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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
recommended to access the rich media in the program. The course platform allows you to engage with the content and watch the course videos with bandwidth of at least 750 Kbps download speed. At this speed, you may experience video... View Details
- 04 Feb 2010
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?
information available, history, experience, the number of deciders, and so forth. Nevertheless, several comments reflected an uneasy fondness for a good dose of intuition in the mix. Guy Gould-Davies' comment was particularly insightful:... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
Dorothy for her amusement. Unbeknownst to him, she sold it to the prestigious Story magazine for $25. When she told him, he began to think he could be a writer after all. By 1945, America was ready to forget war and deprivation and get on with the View Details
- 29 Nov 2023
- News
A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway
Clubs News Clubs News Southern California Holiday Gala Will Boost Scholarship Fund After a brief hiatus due to the pandemic, the HBS Association of Southern California (HBSASC) is once again hosting its annual Holiday Benefit Gala on December 9 to support the HBSASC... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Jun 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Excellence Comes From Saying No
express to you how exceptional the experience has been," says Frei. "I have never received papers like this, ever." According to the course description, "CCE explores how to identify and overcome the barriers to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics
Max Bazerman and Mike Luca (Image by John Ritter) What makes people behave the way they do—and to what degree are design choices influencing that? Associate Professor Mike Luca studies the design of online platforms, while Professor Max Bazerman’s work focuses on... View Details
- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
pursues." Joe Schmid commented that "the 'highest behavior' any leader can expect from those they lead is the 'lowest behavior' they demonstrate." To the extent that fairness and ethical behaviors are in the eye of the beholder, View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
they do not have a good hiring strategy. For decades, there have been books and articles about building engineering teams. The infamous book The Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks should be on every software engineer and tech startup... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
case a financial services company, to bail us out. The experience could have soured me on the entire notion of hedge funds. But of course hedge funds later came into vogue, prompting the growth and development of an entire hedge fund... View Details
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
service lines, market segments, and competitive positioning. Marketing did the thinking, managed the brand and consumer franchise in consumer goods companies, and provided support to the sales force. In this simpler world, sales did the... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
experience at McDonald's. The other piece was alignment. Alignment plays a really important role. And so the conversations, the side conversations, the helping people get more comfortable, being good at... View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
Enrollment Stories FAQs Start Anytime Key Concepts Master frameworks and tools to execute a high-quality, profitable business model Discover how to conduct experiments to determine your venture’s value proposition, go-to-market strategy,... View Details
- 16 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense
companies. As one of my CEOs put to me, wryly: “In my January board meeting, I wasn’t hiring and scaling fast enough and told to ‘go, go’, go’. In my April board meeting, I was burning too fast and was told to ‘stop, stop, stop’.” Her View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 28 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)
where I was able to gain foundational business experience which ultimately led me to HBS. What is your favorite memory from HBS? The Latino Student Organization (LASO) was my home away from home. The annual LASO retreats stand out as some... View Details
- 22 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Case Protagonists at HBS
and confidence at once because of the huge responsibility we feel to share our relevant work experiences with the class, and the authority bestowed on each of us for having said experiences. Moreover, I dare you to try and sit through an... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
the profession. Journalists are asking, Whom do we serve? How do we know what people think is important? Any good reader-revenue strategy has to be built around a real understanding of the audience and what motivates people to consume... View Details
- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
personnel who had no previous experience with measuring costs at all. Working with local administrators, the team designed a simple procedure for collecting data on patient care. As the case explains: “The process started with the data... View Details
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
productivity from using the software by as much as 100 percent, when compared with free-riding competitors. "Companies that contribute and give back learn how to better use the open source software in their own environment" The reason for that benefit lies in... View Details
- 03 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
4 Things You Need to Know About Independent Projects
areas. Laura Little came to HBS determined to pursue an interest in early stage healthcare. She gained experience through classes, her summer internship, and independent projects (IP) in her second year. We checked in with Laura to find... View Details
- 08 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Long Distance Relationships: What if my partner can’t join me at HBS?
good to take a step back and remember to breathe. Marina and I have been very fortunate to be able to make time to see each other. Since classes started, Marina visited me once in October and was able to meet with many of my... View Details