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1.17 Field Based Learning / Independent Projects | MBA

credit represents 30 hours of work for each team member. The team and faculty supervisor can decide on a work plan and appropriate credit based on this time expectation. Projects for 4.5 or 6 credits require approval from the EC Faculty... View Details

13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

W. Dunn, Dana R. Carney, and Dan Ariely Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract We predicted that able-bodied individuals and white Americans would have a difficult time saying no to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1997
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Facing the Music

very well-crafted campaign to portray the music in a certain way." Part of the process involves educating the label's entire staff about the artist. "You have to get everybody really excited and proud to represent this person or group,"... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race

resupply the ISS.) Mars is NASA’s new mission, with plans to send astronauts to the planet in the 2030s. (NASA) “The drive to reduce cost is generating the most change,” says aspiring space entrepreneur Justin Oliveira (HBS 2017).... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

06 Sep 2005
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What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

Summing Up Management is a complex process. Good plans executed poorly may be worse than poor plans executed well. This is never truer than at times of disaster, in which plans... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20

we document the processes through which acts of silence became self-reinforcing. The dynamic model of silencing conflict induced from our data has implications not only for norm development, but also for a variety of other domains... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Nov 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones

new plan fits with the original vision. Once the reboot has happened, it’s critical to be conciliatory and empathetic to stakeholders who may feel abandoned.” Read the paper: When It's Time to Pivot, What's Your Story?: How to Sell... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Apr 2009
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Building Businesses in Turbulent Times

announced a new strategy, which he called "One IBM." Having planted that stake in the ground, the company carefully chose what businesses to divest—its energy was then pointed toward the One IBM theme. Processes were... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

08 Jan 2001
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Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

stabilize prices, develop a plan to rationalize capacity, and so on. The mentality was that all companies should share equally in the pain; then no one will get hurt too badly. Of course, this approach leads to a perpetually uncompetitive... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

unexpected changes to work processes are discussed. The case also allows for discussion of how to plan a phased implementation with adequate time for organizational learning to occur between the time that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

process helps improve the dealer's profit by at least $269. These estimates suggest a potentially high return to taking the "information-based" approach to pricing idiosyncratic products. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2010
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Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career

with encouragement from faculty mentors, pursued his growing interests in markets and investment. During his tenure at the School he has served as chair of the Finance unit and taken on a number of key administrative roles, including director of faculty View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

04 Dec 2013
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The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

the nearest existing city, the hoped-for metropolis of King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) is privately funded, privately managed, and privately developed by Emaar, The Economic City—a Tadawul-listed company focused primarily on planning... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

19 Dec 2005
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Public Education Goes to School

an action plan to implement back home what they've learned on campus. We then visit each district a few months later to check on the progress of their action plans, and to identify topics to study in the next cycle. Then the knowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door

neighborhood-based health plan for the city of Charlestown, and I became involved in building a system of benchmarks for the various services that were being offered—everything from dental care to drug and alcohol abuse counseling. I... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog

enabling coordinated action in pursuit of organizational performance. Our emphasis is on how GMs get things done through making and guiding both larger and smaller decisions. We show how to use decision-making processes to achieve results... View Details

06 Dec 2018
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Source Code

aren’t real purple dogs.” That is what Numenta is after, says Dubinsky: recreating human intelligence by first understanding the complex way that humans learn—literally, the biological principles that guide our brains—and then translating those View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

01 Apr 2002
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Emerging Research on Emerging Markets

gradual process of confidence-building that leads investors to invest progressively more and, ultimately, to market integration," said Perotti. Other presenters were Columbia's Charles Himmelberg, who spoke on investor protection,... View Details

Keywords: Yasheng Huang; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 1998
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HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work

few Irish natives living in England - to get to know each other in a casual atmosphere, giving them free time between planned activities. "We wanted to begin, in a small way, the process of building bridges... View Details

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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online

Owner and Strategic Planner, Sift Strategic Planning at Sift Strategic Planning Master of Business Administration, Memorial University of Newfoundland What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your... View Details

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