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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

and successfully negotiate at work, on the job hunt, or in day-to-day conversations. As someone that does negotiations as part of my job, I found Professor Wheeler’s Negotiation Mastery course to be both thorough and valuable. This course... View Details

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

objectives. Highlights Making Tough Choices Performing the X-Test Using Control Systems Interactively Show Hide Details Modules Managing the Tensions of Strategy Execution Aligning Job Design to Strategy Energizing Employees to Execute... View Details

20 Jan 2023
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The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang

especially true as the first in my family to go to grad school. The biggest influence in my life has been my parents. Throughout my childhood, my parents worked multiple jobs to give me the educational... View Details

17 Sep 2018
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Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

feet up, and coast through their Golden Years. Like a boiling kettle removed from the burner, most retirees initially feel a blissful release from intense pressure when 40 or more hours are no longer dedicated to a job each week. An empty... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

07 Apr 2015
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Warrior Spirit

brothers returned to the United States, she argued, they somehow would find a way to make it work. Money, by necessity, became an obsession. Throughout his first year at HBS, Sityodtong sent $10 each week to his mother in Thailand, money... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

03 Jun 2022
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In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

The American workforce has always migrated, moving wherever the jobs took them—traditionally, away from small towns and toward big cities. Now, as an increasing number of workplaces embrace remote work and allow people the flexibility to... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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

where Donald Brown, our Patent Attorney (in Santa Fe by coincidence) was staying, to describe to him in great detail a dry camera which would give a picture immediately after exposure.” 43 Correspondence dating to late 1943 reveals Land's early concepts for instant... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor

dirt roads. His excellence on the field was due to his preparation in the off-season.” First job: An independent video store. “I loved that job because I love the power of storytelling. I always wanted to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Pricing: Theory, Estimation and Applications.” 2022 Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2022 First Prize in the Chicago Quantitative Alliance Academic Paper Competition for "Hidden Alpha" with Manuel Ammann, Alexander Cochardt, and Stephan... View Details

22 Dec 2020
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The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS

attend Vanderbilt, and I worked odd jobs on top of that to support myself and my family. I had never taken on debt and did not know how it worked, so I had a lot of fear of the unknown. However, as I learned more about the HBS Financial... View Details

01 Jun 2023
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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... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

24 May 2017
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John J. Brennan, MBA 1980

is devoted to his family. Brennan often says he’s the luckiest person in the world, but it’s clear that his success involves considerable amounts of intelligence, hard work, and ambition. A middle-class kid whose early jobs included... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Request more information | HBS Courses | HBS Online

option Please Select I want to accelerate my career I want to change careers I am or plan to be an entrepreneur I am interested in pursuing an MBA I want to prepare for my first job Please select an option... View Details

30 Mar 2023
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Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)

my job in finance before HBS, I saw the professional and personal struggles that women, and particularly women of color, face. I’ve strived to help recruit more women into male-dominated places. I am passionate about helping advance... View Details

01 Mar 2010
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John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures

had actually gone out and bought, or made, the exact outfits we were wearing in those pictures.” That was when Crowley, president and CEO of Amicus Therapeutics, first got a taste of how it would feel to be the subject of a movie.... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315138-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 415-039 Leader-as-Architect: Alignment Part of a leader's job is to equip the organization to transform inputs into outputs by defining organizational... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 May 2016
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Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993

summer vacations consist of touring national parks in an RV. “To be successful you need to have a passion not just for the job itself, but for the people you are doing it with.” “To be successful you need to have a passion not just for... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

28 May 2019
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Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

it will make investors more wary of engaging in the capital markets.” Two Supreme Court decisions, although not the only reasons, appear to have made a difference, according to the researchers. The rulings in Tellabs v. Makor (2007) and Janus v. View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting

September 2024
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Xendit: Hiring for Growth

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Steve Castano, Quoc Anh Nguyen and Claire Wu

In 2019, Xendit, a growth-stage Southeast Asia (SEA) fintech venture based in Jakarta, was looking to hire a Head of Sales and Head of Product to lead its next phase of growth. Founded by Moses Lo and Tessa Wijaya, Xendit provided payment infrastructure, modeling... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Financing and Loans; Entrepreneurship; Jobs and Positions; Sales; Product; Growth and Development; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Southeast Asia; Indonesia; Philippines

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08 Feb 2016
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Applying to Business School as a Couple

For Kate Kingen and Patrick Garrison applying to business school was a mutual decision – and coming to HBS was a journey they decided to embark on together. Kate and Patrick first met in New York City when they were both working as... View Details

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