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- 04 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
From Lone Star to Team Player
can obtain both benefits: fierce focus on individual business units, which produces solid performance in each of the businesses, and an appropriate level of cross-unit interactions, which produces extra economic value through things like cost reductions, View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
gym, for example—and sustaining it over time, says Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009). He and his cofounders at Gain Life, an early-stage startup based at the Harvard Launch Lab, have an app for that. By combining behavioral science and marketing View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
the DA. In designing the DA career conference initiative, Harris and her team polled DA faculty representing all promotion tracks and length of service. They also captured best practices from across other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The $4 Billion Question
clear you can raise $4 billion for your next fund instead of the planned $1 billion. Professor of Management Practice Nabil N. El-Hage coauthored the case with HBS professor and Finance unit head Richard Ruback. “The case highlights some... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
Sasha Dichter (MBA/MPA 2002) became an easy mark after word got out about his “generosity experiment.” For 30 days he would say yes to everyone who asked him for money—from people on the street to nonprofits. There would be no question of whether doing so was the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Accelerating Research in China
group of classmates based in Shanghai and Beijing. Passionate about seeing a growth of research and the exchange of ideas and best practices between the School and China, the longtime friends established the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?
(iStockphoto/Sanja Radin) Increasingly, I hear and read about questions such as: Why are my best tech people leaving our great company to work on something called crypto and Web3? What are the strategic implications for my organization of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
learn the rules, managers are unsure how to help them, and organizations get a glimpse into the future. Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tsedal Neeley, Lakshmi Ramarajan, and Julia Austin share advice for managers. 6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart What do the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
A Day at Royal FloraHolland: The Epicenter of the Global Flower Market
from growers to buyers, a deliberate choice made by balancing cost and practicality. The auction, along with the transfer of flowers, occurs for just a few hours each morning. This limited operational window makes it cost-prohibitive to invest in robotic solutions that... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
two-thirds of American workers. It’s a particularly expensive practice for employers, who pay up to 30 percent more to hire graduates for middle-skills work even when individuals without degrees perform equally or nearly as well,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
departments. The fact is, we are a magazine for practicing managers, and practicing managers need good ideas more than six times a year. What are HBR’s goals? As the Economist says, HBR single-handedly sets... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
other schools competing for the best students. Hayes drew a line between personal investing—he himself is a socially responsible investor, he said—and other types of investment vehicles. Several audience members questioned Hayes on that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
How I Used the HBS Community to Hone My Professional Goals
takeaway from my discussions was to be practical about my first job out of graduate school – no job was going to be 100% in all categories. Additionally, my professors helped me think about my first job out of graduate school in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
in part, by how much it gave away. If that seems counterintuitive at best and downright crazy at worst, think again. The Bridgespan Group, the consultancy they created, has turned the standard business model on its head. While consultants... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Buckley (Profile Books) Beginning in the mid-1990s, Sabis, a private, for-profit education provider, transformed the Alfred Glickman School from a failing school in one of America’s most violent cities into a silver medalist in U.S. News & World Report’s annual... View Details
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Corporate Training Programs | HBS Online
goals. HBS Online has a real integration of knowledge, resources, and community. It offers immersive online learning, the best industry cases, and input from actual executives at industry-leading companies. In a nutshell, HBS Online... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program
technical expertise and gain the business skills needed to commercialize an idea or lead a tech venture. They practice design thinking, build prototypes, and pitch their ideas to potential investors. During the summer, they work on their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Faculty Books
decisions, many critical choices still come down to human judgment, based on the best available insights. Visiting Professor Davenport and his coauthor relate 12 stories of organizations that have successfully tapped their data assets,... View Details
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Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) - Course Catalog
develop decision-support dashboards and guidelines, as well as agile teams, to enable employees to share best practices and achieve coordination, while preserving employees’ empowerment and ability to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
leaders, yet many professionals are too stressed to know where to start. Burton provides deep insights and easy practices based in neuroscience, brain training, and positive psychology to help professionals thrive in the “age of... View Details