Learning Direction - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2022
News

A World of Difference

often pushes us in the wrong direction toward something that is fundamentally familiar and comfortable. Difference is not that. You need curiosity and courage to understand something differently and to learn... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

06 Jan 2016
What Do You Think?

Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?

elaborated on this idea: "All you can do is be clear about your long-term direction, make decisions with that direction in mind, monitor results, and make changes or adjustments when you’re not getting the results you expect.”... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto; Fashion

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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

which increased 6 percent and accounted for 43 percent of the group’s total annual sales in fiscal 2023. Revenue from Corporate Learning products and services increased 7 percent from fiscal 2022. Corporate View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

Breaking News

offers a test case that the National Trust will learn from and scale up in other communities across the country. Here, Hansen Shapiro talks with the Bulletin about making local news sustainable, the interplay between investment and impact... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

18 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 18

to sway our decisions in directions we did not initially consider? And what can we do to correct for the subtle influences that derail our decisions? The answers to these and similar questions will help you negotiate similar factors when... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

School's investment in its doctoral programs creates intellectual capital with widespread effects. After receiving their degrees, most graduates of the DBA and Ph.D. programs go on to influential faculty positions at HBS and other top business schools.What they have... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

All of the most valuable firms in the world today are platforms, starting with Apple, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. But platforms do not evolve in predictable ways, and there is a lot that managers and entrepreneurs can learn about past,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Harvard Business School

culminated in his role as COO, where he directed the historic merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand. After retiring from PwC, Brittain founded the executive search and consulting firm Professional Resources on Demand. A... View Details

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

not see their role ‘as an enabler of direct public participation in decision-making through formats such as deliberative meetings, and do not believe there are personal benefits for investing in these activities.’ And yet if society is to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

shareholders—even stronger. They move fast and fix things. Based on her work with fast-moving companies, Frei reveals the five essential steps to moving fast and fixing things. Audiences will learn to: Identify the real problem holding... View Details

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

the order of 25-, 30-, even 50-percent at highly-ranked schools outside the top 15 or so schools. The schools were, by and large, unaware of how widespread the problem was. Each thought the problem of declining enrolments was unique to them. In the course of our... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

spring 1978
Article

Foreign Investment from the Third World: The Experience of Chinese Firms from Hong Kong

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Global Range; Learning; Hong Kong

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18 Jun 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Why Leaders Need Great Books

observed, are the situations in the books where someone's moral compass is pointing in two different directions at once. One of the passages from Kant that students come upon is the statement "From the crooked timber of humanity, no... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Ann Lucena

I'm learning just as much from other students," Ann says. "Every day in class someone will say something that makes me stop and think. Many times the comments that make me pause are the most unexpected ones; the ideas in View Details

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 21 Mar 2023
Webinars: Career

LinkedIn for Job Searching

Data can reveal what matters most in today's job market, and this interactive webinar from CPD and Jeremy Schifeling, LinkedIn's former head of student and alumni education, will share behind-the-scenes insights that can help you optimize LinkedIn for both job hunting... View Details

Career Coach

Shahaan (Haan) Razak

Haan is a dual degree student (MD/MBA) and career-switcher (Teach for America). He is passionate about entrepreneurship and healthcare, and can provide support on resources and pathways for engaging with these communities at HBS. He can also provide context and View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Supporting Students on Their Journeys

Fund, as well as donors who have established more than 700 named fellowship funds, have had a direct and deep impact on the lives of thousands of students. Such generosity has a tremendous ripple effect as the beneficiaries—and all who... View Details

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Blake Landro

organizational skills I’m learning in business school,” he says. Looking ahead, Blake is interested in a career “where entertainment meets technology,” either as a content partner manager or within an agency that specializes in reaching... View Details

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