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28 Apr 2015
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3 Reasons Engineers Thrive at Business School

frustrations to my mentors, they encouraged me to go to business school. If I could couple my engineering skills to newly discovered business skills, I could meet 100% of my goal and bring great science to patients in need. I am now able... View Details

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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About

private suite and coworking lab. The facility, operated by Lab Central, is bio-safety lab level 1 (BL1) with dedicated bio-safety lab level 2 (BL2) rooms. The space is supported by fume hood alcoves, tissue View Details

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

business and management.” Jan Hammond Business Analytics Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing and Senior Associate Dean for Culture and View Details

05 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

share their mistakes as a team-building exercise to improve communication and collaboration. “You can motivate your team to work harder by doing this,” Brooks says. “I know I have felt that way seeing other... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

21 Jun 2022
HBS Case

Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams

launched Slack in 2014 as a work-team communications tool he hoped would be an “email killer,” as he put it. Slack made it easy for new customers to use, with a three-click signup and a bot driven by... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Information Technology; Technology

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Joy Chen

break of 2020. “It’s about using near-field communications technology to transmit contact information and social media profiles — think of it as a contact manager plus a business card. The goal is to get... View Details

01 Nov 2022
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Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?

teammates engage with each other to connect, network, create? Personal experiences varied. Jacob Navon said that, “ one cannot substitute f2f when it comes to building culture and mentoring new hires... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Mar 2022
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Meet the HBS Women's Student Association

HBS feel supported, both professionally and personally. Our mission is to connect, empower, and celebrate the next generation of women leaders. We feel it's our responsibility to ensure the women in our... View Details

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Batten Hall | About

i-lab also fosters collaboration among Harvard students, faculty, entrepreneurs, and members of the Allston and Greater Boston communities through workshops, seminars, View Details

06 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors

new shares you suddenly own of a company that you never intended to buy in the first place? Logic suggests that you would be likely to sell those shares. But research by Associate Professor Malcolm Baker, Professor Joshua Coval, and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

September 2008 (Revised August 2009)
Case

VMware, Inc., 2008

By: David B. Yoffie, Andrei Hagiu and Michael Slind

Paul Maritz took the helm of VMware in July 2008, just as the company confronted a radically new competitive environment. Since its founding in 1998, VMware had been the leading provider of virtualization software. Now it faced the kind of threat that every software... View Details

Keywords: History; Digital Platforms; Competition; Decision Choices and Conditions; Applications and Software; Business Strategy

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23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

your prospects for developing innovative products and services. Rosabeth Moss Kanter How Do You Create a Culture of Innovation? Have you noticed the courage buried in the word encourage? To create a View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

18 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

message with a single Cheerio. “This was a death that was felt very deeply by the fan culture of Prince, and that’s not a time for a heavy marketing sell,” Avery says. “A common tactic right now is for... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology

08 May 2023
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How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs

What does fearmongering about immigration have to do with crowdfunding new ideas on Kickstarter? For Black, Asian, and Hispanic entrepreneurs, such rhetoric can undermine fundraising efforts, making it even less likely that new ideas will... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

July–September 2020
Article

Innovation Contest: Effect of Perceived Support for Learning on Participation

By: Olivia Jung, Andrea Blasco and Karim R. Lakhani

Background: Frontline staff are well positioned to conceive improvement opportunities based on first-hand knowledge of what works and does not work. The innovation contest may be a relevant and useful vehicle to elicit staff ideas. However, the success of the... View Details

Keywords: Contest; Innovation; Employee Engagement; Organizational Learning; Health Care; Health Care Delivery; Innovation and Invention; Organizations; Learning; Employees; Perception; Health Care and Treatment

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Executive Needs to Know About Global Warming Regulatory Environment Integrating Environmental and International Strategies in a World of Regulatory Turbulence Managing Regulatory and Societal Processes... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

students, Gerardo Lietz notes that they didn’t fully comprehend how it has affected the economy and consumer behaviors until they were in country. “They were surprised by the extent to which the cultural... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

26 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)

influencer with a smaller, but loyal base. About 80 percent of consumers considered a purchase recommendation trustworthy if it came from an influencer with a small audience. “This is likely because smaller influencers form a smaller View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Technology; Media & Broadcasting

01 Mar 2019
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The Burden Legacy

reforms. Burden Hall was made possible by the Burden family, leaders in business and the arts. A big space designed for big moments, it became the focal point of community life at HBS. In the fall of 2017,... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

25 Sep 2023
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HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Ana Barrera (MBA 2024)

related to MBA Admissions, alumni engagement, career development, and more to advocate for and empower the Latino community on campus and beyond.... View Details

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