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09 May 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 1)

us apart but instead what might bring us together. I hope that one day we, as a combined harmonious people, realize what amazing feats we are capable of achieving once we learn to work together. Victoria Chen (MBA 2023) My relationship... View Details

09 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

School. By incorporating data most companies discard, Ascarza and her co-researcher devised an algorithm capable of quickly analyzing more than 40 variables to create a “first impression” of the customer after the initial transaction. The... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Service

November 2023 (Revised March 2024)
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Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security

By: Elie Ofek

In the summer of 2023, the co-founders of Infarm, a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company, were contemplating a major pivot going forward. While Infarm had successfully shown it could grow over 75 products—mainly herbs, leafy greens and mushrooms—in modular... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Model; Market Entry and Exit; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Transition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe; North America; Toronto; Northeastern United States

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10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

https://www.ctpublic.org/environment/2015-01-08/toxic-communities-and-the-fight-for-environmental-justice. “Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program.” Loan Programs Office. Department of Energy. Accessed August 10, 2023.... View Details

18 May 2023
News

India's New Money Managers

will happen when she puts her money in a product, she is capable of making an informed choice. If she doesn't understand a product, she will not put money in." And that's what LXME strives to do: inform women of their options and give... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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

leader, unleash the capabilities of others, and cultivate high-performing teams. This course leverages self-assessments, 360° feedback from colleagues, and peers’ perspectives to help you build greater self-awareness and enhance the... View Details

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

for a company. While necessary, these capabilities do not determine competitive success. An IT department that provides only a basic foundation of technology infrastructure and a standard set of application programs may adequately assess... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service

Portrait Project

Navroz D. Udwadia

with drinking water and electricity in every village. Millions of people exploring life, expressing talents and living in peaceful prosperity. An India governed by upright leaders capable of shepherding the country to its rightful place... View Details

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

and resources inside these firms? As you can see, we have a long way to go. But we believe that this stream of research has the potential to change the way we think about how firms develop capabilities for competing in environments of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Apr 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Multinational Strategies and Developing Countries in Historical Perspective

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

20 May 2024
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

Roberts went into consulting to dip his toes into the field of business and discover his passions. He worked in sectors such as economic development and climate and sustainability, founded a nonprofit academy to deliver capability... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering

essential part of that future. The MS/MBA Program will tap into that, making certain to develop capabilities and leaders that will be an important part of this exciting and changing future.” Accelerating Innovation and Entrepreneurship By... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

performance. The board needs to be composed of individuals who are capable and interested in giving feedback. The board is also responsible for recommending an appropriate CEO compensation structure, including salary, bonuses, benefits,... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi

disparity, and the need for government to modernize itself and not impede the business process. "As a society, we recognize that the private sector is our most dynamic, innovative, and capable institution," Checchi asserts. "To continue... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

or the confidence, depending on how you want to look at it, to trust that and bet truly my life on it. And that's what I did. I predicted where capabilities will be, and then I used my consulting and my HBS background to say okay, we... View Details

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

industry? How will better data collection transform the ways in which we do clinical trials for new cancer drugs? It is both staggering and exciting to imagine how data and analytic capabilities will transform entire industries and it was... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Machine Learning frameworks (Tensorflow, PyTorch, Keras, OpenCV) - Research Computing Services

Software Tools Machine Learning frameworks (Tensorflow, PyTorch, Keras, OpenCV) 2ms The HBSGrid offers artificial intelligence(AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities through its Conda AI environment. This environment includes: Python... View Details

31 May 2004
Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

of subordinates' capabilities or work; providing nonconstructive negative feedback on work done; checking on the status of assigned work for too long; and displaying lack of interest in subordinates' work or ideas); (2) failing to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Dean Nitin Nohria | About

of Harvard Business School, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), this online certificate program is designed for experienced professionals who wish to expand their knowledge and View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Leveraging Generative AI

Mitchell Weiss, the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice and chair of the Required Curriculum in the MBA Program. Read more about From Chalkboards to Chatbots A large language model such as ChatGPT is a type of GenAI that is trained on extensive text... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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