Distinctiveness - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Mar 2019
Blog Post

What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program

given African country is likely composed of numerous distinct urban and/or regional markets.” Winning in a given country requires serving these distinct markets, and each market is likely to need a tailored... View Details

07 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?

TripAdvisor. Brand Trump has been extended to other categories, from steaks, to education, to apparel. Not all of these ventures have succeeded. Few guests see the competencies of a good hotelier as relevant to designing distinctive... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

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Baker Library Strategic Plan, 2024-2025 | Baker Library

Baker Library Strategic Plan, 2024-2025 Mission We deliver distinctive information expertise, services, and products so that our community excels. Vision The Harvard Business School community starts with Baker Library to meet its... View Details

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The Section Experience | MBA

introduce innovative ideas and approaches to learning. In turn, students exercise their team-building and management skills to develop protocols for effective learning and shape the distinctive norms and personality of their sections.... View Details

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Managing Service Operations - Course Catalog

taken by last year’s graduating class of Harvard Business School MBAs. Managing Service Operations (MSO) teaches students how to effectively design, manage, and improve service organizations. Students will learn: How to create distinctive... View Details

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

trust their business associates and colleagues is critical for business success in China," says Chua. Their article, "Guanxi versus Networking: Distinctive Configurations of Affect- and Cognition-based Trust in the Networks of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Mar 2014
Blog Post

Looking to the Next Decade of Change: A Recap of the 10th Annual Retail & Luxury Goods Conference

is luxury?” to practical topics such as “How do you grow retail and brand across geographies and channels?” the responses were diverse and underscored how companies have developed tailored strategies based on their answers to these questions. Representing View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

01 Apr 2001
News

Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary

company. “There is a clear distinction between the board of directors and the management team,” explains Tian. “I have the right to hire and fire people. I’ve hired about twelve hundred employees so far but none of them on instructions... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Telecommunications; Information

02 Nov 2010
News

Commanding Officers

Current and former students, such as Donovan Campbell (MBA 2007) have served with distinction in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Armed Forces Alumni Association is one of the most active student clubs on campus. (One current HBS student,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

Howard D. Johnson

After securing a secret ice cream recipe for $300 in 1925, Johnson began preparing ice cream in his basement and selling it in his pharmacy. The success of the ice cream gave way to the closure of the pharmacy and the start of the View Details

Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

Profile

Patrick Connolly

community devoted to truly interdisciplinary and cross-functional learning. My choice was also largely a function of the distinctive learning model and the school's commitment to a rigorous general-management education-one that requires... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Other Financial Services

01 Dec 2017
News

HBS Online Certificate Programs Offer Unique Insight Into Business

Inspired by HBS’s distinctive pedagogy, it would be unlike anything else offered online. In addition to launching its first program, CORe (Credential of Readiness)—which teaches the fundamentals of business—HBS Online has created... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

New Releases

firms has intensified more recently. Tech-nology Fountainheads sheds light on the differences among the two groups - especially in terms of early development, missions, structures, and the distinct ways in which they operate - and... View Details

Portrait Project

Foluke Otudeko

the best that I can be in all the roles of my life: a great wife, mum, daughter, sister, friend, employee, employer and citizen. I ask the world I ask you .to close your eyes and see Africa one day making beautiful music. No longer a cacophony of disparate beating... View Details

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

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Visit | MBA

Class Visit Program The excitement, energy, and unexpected insights generated by the case method make it a hallmark of the HBS distinctive learning environment. We invite you to experience our stimulating academic environment by observing... View Details

07 Nov 2018
News

A Market-Based Approach to Solving the World’s Water Crisis

water.org has done that is perhaps distinct is try to very much focus on where the primary barriers are that exists between people and water and people and sanitation. And the biggest barrier that we've identified is capital. “What... View Details

Keywords: water; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Sep 2004
News

Outsourcing for Radical Change

distinctive aspects of transformational outsourcing. First, senior management has the explicit intention of transforming the organization, and secondly, the impact of the change is measurable at the enterprise level. Why should HBS alumni... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

14 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Manager's Guide to Leveraging Disruption

Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive InnovationChristensen's classic article from 2003 about the six keys to creating new-growth businesses. The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change Every successful social movement requires three View Details