Formalization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2006
News

The Governor’s Admission

John Lynch (MBA ’79), New Hampshire’s Democratic governor, stepped away from the State House last February to teach a case about globalization at the University of New Hampshire. A UNH graduate who majored in English, Lynch confessed that his only View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government

08 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries

finalize a deal, but that's often not enough. Many countries have webs of influence that are more powerful than the actual parties making the deal, even though those webs don't have the formal standing of, say, government agencies. In... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

Portrait Project

Prash Agarwal

wasn't good, but I pretended it was. Maybe I'll finally learn and open a dessert shop. Poets like Akhtar, Wordsworth, and Vikram Seth have skillfully given my emotions a voice; I hope my poetry, too, will give that gift to someone. I want to play the piano without... View Details

25 Jun 2014
News

Giving millions of students a new path to learning

million students every month. It’s been translated into the world’s languages. It’s been used formally in about 300,000 classrooms in some way, shape, or form. “There are two goals here: one is to provide not just videos but also... View Details

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Campus Experience | MBA

Campus Experience At Harvard Business School, breakthrough moments can happen any time. While formal education is concentrated within academics, the transformation of potential into leadership is realized through every aspect of the... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Recent HBS Campaign Regional Events & Alumni Gatherings

Hüsnü Özyeğin (MBA 1969) attended the reception. 5 Daniel Rutz, Marie-Anne Popp (MBA 2002), and Dean Nitin Nohria visited at the reception that followed the evening’s formal program. 6 HBS’s Burden Hall (shown here) and Shad Hall were the... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

McArthur Hall Dedication

Clark noted, initiated major changes in faculty development, committed unprecedented resources to research and the curriculum, and positioned HBS academic programs on the leading edge of business education during the years he led the School. "But this is just the View Details

07 Feb 2005
What Do You Think?

If You Blink, Will You Miss?

it fails." Several respondents provided food for thought, always welcome here. Deepak Alse speculated, "I wonder if there is such a thing as 'group gut feel?'" David Martin said that "A good manager also knows which decisions deserve more View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2017
News

Talent: The Best Employee Perk?

The company has no vacation policy and no travel expense policy. Nor does it have formal reviews, which it believes create unnecessary bureaucracy. Instead, Netflix fosters continuous, open, and honest conversations about performance. The... View Details

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Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) - Course Catalog

on informal interactions to develop their offers, connect with customers and investors, and launch operations. Upon entering the growth stage, scaling ventures introduce, often of necessity, increasingly formal management systems to... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Having a Ball

and social service organizations, Stafford, who grew up as one of twelve children of a Baptist minister, invited his guests from all over the country and provided beauty treatments and formal evening wear for two gala balls he organized... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

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Community | MBA

Class of 2015: It’s just the beginning video Play Video duration: 6:02 While formal education is concentrated within academics, the transformation of potential into leadership is realized through every aspect of the HBS experience. A... View Details

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Kenna Wyllie Baudin

for granted such as fingers and toes and the ability to move my limbs and to breathe. I have been gifted with the treasures of a terrific family, generous friends, formal and hands-on education, travel experiences on five continents, and... View Details

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1.24 Commencement | MBA

students and their guests. Please note the following general policies: Though HBS confers MBA degrees on three separate dates throughout the academic year (November, March, and May), formal commencement exercises only take place in May.... View Details

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Tony Cragg Over the Earth 2014 | About

investigates the complex internal formal constructions and geometries that give rise to exterior forms. In Over the Earth , Cragg explores not only nature and the forces of energy found in the organic world, but also how our reality is... View Details

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2.3.4 Sexual & Gender Based Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct | MBA

Harvard University Office for Dispute Resolution (“ODR”) and the Harvard University Office for Gender Equity are responsible for implementing the University’s grievance procedures, which will determine whether a student committed a policy violation. Whenever a View Details

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2.4.1 Cases Involving Sexual Harassment or Other Sexual Misconduct & Cases involving Discrimination or Bullying | MBA

2.4.1 Cases Involving Sexual Harassment or Other Sexual Misconduct & Cases involving Discrimination or Bullying 2.4 Disciplinary Process Whenever a formal complaint of sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct is investigated and the... View Details

Brandon Farwell

in enterprise technologies; notably applied machine intelligence (computer vision, natural language processing, and machine learning), VR/AR, robotics/autonomy, and space. He has been named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 Venture Capital list. Brandon is currently a View Details

Keywords: Business Products and Services (B2B)

Portrait Project

Jason George

living without formal power has greater potential for changing the world than the grasping that often defines us. I will care less about temporal things and rely more on daily grace, because it is sufficient. If I am strong enough I will... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International

grow amid poverty, triggering an empowering ripple effect. We only loan to businesses we believe can grow; we expect every loan to be repaid, and 98 percent are. You've said that microlending can change the world. How? In the developing world, 50 to 60 percent of the... View Details

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