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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Takeaways will include greater professional self-awareness, goal setting and action steps. Slides Crafting Your Life: Are You Living Consistent with What Matters Most to You? Professor Leslie Perlow 11:45... View Details
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Course Development
By: Debora L. Spar
Managing International Trade and Investment
Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
extraordinary goals higher than those thought achievable for the coming year. It was to set outlandish, almost unthinkable goals that business groups might achieve in the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
a little bit more thoughtful. So when I began, it was just a single Excel page tracking how long I was running for, and how much I was sleeping, and a couple other things related to overall wellness. And it was really just a way to have some small View Details
- 02 Feb 2007
- What Do You Think?
Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?
"holy grail" as opposed to goals (often merely financial), missions or visions, or even a set of values. As Mourkogiannis puts it, "Let others play with 'strategy' and 'tactics' and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
through on our goals and wishes. And yet, even when we have spent time developing our plans and are fully committed to our best intentions, our decisions often veer off course in unexpected ways. Greg set... View Details
Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino
- 15 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?
repercussions for failing to achieve a goal, such as committing to donating to a charity—perhaps even a cause the person disagrees with. “The idea is that to be self-controlled, you have to put aside activities you’d rather be doing, which can be difficult in the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
include: How does a team leader win the confidence of the group? What's the best method for developing team goals? How can individual performers be developed into team players? How do teams learn? When Goal View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Averting Crisis
data, the project also convenes researchers, policymakers, and financial executives to exchange ideas with BFFS faculty. The goal is to empower the project’s research to have broad real-world impact, sharing knowledge that could help... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
they have. The accelerator brings together research foundations with relevant datasets and analytics companies to leverage the latest in artificial intelligence and machine learning, with the ultimate goal of identifying models that... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- Profile
Jake Flomenberg
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I came to business school to find more personal meaning in my career and to build a set of skills that I can leverage to create a larger impact on the things that are important to me. I... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
Setting Published: February 11, 2009 For decades, goal setting has been promoted as a halcyon pill for improving employee motivation and performance in organizations. Advocates... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
set goals around creating value faster than costs (his preferred goal)." Deepak Alse reminded us that "the world of business is an unbounded system! The 'Corporation' is in effect an acceptance of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
study the three together—and to start from the point of view of business. “Instead of beginning with technology, we will start with use cases,” he explains. In this conversation, Lakhani introduces the goals and key components of the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 14 May 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams
leader are more negative when the leader micromanages; provides nonconstructive negative feedback; fails to clarify roles and objectives; and avoids addressing problems. What's the best method for developing team goals? When Goal View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
2024) and Tristan Bagala (MBA 2023), who are set on a path to pursue personally meaningful work that contributes to the greater good of society. “What I hope to do is to help others. That is why I’m here. Through this funding support, HBS... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
for each firm in the duopoly medium to bundle more ads and earn greater total profits than the rival firm in the monopoly medium. Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Over-Prescribing Goal View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Lily Wu
on your internship, what did the Whitney Museum do well to set you up for a successful summer? Open and constant communication is key to establishing trust and setting expectations. I was very pleased with... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
participation. Just setting that goal institutes a standard that other people will strive to match. Such goal setting could help companies push... View Details
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Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) - Course Catalog
extent LEAD, Marketing, and LCA. It is a case-based course that is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and judgment needed to make better investment, strategic, and operating decisions. The goal is to see value... View Details