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01 Sep 2016
News

How I Got to Google

create the elective course Product Management 101. Update: A former business operations intern at the software company Autodesk, Soheili recently landed a product manager job at design firm Homepolish. SS: What are the characteristics of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

22 Jul 2014
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Hungry for Change

first to handle perishable goods in supermarkets that are approaching their expiration dates, and now to work even further upstream with growers," explains Zeaske, who never suspected how much his first-year TOM course would come in... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

10 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

Abstract We study the effect of small windfalls on consumer-spending decisions by examining the purchasing behavior of a sample of online grocery shoppers over the course of a year. We compare the purchases... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2001
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New Ventures New Gains

Entrepreneurship is nothing new at HBS. The first course in entrepreneurship was taught over fifty years ago, and the list of alumni who have founded profoundly influential companies — from Continental Cablevision to Staples to Bloomberg... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

21 Nov 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53512 Online Network Revenue Management Using Thompson Sampling By: Ferreira, Kris Johnson, David Simchi-Levi, and He Wang Abstract—We consider a price-based network revenue management... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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2.16 Field Global Capstone (CAP) | MBA

2.16 Field Global Capstone (CAP) 2.0 Academic Information and Policies FIELD Global Capstone (CAP) is a semester-long course offered in the Required Curriculum (RC) Year that requires students to build on what they’ve learned so far and... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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In Review

Administration. We also engaged in the continuous renewal of courses across all our programs, driven by our faculty’s research and the 250 new cases they write each year. The last decade has been an exciting time for curricular innovation... View Details

01 Apr 1999
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A Vibrant Brand

In the course of an hour-long interview, Keith T. Clinkscales (MBA '90), president of Vibe magazine, drops close to fifty names. Those mentioned by this 35-year-old CEO of an enterprise that is considered "da bomb" (a high compliment)... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Co-Chair of the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship , the Harvard MS/MBA-Engineering Sciences Program , and the Roberts Family Fellows Program for Harvard College students focused on technology and innovation. Eisenmann, author of the book Why Startups Fail, teaches... View Details

25 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups

have succeeded, one is still in its nascent stages, and one is "pivoting," Cook said. In lean-start-up lingo, pivoting means taking a major change of course based on user feedback—the idea being that it's easier to change the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

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An Emerging Entrepreneur | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

professionals who any employer would want to hire.” Organized around a “blended” learning model, the Collective Academy will bring students together in a common workspace each morning for online teaching sessions before breaking into... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Campaign Passes Goal, Continues

In addition, our new first-year course in leadership and corporate accountability is influencing business schools everywhere. The cost of being a pioneer in all these domains is high.” HBS, he noted, continually strives to improve its... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

21 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

Cases & Course MaterialsBMW's Project Switch (A): Importers vs. National Sales Companies Harvard Business School Case 509-023 BMW is faced with potential channel conflicts across several EU country markets. The case highlights BMW's... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

who need them, especially among vulnerable populations. Racial inequities, laid bare by the pandemic, and social unrest provoked by recent police killings have escalated tensions. In the course of writing Problem Solving: HBS Alumni... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

26 Aug 2016
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Connecting with the Past

started as an altruistic concern for his family, however, led to a second career as cofounder of Jewish Records Indexing–Poland, an online database that has helped families around the world document their ancestry and find relatives about... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Oct 2002
News

Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.

available online (www.thecoop.com). He may also expand retail operations as the University's Cambridge/Allston footprint grows. “One of the reasons the Coop has survived this long is its ability to respond to the changing needs of the... View Details

01 Jun 2025
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Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward

With Harvard navigating an array of pressures, Jana Kierstead, Executive Director of the MBA and Doctoral Programs and External Relations, spoke with Dean Srikant Datar about how HBS is responding to new challenges while maintaining its focus on strategic priorities.... View Details

19 Jun 2023
Blog Post

The Road to Impact

Offensend says. EDC partnered with US VETS to create a marketing strategy to reach out to the 19,000 female veterans in the Southern California area, through an online portal. Responding to how vets used the site over the View Details

03 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 3

http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-041_1af09bde-47f9-4364-bad6-aaac464be909.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 715-008 The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity After struggling through the... View Details