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- 06 Sep 2012
- News
Fashion-Forward
Amed “Does this look good on me?” That’s a question Imran Amed (MBA 2002) heard frequently when he was growing up in Calgary, Canada, no doubt because friends and family quickly learned he was often insightful, on target, and honest in... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Nick Soman (MBA 2010)
you instantly to an anonymous chat with someone new, and you can choose to share your name or photo if you become comfortable. We think the best way to cure loneliness is to give you someone relevant to talk to at any time. And we’ve View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Meaning of Ramadi
lessons I’d learned earlier in combat and proved that they applied not only in war but also in business and life. Here are a few of those lessons; maybe some will ring true. First, I’ve learned that time is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Conversation with Dean Nohria
international institution. What's ahead for HBS after the University's launch of its online portal, EdX? We're thinking hard about how we can develop a suite of distinctively HBS online materials—what we're calling HBX. One effort, pre-MBA, includes courses to help... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Marriage, Inc.
Greenwald (MBA ’93). Single women need to create an action plan to meet as many men as possible in order to find the right one, says Greenwald, a Denver-based “dating consultant” who is the author of Find a Husband After 35 Using What I View Details
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
important for people to accept change. It also meant that it was easier to learn and change. Morrell: What did things look like when they broke down? What did it look like in the room? How could you tell it was coming apart some days?... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Welcome to the Future
Batten Hall, on Western Avenue, is the totally renovated and redesigned building formerly occupied by the PBS television station WGBH. Batten Hall’s top two floors, reserved for HBS, are devoted to 10 curved, modular learning spaces... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
Celebration Committee, "For our profile subjects, we're selecting HBSAAA alumnae who've been recommended by our members as women of the African diaspora who are making a difference in the world. It's been a revelation to learn more about... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Curb Your Overconfidence
Other Tips Learn to embrace uncertainty, and you’ll be more willing to propose and accept the type of compromise that leads to mutually beneficial agreements. Seek out an objective critique of your plans from a third party, whether a... View Details
- 07 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School
theory" as advanced in the classic by Paul Lawrence and Jay Lorsch, Organization and Environment. This extraordinarily rich heritage has exercised an impact around the world and continues to inform the teaching of Leadership and Organizational View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Making the Case for Maine: HBS Club and State's CEO Discuss Business Issues
Since the case method was introduced to management education by HBS in the 1920s, its approach to understanding business through real-world examples has been employed in thousands of classrooms throughout the world. Last May, the HBS Club of Maine took this... View Details
Keywords: Janine Brunell Looker
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
while the second offered the opportunity to learn more about careers in entertainment and media, high tech, marketing, and nonprofits. Judy Lewent, SVP and CFO of Merck & Co., another of Fortune's top fifty, delivered the second keynote... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
Being in a period of indecision may be uncomfortable, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing.” Terrana says she learned that what motivated her fifteen years ago — her career, primarily — had changed to encompass family, friends, greater... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
Working Papers Commodity Chains: What Can We Learn from a Business History of the Rubber Chain? (1870-1910) Author: Felipe Tâmega Fernandes Abstract The literature on the rubber boom applied a dependendist view of rubber production in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Job Hunting in a Tight Market: Strength in Numbers
career coach throughout their searches. The reason? Job hunters learn from each other’s strategies, help each other, and help motivate their comrades. The average résumé is reviewed for only ten seconds. Résumés should have a summary... View Details
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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog
(ii) designing incentive systems, broadly defined, that motivate both individual performance and organizational behavior. Students will learn to apply these concepts to enhance their own productivity while also developing skills to... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
lesson she learned from Professor Boris Groysberg in an HBS classroom: “The most important leadership skills in the future aren’t going to be analytical or diagnostic skills. The thing that will make the most difference is the skill of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Youth Movement: HBS Clubs Make Students a Top Priority
continue the well-received program. "It's a unique opportunity for alumni and MBA students to network and to continue their learning experience and for us to attract future business leaders to our local community." For more information... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
Conference Proceedings More Amazon Effects: Online Competition and Pricing Behaviors By: Cavallo, Alberto Abstract—I study how online competition, with its shrinking margins, algorithmic pricing technologies, and the transparency of the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
Specifically, focusing attention on "interested" legislators' behavior captures important information seemingly ignored by the market. A long-short portfolio based on these legislators' views earns abnormal returns of over 90... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne