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- 14 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
10 Things I Learned During My First Month in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
skills with big-picture business vision. I chose Harvard’s MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program to become a strong leader while also refining the skills I would need to succeed in deeply technical fields. I... View Details
- 14 Nov 2005
- Conference Presentation
Character, Competence, and Corporate Accountability: Developing Business Leaders for a New Era
By: Lynn Paine
- 2021
- Working Paper
Multi-location Workers in Multinational Firms? Tradeoffs in Contextual Specialization of Employees and Organizational Outcomes
We study how “contextual specialization,” the act of focusing workers’ organizational tasks within a particular locational context, and “contextual non-specialization,” the practice of diversifying workers’ organizational tasks among multiple locational contexts,... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Performance; Experience and Expertise; Selection and Staffing; Strength and Weakness; Personal Development and Career
Gibson, Hise O., Ryan W. Buell, and Prithwiraj Choudhury. "Multi-location Workers in Multinational Firms? Tradeoffs in Contextual Specialization of Employees and Organizational Outcomes." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-007, August 2021.
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Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals - Course Catalog
simulations relative to many introductory negotiation courses—Advanced Negotiation will develop valuable lessons and skills for dealmaking and dispute resolution that go well... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
When companies have the same capabilities and motivation, they care about the battle and have the necessary skills to fight it. Skills in... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office
motivators, and preferences for the type of skills you want to build, problems you want to solve, business models you want to understand, and environment you want to work in.... View Details
- 07 Jul 2021
- Book
Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust
When Facebook failed to protect the privacy of 87 million people whose data was harvested without their consent in 2015, the company not only circumvented data privacy regulations, it breached the public’s trust. And by failing to... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
of 1866 noted, “So considerable is the existing commerce, and so rapidly on the increase that competent railway authority expresses the belief that within less than the five years from the opening a single... View Details
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences
Tell us about your life before HBS. I grew up in Antwerp, Belgium as part of the Jewish community. Having four grandparents who are Holocaust survivors, I felt it was important to experience life in Israel, and so, after taking a gap... View Details
- June 2023
- Supplement
Clash of Two Giants Simulation Exercise
By: Feng Zhu and Marco Iansiti
Many markets are organized around platforms that connect consumers with complementary applications and services. These platforms are two-sided because both sides - consumers and those providing applications or services - need access to the same platform to interact. A... View Details
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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
have not measured what matters most and that system participants have not had to compete on excellence and efficiency— must be embraced. The authors lay out a practical View Details
- 27 Apr 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Is Overconfidence a Motivated Bias? Experimental Evidence
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
focuses on improving health care access, investing nearly 500,000 skill-based volunteer hours since 2004. It works with non-profit community health centers that provide primary care to underserved communities to build health worker skills... View Details
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Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements - Course Catalog
research analysts will share their experiences with students. To deepen students' ability to apply the course skills in a practical context, they also work on a group project. The project involves a comprehensive analysis using the course... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 23 Oct 2018
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Creating Mindful Leaders: How to Power Down, Power Up, and Power Forward
Join Joe Burton (PMD 75, 2000) for a fun and expert peek into mindfulness as the antidote to stress. Attendees will learn practical, actionable techniques to reduce stress, increase resilience, and improve their well-being and performance. View Details
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
“A place to grow personally and professionally.” - Yolanda Anton
has visited Argentina, China or Norway? Or about the mechanical engineer fixing airplane engines? About the art lover that visits every possible museum? About the initiator of many initiatives to foster women’s presence at all levels in the company View Details
- 14 Dec 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature
William R. Kerr
William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the... View Details
- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
and excitement about future opportunities. Kyle Leahy (MBA 2011) In young adulthood at Georgetown University, Leahy set out to uncover where her career path would lead, double majoring in English and Math.... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail