Encouragement Design - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2006
News

Bridging the Success Gap

Academy, an accelerated education program that helps at-risk young adults prepare for community college and for careers in professional fields. Located at Cabrillo College’s Watsonville, California, campus, the Digital Bridge Academy is an innovative program View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 1999
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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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Pato Bichara

Community Officers for the Student Association (SA). As part of the SA’s mission, we want to make sure we create the right environment, events, and culture to encourage lasting friendships. Similarly, I want to strengthen my friendships... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

07 Jun 2011
News

Back to the Future

University. That was as far as the idea went, until recently. Partnering with an MIT expert on autonomous vehicles and mobile robotics, Alden has a new company, Alden DAVe Systems (with “DAVe” an acronym for Dual-mode Autonomous Vehicle), View Details

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Visit | MBA

Visit By virtue of its immersion in the case method, the richness of its section life, and the depth and breadth of its extracurricular activities, the MBA Program is best appreciated through direct experience. If you are interested in applying, we View Details

08 Sep 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing

knew the salaries of your peers, would you feel happier in a more equitable workplace? The answer to all these questions is often yes. But sometimes too much transparency can be a bad thing. Open-office designs can make workers less... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2014
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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

01 Mar 2018
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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

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Credits - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Credits Website Credits Supported by the de Gaspé de Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School Project manager: Karen Bailey, Historical Collections, Baker Library Production manager: Ben Dubrovsky, Baker Library Information Products Web design: Eleanor... View Details

07 Oct 2011
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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

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

19 Mar 2019
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Mission Critical

development. “I was fortunate to find my passion and actually wrap my career around it. LifeShare is an organ procurement organization federally designated to recover organs and tissues for transplantation. We cover the entire state of... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Apr 1999
News

HBS Collaboration Helps Management Education for Minority Students

leveraging HBS's strength in this area by launching a series of programs designed to connect professors to practice. The group has since sponsored workshops on the case method, interactive learning, and research techniques, among other... View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

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

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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

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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog

(ii) designing incentive systems, broadly defined, that motivate both individual performance and organizational behavior. Students will learn to apply these concepts to enhance their own productivity while also developing skills to... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Green House

five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath house matches its neighbors in the historic area; but in its construction, the building is an innovation—and a proof of concept that could ultimately spark a home-design revolution. A Passive House is View Details

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Francesca Ioffreda

innovate and apply design thinking principles. Finally, I was excited about getting to meet and work with Boston-based health care startups and develop partnership strategies. Looking back on your internship, what did CVS Health do well... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

18 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

Tips to Reinvent the Department Store

Penney's, but will only buy clothing at specialty stores. Sören Petsch, finance manager at Sears, Roebuck & Co., said encouraging customers who buy from one category at their stores to buy from more departments is a key challenge for... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Retail

01 Oct 1996
News

The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions

apply so that more will be admitted, above the 25 to 30 percent that typically are found in an entering MBA class. Bulletin: Besides women, who else would you encourage to apply to HBS? Fadule: Put simply, we want smart people with the... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Digging Deep

solidly built, collapsible shovel tools that won’t break when things get down and dirty. In the past year, Pieper moved manufacturing from China to Portland, Oregon, a difficult logistical shift that nonetheless made it easier to control quality and respond to market... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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