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- 23 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do
predicted the same level of positive outcomes. Yet, women predicted a higher level of negative outcomes than men did. The researchers yielded similar results when they repeated the exercise with 204 mid-career students in the Executive Education View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
Introduction to Credential of Readiness (CORe) CORe INCLUDES Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, Financial Accounting, + final exam. Save $1,790 with this 3-course bundle. Have questions about CORe? Email our program advising team... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
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, after 46 eventful years, Burden... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
supplier of nose cones and fuselages, a business that many would consider "core" for an aircraft manufacturer. Examples such as these are forcing us to rethink the advice we give about what parts of the innovation value chain a firm should keep and where it should look... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Wheel Change
A serial entrepreneur, Paris Wallace (MBA 2007/MPA 2008) is founder of Ovia Health and Good Start Genetics. But he started his first business—an online store selling bike parts and accessories—at age 16. With his launch this year of the National Cycling League (NCL),... View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
academic studies on the periphery of HRM are beginning to adopt such a view. We argue that the HRM studies so far have given us much valuable learning but that the subject has now reached a point where we need to take a wider, more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
What I Did Differently Before Reapplying to HBS
I first applied to HBS through the 2+2 program when I was a senior in college. I had good grades, did well on my GMAT, and had two great mentors to write references letters for me. I worked hard on the application, and was disappointed... View Details
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
hazards on city streets? Wei and four schoolmates at Peking University had launched ofo on their campus with 1000 bikes in fall 2015. Since then, they had deployed 6.5 million. The question now was how many more? The Social Purpose of the... View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
involved or started a number of entrepreneurial ventures. While working three days a week at AOL, he bootstrapped Compare.com , which enabled customers to compare prices on everything from PCs to mortgages. Later, He worked for Open Market, an e-commerce software firm,... View Details
- 23 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now
With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Reinventing Best Buy
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455.
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details
Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Technology; Hardware; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Search Technology; Software; Web; Web Sites; Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul
- 18 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works
communication. "We started to notice very quickly that some project managers were sending the same message three or four times using different media," she says, citing an example of a manager speaking to an employee... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Method by David Garvin October 2003 Harvard Magazine Making the Case by David Garvin Background Notes 1995, rev. 1996 Choreographing a Case Class by V. Kasturi Rangan Compares four different approaches to case teaching: lecturing,... View Details
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Doing Business with China: Early American Trading Houses - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive... View Details
- 05 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures
“malicious envy” in their peers. ” we’re trying to chip away at the resentment that comes with envy and move people toward admiration instead.” Malicious envy is a destructive emotion that makes people feel inferior by comparison, even to the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Interviewing - Alumni
positive conversation - like you, he/she wants a good outcome. Passion. Make sure you are interviewing for roles that you are genuinely passionate about. The interviewer wants to be excited about your conversation. Convey your agenda: three or View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Role Model
One of four daughters of Pakistani immigrants, Salma Qarnain (MBA 2002) grew up in the midwestern “I” states of Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana before attending Stanford University. “It was my first experience feeling happy and comfortable in a place that had diversity,”... View Details
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Partners - Case Method Project
U.S. History CT 9 of 29 Ned Gallagher Choate Rosemary Hall Wallingford, CT Subjects: JFK Program Tutorial, US Government and Politics I, US Government and Politics II CT 10 of 29 Sara Goepfrich Fairfield Ludlowe High School Fairfield, CT... View Details
- 23 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Strategy-Focused Organization
reinforcing the central role of the scorecard in Mobil's management system. Inspired and dedicated middle managers can sustain quality improvements, local process improvements, and many other change programs. Middle managers can also implement View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
band together to lobby for government support, the concerns of restaurant owners and the unique realities and concerns of their industry remain largely unaddressed by government programs designed to help small businesses. Two months into... View Details