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- 07 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Attending Peek Weekend
Peek has changed a lot since its founding in 2015! Please visit the Peek website for the most up to date information on dates, registration, and program events. When I first learned about Peek Weekend it seemed like the perfect... View Details
Steven C. Wheelwright
Steve Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.
Following his retirement from HBS in 2006, he served with former Dean Kim B. Clark at BYU-Idaho and then from 2007-2015 he served as... View Details
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Senior Executive Program—Africa
teams, and navigate rapid change, you will be ready to help your company drive growth in Africa's dynamic markets. HBS offers this program in partnership with the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)... View Details
- 2025
- Working Paper
How to Choose Among Technologies with Learning Curves: Making Better Investment Decisions
By: Christian Kaps and Arielle Anderer
Learning curves, the fact that technologies improve as a function of cumulative experience or investment, are desirable-think inexpensive solar panels or higher performing semiconductors. But, for firms that need to pick one technology among several candidates, such as... View Details
Keywords: Learning Curve; Technology; Innovation; Batteries; Energy Storage; Sequential Decision Making; TELCO; Exploration; Exploitation; Problems and Challenges; Cost vs Benefits; Technology Adoption; Battery Industry
Kaps, Christian, and Arielle Anderer. "How to Choose Among Technologies with Learning Curves: Making Better Investment Decisions." Working Paper, March 2025.
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
the sense of purpose. If P&G had let the Children's Safe Water program wither just on financial grounds, employees would have looked at top management and said, "You don't mean those words." Leaders also need two additional... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Behavioral Economics—Virtual
Summary What if you could predict how customers will respond to a product? Or how employees will decide to implement a new initiative? In Behavioral Economics—Virtual, you'll acquire a dynamic framework for interpreting, analyzing, and... View Details
Dorothy A. Leonard
Dorothy Leonard*, the William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration Emerita, joined the Harvard faculty in 1983 after teaching for three years at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has taught MBA courses in... View Details
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
The Program for Global Leadership assembles senior executives from organizations worldwide who participate and interact in a unique, multi-phased educational process. The program's unusual structure helps them to gain fresh insight about... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
Chief Executive Officer, Thorsten Heins, must decide how to position the company for the future. The case allows students to understand the strategic dynamics in platform-based industries in general and to explore more specifically how a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Finance for Senior Executives
Exploring the flow of financial resources, capital markets, and systems for financial management and control, this executive finance program positions you to drive new levels of profitability for your organization. This View Details
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Managing Health Care Delivery
compassionate care in a cost-effective and integrated manner—even in the face of rising expectations, shifting health policies, and constrained resources. This program is offered in collaboration with the HBS Health Care Initiative. Key... View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
the other, creating a dynamic in which their interactions with members who focus on the other identity create challenges and dominate their program experience, to the detriment of a focus on the organization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Senior Executive Leadership Program—Middle East
businesses seeking the best opportunities for growth in the region need exceptional leaders—executives who are bold decision-makers, global thinkers, and skilled strategists. Taught in a series of modules offered in Boston and Dubai, this business management View Details
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Entrepreneurship
The Rock Center The Rock Center is the hub for entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School (HBS). It’s where HBS students who are founders, joiners or investors activate their ideas and build their ventures to drive global impact. At the Rock Center, HBS students and... View Details
- 14 May 2015
- Blog Post
Venture Capitalist Returns to HBS to Mentor MBA Students
Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) program back in 2013 as a way to both give back to her alma mater and mentor the next generation of HBS entrepreneurs. We were lucky enough to chat with Rudina and learn more about her involvement with the... View Details
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Managing Turbulence
all-out war for scarce talent. How do the best business leaders manage through these disruptions? What strategies have proven successful in unstable environments with few certainties? How do leaders continue to grow when faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges?... View Details
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
identity work, we reveal the gender dynamics involved in becoming a leader, offer a theoretical rationale for teaching leadership in women-only groups, and suggest design and delivery principles to increase the likelihood that women's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA
M.D. MS/MBA Program Faculty Co-Chair for MS Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University, Chief of Pathways Consult Service at Massachusetts General Hospital Douglas Melton, Ph.D. MS/MBA View Details
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Family Office Wealth Management—Virtual
approaches for managing and preserving family wealth through a live online platform. You may also be interested in the related program: Building a Legacy: Family Office Wealth Management. Key Benefits Successful family offices are adept at managing the tension and... View Details
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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni
Programs & Events Live from Klarman Hall Klarman Hall regularly welcomes students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other visitors to participate in symposia, conferences, and programs that address the largest... View Details