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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

pricing strategies Benchmark costs compared to competitors through relative cost analysis Apply conjoint analysis to understand what features customers value most Understand the power of network effects to... View Details

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

management should understand about IT is its associated economics. Driven by Moore's Law, those evolving economics have enabled every industry's transaction costs to decrease continually, resulting in new economics for the firm and... View Details

Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan

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History - Entrepreneurship

promising prospects: the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. "The future of this nation lies with new ventures,” Rock said. “They supply the new ideas, the new technologies, the new jobs. HBS has long been at the forefront of View Details

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Affiliated Organizations & Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Affiliated Organizations... Affiliated Organizations & Institutions ICHOM VBHCD... View Details

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Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

that make this possible. Together, they reveal a systematic approach to managerial work at the top, which is seldom found in the literature. By building on the engagement of many in the development of the organization, the practices are important for our View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2023
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An Engine of Innovation

Startup life can often feel like a solo sport, says Matt Segneri (MBA 2010), the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs: “What the three labs in our ecosystem do is to make building a venture something that happens within a truly... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

really works and develop your own to gain influence and make an impact within your organization and society. 6 weeks, 6-7 hrs/week Enroll by January 2 $1,850 Certificate Global Business Professor Forest Reinhardt View Details

22 Sep 2022
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The Beauty Guide

Courtesy Michelle Freyre Courtesy Michelle Freyre When Michelle Freyre (MBA 1997) was a brand manager at Neutrogena, Michael McNamara, global president of the beauty brand at the time, asked what she wanted to do with her career. She... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

Now Key Concepts Become fluent in disruptive innovation theory Assess new opportunities and potential threats Discover jobs to be done and develop frameworks to better understand customer needs Acquire techniques for executive-level... View Details

02 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 2, 2009

books, and movies has increased sharply. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-132.pdf Firsthand Experience and the Subsequent Role of Reflected Knowledge in Cultivating Trust in Global Collaboration Authors:Mark... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 May 2019
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Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

world invest in US listed companies because the US legal regime offers a high level of investor protection. High quality auditing is a big part of this protection. When our investor protections standards go up, our capital markets become more attractive to View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

a VC investor, I believe we can be a catalyst. In this path, the first step is to educate, and at MPower Partners, Japan’s first ESG-integrated, global VC fund, we work with startups to help them understand... View Details

10 Sep 2001
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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

28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

understanding of their distant colleagues, while reflected knowledge promoted feelings of being understood. We discuss implications of reflected knowledge to theories of trust and interpersonal dynamics in View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Nov 2022
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Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?

understand why it isn’t in the best interests of their organizations to weigh in on all issues facing society, but this is one that can have a direct impact on the performance of their organizations. It is controversial. But to a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

addition, we encourage you to collaborate with your peers to find answers to any questions you may have. We appreciate your understanding that HBS Online faculty and guest experts featured in our courses are not available to communicate... View Details

26 Mar 2006
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The Office of Strategy Management

surrounding the success that organizations have in executing strategy is low. Our article, "The Office of Strategy Management," using data from a Bain Consulting study, notes that seven out of eight companies in a global sample... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Jan 2014
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Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

Editor's note: This is the first of occasional columns on managing the family business written by Senior Lecturer John A. Davis. In this first of two articles, Davis discusses leadership models. Part One: Global Norms And The One-leader... View Details

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

Introduction to Power and Influence for Positive Impact ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Power and Influence for Positive Impact $1,850 Next 6-week session starts January 8th Enroll Now View Details

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