Point Four Program - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

opportunity that's right for you. Entering StartUpLand will guide you as you seek your ideal entry point into this popular, cutting-edge organizational paradigm. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53337 2017... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction 1837: The Hard Times 1873: Off the Rails 1907: The Banker's Panic 1929: The... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan

Kimberly Jung, pictured in a field of crocuses, returned to Afghanistan to understand how she and her cofounders could import saffron to the United States. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Jung During their first semester at HBS, former United States Army engineer officers... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

and petrochemical. From the acquiring company's point of view, the rationale for acquisition is the old law of the jungle: eat or be eaten. This kind of deal makes strategic sense, when it can be pulled off. The acquirer closes the less... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

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Certificates, Credentials, & Credits | HBS Online

Certificate of Completion Certificate of Specialization CLIMB Digital Credential CORe Credits Enroll Now Certificate of Completion All paid HBS Online courses , with the exception of credential programs CORe and CLIMB , grant a... View Details

17 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 17

Research Design: Fifty-six work areas from 19 randomly selected hospitals agreed to implement an 18-month long WalkRounds -based program to improve safety. We compared their results to 138 work areas in 48 randomly selected control... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

and Ana-Maria Tenekedijieva. Philippe van der Beck : Winner of the 2023 Doctoral Program Thesis Distinction from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EFPL) for "Demand-based Asset Pricing: Theory, Estimation and Applications.”... View Details

30 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The Life and Role of a CEO

recommendations on the company’s most crucial issues. After every such meeting, I always wondered “what is it like to be a CEO, having multiple rounds of these meetings every single day?” “The Life and Role of the CEO”, one of the Short Intensive View Details

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

Business School and a principal of Lax Sebenius LLC, a negotiation strategy firm. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. David A. Lax, a former faculty member at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

high point in his journalism career, Schwartz said, having written for such prominent publications as The New York Times, Newsweek, and New York magazine, Schwartz co-wrote what became a best-selling book, The Art of the Deal, with real... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

Profile

Cait Haught

College, Cait founded and help run Pipeline Scholars, a tutorship program that connected Amherst volunteers with local middle-school students. After completing her undergraduate degree with a double major in American studies and... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

10 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

contributions to society, says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Frank Nagle. Doing so will encourage companies to spend more time working to make the world a better place, he says. Nagle points to the use of free and open... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

04 Feb 2014
What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

apparent more quickly in today's knowledge and highly interactive society ." KB raised an interesting point with this question: "How many times (do) you have an answer as soon as you heard the main topic, suddenly your mind stopped... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 May 2004
Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

leader. This led us to delve more deeply into the different types of leader behaviors that appeared, and to look at how those specific behaviors influenced people's perceptions of leader support and, ultimately, their creativity. Q: You make the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Software Tools - Research Computing Services

typing ls /usr/local/bin or ls /usr/local/app , to see what else is in the default PATH. Additional Notes on PATHs By default, when you log in to your account, the default PATH variable , a Unix variable that defines where the system should look to find commands that... View Details

05 Mar 2019
Blog Post

Part 2: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - The Path to Your Goals

you beyond your limits in terms of intellectual challenge, diligence, and time management. But you emerge from the experience a better student, attorney, businessperson, leader, manager, and even a better person. Second, the program may... View Details

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Demonstration Policy | About

designate a moderator in consultation with the event's host. A moderator will generally be a member of the faculty or senior staff of HBS or Harvard. The moderator's aim is to act as a neutral arbiter and to ensure that speakers take open questions from the audience at... View Details

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

Why in the world would anyone take the time to write complicated software programs for free? It's a good question, one that has piqued the curiosity of a number of economists, who wonder what benefits, if any, lie behind the burgeoning... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

24 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Launching a Career in Clean Energy

nuts-and-bolts process of transitioning to a career in renewable energy. Tell me about your experience before coming to the MBA Program. I enrolled in the ROTC program as an undergrad at Boston University; initially, I was attracted to... View Details

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

example of sales-related hyperbole, Cespedes points to the dire predictions that online buying will eventually cause the real-life “death of a salesman.” While online information sources affect selling, retail sales through ecommerce... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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