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- 2015
- Working Paper
Do-gooders and Go-getters: Career Incentives, Selection, and Performance in Public Service Delivery
By: Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera and Scott S. Lee
We study how career incentives affect who selects into public health jobs and, through selection, their performance while in service. We collaborate with the Government of Zambia to experimentally vary the salience of career incentives in a newly created health worker... View Details
Ashraf, Nava, Oriana Bandiera, and Scott S. Lee. "Do-gooders and Go-getters: Career Incentives, Selection, and Performance in Public Service Delivery." Working Paper, March 2015.
- March 2006
- Module Note
Exchange Rates and Global Markets
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
Describes the first module of the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. This introductory module focuses on the concepts and skills that students need throughout a course on international finance: a familiarity with exchange rates and associated... View Details
Keywords: Asset Pricing; Currency Exchange Rate; Globalized Markets and Industries; International Finance; Teaching; Innovation and Invention; Education Industry
Desai, Mihir A., and Kathleen Luchs. "Exchange Rates and Global Markets." Harvard Business School Module Note 206-122, March 2006.
- November 2011 (Revised February 2012)
- Case
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul: Building on a Diversified Base
By: William W. George
Since the 1970s, the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan region (MSP) had outpaced the nation in job creation and income per capita. MSP's diversified base of industry clusters had enabled the region to adapt to economic downturns and an exodus of major corporate... View Details
Keywords: Industry Clusters; Employment; Organizations; Transformation; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Minneapolis; Saint Paul
George, William W. "Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul: Building on a Diversified Base." Harvard Business School Case 412-074, November 2011. (Revised February 2012.)
- 03 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All
aspects of the firm: operations, marketing, finance, communications, and product development. Clearly, general management skills win the day, says one of the paper’s coauthors, Paul A. Gompers, who is the Eugene Holman Professor of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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MBA Experience - Leadership
MBA Experience MBA Experience At Harvard Business School, students exercise the leadership skills they will practice in business and beyond, and leave with lessons in leadership that are practical, priceless and most importantly, real.... View Details
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Harvard Business School Online Courses & Learning Platforms
provide a competitive edge and build customer loyalty. 4 weeks, 5-6 hrs/week Pay by July 24 $1,850 Certificate New Dynamic Teaming Professor Amy Edmondson Acquire the tools, processes, and skills to build agile, adaptable teams and lead... View Details
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Case Development - Faculty & Research
Research Case Development Case writing is a vital force behind research at HBS. Nearly 80 percent of cases used at business schools worldwide are developed by HBS faculty. HBS case studies have helped refine the skills and business... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions - Doctoral
that also have the motivation and drive to pursue a career in business academia. Having letters of recommendation from faculty who are able to comment on your research skills and potential is particularly helpful for the admissions... View Details
- 31 Aug 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Innovation through Global Collaboration: A New Source of Competitive Advantage
- 06 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Truth About Authentic Leaders
focusing entirely on achieving success in metrics like money, fame and power, yet ultimately produces sustained success in those metrics as well. Become skilled at tailoring their style to their audiences, imperatives of the situation,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 20 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Creating a Positive Professional Image
"predicament" or event that reflects poorly on their competence, character, or commitment at some point in time, due to mistakes they have made in the past that have become public knowledge, or competency gaps (e.g., shortcomings or limitations in View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- June 2020
- Case
Big Hit Entertainment and Blockbuster Band BTS: K-Pop Goes Global
By: Anita Elberse and Lizzy Woodham
Bang Si-Hyuk (‘Hitman Bang’) is the founder and co-chief executive officer of Big Hit Entertainment, the company behind BTS, a ‘K-pop’ band that has found unparalleled success around the globe—a remarkable feat given that most of their songs are in Korean. It is March... View Details
Keywords: Music; Entertainment; Superstars; Talent; Talent Development; Labor Economics; General Management; Music Entertainment; Media; Talent and Talent Management; Labor; Contracts; Marketing; Strategy; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Elberse, Anita, and Lizzy Woodham. "Big Hit Entertainment and Blockbuster Band BTS: K-Pop Goes Global." Harvard Business School Case 520-125, June 2020.
- February 2024
- Case
Chime Solutions
Just two years after launching its 10k by 2020 initiative to hire 10,000 employees by 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced Chief Executive Officer Mark Wilson to send nearly all of his staff at Chime Solutions (Chime) to work from home. Chime was a customer contact firm... View Details
Keywords: Working Capital; Service Operations; Recruitment; Performance; Change Management; Retention; Financial Institutions; Employee Relationship Management; Talent and Talent Management; Growth Management; Mission and Purpose; Communications Industry; Service Industry; United States
Bernstein, Shai, William R. Kerr, Christopher Stanton, Raymond Kluender, and Mel Martin. "Chime Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 824-133, February 2024.
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Program Requirements - Doctoral
written and oral exam. Special Field Exam: During the third academic year, a candidate should take and pass this exam, which is designed to test the candidate’s depth and breadth of knowledge in his or her chosen special field and to help the candidate develop View Details
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Interviews - Creating Emerging Markets
is [that] skills can be hired. The leader has to show wisdom—that cannot be hired.” Download Transcript Turkey Hamdi Akın Founder and Chairman, Akfen Holding (Construction, infrastructure) “[W]e want these companies to last 100, 200, or... View Details
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MBA Experience - Health Care
life sciences venture capital. Panelists will share their career journeys, highlight essential skills for success, and discuss key trends shaping the life sciences venture capital landscape. Learn how to develop networking skills, prepare... View Details
- 2009
- Book
Reorganize for Resilience: Putting Customers at the Center of Your Organization
By: Ranjay Gulati
In an era of raging commoditization and eroding profit margins, survival depends on resilience: staying one step ahead of your customers. Sure, most companies say they're "customer focused," but they don't deliver solutions to customers' thorniest problems. Why?... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Customer Focus and Relationships; Profit; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Cooperation
Gulati, Ranjay. Reorganize for Resilience: Putting Customers at the Center of Your Organization. Harvard Business Press, 2009.
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Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online
Earn the Credential of Readiness by taking all three courses in tandem, plus a final exam. Leadership & Management Develop the leadership and management skills to get things done and bring out the best in your team, whether you’re an... View Details
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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research
or those Skilled Through Alternative Routes [STARs]) and examines the challenges that these employees face, along with best management practices for supporting their development, advancement, and retention. Keywords: Competency and View Details
- 02 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive
struggling with widespread absenteeism. The researchers advised the factory’s CEO that senior managers should do whatever they could to build relationships between managers working not only right next to each other, but also elsewhere on their floor and in other parts... View Details