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US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni

status, or any other status for which they may be eligible. Even if someone is subject to the J-1 two-year home residence requirement, s/he may still work in the United States in TN status, but must leave the US first. Dependents of TN... View Details

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

particularly volatile century of economic history. These four crises were so far-reaching that they affected virtually everyone involved in the U. S. market economy. Yet each was so complex that their causes and consequences remain View Details

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

subject of authors interested in explaining rational or irrational behavior. We have covered the topic in our previous discussions of Malcolm Gladwell's Blink and Barry Schwartz's The Paradox of Choice--which advises decision-makers to... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Research Thrust

By: Rakesh Khurana

I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details

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Digital Millennium Copyright Act | About

The unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material, including unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing, violates the Copyright Act and may subject you to civil and criminal liabilities. Penalties for copyright infringement include civil... View Details

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

five-legged cow; it doesn't really make sense. I think that Enron's pathologies are not unique, save in their collective occurrence and collective impact. Very few of us who engage in competitive endeavors have not in some way been View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 Sep 2020
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How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

person who might change your mind,” Gino says. “The speakers who used ‘correct’ language, however, did not report feeling particularly susceptible to influence, despite listeners’ impressions.” On the subject of politically incorrect... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

hrs/week Enroll by May 29 $1,850 Certificate Complete any three courses within this subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization in business in society RECOMMENDED LEARNING PATHWAYS Do you want to dive deeper into business in... View Details

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Certificates, Credentials, & Credits | HBS Online

the subject, you might consider pursuing a Learning Track to earn a Certificate of Specialization. Learning Tracks enable you to take three existing HBS Online courses within a specific subject area. If completed successfully, you’ll earn... View Details

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

medium. Among the popular subjects were pensive portraits of Land and playful snapshots of Polaroid colleagues. The team ventured outside the laboratory as well into the surrounding neighborhoods where they captured views of everyday life... View Details

13 May 2022
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Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

upstream indicators of culture gone sour, they scraped employee reviews from Glassdoor.com, a website where employees can leave subjective anonymous reviews about their employer. Harnessing machine learning to analyze text, they found... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

01 Oct 2014
What Do You Think?

Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

magical process. It is knowing that we do not know everything that might be important. It is that insight that leads to the wisdom to look away from the subject of focus and see what there is to be seen. Marvelous discoveries are made in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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

lax law enforcement, and there is a lot of evidence that their capital markets are some of the weakest in the world. We have some of the strongest capital markets because we have some of the strongest legal enforcement. Sure, we need a balance. Companies have argued... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting

05 Feb 2019
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The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

enjoyed getting to know my classmates, who are now some of my closest friends. Our intense conversations on a variety of subjects that I never even thought of before HBS were some of the most intellectually stimulating experiences I had... View Details

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

Earn by: completing any three courses within this subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization Learn More about what you earn Syllabus 5 Modules, 30-35 Hours Download full syllabus Introduction Lenses on the World Adopt a... View Details

25 Aug 2003
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Why IT Does Matter

but not nearly as dramatic as a computer produced in 2000, which runs 10 million times faster than a 1960s' computer. Carr's graph on information technology stands as a subject lesson for Darrell Huff's well-known book How to Lie with... View Details

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

01 Oct 1998
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Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War

"When, for instance, a professor asked how a manager in a case should deal with the issue of a defective product, I had absolutely no clue. The only way I got through the program was to prioritize and really try to shine in the subjects I... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of Specialization Prove your mastery of entrepreneurship and innovation Earn by: completing any three courses within this... View Details

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Frist Faculty Commons | About

Corporation, and today it is the leading provider of health-care services in the United States. HCA was the subject of a 2012 HBS case study. Thomas F. Frist Jr. is director of the Patricia C. and Thomas F. Frist Jr. Foundation, which... View Details

2011
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Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar

By: Chet Huber

Detour is the story behind the launch of OnStar’s now well known blue button, as told through the eyes of its founder and CEO of over fourteen years, Chet Huber. It’s a personal narrative that describes the events that led up to General Motors’ unexpected choice... View Details