Specialization - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Nov 2023
Blog Post

Get to Know the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association

career in business. While we all served in uniform in different ways, there is so much we have in common - that strong foundation makes our community special and unique. For me, the opportunity to serve as a leader within the AFAA is a... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Op-Ed

How Leaders Should Leave

rounds. Be sure to have a special word with staff members who have joined your team in the last six months; some signed on because they especially wanted to work with you. In these personal meetings, it’s important to thank your team... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

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Partners - Case Method Project

Archbishop Molloy High School New York, NY NY 51 of 63 Marium Rizvi Special Music School New York, NY NY 52 of 63 Brian Schmidt Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts New York, NY NY 53 of 63 Charles Sliter Rye Country Day Rye,... View Details

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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

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

United States required a much stronger domestic intelligence service, and Mueller believed that that service should reside within the FBI. Critics, however, called for the Bureau to narrow its scope, focus on law enforcement, and cede domestic intelligence to a new,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

2018 Innovation Policy and the Economy The Orphan Drug Act at 35: Observations and an Outlook for the Twenty-First Century By: Bagley, Nicholas, Benjamin Berger, Amitabh Chandra, Craig Garthwaite, and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract—On the 35th anniversary of the adoption of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 5 Complementarity By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract—The purpose of this chapter is to relate the theory of task networks and technology set forth in previous chapters to theories of firm boundaries... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

May 2013
Supplement

Transport Corporation of India (B): Choosing the Right Candidate

By: V.G. Narayanan and Saloni Chaturvedi

Transport Corporation of India was a logistics company that provided multi-modal transport solutions to its customers. Set up in 1958, TCI had grown from a 'one man, one truck, one office' set-up to a company with revenues of $400 million in half a century. TCI's... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Business Divisions; Performance; Sales; Transportation Industry; India

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06 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Cut Salaries or Cut People? The Best Way to Survive a Downturn

can vote with your feet” Another factor: Employees at call centers like the one observed in the study do not require much specialized knowledge; the best sales staff simply seemed to know the details of what they were selling better,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

31 Mar 2022
Op-Ed

Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

drive costs down and benefit from specialization because of its high volume of activities. "With growth, the way a firm is managed has to change, and that change is not easy." Among law firms, Wachtell Lipton maintains a premium market... View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda

06 Jul 2023
News

Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

experience they'll remember for the rest of their lives. That's what is empowering for me about the sport. It's not, do I have a favorite team and did my team win the World Series? That's great, but it's that it's a place where you, where people can come together and... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

The Burden Legacy

16, landed his first job as a reporter and camera assistant with a New York newsreel company. He joined RKO Pictures in California in 1929, rising from production assistant to associate producer. At the dawn of World War II Shirley launched Tradefilms, Inc., View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

26 Aug 2024
Blog Post

HBS Lingo 101

change careers after HBS, and CPD works to help each student define their own unique career vision. The CPD team includes over 50 career coaches who specialize in different industries, geographies or life stages. CPD partners with over... View Details

29 Jan 2018
Book

How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

miners from the refuge. The Chilean Carabineros Special Operations Group—an elite Chilean police unit for rescue operations—had arrived a few hours after the rst collapse. Yet their initial attempt at rescue had triggered that devastating... View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining

30 Aug 2023
Blog Post

I’m From the South and Going Back: Why HBS Was the Best School for Me

Nowhere have I felt as celebrated or heard as I have here at HBS - my background that generated the sources of self-doubt early on has actually led to my greatest contributions. I've introduced peers to the fanaticism of SEC sports, the... View Details

20 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon.com

specialized customer experience. Rather than only recommending bestsellers, they developed personal relationships with customers by helping them discover up-and-coming authors and unexpected titles. Convening: Independent booksellers also... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel (with video by Amelia Kunhardt); Retail

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

strategies. 8 weeks, 6-8 hrs/week Pay by July 31 $1,850 Certificate Complete any three courses within this subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization in strategy . Complete the year-long CLIMB program to earn a Credential of... View Details

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

firm specializing in high-level accounting, legal, marketing and IT services on a special project or contract basis. On-Ramps On-Ramps is a recruiting and consulting firm View Details

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Research Resources - Doctoral

libraries—are available at the center of the campus. Baker Research Services are available for data gathering and in-depth research. Research Support Baker Research and Data Services provides doctoral students with research assistance, View Details

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Team - Case Method Project

specialization in urban and colonial studies from Columbia University. She has a deep passion for engaged pedagogy and historiography, both of which inform her mission to make high-quality education in history and civics equitable and... View Details

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