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21 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

material and make quick decisions based on operating principles. Business leaders can utilize this approach to generate fast, smart decisions based on useful information gathered from customers or... View Details

Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo

17 Aug 2020
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Democratizing Medicine

professionals. “We launched RubiconMD in 2013 with the mission to democratize medical expertise so that all patient populations receive the care they need. Gil Addo and myself both were inspired by family experiences, where a relative, they didn't get to access to the... View Details

May 2010 (Revised May 2010)
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Data.gov

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Robert D. Austin and Yumi Yi

This case presents the logic and execution underlying the launch of Data.gov, an instantiation of President Obama's initiative for transparency and open government. The process used by Vivek Kundra, the federal CIO, and his team to rapidly develop the website and to... View Details

Keywords: Safety; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Cost vs Benefits; Innovation and Management; Information Management; Public Administration Industry; Information Industry; United States

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Cyril Abel Vergis

As a first-generation, first-born American, I grew up believing that my motivation was derived from the self-imposed pressure to take advantage of the opportunities my parents did not have. I strove to make the right choices, to take... View Details

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2.2 Recruiting Standards of Conduct | MBA

from the date the student receives the written offer, whichever date is later. For Both Classes Organizations may offer incentives to students to accept offers early. The base offer (base salary, guaranteed compensation, job function, and location) is expected to... View Details

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The Anatomy of Fraud (TAF) - Course Catalog

develop expertise to understand financial reporting implications of business decisions and identify key control fault-lines in companies that can lead to fraud. The course is also relevant for students seeking to develop sophisticated... View Details

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Alex Nelson

match the right skills with the right roles." "The flip side of that," Alex says, "is more personal. We all have the potential to do many things well — but that doesn't mean we'd find... View Details

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

Sharing News That Might Be Bad

effectively, about being able to make good decisions based on reliable information, about being treated fairly." To find the right balance in presenting tricky information, Ertel suggests executives... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

01 Sep 2005
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Perfection’s Price

Kaplan realized he had made a classic entrepreneurial mistake. He let his quest for perfection get in the way of progress. “We thought we could find the perfect location, get the right costs, the right... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

19 Dec 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

New Year, New Habits

Good Habit Psychological nudges can be a cost-effective way for governments to get citizens to do the right thing. Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful Research at Harvard Business School takes a unique approach to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 14

from suppliers and selling them to buyers. In our model, this choice comes down to whether residual control rights over non-contractible decision variables are better held by suppliers (the marketplace mode)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Nikki Skovran

great way to get exposure to a wide range of industries and functions in a short period of time,” she says. Looking ahead, Nikki is not sure whether she will stay in public service work or shift into private business. Either way, she says, HBS will have helped her... View Details

15 Jun 2018
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Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life

sophisticated that it can basically fly itself. If everything goes right in an Airbus A380 flight, the pilot will fly the plane for about eight minutes-- four minutes when it takes off, four minutes when it lands. The other 14 hours it... View Details

Career Coach

Nikki Talerman

spaces. She enjoys assisting students who are interested in social impact work, consulting, or who are making career changes. She is particularly helpful for: 1) Cross-sector decisions - advising students who are deciding between... View Details

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The Case Method | MBA

no right answer, but you have to confront the complexities of the choice you make. What if that room was filled with people from diverse industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds? All trying to analyze a problem and make a... View Details

01 Sep 2012
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The School of Life

battled it out in an ever-increasing test of nerves, a kind of Darwinian gauntlet. Early NASA executives had decided this was how to identify who had been born with “the right stuff.” Many companies looking to make top staffing View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Management

13 Mar 2018
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Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission

right now. And the weather and the terrain are an increasingly dangerous factor. And so I had to make the very heart-wrenching decision to delay for 24 hours and let the sun rise again and set again before... View Details

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Business and Geopolitics - Course Catalog

developing countries. The second module will look at recent and contemporary instances of business and investment decisions that have geopolitical effects. The final module will focus on the US-China relationship, and look at how business... View Details

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Nelson Yuan

business problems, the case study method offered an approach that had been unfamiliar to Nelson. “As an engineer, I saw things in black and white,” he says. “There’s either a right answer or a wrong one. But the cases teach you that there... View Details

11 Feb 2002
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Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman

magazine's fifty most powerful women in corporate America for the past two years, smiled and nodded knowingly. "Treat the appointment with your family like you would treat the appointment with your CEO," she counseled. "Put it View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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