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25 Apr 2024
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of coal on his back and said when he was about 16, there has to be a better way. He founded our company in 1933 by driving a secondhand oil truck and just built this incredible independent energy company. And I’m really proud of that, but he always thought that hard... View Details

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Capturing & Disseminating Video/Photography During Course Activities | About

participants achieve deeper understanding and realize personal growth. Consistent with the School’s community values, we all must work to create a learning environment of trust and mutual respect, free... View Details

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Research Computing Services - Faculty & Research

technology training. RCS staff also provide guidance to doctoral students and Research Associates supporting faculty research. As part of the Division of Research and Faculty Development, RCS works closely with the School’s other research... View Details

08 Sep 2008
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The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

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Philippe Rival

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After six years of working as a civil engineer, the importance and value of adding management skills to an existing engineering and technical base became apparent to me. The MBA was the... View Details

April 2000
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The Fable of Fisher Body

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Daniel F. Spulber

General Motors' (GM) acquisition of Fisher Body is the classic example of market failure in the literature on contracts and the theory of the firm. According to the standard account, GM merged vertically with Fisher Body in 1926, a maker of auto bodies, because of... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Failure; Contracts; Vertical Integration; Market Transactions; Investment; Trust; Production; Assets; Supply Chain; Opportunities; Technology; Auto Industry

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11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control

relativity. Those interests led to degrees from the Technical University of Vienna and even some opportunities to work on projects at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. But his life plans took a sharp turn on a Tuscany... View Details

01 Jun 2023
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An Engine of Innovation

opportunities and challenging issues facing business and society around the world. Segneri explains that being part of this environment gives students and alumni from HBS and Harvard University’s 12 other schools access to a wide range of... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

10 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?

sniffing the traps a mile away ... seeing through BS ... smelling falsehood" (Anonymous), are "able to accommodate ... to a new environment ... globalization is forcing a more general definition of street smarts" (Shankar... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

responsibilities Foster successful strategy execution by establishing an environment that communicates which opportunities and behaviors are encouraged and which are out of bounds Who Will Benefit Mid-Level Managers and Professionals... View Details

20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

D. Margolis Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 9 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/09/a-global-leaders-guide-to-managing-business-conduct/ar/1 Working PapersDynamically Integrating... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

projects Examine how capital markets work and how they affect your business Develop a financial intuition that will give you the confidence to make effective decisions in your career and life Who Will Benefit Early and Mid-Career... View Details

09 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration

accessing valuable resources primarily controlled by White people, according to the study, Structuring Local Environments to Avoid Diversity: Anxiety Drives Whites’ Geographical and Institutional Self-Segregation Preferences, which will... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Power of Conversational Leadership

this approach positively affects a company's bottom line. "In many ways the book is not about communication as much as it is about performance," Groysberg says. "In an economic environment where there is so much uncertainty, the senior... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2022
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A Sustainable Solution for Fashion

Ferdinand Stockmann (MBA 2021) and James Theuerkauf (MBA 2021) Photo courtesy Syrup Tech Fashion is one of the most polluting industries in the world, says James Theuerkauf (MBA 2021), who worked in McKinsey’s retail sector before... View Details

Keywords: April White

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

leaders, the authors found that introverts can be better in unpredictable, changing environments where workers are proactive about sharing their ideas. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2010/12/the-hidden-advantages-of-quiet-bosses/ar/1... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Help - Research Computing Services

HBSGrid Saving plots and images created by R on the HBSGrid requires minor modifications to the typical R code for saving these files. Connecting Remotely to WRDS on Windows Directions for how to connect remotely to WRDS on Windows using Stata, SAS, and other... View Details

13 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

corporate misconduct, pointing to cultural factors that might eventually result in scandal earlier than they would otherwise attract attention. In a business environment where ethics are paramount, the findings may offer managers and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007

Working PapersDo Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States Authors:David H. Autor, William R. Kerr, and Adriana D. Kugler Abstract Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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