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Cotting House | About

Cotting House Cotting Cornerstone Ceremony 1967 Cotting House was made possible by, and is named in honor of, Charles E. Cotting (Harvard 1911). Constructed in 1967 during the tenure of Dean George P. Baker and designed by Robert Shaw... View Details

01 Jun 2001
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Alejandro Ramirez: A Very Good Time for Mexico

Vicente Fox, who was then governor of the state of Guanajuato. “I didn’t want to abandon the business or my research, because both were important to me,” recalls Ramirez. After Fox’s historic victory last summer, Ramirez joined a team of six development and poverty... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; World Bank; United Nations; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

07 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 7

that researchers can potentially invoke to supplement other resources available to them. We propose a framework of antecedents for the use of professional social networks by academics. The framework captures researchers’ relevant personal and professional View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

Digital Innovation and Strategy Design Thinking and Innovation Digital Marketing Strategy Disruptive Strategy Dynamic Teaming Economics for Managers Entrepreneurial Marketing Entrepreneurship Essentials Financial Accounting Global... View Details

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

their way up the mountain. After the two days testing, and constant interactive feedback, the design team returned to headquarters and immediately debriefed and extracted key learnings. Prototypes were quickly developed and sent to... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

24 Oct 2019
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Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions

their schedules. The first two years of the program are designed so that students obtain the same experience as their fellow peers at each school. JD/MBAs are fully devoted to the academic, extracurricular,... View Details

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Outdoor Spaces | About

designed to encourage continued learning outside of the classroom, promote collaboration, and build a sense of community. The firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of New York’s Central Park and Boston’s... View Details

01 Jun 2023
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An Engine of Innovation

opportunities and challenging issues facing business and society around the world. Segneri explains that being part of this environment gives students and alumni from HBS and Harvard University’s 12 other schools access to a wide range of support systems and resources,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007

Research Agenda Author:Roberto Verganti Periodical:Journal of Product Innovation Management (forthcoming) Abstract Recent studies on design management have helped us to better comprehend how companies can apply View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Dec 2019
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Creating the Experimentation Organization

new ideas and gauge their effects is a game changer, revealing surprising insights that can lead to incremental changes that can have a cumulatively huge effect on business. After research that the checkout experience could be improved,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway

frequently that psychologists have a name for them: "fundamental attribution errors." Unable to know every aspect of a stranger's backstory, yet still needing to make a primal designation between friend and foe, we watch for... View Details

Keywords: by Anna Secino; Education; Employment

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Connell House | About

Connell House William F. Connell (MBA 1963) Connell House (formerly Fowler House) is named for distinguished business leader and generous HBS benefactor William F. Connell (MBA 1963). The three-story, 5,600-square-foot Georgian Revival-style, stucco and brick building... View Details

10 Oct 2023
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Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

group experiences common conditions.”[10] Building from this definition, the White House’s page on Justice40 defines disadvantaged communities (DACs) as communities “marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution.”[11] In the... View Details

19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010

key transitions that shape leaders' careers, specifying processes and moderating conditions for identity transformation. Implications for designing experiences and training that take identity processes into... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Schwartz Common & Pavilion | About

ceremonial events that bring together faculty, staff, students, and alumni. The Pavilion supports seasonal and programmatic flexibility with a contemporary design that resonates with the legacy campus. About the Donors Heather Reisman,... View Details

10 Sep 2001
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Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?

experience? If they are skills, should the curriculum be designed to foster them, perhaps through greater emphasis on courses in negotiating skills and increased field experience, among others, on the assumption that street smarts can be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

March 2022
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Skills-First Hiring at IBM

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah Mehta

This case reviews IBM’s efforts to widen its hiring funnel and broaden its talent pool. View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Society; Social Issues; Technology Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Marketing Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2025 Eva Ascarza : Recipient of a 2024–2025 HBS Required Curriculum (RC) Case Award for "Artea: Designing Targeting Strategies" (HBS Case... View Details

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

field force to facilitate the introduction of complex new products. Subtle decisions such as the location of such boundary-spanning units, and the level and experience of the people appointed have big impact. A unit located at... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

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Leading Successful Digital Transformation

may be disrupted in the future is not the best recipe for long-term success. Experimentation: Companies often run hackathons and innovation days that inspire employees to start many new digital projects. Senior management encourages these initiatives as a way to View Details

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