Exercise - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Are You a Strategist?

"What are the first three words that come to mind when you hear the word 'strategy'?" That's the free-association exercise Cynthia A. Montgomery gives to mid-career business leaders in her Executive Education classes at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

17 Jul 2008
Working Paper Summaries

A Replication Study of Alan Blinder’s “How Many U.S. Jobs Might Be Offshorable?”

Keywords: by Troy Smith & Jan W. Rivkin

22 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

When Agreeing to Disagree Is a Good Beginning

It makes it that much harder to exercise that muscle of engagement.” (To find how receptive you are, take their quiz at receptiveness.net.) "I’m always surprised by how much patience this takes and how hard it is to execute when you’re... View Details

Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette

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Business History - Faculty & Research

simplistic assumptions about business behavior also enabled business history to be highly creative and, at times, to exercise a huge impact on management studies more generally, especially strategy and the study of entrepreneurship.... View Details

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

Descriptive Statistics Relationship Between Two Variables Featured Exercises Create visual representations of data in Excel Define and calculate descriptive statistics Create scatter plots and calculate the correlation coefficient 8 hrs... View Details

04 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.

Takeuchi says. "In this very turbulent world, we really need something like kata to make our lives a little better every day. To exercise those human strengths and remain centered amid mounting complexity, Takeuchi recommends developing... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

23 Jan 2024
News

A Wide Net

Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s startup... View Details

Keywords: April White

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

Keywords: Julia Hanna; acting; theater; diversity; career path; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online

your knowledge through polls, quizzes, and problem-solving exercises designed to accelerate and reinforce your learning. Exchange ideas with your classmates, broaden your perspective, and challenge your worldview. Social Join a global... View Details

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... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

Active Immerse yourself in a dynamic, interactive learning experience. You’ll engage in a new activity every three to five minutes and apply your knowledge through polls, quizzes, and problem-solving exercises designed to accelerate and... View Details

06 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan

so entails committing to paper a vision of the factors that will affect the success or failure of the enterprise. People take the exercise very seriously and get emotionally invested in what they produce. In that context, the article was... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

How Is Private Equity Funded? Three Segments of PE Should BC Partners Exit? Show Hide Details Concepts Introduction to Private Equity Venture Capital Growth Equity Buyouts Private Equity Wrap-up Featured Exercises Calculate the value of... View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

work, and in society. It is meant for those who want to make things happen, despite the obstacles that might stand in your way. This course is also intended to prepare you to use power responsibly, resist its corruptive perils, and View Details

22 Nov 2023
News

So You Want to Join a Startup

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels of an underground hotel... View Details

26 May 2023
Blog Post

Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

helped me become a mini-expert in a lot of different subjects day to day, and on the SEAS side the opportunity to actually build and develop products has been such a cool exercise in the power of creativity and solving tough problems.”... View Details

2013
Book

What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential

By: Robert Steven Kaplan

How do you create your own definition of success—and reach your unique potential? Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to "success" as defined by those around us—and... View Details

Keywords: Career Planning; Vocational Guidance; Job Satisfaction; Satisfaction; Personal Development and Career; Customization and Personalization

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27 Jan 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Discretion Within the Constraints of Opportunity: Gender Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization

Keywords: by Adam M. Kleinbaum, Toby E. Stuart & Michael L. Tushman

March 2024 (Revised July 2024)
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WeightWatchers: Promoting Weight Health

By: Ranjay Gulati, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Ashley Whillans, Allison Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean

In December 2023, the 60-year-old weight management industry stalwart WeightWatchers announced the launch of WeightWatchers Clinic, which incorporated GLP-1s , a new class of prescription weight-loss medications, into the company’s portfolio of products and mobile app... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)