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- 25 Oct 2023
MS/MBA Virtual Chat
Join HBS MS/MBA students to learn more about the MS/MBA Engineering Sciences and MS/MBA Biotechnology programs at Harvard. You've got questions - we've got the answers! View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
which negates the benefits the team provides. We first conducted an experience-sampling study at an engineering company involved in the production and maintenance of critical infrastructure that benefits the greater good, with 829... View Details
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Stagnation (12) Economic Systems (14) Economics (393) Economy (16) Education (118) Emerging Markets (14) Emotions (21) Employee Ownership (1) Employee Relationship Management (61) Employees (83) Employment (15) Energy Conservation (7) Energy Generation (1) Energy... View Details
- 18 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent
Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge The Growth Engine Too Many Companies Overlook: Employees Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Understaffed and Overworked: What Now? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 16 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM
Impact. When you look at making an impact, a large part of it is rooted in directing funds to places that need it. I did that at a very site-specific level as an engineer — if there was a piece of equipment at my facility that was... View Details
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
the importance of overlapping state, civil society, and market governance regimes to meaningful transnational regulation. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2178540 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 212-047 Underwater View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2019
- HBS Case
The Ferrari Way
makers in creating an engine that not only performs well but sounds great to the driver. “They go crazy trying to make a turbo engine sound good,” Thomke says. “Most manufacturers wouldn’t bother. It’s too... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
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In My Humble Opinion: Role Model
student in high school, she graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering before moving on to MIT for a master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics and a position at Orbital Sciences Corporation, where she served as senior systems... View Details
- May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
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Gap, Inc., 2012
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
Between 2000 and 2012, Gap, Inc. (Gap) ceded its world leadership position in specialty fashion retailing to Inditex of Spain and H&M of Sweden. These two companies, each less than a quarter of Gap's size in 2000, were now setting the pace in the global mass fashion... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Change; Fashion; Multinational; Brands; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Performance Improvement; Strategy; Brands and Branding; Change Management; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sweden; Spain; United States
Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Gap, Inc., 2012." Harvard Business School Case 713-511, May 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- 11 Feb 2015
- HBS Seminar
EVENT POSTPONED - Ohad Barzilay, Tel Aviv University
- 26 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
HBS Lingo 101
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Together with HBS, SEAS offers a two-year MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences degree. The two-year program aims to educate future leaders of technology ventures by... View Details
- 19 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space
engineering step forward. “This is going to be really important as we confront adapting to climate change, an area the Mittal Institute is exploring in a deep way with the Salata Institute.” Gazette: What does this moon landing mean to... View Details
- October 2013 (Revised November 2021)
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Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (A)
By: Gautam Mukunda, Lisa Mazzanti and Aldo Sesia
In 2007, Cynthia Carroll, the newly-appointed chief executive of mining giant Anglo American, was considering shutting down mines in South Africa for safety reasons, namely worker fatalities. No company had ever done so before. Carroll felt that operating a company... View Details
Keywords: Culture; Leadership; Gender; Safety; Working Conditions; Business Exit or Shutdown; Organizational Culture; Change Management; Mining; Mining Industry; South Africa
Mukunda, Gautam, Lisa Mazzanti, and Aldo Sesia. "Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American (A)." Harvard Business School Case 414-019, October 2013. (Revised November 2021.)
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Partners - Case Method Project
Heather Lee Brien McMahon High School Norwalk, CT CT 18 of 29 Kylie Miller Hamden High School Hamden, CT CT 19 of 29 Paul Phillips New Canaan High School New Canaan, CT Subjects: History CT 20 of 29 Karen Prager Academy of Aerospace and View Details
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
other companies for investment purposes, and I’ve realized that I can make more informed decisions with my improved knowledge of company financials. Pankaj Prashant Medium Term Planning Engineer at Rio Tinto Prepare for the MBA classroom... View Details
- 28 Nov 2018
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On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website
knew from previous experience leading data science at Gap Inc. that consumers get frustrated with slow mobile apps. To him, the most important engineering requirement was providing users with a response to their search in milliseconds... View Details
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Brice Fodouop
Brice acquired operational experience in the company’s facilities in Albany (Oregon), Baltimore, and Chicago. “I wanted to know: what are the best practices in manufacturing?” From manufacturing to management After obtaining an View Details
MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead
Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays on clogged railways, and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent... View Details
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Digital Marketing Strategy
By: John A. Deighton
When the tools of marketing change, strategies change too. The focus of this course is on firms trying to navigate the transition from offline to online market-making and strategy development. Our concern is primarily with corporations that have products and... View Details
- 2022
- Working Paper
Rethinking Explainability as a Dialogue: A Practitioner's Perspective
By: Himabindu Lakkaraju, Dylan Slack, Yuxin Chen, Chenhao Tan and Sameer Singh
As practitioners increasingly deploy machine learning models in critical domains such as healthcare, finance, and policy, it becomes vital to ensure that domain experts function effectively alongside these models. Explainability is one way to bridge the gap between... View Details
Keywords: Natural Language Conversations; AI and Machine Learning; Experience and Expertise; Interactive Communication; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Lakkaraju, Himabindu, Dylan Slack, Yuxin Chen, Chenhao Tan, and Sameer Singh. "Rethinking Explainability as a Dialogue: A Practitioner's Perspective." Working Paper, 2022.