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- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
Are you reaching your customers? The key is knowing who they are and what they want To appeal to retail customers you need to understand what makes them tick. What better way to do that than by studying actual consumer behavior? A View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
of casual hallway and cafeteria conversations where the genesis of a lot of great ideas take place.” Managers don’t have to redesign a building to engineer these encounters. Just by observing where employees... View Details
- 04 Oct 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?
Understand who controls what and the degree to which it is desired and you understand a great deal about a power relationship. Of course, power can be used for good or “dirty” purposes. “Power poisons,”... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Product Management at HBS: Roll Up Your Sleeves and Learn by Doing
New Horizons. Equipped with learnings from both the class and from creating my own product, I’ve felt more empowered than ever to follow my dreams in the gaming industry. Business school is View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
Eric Werker You spent much of 2009 to 2011 in Liberia advising President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf while on leave from HBS. What did you learn from that experience? Good ideas and great strategies are cheap and easy; what's expensive and... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
payroll). Today, we have almost 50 people working at Flatiron School. One of the great benefits of working with an incredible team is that your job isn’t necessarily to manage them, as much as it is to make... View Details
Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face--And What to Do About It (March 2010)
Denial -- the unconscious belief that a certain fact is too terrible to face and therefore cannot be true -- has torpedoed many good businesses and more than a few great ones. It turns challenges into crises, and dilemmas into catastrophes. It is one of the greatest... View Details
- 14 Sep 2023
The MBA Tour: Spotlight on Women in Business
Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on September 14th at The MBA Tour: Spotlight on Women in Business hosted by GMAC. This virtual event is a great... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
The similarity is about the need to make great first impressions, to really stand out in a crowded marketplace and figure out a way to find a personal brand and create that... View Details
Keywords: Zoom
- 18 Jun 2019
- News
Where Is Your Company Most Prone to Lapses in Integrity?
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
Photos courtesy of Minal Mehta When did you and your cofounders come up with the idea of a Bollywood-inspired dance and fitness program? "I grew up splitting my time between swimming pools and dance studios. When I wasn't choreographing... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
consequences such as discrimination," Luca says. "There's a great opportunity for an interested company to take the lead on publishable research in this area. We're willing to help implement changes based on... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
working to eliminate systemic racism. “My dad and my brothers and I, we feel so strongly about the potential and power of this fund,” Josh Kraft, one of Robert Kraft’s four sons, told the Boston Globe. “It... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
MBAs take their business acumen on the road
entrepreneurs. “Cases are a great start, but we learned countless lessons by making the leap from paper to practice,” Alaoui says. What started as an seven-city, eight-week road trip logging 8,000 miles is... View Details
- 24 Oct 2018
- News
Exploring the Future of Work for Women
mission is an extension of the HBS mission,” says Hughes, “in that we continue to educate leaders who make a difference in the world and who make San Diego a great place to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 May 2016
- Blog Post
5 Facts about Clubs at HBS
many options at HBS, participating in student-run clubs can be a great way both to explore interests and meet some of your closest HBS friends. Here are five things we think you should know. 1. Clubs are a View Details
- 07 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Can You Learn Finance through the Case Method?
of micro and macroeconomics was one of the things I was most looking forward to about business school. I had heard that HBS did a great job of supporting people like me in getting up to speed quickly in... View Details
- 15 Jul 2025
- Blog Post
Outrage at the Death of a Tree
remained impassable and power lines downed. Many were injured, and some tragically even paid the ultimate price. This wasn’t the worst-ever tornado for Missourians – that distinction belonged to View Details
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Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog
governance structures, and (3) their own contribution to supporting a Family’s legacy. There is great value that can be created through Family businesses. In fact, wealth creation in Families is becoming a powerful disruptor in all of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Energy Sources: Daniel Yergin and the EP Team
the New York Times but, he says, “I had great respect for Bob and HBS, and I was obsessed with the energy problem and saw this as a unique opportunity. All of us on View Details