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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

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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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

participants throughout the course. Learn about bringing this course to your organization . Learner Stories 84% have more confidence making business decisions HBS Online courses are excellent for anyone who wishes to learn more about a... 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

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

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

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

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

22 Sep 2023
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Capital Connection

where they operate. “This wasn’t a shiny new product, and other firms didn’t view this operator as a partner,” he adds. “But we were very confident in her ability to execute her plan and confident that we... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

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

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Continuing Education - Business & Environment

industry dynamics through a dozen new agribusiness case studies, developing insights that can help you build competitive advantage and drive growth in your own firm and career. All Courses “ It filled me with confidence to find that the... View Details

16 May 2023
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Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2)

past two years at HBS, I have become more confident and courageous to share my unique experience. I embrace my roots and take great pride in my Asian identity. I have realized that my heritage makes me stand out as a great dancer at the... View Details

09 Oct 2020
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4 Things To Know About the MS/MBA Biotech

issues around new therapeutics and models. Others may pursue the degree for an entirely different reason, but I am confident that the program will, across the board, facilitate the leadership skills necessary to build and run health care... 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

01 Jun 2023
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Buy Big, Sell Small

If you live in a rural village or small city in India and run low on toothpaste, rice, or cooking oil, you’ll likely visit your local kirana, the equivalent of a US neighborhood variety store and a mainstay of the country’s $932 billion retail economy. The shops are... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; retail; supply chain management; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Likelihood That a Crisis Is Imminent and Will Happen Within the Next 12 Months? Overall, respondents were also confident that, even if a crisis did occur, the financial system could withstand it. Less than 25% of respondents were not... View Details

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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

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

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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

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