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09 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

minutes at minimal cost with no branding or design skills required. As it sets out to raise its Series B, the founders make some critical changes to their business model, moving to a subscription model and adding additional products and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

data sets and understand them has helped me make major decisions on future state reporting. Kali Pfaff What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of View Details

09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=39907 Does 'What We Do' Make Us 'Who We Are'? Organizational Design and Identity Change at the Federal Bureau of Investigation By: Gulati, Ranjay, Ryan Raffaelli, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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The Road to Revitalization: Leadership Fellow Joel Hurd and the City of Detroit After earning his MBA, Joel Hurd joined Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s office as senior advisor on special projects through the HBS Leadership Fellows Program.... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

focusing on management buyouts in the United Kingdom and France. Prior to that, Daphne served as an Associate in Accenture's (formerly Andersen Consulting) Strategic Services Group, specializing in business... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Thinking Ahead

Lab at the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard; his research develops tools for machine learning that mitigate bias and enhance privacy. Generative AI poses a greater risk to privacy by its nature, Neel explains. A traditional... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

26 Sep 2023
Book

Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target

to the new digital context. ” Enthusiasts and advocates of the digital revolution would submit that digital transformation changes everything, from product design to how value is built and captured in the market. In some cases,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology

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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

earn a Certificate of Specialization in finance and accounting RECOMMENDED LEARNING PATHWAYS Do you want to dive deeper into finance and accounting to advance your career? By taking three courses in this subject area, you can earn an... View Details

14 Mar 2023
In Practice

What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?

private equity subscription lines—that is, lines secured by VC and private equity fund commitments but ones used to fund investments in the short- to mid-term in lieu of capital call. It appears that this unusual specialized business... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Financial Services

23 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

GE Appliances (GEA) ushered in strategic and structural changes to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship at the U.S. company and to help it grow. Haier, which had a model designed to bring the company closer to users of its products,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

The Offshoring Cluster in Egypt (2009) The Danish Design Cluster (2007) The Philippines Contact Center Cluster (2007) Armenia IT Services Cluster (2006) Karnataka (India) Offshore IT and Business Process... View Details

07 Jun 2023
Blog Post

My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

designed to alleviate burdens for frontline workers. The model—which included elements like scheduling, cross-training, and optimal store layouts—freed up employees to create a better service experience for... View Details

February 2022 (Revised January 2024)
Supplement

Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (C)

By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco

In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Talent and Talent Management; Compensation and Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Consulting Industry

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About the Center - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

instructors at other institutions in the United States and abroad. Services for HBS Faculty The Christensen Center supports all current Harvard Business School faculty through online resources and confidential one-on-one consulting... View Details

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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

create winning strategies and bring innovations to market by discovering customer jobs to be done and aligning your business’s resources, processes, and profit formula. 6 weeks, 5 hrs/week Pay by August 28 $1,850 Certificate Design... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

That Was Then, This Is Now

It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

05 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

response, Beijing Hualian developed a new "Family Store" format targeted at the nation's growing middle class, made up of younger consumers with more fashionable tastes. Like hypermarkets, Hualian Family Stores include both food and nonfood lines, but differ... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

January 1992 (Revised March 2006)
Case

The DAG Group

Chris Hackett and Val Rayzman have spent six months after graduating from business school exploring the possibility of building a chain of upscale drycleaners. This fragmented industry looked ripe for an innovative new entrant. Chris and Val have researched the... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Market Entry and Exit; Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; Service Industry