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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Redefining How Businesses Operate
In her LinkedIn profile, Rebecca Hu (MBA 2023) describes herself as a “biologist-turned-technologist obsessed with building great software products.” A product manager at the language learning app Duolingo, Hu immersed herself in electives and activities centered... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online
you can use to focus organizational attention on emerging threats and uncertainties Apply course-wide knowledge by proposing a set of solutions to strategy execution challenges at a growing consulting firm Capstone activity: develop an... View Details
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Global Business Course | HBS Online
a lot. It’s one of the reasons Aphrodite supports 50 currencies now. Daniel Dietzel CEO of Aphrodite at Aphrodite Gain the skills and knowledge needed to grow your business internationally and more effectively manage global teams. "The... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh
generated by a machine, those very same recommendations were perceived as inscrutable. People are less willing to accept recommenders when they do not feel like they understand how they make recommendations.” POLL Do you consider these jokes funny? We're asking Working... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
4 Things You Need to Know about the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
at least two years of full-time work experience, ideally in designing and/or developing technology-intensive products 3. The program is full-time and takes two years to complete Students will complete the degree requirements in four... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
On the Radar
Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details
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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy... View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
3 Reasons Engineers Thrive at Business School
driven decisions. By way of their background and training, engineers are set up to thrive in HBS’s rigorous, analytical environment. They bring a unique perspective to the classroom Carol: I tend to take a different approach to team work... View Details
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Our Mission & Team | Institute for Business in Global Society
Our Mission & Team We are working with scholars, business leaders, and community leaders around the world to advance our understanding of business' role in society and to develop a thriving ecosystem for translating that research into... View Details
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50 Years of Women in MBA
survey of Harvard Business School alumni. Watch Video FACULTY RESEARCH 17 apr 2013 hbs working knowledge Conference Challenges Gender Conventions A recent conference at Harvard Business School addressed the... View Details
- 14 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving
how automated cars might be designed to minimize major accidents. For their time-use study, the researchers conducted online interviews with about 400 knowledge workers, who make up a large percentage of commuters on today’s roadways and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 04 Apr 2022
- What Do You Think?
As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?
to age discrimination. But I reserve the right to raise questions about sensitive topics. Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
breaks throughout the day. “Managers should yield to the expertise and knowledge of their subordinates and let them decide the best times and ways for them to work right now,” Neeley says. If the team is... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Jul 2017
- HBS Case
It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family
notes, the uncle’s experience and institutional knowledge offer huge potential benefits—but Tam isn’t sure how accepting he will be to the proposed changes. “When his father managed the food flow, they were fast,” Schlesinger says. “Now... View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
Working PapersRecognizing the New: A Multi-Agent Model of Analogy in Strategic Decision-Making Authors:Giovanni Gavetti and Massimo Warglien Abstract In novel environments, strategic decision-making is often premised on analogy, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008
Working PapersCompetition in Modular Clusters Authors:Carliss Y. Baldwin and C. Jason Woodard Abstract The last twenty years have witnessed the rise of disaggregated "clusters," "networks," or "ecosystems"... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism
possible—indeed, Friedman went further to say that any attempt to curb the free market was harmful to the good of society. This is the view Ramanna grapples with in a new working paper, Managers and Market Capitalism, cowritten with... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007
Working PapersInitiating Divergent Organizational Change: The Enabling Role of Actors' Social Position Author:Julie Battilana Abstract This study addresses the paradox of embedded human agency, or the contradiction between actors'... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women Leaders and Organizational Change
or frames, focus too narrowly on women. A new broader approach is needed, they argue. HBS Working Knowledge's Mallory Stark recently conducted an e-mail interview with the authors. Mallory Stark: You argue that while women's presence in... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12
Working PapersA Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions Authors:Malcolm Baker, Xin Pan, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract The use of judgmental anchors or reference points in valuing corporations affects several basic aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace