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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

female and/or minority protagonists For example, only using a case with a female protagonist to discuss gender discrimination at work or work/life challenges, which may signal that these issues are relevant only to women or minorities... View Details

23 Sep 2022
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8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

environments are ripe with some of these tensions,” says McDonald. “If left unaddressed or mishandled, they will hurt you. The key is to harness them, so they will not be a negative, but a positive.” “McDonald says the book was inspired... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Jan 2011
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Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

about the latter two activities to this day. After studying economics at Cornell, Klarman headed to Wall Street to join Mutual Shares Corporation, where he worked closely with Max Heine and Mike Price, two legendary figures in the area of... View Details

08 Aug 2005
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Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?

these hurdles begins with the following steps: 1. Routinely Review And Update How Decision Authority Is Distributed Because organizations, what they do, and the environment in which they operate continually change, decision-rights updates... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

02 Mar 2009
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When Goal Setting Goes Bad

performance, the authors agree. But goal setting must be prescribed in doses, not as a standard remedy to increase productivity. They even offer a warning label and list 10 questions managers should ask themselves before starting goal setting. The View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy... View Details

17 Apr 2019
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How Managers Stifle Creativity

breakthroughs in an Academy of Management Discoveries article, Creativity, Artificial Intelligence, and a World of Surprises. "Your immediate manager plays a huge role in establishing your work View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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RGE Report - Race, Gender & Equity

Race, Gender and Equity at Work Race, Gender and Equity at Work Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author HBS Staff Topics Topics Board Diversity RGE Blog Filters Read posts from Author HBS... View Details

22 Oct 2007
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Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

and efficiency, lean's influence (and various interpretations of its tenets) continues to grow. In their working paper "Lean Principles and Software Production: Evidence from Indian Software Services," HBS doctoral student... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

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Brandon Graves

Coming to HBS is like Entering a new world in which the words “not possible” or “no” don’t exist. HBS fosters an environment that constructively challenges my self-imposed limits and assumptions. Conversations with section mates and... View Details

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Software Tools - Research Computing Services

are being used, but this may unintentionally introduce problems or incompatibilities as modules and software evolve over time. It is good documentation and a best practice for research data management to include module loads in your (Bash) cluster submission scripts or... View Details

01 Apr 2013
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First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

reasons behind the findings, the researchers conducted a similar experiment in the controlled environment of a university lab. They recruited 175 college students for a three-hour study, conducted over two consecutive days. The students... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Web Services; Service; Telecommunications

22 Mar 2023
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Decarbonization and Sustainable Production: Immersive Field Course in Denmark and the Netherlands

back in 2012, I was hoping to graduate and work in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. My goal was to contribute to eradicating energy poverty and improving general welfare. At that time, petroleum accounted for roughly 80% of the... View Details

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Entrepreneurs Prepare for leadership roles after working as an individual contributor or functional specialist. "I found the content of the course to be extremely informative and applicable to the real challenges of being a leader. I... View Details

September 2022
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HPP: Tapping the Netherlands’ Potential

By: Brian Trelstad and Idelès Kaandorp

Stichting Het Potentieel Pakken (HPP) was launched to solve a systemic problem in the Dutch Labor Market: gender inequity that was leading to a large number of women to work part-time in fields that were in desperately short supply of labor, like health care, child... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Grants; Scaling And Growth; Nonprofit Organizations; Opportunities; Gender; Income; Employment; Health Care and Treatment; Human Capital; Mission and Purpose; Motivation and Incentives; Growth and Development Strategy; Employment Industry; Health Industry; Education Industry; Consulting Industry; Europe; Netherlands

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Morgan Hall | About

extensive reconstruction from 1990 to 1992. The complicated undertaking modernized and significantly expanded the building’s capacity and created a physical environment that fosters intellectual collaboration among faculty from different... View Details

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For Recruiters - Health Care

For Recruiters For Recruiters Companies benefit from hiring HBS graduates who are prepared to be leaders at any level, yet are comfortable in the team-based learning environment that mirrors the current business world. Our students are... View Details

19 Jan 2024
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The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details

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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School