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executives' point of view on regulatory issues, technology news, and marketing trends. Frost & Sullivan Healthcare Report Provides actionable market, technical, and econometric research. A global team of... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Management Teams: The Role of Team Trust and Learning from Failure” ( Strategic Organization , February 2012) with Abraham Carmeli and Asher Tishler. Amy C. Edmondson : Included in the 2017 Thinkers50 list—a list of the world's most... View Details

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Managing Human Capital

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

The Managing Human Capital course has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the future general manager (not just the human resource practitioner) who seeks to manage both other people and her or his own career with optimal... View Details

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Kristin W. Mugford | About

opportunities for businesses and their stakeholders. She has also taught Venture Capital and Private Equity, and the FIELD Global Immersion. Kristin received the HBS Student Association Faculty Teaching Award multiple times, the Charles... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

fully virtual set of programs throughout the year due to COVID-19. The group rapidly innovated, designed, and delivered 70 virtual Comprehensive Leadership Programs and Topic-Focused Programs for more than... View Details

September 2017
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Tencent

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking service provider with several of the... View Details

Keywords: Tencent; Tencent Holdings; WeChat; Social Networking; Social Networks; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Video Games; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Portals; Payments; Mobile Payments; O2O; Online-to-offline; E-commerce; Messaging; Subscription Model; Freemium; Mobile App Industry; Smartphone; PC; Monetization Strategy; Antitrust; Streaming; Cloud Computing; Artificial Intelligence; Big Data; Alibaba; Facebook; JD.com; Tesla; Bundling; Synergies; Digital Strategy; Imitation; Licensing; Agility; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Communication; Communication Technology; Blogs; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Industry Growth; Monopoly; Media; Distribution Channels; Product Development; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Opportunities; Social and Collaborative Networks; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Value Creation; Communications Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; Asia; China; Canton (province, China)

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22 Feb 2021
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Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

extrapolations of buying behavior in socially distanced contagion conditions. Second, the pandemic has accelerated trends that were in progress before, like omnichannel buying and multichannel selling. Third, the need to ramp-up virtual... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection | About

School This live, in-person event is free and open to the Harvard community and the public. Registration is required. Organized by the HBS Art Program and HBS Connects. Supported by the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Fund at Harvard Business School. 2023 Contemporary... View Details

09 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

With global markets in turmoil over the last several weeks, leaders throughout the world are starting to think about how they should respond if confronted with an economic downturn. Yet what do we know about how leaders decide what to do... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

posts from Author Alumni Author Blavatnik Fellow Author Blavatnik Fellowship Team Author Executive Education Author HBS Partners Author HBS Staff Author Health Care Initiative Team Author MBA Students Author... View Details

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

managers how to lead change that improved performance. One unit dramatically boosted its performance while the other did not. The difference? The readiness of the senior team and the environment for change. The unit with poorer results... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

13 Mar 2023
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Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

mineralize CO2 and essentially turn it into rock. Usually, they are found deep under the ocean, but in Oman and a few other places in the world they have been pushed up to the surface. The friend who sent me that article was setting up a founding View Details

19 Jan 2022
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From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business

interesting and inspiring people, it also allowed me to land my ideal summer internship on the Digital Strategy & Investments team at Sony Music Entertainment (alongside two HBS grads). Lastly, on a more personal note, I am grateful... View Details

10 Jan 2022
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How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

incentives that encourage them to give back, as skepticism about corporate America remains high and the world faces widespread global challenges brought on by COVID-19 and climate change. “In economics we talk more about how to deter the... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

05 Feb 2019
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The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

more digitized, and creating the next line of leadership for the company that can take it forward for the next 15-20 years. “I see our company being a leading global precision engineering company in the next five to seven years and this... View Details

12 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 12

founded Kvadrat in the 1960s. Byriel and Bendix had joined Kvadrat in 1992, and since that time, Kvadrat had grown from 19 million in annual sales to over 86 million. It had expanded its focus on selling textiles to European architects and furniture manufactures,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

Agarwal MBA 2010 | Founder & CEO, Mati Carbon Removals “Mati uses enhanced weathering in agricultural fields for doing scalable, permanent carbon removals, with co-benefits to marginal farmers. Leveraging our proprietary technology, we are expanding in the View Details

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Joiner - Entrepreneurship

of HBS to global startup regions. FALL Is becoming a joiner right for me: Attend Rock/CPD career panel What does a startup job search look like? Meet with a Career and Professional Development (CPD) entrepreneurship coach (login required)... View Details

March 2017 (Revised September 2017)
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Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

By: John R. Wells and Carole A. Winkler

In January 2017, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States in November 2016 had triggered a national storm of protests, and many attributed Trump’s victory to... View Details

Keywords: Facebook; Fake News; Mark Zuckerberg; Donald Trump; Algorithms; Social Networks; Partisanship; Social Media; App Development; Instagram; WhatsApp; Smartphone; Silicon Valley; Office Space; Digital Strategy; Democracy; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Controversy; Tencent; Agility; Social Networking; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Messaging; Monetization Strategy; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Headquarters; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Trends; Communication; Communication Technology; Forms of Communication; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Crime and Corruption; Voting; Demographics; Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Initial Public Offering; Profit; Revenue; Geography; Geographic Location; Global Range; Local Range; Country; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; International Relations; National Security; Political Elections; Business History; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Information Management; Information Publishing; News; Newspapers; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Dissemination; Human Capital; Law; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Systems; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Marketing Channels; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Monopoly; Media; Product Development; Service Delivery; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Rank and Position; Opportunities; Behavior; Emotions; Identity; Power and Influence; Prejudice and Bias; Reputation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Status and Position; Trust; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Valuation; Advertising Industry; Communications Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; California; Sunnyvale; Russia