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- September 2013
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: General Gale Pollock and Services for the Vision Impaired
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
In July 2012, retired United States Army Major General Gale Pollock created Elevivo, a venture that worked on developing a comprehensive disease management software system to support the growing number of visually impaired individuals by providing them with tailored... View Details
Keywords: United States; Health Care; Health Care Education; Insurance Companies; Disease Management; Technology; Military; Leadership Skills; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Education; Insurance; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Information Technology Industry; Health Industry; United States
- 25 May 2016
- News
Education Is the Key
Committee, and he became increasingly involved with HBS. His experiences at the School helped him to benchmark what constitutes an outstanding business school. “I came to see education as the key to success for any country,” says Haddad,... View Details
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Education Club | MBA
networking events Fireside chat series with policy makers and professors Speaker events / panel discussions on important topics (eg. international education development, edtech investing, future of work). Startup pitch competitions and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
employees. “It is an honor to be Harvard Business School’s first Social Entrepreneurship Fellow,” Scharpf says. “These resources will help SHE succeed during this critical phase of our pilot rollout.” The Social Enterprise Fellowship will be given annually to a recent... View Details
- 23 Oct 2020
- News
Educating the Whole Student
“We knew the education system was broken,” says Meredith Liu (MBA 2010) of her first meetings with Priscilla Chan, who founded the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a philanthropic organization that she founded with her husband, Facebook CEO... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
James Heads Executive Education
Ralph James (MBA ’82) rejoined HBS in September as the executive director of Executive Education. He served most recently as vice chairman of The First Marblehead Corporation, a Boston firm specializing in student loan services. Prior to this, James was associate dean... View Details
- Research Summary
Building Capabilities in Professional Service Firms
One of the most distinctive aspects of professional service firms is that the vast majority of the people who work in them are directly involved in serving clients. Long-term success in a professional service firm requires obtaining and developing the right... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Service Leadership Fellows
The School's inaugural group of Service Leadership Fellows gathered for a Class Day breakfast celebration. For students interested in working in social enterprises after graduation, the new program matches them with nonprofit and... View Details
- Web
Student & Academic Support | MBA
Student & Academic Support The MBA Student & Academic Services (SAS) team works closely with students during their time at HBS. Students with a documented disability or learning difference , or who may have... View Details
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Apostille & Certification Support | MBA
Apostille & Certification Support The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the only authorized body that can issue an Apostille/Certification . In support of this process, diplomas, transcripts,... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- Op-Ed
Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services
profitability for its partners. And then we have the multinational Magic Circle firm Linklaters, which offers seamless, cross-jurisdictional, cross-practice legal services to its clients, the opportunity to work on complex matters with... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda
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Nonprofit Board Service - Alumni
Careers Nonprofit Board Service Careers Nonprofit Board Service Nonprofit board service is an exceptional way for HBS alumni to meaningfully contribute to communities and... View Details
- 28 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life
If your company is actively asking the question “How can we best support our LGBTQ+ employees?” then you are already part of this important conversation. But it’s important to directly answer this question with concrete steps you can take... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- October 2002 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Dell Computers (A): Field Service for Corporate Clients
By: Frances X. Frei, Amy C. Edmondson and Corey B. Hajim
Explores the highly successful PC and low-end server manufacturer's entry into the large-scale server market in the United States. A key difference of this new market is the intense service element required to support the larger hardware. Specifically, the industry... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Customer Relationship Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Service Operations; Business or Company Management; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Service Delivery; Computer Industry; United States
Frei, Frances X., Amy C. Edmondson, and Corey B. Hajim. "Dell Computers (A): Field Service for Corporate Clients." Harvard Business School Case 603-067, October 2002. (Revised April 2007.)
- June 30, 2020
- Article
Scaling Up Behavioral Science Interventions in Online Education
By: Rene F. Kizilcec, Justin Reich, Michael Yeomans, Christoph Dann, Emma Brunskill, Glenn Lopez, Selen Turkay, Joseph J. Williams and Dustin Tingley
Online education is rapidly expanding in response to rising demand for higher and continuing education, but many online students struggle to achieve their educational goals. Several behavioral science interventions have shown promise in raising student persistence and... View Details
Keywords: Online Learning; Behavioral Interventions; Scale; Education; Online Technology; Performance Improvement
Kizilcec, Rene F., Justin Reich, Michael Yeomans, Christoph Dann, Emma Brunskill, Glenn Lopez, Selen Turkay, Joseph J. Williams, and Dustin Tingley. "Scaling Up Behavioral Science Interventions in Online Education." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 26 (June 30, 2020).
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Winter Break Just Got Educational
IMMERSION EXPERIENCES: Students who traveled to New Orleans spent time working on Habitat for Humanity redevelopment projects. Winter break this year gave some 200 MBA students an opportunity to participate in one of three pilot, noncredit Immersion Programs created to... View Details
- 20 Nov 2014
- News
Strengthening America's Public Education System
transportation systems and infrastructure research, and Senior Lecturer Joseph B. Fuller is leading the middle-skills research. In 2013, Rivkin, with Senior Fellow Allen Grossman and Senior Lecturer Kevin Sharer, examined how business leaders can partner more... View Details