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Why Your Gift Matters - Alumni

cash along the way. GREEN HOUSE Betsy Harper (MBA 1984) Betsy Harper’s “Passive House” proof-of-concept in Cambridge could be a prelude to a home-design revolution. Learn how other HBS alumni and faculty are making the world a better... View Details

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Rising Leaders for Social Impact Forum | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

through our online application . By signing up, you commit to participating in all Rising Leaders for Social Impact Forum sessions and will not schedule other meetings during the times the sessions are offered. Your preparation and... View Details

23 Sep 2022
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8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

a same-day reply by phone or email. The rules aren’t mission statements, but rather a way to make learning experiences easier to adopt and follow. McDonald adds, “Even simple rules can outlive their usefulness.” 6. Make the new look... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Jun 2023
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Pet Project

customers went with her. “People wanted it so badly that they stuck with me, even though I was shipping them food on an irregular basis.” Spies says she kept it up for most of her first year. By her second year, after learning that one in... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2023
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Engaging Students More Deeply

the smallest classroom details to enhance the student learning experience, professors Robin Greenwood, Richard Ruback, and Joshua Coval partnered with HBS’s Multimedia Development team to create media-enhanced cases for the course, Market... View Details

Keywords: April White

22 Apr 2019
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Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading

HBS and recently wrote an article called Sales Managers Must Manage for Top Sales Magazine. “It’s all about the difference between learning to take care of yourself and learning to take care of others, from... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23

http://hbr.org/search/113057-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-147 Affinity Labs, Inc. In November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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non-degree programs including all online, in-person, and blended programs. Together, HBS Online and Executive Education reach approximately 40,000 participants per year through more than 100 programs using a custom, View Details

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Class or Section Secretary - Alumni

IDEAS GIVE TO HBS INVEST IN LEADERS & IDEAS Give to HBS Learn about Planned Giving Recognition for Your HBS Giving According to our records, you have not made a new gift or pledge in recent years (pledge payments not reflected here).... View Details

21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

accuracy of daily sales forecasts. We collaborated with an online apparel retailer to assemble a dataset that combines (1) detailed internal operational information, including data on sales, advertising, and promotions, as well as (2)... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Philanthropy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

at Harvard Business Online This article is also available in the book On Competition . This article earned the 2002 McKinsey Award. View All Related Resources Learn more about Creating Shared Value View Details

26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

their organizational structures. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54625 forthcoming Journal of Consumer Research Learning to Become a Taste Expert By: Deighton, John A., and Kathryn A. Latour... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Training - Research Computing Services

materials to get users acquainted with HBS’ compute cluster (“the HBSGrid”) Other Training Resources IQSS Data Science group Center for Geographic Analysis Training Harvard Library Research Data Instruction Harvard Digital Scholarship FASRC Training HMS RC Research... View Details

10 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 10

http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110024-PDF-ENG Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service and Company Culture Frances X. Frei, Robin J. Ely, and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 610-015 On July 17, 2009, Zappos.com, a privately held View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Oct 2017
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Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date

Source: FangXiaNuo New research suggests that people who ask questions, particularly follow-up questions, may become better managers, land better jobs, and even win second dates. “Compared to those who do not ask many questions, people who do are better liked and View Details

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Digital Innovation - Alumni

records, you have not made a new gift or pledge in recent years (pledge payments not reflected here). Please consider making a gift today using our online giving form . Thank you in advance. Questions? Email or call 617.495.6881 (toll... View Details

02 Jun 2020
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Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving

work, typically through online delivery companies such as Uber Eats, Postmates, Grubhub, and DoorDash. (Delivery services are not new, of course. In 2018, American consumers used third-party delivery services to place $10.2 billion in... View Details

Keywords: by Lena Ye and Geoffrey Jones; Food & Beverage

March 2024 (Revised August 2024)
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Darktrace: Scaling Cybersecurity and AI (A)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Alexis Lefort

In 2023, Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson was contemplating her growth strategy at a leading U.K.-based cybersecurity venture, launched in 2013 by a group of anti-terror cyber specialists, University of Cambridge mathematicians, and artificial intelligence (AI) experts.... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Talent; Scaling; Entrepreneurship; Cybersecurity; Leadership; Business Growth and Maturation; Recruitment; Resignation and Termination; AI and Machine Learning; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Going Public; Technology Industry; United Kingdom; Europe; United States

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16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

had lower rather than higher creative talent prior to introducing the system. The findings of our study shed light on when information sharing systems can affect the quality and performance consequences of employees’ creative work. Rationalizing Outcomes:... View Details

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01 Dec 2019
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Bridging the Gap

officials, nonprofit leaders, and business executives, they kick-start that process by coming together for four days—and learning to speak each other’s language—in a Hawes Hall classroom. You can see it starting to happen in a discussion... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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