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16 Jul 2018
Blog Post

3 Key Take-a-Ways From My Summer at Zalando

I am now on the halfway point of my internship and I would like to use this post to share three of the most relevant experiences I have had in the last few weeks at Zalando. 1. Management Board speaks about Diversity As I mentioned on my... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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Institutional Voice | About

relevant to the University’s operation. Institutional Voice Protects Our Integrity By issuing statements pertaining to things outside of its core function, the institution risks compromising the integrity and credibility of its academic... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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Management Update Launched

interview, Jean-Marie Dru, cofounder and chairman of the BDDP Group, a Paris-based global advertising agency, discussed the importance of brands in the new economy. A list of Web sites relevant to managers and a section summarizing... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Let Customers Call the Shots

information, and even price. Consumers can shape the marketing interaction, making it more relevant for themselves, and this should lead to greater involvement and responsiveness. The hope is an improvement in marketing efficiency; while... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 May 2016
Blog Post

Advice for Prospective Students from Africa

classes. Also be sure to contact the Africa Business Club (ABC) to be connected with current students and alumni who can answer questions and provide relevant insights into what the HBS experience is like. 2. Decide if HBS is a good... View Details

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable

office, and how they got the top job. The result was his Leader Filtration Theory, or LFT, which states that a leader's impact can be predicted by his or her career. The more unfiltered the leader, the larger the prospect of big impact. The more a leader has View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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Ravi Belani

for. In fact, the program is the only way I know to form an eclectic group of trusted colleagues who can help you build a business sensibility over time.” “It may seem like an unusual way to describe a famous school, but HBS offers such a truly View Details

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Managing & Investing in a Fast-Growing Emerging Market: India

– India. Relevant sources include: The Financial Express and India Today. Emerging Markets... View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Innovative Course Brings Students and Alumni Together

general manager. After failing to find appropriate materials through traditional sources, Garvin went directly to the front lines for relevant information: to HBS alumni who had recently made just such a transition themselves. In a mass... View Details

Keywords: Meg Gardner; photo by Joshua Lavine

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

the parts of Africa that have a heavy disease incidence. MTV has developed a DNA of public service announcements that it claims are of central relevance to its high-risk customer base. How core is this to the strategy of a for-profit firm... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Need-based Application Fee Waiver | MBA

your waiver is approved. On the form, you’ll be asked to share your 2024 income and financial situation, including reasons for requesting the waiver. You may provide details about income, assets, educational debt, family obligations, or other View Details

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Anddria Clack

further my understanding of both social and industry topics, building both a network of colleagues and relevant skills. Personally, I thought that I would be pursuing a "niche" career path. HBS provided me with a diverse set of... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Other Financial Services

01 Jun 2022
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Turning Point: Sparking Change

them now that I’m the professor. I was recently teaching students how to use the BCG matrix and the Ansoff model, a couple of strategic product-positioning classics. The students layered those approaches in a new way that made them even more View Details

13 Nov 2020
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Realizing a Dream

the case method pedagogy “so relevant to making you a better leader.” Ferrara was so inspired by the transformational experience the School provided that he has been a regular contributor to the HBS Fund since earning his MBA and is a... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment

component to the Reimagining Capitalism course this year. He calls the module “What can I do now?” That’s the question he was getting from students after they read cases such as “JetBlue: Relevant Sustainability Leadership,” in which... View Details

Keywords: April White

30 Jun 2017
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Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand

“A lot of people know of the Girl Scouts. They know the uniforms or the cookies. Those are great things, but they’re not a true representation of the Girl Scouts as an organization,” Pitter-Armand says. It’s brand relevance that the... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2009
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Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty

which all technological shifts are.” During the winter term, Henderson will coteach the first-year course Leadership and Corporate Account-ability, which she says has broad relevance to her work. “LCA really looks at the responsibilities... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

20 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Exploring Cleantech at HBS

unique opportunity to “sample” different careers and companies by talking to people who have lived them. In our year, students organized cleantech interest group dinners, which was a great way to get discussions going. Also look to groups with View Details

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The General Shoe Company, 1921 | Baker Library

The General Shoe Company, 1921 What I love about General Shoe is it allows students to practice a core skill of general managers: how do you go into an ambiguous situation and get to the bottom of it? . . . That skill is as relevant today... View Details

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Global Leadership Roundtables | Institute for Business in Global Society

intellectual hub and deepen our collective understanding of business's role in society. HBS faculty facilitate case discussions relevant to the topic at hand. This helps us directly share research and educate leaders at the forefront of... View Details

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