer new business. But beware the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping
the Skills Gap Project, the college debuted a new health-care curriculum designed to meet the skill needs of a nearby medical center. Their next project: encouraging other HBS alumni clubs to tackle the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Myra Hart Named to Professorship
and DBA (1995) degrees from the School. Hart teaches two MBA electives, Starting New Ventures and Women Building Business. With Professor Marco Iansiti, she received the 1997-98 Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching for the Starting New Ventures course, which she and... View Details
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Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making - Course Catalog
actually irrational and whose interest it serves. Creating environments. What strategies can leaders use to design and build environments conducive to better decisions? We explore the construction of environments that View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Uniting business, industry, and governments to save the planet
of the solution for global conservation and natural-resource management. “We will not succeed in our work unless we encourage business leaders to understand the degree to which their businesses depend on the planet,” he says. Roberts's... View Details
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Hank Willis Thomas Ernest and Ruth 2015 | About
both a sculpture and a bench. Like much of Thomas’s work, Ernest and Ruth explores the theme of shifting perspectives and invites audience participation and interaction. As Thomas has stated, “When viewers occupy the piece, they are View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Dance Dance Revelation
the creation, rehearsal, and premiere of a new piece of work with a choreographer—who encourages the executives to observe the process up close, ask questions, and draw parallels to their own professional lives. View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
- 13 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
Staying Curious with the Harvard Innovation Labs Ahead of the 2021 Virtual President’s Innovation Challenge
& Life Sciences; and the Open Track for ventures that transcend categories. For this upcoming 2021 President’s Innovation Challenge, we’re focused on “staying curious” about the future and designing for more human ventures,... View Details
- 07 Oct 2011
- News
Tea’s Time
Leigh Rawdon (foreground) with Tea Collection designers in San Martin Tilcajete, Oaxaca. The fanciful wood alebrije carvings inspired several pieces in the company’s fall collection. (Courtesy Leigh Rawdon) It didn’t take long for Leigh... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
advertising, particularly for determined adversaries. In this Q&A, Assistant Professor Ben Edelman, who designs electronic markets, explains how contract terms can be managed to both reduce advertisers’ risks of being defrauded and reward... View Details
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MD/MBA | MBA
encouraged to enter and complete a medical residency, or other kind of postgraduate clinical training, upon graduation from the joint degree program. MD/MBA graduates are expected to provide the informed leadership necessary for... View Details