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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

of age, proficient in English, and committed to learning and engaging with fellow participants throughout the course. Learn about bringing this course to your organization . Learner Stories 84% have more confidence making business... View Details

21 Mar 2024
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SVMP Gave Me the Courage to Fail

areas of my life. The courage to fail during case discussions. At the beginning of the program, the fear of saying the wrong thing held many of us back from expressing our thoughts. However, as we worked through more case studies, our View Details

07 Apr 2022
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Product Management at HBS: Roll Up Your Sleeves and Learn by Doing

helped me to develop a new vernacular, get my “hands dirty” with product management, and grow the confidence to explore new horizons in the video game industry. My key takeaways: Coming to Terms with Terms. Clarity in communication was a... View Details

18 Jan 2016
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Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

reveals how confident they are. “If you’re overconfident, you think you’re less likely to be caught. That’s very predictive of toxicity. The more overconfident you are, you’re much more likely to be toxic,” Minor says. The rule-following... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

16 Oct 2015
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HBS and the Arts

my time at the Metropolitan Museum as a teenager. At HBS, I am constantly learning from my classmates, who are eager to share their experiences across industries and from around the world. My first year gave me the confidence to approach... View Details

12 Dec 2005
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Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

Intel has avoided antitrust run-ins in large part because it effectively trained its marketers about what were and were not permissible trade practices. The goal is not to train managers to be lawyers or to advise themselves but to give them the vocabulary and View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

potential projects Examine how capital markets work and how they affect your business Develop a financial intuition that will give you the confidence to make effective decisions in your career and life Who Will Benefit Early and... View Details

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Developing Instructor Style - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

allows them to project both confidence and humility. First-time case teachers should be wary of responding defensively to challenges in the classroom and generally should avoid using an apologetic tone or self-deprecating humor.... View Details

08 Mar 2019
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Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

thwarting the confident protagonists of an apparently popular project. Actively monitor local currents and cross-currents of opinion. Reportedly, Amazon did not hire a single New Yorker to continuously engage with community groups to... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

February 2019 (Revised August 2019)
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KangaTech

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Patrick J. Ferguson, Sarah Fleischer, Jin Hyun Paik and Steven Randazzo

On a warm January afternoon in 2019, Steve Saunders, Dave Scerri, Carl Dilena, and Nick Haslam (see Exhibit 1 for biographies), co-founders of KangaTech, wrapped up the latest round of discussions about the future direction of their sports-technology start-up. Focused... View Details

Keywords: Startup; Technology Commercialization; Prototype; Business Startups; Technological Innovation; Sports; Health; Commercialization; Research and Development; Decision Making; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Sports Industry; Health Industry; Australia

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New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller, Washington Post bestseller, Chicago Tribune bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Amazon "Best Books of December" pick and... View Details

04 Feb 2002
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How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

expertise, Greenberg and his partners cast about for a new owner that could take the brand to the next level. Enter Quaker Oats. Quaker's executives approached the Snapple deal with a mixture of confidence and urgency. The View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage

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Understanding Customers

In conventional business case studies, protagonists almost never have the option of stepping back to seek a new understanding of the customer. But to be effective in practice, managers need both the self-assurance and ability to initiate and pursue, with rigor and... View Details

July 2019 (Revised May 2021)
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Acelerex

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Energy Sources; Growth Management; Expansion; Global Strategy; Cash Flow; Energy Industry; Web Services Industry; Consulting Industry

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11 Oct 2013
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Sen Chai, Post-Doc Labor & Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School, and NBER

03 Mar 2003
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Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

My goal for the course—and for the coaching I give entrepreneurs—is to give them sufficient comfort with the legal concepts to feel confident in driving the process, to understand the ways in which the law is a constraint, but also the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

identify their defining elements, such as size, risk, and liquidity Develop the confidence and ability to assess potential investment opportunities and maximize the value of investment portfolios Gain the skills and strategies to choose... View Details

09 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual

suppressed the ad hominem insults, and peaked at the right time, confounding the pollsters and media pundits. In every recent speech, he repeated the same messages, inviting voters to imagine the future if they bought into the promises of a Trump administration. He... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch

30 Aug 2018
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My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

class. Ninety students were debating a case about a recently purchased window-washing business. We skillfully dissected the immediate priorities for the new owner: customer retention and employee recruiting. Though some debate ensued about which of those should come... View Details

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

a raise to buying a car. I am paying more attention to how my clients perceive the value of my services. I find myself rephrasing their statements to confirm their true needs. Peggy Dau Founder & Managing Partner at MAD Perspectives LLC Gain the necessary skills and... View Details

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