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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

startup ecosystem to improve your chances of raising capital Get an insider view into the venture capital (VC) process Develop an awareness of the systemic biases and ethical considerations in the startup ecosystem Who Will Benefit... View Details

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Capitalism as a System of Governance

My research interest is in further exploration of the analytic utility of an original conception of capitalism as an indirect, three level system of governance for the economic relationships within political entities, and mostly within nation states. This three level... View Details

03 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

improved business operations and profits. So, my answer to your question would be for business leaders to require their teams to address, at a very minute level, processes for delivering of their... View Details

08 Sep 2015
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Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

procedural manuals, but through informal storytelling in the downtime between missions, in which team members related past incidents. “They would dig in with each other and dissect prior cases a little bit, asking, ‘Why did you do it this... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

06 Mar 2020
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A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading

content. At the same time, I’m managing my own internal dialogue about whether we are moving in the right direction. Maybe there’s a student who looks disengaged. There’s a student who’s emotional. There’s a student who has her hand up for every question. And so I’m... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

31 Jan 2014
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Body, Heal Thyself

explains the process to his two young children: Think of your body as needing a recipe book, with each page detailing the directions to produce specific proteins. When a protein goes haywire—as might be the case with diabetes, when... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; biotech; Health, Social Assistance; Scientific Research and Development Services

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

CLIMB (Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business) program. The yearlong, comprehensive offering for both new and experienced business leaders combines courses on leadership, strategy, and finance with shorter courses in areas such as dynamic View Details

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

the idea of questioning Matt. And so the process continued, as the project fell further behind schedule. For his part, when Matt was asked about the value of the PMM, he was mystified: "Not to insult my View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

22 Feb 2021
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Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

components: actionable customer selection criteria (because resources spent on accounts A and B are not available for accounts C, D, and so on); clarity about the buying process for target customers as it works today, not yesterday; and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

09 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

when other approaches would produce better results for customers, employees, and shareholders and foster better long-term performance of the company. “I’ve been a leader during three recessions, and I’ve never heard a management team talk... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

20 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time

Sant’Anna; and Federico Tamagni, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. They define growth as “a process by which organizations pursue market opportunities and the acquisition and accumulation of the resources required to exploit those... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

24 Feb 2020
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The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

communicate with each other on the large-scale—particularly, the global scale—necessary to share such information.” Security of individual accounts. Of the 10 most-used software packages in the analysis, the CII team found that seven were... View Details

Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer

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HBS - The year in Review

core activities of teaching, research, and disseminating ideas. Faculty and students alike embraced the custom technology that enabled teaching and learning both in the classroom and remotely. They were supported by hundreds of frontline staff who came to campus every... View Details

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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society

business' role in society and developing a thriving ecosystem for translating that research into action. Our Mission & Team BiGS Research BiGS Fellows Tools & Resources Societies worldwide are facing pressing social, environmental, and... View Details

12 Feb 2021
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How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

with the management team at the time, to scale back all of those businesses, focus on the diamond in the rough that we had within our midst, the Dunkin’ Donuts business, polish that up, standardize the format, standardize the menu, the... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

this transition into general management." For new general managers—or just as likely in companies these days, senior functional managers who operate as part of an executive team or who have important cross-functional or... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Aug 2008
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How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

innovation, which is our field of specialty, proved a great way to help us do just that." Christensen, Horn, and Johnson recently teamed up via e-mail to answer a few questions from HBS Working Knowledge on the best paths to better... View Details