CORe - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 May 2024
Blog Post

PRIDE at HBS

opportunities for PRIDE members to share their stories and perspectives. It’s a core HBS tradition. Every year, PRIDE members get up on stage and share parts of their LGBTQ+ experience with the school. It’s a powerful and often moving... View Details

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

companies to build generic solutions for customers across industries. But for challengers, the more they can focus on solving core business problems, the more successful they will be. They can understand customer needs deeply and... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

28 Apr 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Payout Policy

Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely & Martin C. Schmalz

14 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

juicer (top left), roti rolling machine (top right), sewing machine (bottom left), and pottery making machine (bottom right). Core to SELCO’s mission is also inclusion of underserved or disabled folks. Many of these machines decrease... View Details

Portrait Project

Auden Laurence

joy in this mission. I will spend my life serving others, just as serving my sister taught me. I will lead with intention, staying true to my core values of empathy, impact, and service to others. And I will live life as a grand... View Details

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Online Business Courses for Organizations | HBS Online

within a subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization . We also offer the Credential of Readiness (CORe) . Our CORe program combines three courses— Business Analytics , Economics for Managers , and Financial Accounting —with a... View Details

01 Oct 2014
What Do You Think?

Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

the product line, grow a business from its core competency, develop priorities and address the first two or three, and organize our time so that we can concentrate on complex issues without interruption. But sometimes focus can be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Contribution to Crowdsourced Public Goods, published in the journal Organization Science, Nagle interviewed technology professionals and examined data from the Linux Foundation on individual contributions to the Linux... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details

24 May 2017
News

David G. Bradley, MBA 1977

made it out of the ditch if the Internet hadn’t come along.” “The Atlantic would never have made it out of the ditch if the Internet hadn’t come along.” That leave-no-stone-unturned approach is a core principle that has guided Bradley’s... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

the organization’s core activities, sharpen the performance of its leadership team, and rebalance where necessary. This finding came to light when we studied Big C and Small C change in professional sports—specifically, how coaches who... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports

01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press

vuvuzelas competes with the arena’s mix of American hip-hop and regional hits. It is a distinctly regional take on an iconic American export. The league is a core pillar of NBA Africa, a two-year-old venture whose value NBA Commissioner... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

ethics at its core is about excellence and high attainment rather than misdeeds and malfeasance. But we do pay attention to misconduct, and I have seen many types over the years—from the garden-variety deceptions and betrayals that sap... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

25 Jan 2024
News

Alumni Gain Insights on Nigeria’s New Government; Taipei Alumni Host Faculty Guest

Clubs News Clubs News HBS Alumni in Nigeria Discuss New Government’s Fiscal Policies To better understand the economic and policy direction of Nigeria’s newly sworn-in government, the HBS Association of Nigeria hosted a hybrid program on December 14 featuring Taiwo... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Feb 2021
What Do You Think?

Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

conveyed the sense that the challenge is substantial. They suggested, among other things, that organizations need to change their value structure, training, hiring, and measurement. Danny commented that “Diversity and inclusion must be clearly spelled out in the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 2021
News

From Scholarship to Life-Saving Impact

executive—or perhaps founding her own company. “To do so, I knew I needed to hone my managerial and leadership skills,” she says. Harvard’s new joint MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences degree felt like the perfect fit. “I really liked the program’s general management... View Details

19 May 2023
Blog Post

Creating and Nurturing a Sense of Belonging at HBS

these groups make up the core of my community at HBS: The African American Student Union (AASU) plays the largest part of my community. AASU really fosters togetherness by centering its programming around the Black experience at HBS –... View Details

11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

important to me as a leader. What are my core values. And what's my business philosophy. So that they could have a greater sense of how I would behave and how I would lead. Gulati: Can you give us a short version of that? What were those... View Details

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MBA Program - Alumni

ensure that the School continues to develop and offer transformational learning experiences is by giving to the HBS Fund . As our annual fund, the HBS Fund supports core priorities and new initiatives, and donors have the option to direct... View Details

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

fundamentals more broadly, CORe program participants progress through the three courses in tandem, and the program concludes with a final exam. What are the learning requirements in order to successfully complete Economics for Managers,... View Details

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