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- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
"demonstrated" why a proposal to allocate many more resources to building a firm's business in Europe went too far. The document is incomprehensible (we have yet to find anyone in that firm who can explain it clearly), but it has successfully undermined View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Seth Klarman, MBA 1982
three decades, Klarman has built one of the most successful hedge fund companies in the world. While such accolades are important to Klarman, he is equally proud of the culture at Baupost. "We have a very collaborative environment where people View Details
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2.5 Disciplinary Outcomes & Sanctions - MBA
and support Probation Probation is a strong warning to a student whose conduct has given serious cause for concern. During the period of time that a student is on probation, any further instance of... View Details
- 24 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day
conditions possible for students to learn and perform well in their school activities and tests,” Gino says. “Often these debates do not carefully consider the influence of external factors that teachers or... View Details
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Faculty and Research - Alumni
Professor Rebecca Henderson’s online course Sustainable Business Strategy draws upon her research focused on energy and the environment. How You can Help The easiest way for donors to foster faculty thought leadership is by giving to the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
Kimberly Jung, pictured in a field of crocuses, returned to Afghanistan to understand how she and her cofounders could import saffron to the United States. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Jung During their first semester at HBS, former United States Army engineer officers... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
Isdell) have pointed out, business has not been very active in trying to counter the antiglobalizers. In terms of public discourse and action, in particular, I'd recommend the following steps for companies... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
offer opportunities for learning they would have to entail enough variety of content to generate novel or problematic situations that trigger the itch of curiosity. It is this itch in the incumbent's mind that View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
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Reunions - Alumni
events or encourage your classmates to invest in the future of HBS by fundraising for your class gift. In alignment with the School’s commitment to advancing racial equity , we are actively seeking planning... View Details
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
new employment, given the need for significant productivity improvement necessary to reverse the outflow of manufacturing activity from a developed economy. Peter Hogan reminded us that "manufacturers' share... View Details
- 17 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity
To The Lab With that supporting data in hand, the team decided to test the weather/productivity connection in the controlled setting of a research lab. The goal was to establish causality for the correlative... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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2.4 Disciplinary Process - MBA
certain circumstances a student's activities at the School may be limited or suspended until the matter is resolved, up to and including placement on an involuntary leave of absence, as set forth in Section 1.11 . Minor Infractions View Details
- 23 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified
familiar arguments both for and against. Private developers and other supporters argue that new restaurants and retail shops, high-rise housing, and other spruce-ups revitalize communities by attracting... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online
prospective online learners* Yes No Reimagined the case study method through a proprietary platform featuring courses created by renowned faculty Yes No Collaboration with fellow online learners through unique simulations and interactive View Details
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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Harvard Kennedy School’s Social Innovation + Change Initiative is a rigorous co-curricular program for change-makers committed to addressing pressing social problems in new and creative ways. The Fellowship selects and View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping
significantly lower emissions and higher efficiency for maritime shipping, and how Maersk actively supported these requirements. Maersk felt like many of these regulations were... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
commercial and trade activity and agreements, with mountains of up-to-the-minute data available to firms and governments for making sophisticated projections, why do industries and countries continue to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 04 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship
process better.” Yet the possibilities for state-of-the-art enterprise B2B software utilizing SaaS business models inspired him to seek more. Going to HBS, with its start-up support system, would give Stan,... View Details
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John H. McArthur | About
assignment as a Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Penn Central Transportation Company. For much of that decade, he fielded a team that included future Secretary of State Warren Christopher and future IBM CEO Lou... View Details
- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
quantify the cost of delivering high-quality impacts.” Shah elaborates: “Now PIH can say, for example, ‘Here’s what it costs to support one woman’s cycle of care for an entire... View Details