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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog

developing economies. IFC India presents an opportunity for students to advance their knowledge of sustainability efforts, decarbonization and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The course will address and unpack the View Details

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Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills - Course Catalog

and Advisory Skills (MCAS) seeks to develop critical consulting skills among a core group within the EC: aspiring, committed consultants who need to build competency to immediately add meaningful value to their teams, client organizations, and firms. By focusing on... View Details

15 Jan 2020
News

The Business of Access

person who is paying, the philanthropist, is typically not the person receiving the service.” This fundamental difference, she notes, changes the function-benefit sales framework. Lisle found that she thrived at speaking with... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 1996
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Reinventing Marketing

becoming the victim of its own success, according to the leaders of the Marketing unit at HBS. "Advances in technology and fundamental changes in how products and services are delivered are enabling other disciplines - such as... View Details

Keywords: Mary Jane Higgins; Illustration by Peter Hoey

01 Mar 2017
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HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age

team built two platforms. The first platform, launched in 2014, houses HBX Credential of Readiness (CORe) and HBX Certificate Programs. CORe introduces students to business fundamentals through three courses — Business Analytics,... View Details

14 Apr 2016
Blog Post

What I Learned at SVMP

classes, the city of Boston, and more. I learned not only how diverse the student body is in terms of interests and passion, but also that business school is more than formal business education. Yes, it's a commitment to learn the View Details

03 Feb 2021
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Power Play

climate crisis. “We fundamentally believe that we don’t have to make a trade-off between having good investment returns and doing something that is good for the environment and sustainable,” notes Graziano. For Smith, SER partner and CFO,... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 1999
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Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies

and improved customer relationship management opportunities. We're really talking about fundamental changes in how people communicate, get information, and conduct business. Wired for Success Pat Russo worked for eight years in sales and... View Details

01 Mar 2011
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Alumni Books

transplant, or a joint replacement in the United States, here's the key to getting the very best medical care: be a straight, white, middle-class male. White, a pioneering black surgeon, and his coauthor make sense of the unconscious bias that riddles medical treatment... View Details

13 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

scholarship that has documented how important, fundamental ideas can emerge from “use-inspired” research (see Pasteur’s Quadrant (Stokes, 1997)). The paper concludes by suggesting reforms to overcome the dysfunctional fixation on... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

10 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 10

to the theoretical, empirical, and managerial problems salient at that time and comment on the likely reasons the paper has had a sustained influence in the field. Looking forward, we first ask whether the paradoxes and inconsistencies we discussed are still View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

coach or program of study, perhaps seeing things through diverse eyes and experiences might address a fundamental anchoring bias. I see the world through only my eyes. It takes more than the leaders to facilitate such progress ” His... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?

commercial brand become a political brand? Is the commercial Trump brand extendable into the political arena? Commercial marketing and political marketing differ in two fundamental ways. In the world of commerce, the consumer votes at the... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

25 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University

universities. In this excerpt, they discuss the idea of a university's DNA. In the absence of a disruptive new technology, the combination of prestige and loyal support from donors and legislators has allowed traditional universities to weather occasional storms. View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen & Henry J. Eyring; Education

13 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning

Past attempts to woo PC users have been unsuccessful, and Apple's share of the PC market has steadily eroded. Saddled with this baggage, the company stealth positioned the Mini as anything but what it fundamentally is: a competitively... View Details

Keywords: by Youngme Moon

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?

tradeoffs implying deprivation or loss. Women struggle just as men do, she said, in figuring out what they want to create and what their platinum standards are. "We have as much of a struggle, in fact, as men do. We are really in this together, even though the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

results versus long-term capabilities. The first four chapters try to help the reader understand that managers are playing a very delicate balancing act. And perhaps the most fundamental tension is the one between profit, growth, and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert Simons

16 Mar 2023
Blog Post

HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy

HySynergy, which is backed by the publicly traded company Everfuel, has completed the first of a three-phase investment in hydrogen electrolyzers—a fundamental Power-to-X technology—designed to support the refinery’s transition to... View Details

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Rewiring the Workplace: Behavioral Economics and the Future of Inclusive Organizations - Blog: RGE Report

practice, however, alleviating the effects of inequities requires a shift in organizational culture, including fundamentally reworking value systems and decision-making frameworks to cultivate the best environment for the employees of all... View Details

27 Oct 2020
News

HBS Votes

Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC) “pay the fines and fees of tens of thousands of returning citizens so they will be eligible to register to vote and participate in this November’s Election,” according to a release on the organization’s website. "The right to... View Details

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