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14 Feb 2019
News

Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change

innovation.” The impact of climate change will be felt around the globe in the coming years. Learn more about the implications for business in this HBS Background Note. Consider how Boston will look as sea levels rise using the Climate Ready Boston View Details

01 Apr 1996
News

"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs

assigned a function in production, research and development, sales and marketing, or administration. In a day-and-a-half of real time - comprising twenty-minute action rounds, planning rounds, and instruction on specific topics such as View Details

26 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 26, 2008

Development Editor:Bruce R. Scott Publication:Springer Verlag, forthcoming Abstract This book looks at the emergence of capitalism and democracy as systems of economic and political governance and considers how these two systems may be both mutually supportive and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 18, 2008

Routledge, forthcoming Abstract This Handbook gives an overview of the range and scope of International Political Economy (IPE) scholarship by mapping the different regional schools of IPE and noting the distinctive way IPE is practiced... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2016
News

Ink

Future-proof Handling his first consulting job after years of experience in accounting and academics, Vijay “VG” Govindarajan (MBA 1976, DBA 1978) sat down to sketch out a strategy for his client. Literally written on the back of an envelope, the structure he View Details

16 Aug 2018
Blog Post

A Day in the Life as a ‘Spreadsheet Ranger’

Team is called out at random times throughout the week to respond to local fires. It is dry season and you can often smell smoke in the air! 8:15am – After some “good mornings” with the staff, my co-consultant and I map out our plan for... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

05 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 5

this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711486-PDF-ENG Volkswagen do Brasil: Driving Strategy with the Balanced Scorecard Robert S. Kaplan and Ricardo Reisen de PinhoHarvard Business School Case 111-049 A new management team at VW do Brazil develops and deploys... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

Sheryl Sandberg (COO) mapped out their six-point plan to address this existential threat. Could they continue to grow and rectify the breach of trust/privacy? Did other stakeholders have some greater responsibility too? In addition to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer

question—it’s clear.” Simply put, inefficiencies in the development of precision medicine can best be addressed by a business-analysis approach. With the mapping of the human genome completed 15 years ago, the sci-fi concept of using a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health; Pharmaceutical

07 Jan 2015
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

system promoted a high level of collaboration—"(It was) brilliant!" P. A. Chacko said that "pay bands and the roles/designation levels which are mapped to each may start facilitating aspirational endeavours." Kristin... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?

map out 'if you want to do this, then you should do this and not that,' making lists of the pros and cons and making a decision based on which list is longer, and so on." However, there has been little research that considers the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

11 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Crafting a Nontraditional Path to Venture Capital and Private Equity with Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021)

challenge of an unstructured search, Sheil put her own structure to it by mapping out how much time she would spend on her search each week, which helped her stay on track. Her search was also an exercise in patience, managing sustained... View Details

15 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza

producing, and music marketing learning from her brother’s expertise. Regarding setting the go-to-market strategy for her music, Mendoza took advantage of her experience leading projects. She said, “I applied my consulting skills in View Details

31 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Five Important Steps before Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap

finance. Hilary is focused on ensuring the customer experience is executed flawlessly – from first click to product delivery. Our entrepreneurial journey in some ways can be mapped back to one of the first parties during RC year. We met... View Details

11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

25 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

flop. "I get a lot of compliments on it—but the price point is way too high," says Mayo. By contrast, he pulls out a folded paper map with the title "Harvard Star Map." With landmarks where famous and infamous... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

Web

Manuscript Collections - 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

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

costly failures. The book seeks to provide guidance to would-be "emulators"—corporate managers, university administrators, and policy makers—about how to adopt the best of venture capital and avoid the common pitfalls that frequently entrap the unwary. Third,... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

01 Mar 2005
News

A Primer on Patents

Washington until the issue’s visibility moves from the level of the assistant general counsel of a corporation to the level of the CEO. We hope this book will contribute to that process by making these matters more accessible to chief executives and venture capitalists... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Impact Stories - Business & Environment

enormous pressure, making it critical that farmers find ways to save money. To survive this long, they’ve had to change constantly." Donnie Benjamin MBA 2015 | Mapping the Future of Sustainability "My experiences in the military showed me... View Details

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