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18 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

word “taguan.” The researchers banked on the notion that most people have never heard of a taguan, which, FYI, is a type of East Indian flying squirrel. If participants claimed to have solved the taguan jumble correctly, the researchers View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

11 Aug 2021
Blog Post

The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise

access to professional networks. After launching a successful pilot as a Social Enterprise Fellow this summer, it is so rewarding to see Advisors who share our mission of racial equity go out of their way to advocate for others — and to see Advisees gain the knowledge... View Details

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

open source as in any other field, and developers who flock to high-profile projects—for the aforementioned visibility, future access to venture capital, etc.—could well abandon worthy but less glamorous projects before their time. "Our ability to answer View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America

the Brazilian venture fund Base Partners. In addition to developing its own brands, Foodology has begun cultivating partnerships with established industry players such as Amor Perfecto, a leading Colombian coffee roaster. And Azuero and Izquierdo are View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

suggests, the great challenge for multinational companies in the next decade will be to establish the confidence of society at large, governments in particular, and even of individual consumers, to assure them that they are worthy of... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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Mireya Iglesias Ayala

gained. This map doesn't make my compass obsolete; instead, it complements it, providing a richer understanding of the terrain ahead and equipping me to navigate the complexities of the business world with confidence and agility. How have... View Details

28 Oct 2022
Blog Post

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

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

confidently maintain and expand its leadership in education and research for future generations. HMC's investment portfolio is evolving. Repositioning of the portfolio's liquid assets— public equities and hedge funds—is well underway.... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

in disruption theory and gain confidence in articulating complex viewpoints, apply strategic frameworks to assess new opportunities and potential threats, and acquire techniques for executive-level strategy formulation and team... View Details

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

product management, business development, sales, or marketing role. "As someone who’s worked in a large company for the past 20-plus years, it gave me the foundation and vocabulary to engage more confidently in the venture capital and... View Details

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Online Business Courses for Organizations | HBS Online

Business 98% improved their negotiation skills, 84% have more confidence making business decisions, 87% acquired new skills that were immediately applicable — From two 2022 surveys of past participants across all HBS Online programs,... View Details

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

potential investors. To the extent that founders tend to be very confident in their startup's prospects, they may even be more inclined to take money from friends and family, happily imagining those close to them sharing in the startup's... View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

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Bringing Music to the HBS Classroom: My Journey as a Nontraditional Student in the Summer Venture in Management Program - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

Module 1 Ideas and Opportunities Identify and evaluate an entrepreneurial idea, and gain confidence with twists and turns. Highlights Welcome to Entrepreneurship Introduction to Opportunity Evaluating an Idea’s Value Individual Versus... View Details

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What Black Executives Really Want

expressed the sense of relief he felt when walking out of the office building because he could take his mask off. As I imagined having to feel that way every day, I found it very troubling. WHERE DOES THE LOSS OF CONFIDENCE COME FROM?... View Details

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Lena Licht

biotechnology despite lacking tangible business experience. I’ll be leaving with the confidence that I can now be a business leader and change maker within my industry, and I cannot wait to hit the ground running after graduation! How... View Details

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

gets people to take risks, try new things, and envision something better. In the end, participants leave with the skills to identify, frame, and solve complex business problems and the confidence to make important business decisions in an... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

2008
Working Paper

The Ontological Foundations of Leadership and Performance: Being a Leader, and the Effective Exercise of Leadership, A New Model

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger

This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed by the authors and taught at the U. of Rochester Simon School of Business. The intention of the course is to leave the participants actually being leaders and being able to... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Business Education; Knowledge; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Performance Effectiveness; Attitudes; Behavior; Perspective

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Student Spotlight: 2023 HCC Co-Presidents Reflect on Their Time at HBS and the Current Health Care Systems - Blog: Health Supplement

relationship with the patient and is able to leverage that in leading change in the system as a whole. What experiences or faculty have had the most impact on you? I took nearly every healthcare course in the EC year and can confidently... View Details

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

coffee business, and last September she took charge of Post Cereals as well - a $1.3 billion operation. Not surprisingly, the New York Times calls Fudge one of "the top twenty women in American industry." It's the confidence instilled in... View Details

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