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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Diversity and Inclusion Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation... View Details

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

that it's really an impoverished method of communication. You can't act like it's face-to-face communication when it isn't. We all know, because we've experienced it, how fast conflict can escalate with e-mail because the nonverbals are... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Capital IQ: Introduction, Help, Etc.

qualitative items such as education (i.e., HBS alumni), job functions, transaction history, corporate actions, etc. "Six Degrees of Separation" - Find common bonds and generate potential... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960

considered part and parcel of leadership, especially when running a multibillion-dollar enterprise, Sant's quiet style is more Socratic. "I like grappling with ideas, not dictating what should be done," says the BYU graduate, who found HBS's case View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

climate change and their discipline through examples of cases they have written or taught. 9:40 a.m. Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits? Faculty Moderator: Peter Tufano (MBA 1984, PHDBE 1989) , Baker Foundation Professor Speakers: Scott Jacobs (MBA... View Details

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Software Tools - Research Computing Services

Job Submissions There are two ways to use software modules for your job submissions: Load software modules before submitting jobs, as the software environment is inherited by the job. This is great when using interactive shells for development, one-off's, and... View Details

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A Prescriptive Analytics Framework for Optimal Policy Deployment Using Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

By: Edward McFowland III, Sandeep Gangarapu, Ravi Bapna and Tianshu Sun

We define a prescriptive analytics framework that addresses the needs of a constrained decision-maker facing, ex ante, unknown costs and benefits of multiple policy levers. The framework is general in nature and can be deployed in any utility maximizing context, public... View Details

Keywords: Prescriptive Analytics; Heterogeneous Treatment Effects; Optimization; Observed Rank Utility Condition (OUR); Between-treatment Heterogeneity; Machine Learning; Decision Making; Analysis; Mathematical Methods

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01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

human beings have faced a litany of existential hurdles that individuals have struggled to overcome. The inability or unwillingness to address both the root causes and symptoms of poverty and inequality ranks among the greatest failures of societies across the world.... View Details

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Why HBS? - Doctoral

a full scholarship and generous stipend help cover costs for up to five years, which ensures that students have more time to conduct research. During their time in the PhD program, HBS doctoral students will take courses at HBS and in the... View Details

31 Aug 2020
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Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

varied. “While diversity is easier to measure quantitatively,” Laurie pointed out, “inclusion metrics are currently qualitative and inconsistent.” Bob put it in personal terms: “I was able to hold myself accountable for diversity results,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

Highlights Common Multiples Spirit Aerosystems Dell, Inc Show Hide Details Concepts Valuation Multiples Problematic Methods Discounted Cash Flows Intricacies Mistakes Featured Exercises Calculate free cash flows, WACC, and terminal values... View Details

28 Oct 2022
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Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)

scale. HBS played a critical role in equipping me with a general management skill set. The case method, specifically, prepared me to confidently take on work across new industries from consumer goods to travel & tourism to EdTech as... View Details

05 Feb 2018
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Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

iStock Summing Up How Should Organizations Draw the Line on Pay Transparency? There is general support for the widespread practice of disclosing pay data in "bands" associated with jobs. Fewer people would go beyond this to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

23 Dec 2014
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gap discourages research effort directed towards clean technologies. Carbon taxes and research subsidies may nonetheless encourage production and innovation in clean technologies, though the transition will typically be slow. We characterize certain View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Advice on Advice

where you inquire, listen, and talk through the issue, and once you've got a sense of the problem together, you need to generate some options and explore them. That way you increase the likelihood of producing advice that is actionable... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

his oceanfront home on the North Shore of Boston. "The last quarter-century has been a time of unbelievable good fortune from an economic and capital markets perspective," notes Kneisel. "Our generation of HBS graduates didn't create this... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

16 Mar 2023
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Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

Nonstop flights generally make traveling more pleasant—but can they lead to innovation, too, especially in the global context? Research suggests that they can, with important takeaways for managers reinstating business travel in a world... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Air Transportation

12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

utilize such data are of considerable interest. Unfortunately, existing methods for analyzing the data in such systems ignore the open-ended exploratory nature of such systems that requires the assessment of multiple possible adverse... View Details