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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

1959 Howard W. Goldsmith Fellowship Through the Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship, awards of approximately $10,000 are given to 7-10 first-year MBA students who have exhibited leadership and an extraordinary commitment to working in the not-for-profit sector. This... View Details

16 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

School. A book excerpt follows. Sarah Jane Gilbert: Your book focuses on how companies can profit, regardless of market conditions, by immersing themselves in the lives of their customers. Please describe the business model of looking... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

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Interviewing - Alumni

the conversation ask about next steps. Thank the recruiter for his/her time, and follow up with a thank you note. Interview Questions + – General Interview Questions Tell me about yourself. What are your strengths and weaknesses? How... View Details

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Bloomberg: copying tables to Excel

pasted data. In Excel, from the Data menu select Text to columns In the wizard that opens, indicate data are in fixed-width format then click on Next. If necessary, specify locations of column dividers then click on Next. Select data type View Details

08 Nov 2013
HBS Seminar

Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School

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1.10 Cross-Registration - MBA

General Policies 5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies 6. Important Contact Information Cross-Registration Out of Harvard Business School EC students may cross-register for courses offered by another faculty of Harvard... View Details

30 Oct 2007
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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

06 Dec 2022
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Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers

Suppose you’re in the market for a new selfie stick for an upcoming vacation. You see two models online—one that extends to 24 inches and the other to 16. Seems obvious that you’d pick the longer one, right? Bigger and better panoramic... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products; Retail

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Confronting Climate Change - Business & Environment

segments of the business community have opposed government action on climate change. More recently, some companies have begun advocating for government policies to address climate change. Electricity Shifting to sustainable electricity The combustion of fossil fuels to... View Details

20 Jul 2011
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Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

performance of identical twins on a battery of ten creativity tests could be attributed to genetics. 6 In contrast, roughly 80 percent to 85 percent of the twins' performance on general intelligence (IQ) tests could be attributed to... View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

wide array of questions about computing, communication, and Internet markets. Research Open Source Machine Learning at Google , Harvard Business School case, 2023. With Martin Wattenberg, Fernanda Viegas, Daniel Yue, and James Barnett. Copilot(s): View Details

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Suggested Resources: Israel - Hamas War

expertise. The list does not represent an endorsement of any views by Baker Library, the School, or any member of the HBS community. We welcome your feedback - contact Baker Library at infoservices@hbs.edu with suggestions.
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02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

and Finance (forthcoming). (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 05-053 and NBER Working Paper No. 13131.) Abstract The main arguments in favor of and against nominal and indexed debt are the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Public Education Leadership Project

facilitate continuity, teams from districts returning to the program may send one additional past participant beyond the superintendent. Learning and Living at HBS When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus,... View Details

03 Oct 2005
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The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

additional trucks and hired a team of drivers, a move that enabled him to get off the road and look for new customers. For the next two years, his business thrived, but when poor economic conditions forced many of his newly won customers... View Details

Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace

27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

Review Firm Turnover and the Return of Racial Establishment Segregation By: Ferguson, John-Paul, and Rembrand Koning Abstract—Racial segregation between American workplaces is greater today than it was a generation ago. This increase has... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Request the Data - Leadership

Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century Request Data in Excel Spreadsheet Before we release the Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century database to you, we must receive this form. The database you will receive includes View Details

26 Oct 2021
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What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

involved in mergers and acquisitions were 3 percentage points more likely to seek social skills. Study models also found that firms requiring large numbers of employees with IT skills were associated with a 5.2 to 6.3 percent increase in... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Research & Teaching - Creating Emerging Markets

impressive model for multilingual collections.” We encourage use of the CEM interviews to support a diverse array of research projects and questions. For academic works, we ask that you credit CEM using the citations provided on the cover... View Details

26 Jan 2015
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National Health Costs Could Decrease if Managers Reduce Work Stress

unit. "But traditionally in the US we have not placed a lot of emphasis on the role of workplace stress in the high cost of health care." In recent years, General Motors spent more on health care than it did on steel, and across... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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