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A Hippocratic Oath for Management
The conduct of doctors is guided by the Hippocratic Oath, which provides a normative framework that shapes their identity and orientation towards society. In light of the diminished public trust in business managers, is it time for management to embrace its... View Details
- 21 Mar 2013
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Building a Competitive Nigeria: The Role of the National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria
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Business Leaders and Corporate Responsibility
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Business Opportunties in Climate Adaptation
This is a Short Intensive Program or SIP at Harvard Business School. It’s an optional student offering prior to the formal start of the Spring semester the following week. SIPs tend to cover new material on current topics, to be less formal than the HBS Case Study... View Details
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Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks
This course is about building sustainable and resilient cities, future proofing real estate and infrastructure assets, and examining how businesses and investors find opportunities in climate adaptation.
The world faces substantial challenges in the face of... View Details
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Climate Adaptation
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Competitive Strategy
Porter is engaged in a major new body of work on the theoretical foundations of competitive positioning and the underpinnings of sustainable competitive advantage. This research highlights the distinction between positioning and operational effectiveness; the... View Details
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Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems
What problems do developing countries face, and how can individuals contribute to solutions rather than awaiting the largesse of the state or other actors? Intractable problems – such as lack of access to education and healthcare, forced reliance on contaminated... View Details
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Corporate Restructuring and Business Insolvency: Economic Impact and Best Practices
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Current Research
Doing business in China in the early 21st century
Chinese companies and consumer markets
Chinese Universities: Leaders of the 21st Century?
The enduring role of State-Owned Enterprises in China
Business, political, and cultural... View Details
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Demystifying the Family Enterprise
This course is primarily designed for students who are pursuing a career in family run businesses, family owned businesses, investment roles in family offices, or students that might invest in or wholly purchase a family owned business through a private equity firm,... View Details
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DESIGN THEORY AND PRACTICE ES285
Any organization, business or venture grounds its value on how “meaningful” are its products (functionally, symbolically and emotionally). Design Theory and Practice (DTP) empowers students to create products that are meaningful, to people who use them and to... View Details
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Distributed Innovation in Open Systems—The Role of Modularity
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Driving Organizational Agility - Virtual
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General Management Program (GMP)
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Growing as a Purposeful Leader
Leaders today have to lead in the context of extraordinary changes and challenges. The demands of today's stakeholders have risen significantly, and what is expected of senior leaders is quickly evolving in terms of their mission (more than profit),... View Details
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Harvard Business Analytics Program
The Harvard Business Analytics Program is offered through a collaboration between Harvard Business School (HBS), the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).
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International Competitiveness in High Technology and Science Based Sectors
This research project examines shifts in competitive capabilities of companies and countries in high technology and science based businesses. It is particularly concerned with the potential loss of such capabilities in various industrial sectors in the... View Details
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International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurship (joint with Andrew Charlton)
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Leadership and Corporate Accountability
In this course, students learn about the complex responsibilities facing business leaders today. Through cases about difficult managerial decisions, the course examines the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of corporate leaders. It also teaches students... View Details