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- 19 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
The Road to Impact
In 2008, the government of Rwanda changed the language of instruction from French to English, which presented a problem, he says, because many of the instructors did not speak English, including the teacher whose class he visited. Yet she... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
will be judged when you are ready to move on. Are there lessons for more seasoned managers? There are certainly implications for hiring. Bringing in a lot of people with the same organizational career imprint makes it more likely that they will all speak the same... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
Business Speaks English: Why You Need a Language Strategy Now Author:Tsedal Neeley Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 5 (May 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
at the top, by understanding the impact their words and language have on tone through their conversations in the boardroom and with key stakeholders. Part 3 introduces specific strategies, techniques, and tactics for directors. And Part 4... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
silence. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. It changed who I was. It literally changed who I was. Learning to operating and leading in two languages that you did not understand. I was operating from a deficit at day one and it took... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
language of historical explanation, a major conflagration can start to seem unnervingly probable in our time, just as it turned out to be in 1914. Some may even be tempted to say that the surge of commodity prices in the period from 2003... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
leadership team. Although 17 percent of the School’s 2014 graduates went into tech, many current students—male and female—who are interested in the info tech sector are unfamiliar with the language of coding. To address this, two years... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 26 Oct 2017
- Research Event
In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?
at HBS and author of The Content Trap: A Strategist’s Guide to Digital Change. “It’s hard to think about revenue without willingness of users to pay,” Anand said. The panel included Brendan Eich, a technologist instrumental in creating the programming View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS
a data scientist, but you need to know data science to be able to talk the new language of business. We’re thinking about this for the MBA Program, for Executive Education, and as part of our lifelong learning offerings for our alumni.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Revealing the Rules
wine-dark. Ancient languages didn’t have a word for blue—a realization that prompted linguists to ask whether humans could even see the color if they don’t have a word for it. So a researcher went to Namibia to study a tribe that has no... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
today, Levitt’s article caused a minor sensation when it first appeared. Apart from its insightful specifics, its language (“globalization” was a novel term) and expansive vision offered a hopeful alternative to the grim reality of a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
Cathy Hackl, “The Metaverse Is Coming And It’s A Very Big Deal,” impactlab.com via Forbes.com, July 5, 2020. Metaverse Definition, Oxford Language Dictionary via google.com. Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash (Penguin Random House, 1992). Your... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
first thing I want you to think about is simply the question, why are you doing this?" she said. It's also crucial for researchers to make their work accessible to the public by writing in language that will be comprehensible outside... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
opportunities to use their new language skills. Q: What questions should a CIO or other company leader ask as they consider a Web services project? A: Who are we doing this with? Can we be sure that our partner is in this for the long... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Becoming an Ethical Negotiator
Golden Rule (treating others as you'd like them to treat you) or frame it Rawlsian language (that is, considering the problem in a veil of ignorance, not knowing if you're the buyer or the seller). Still others emphasize relational... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
delivery. Porter and Teisberg have raised the health care systems debate to a substantially higher, and hopefully value-producing, level. For simply changing the language of the argument, we should be grateful.” — Michael S. Lauer, MD,... View Details
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Finalists | New Venture Competition
Lexi Linh Pham (MDE 2025) Siddharth UR (MDE 2025) Jen Li (MBA 2025) Luke Fiorante (MDE 2026) Breaking language barriers with AI-powered medical interpretation for over 30 million patients Playlish Assel Amangeldi (EdM 2025) Ranjitsinh... View Details
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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
Hooper, MBA 2001 Nigel Killick, MBA 2001 Fabien Mousseau, MBA 2001 Reallyenglish.com is an on-line English language teaching company, with offices in Japan and London. The business model is to offer students a combination of the highest... View Details
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
managed in procurement, production, product groups, and finance. How often do they come together in a structured way to discuss value versus cost? Great pricers make that dialogue part of their culture. Their management meetings develop a common View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
traditions. But we wanted to bring them all under this pan-Hispanic umbrella. So that was also a challenge. And the third part that was a challenge was we wanted to make the language authentic. They spoke Spanish and English, so... View Details