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Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online

over any conflicting terms in this Notice to the extent permitted under applicable law. REGIONAL PRIVACY POLICY DISCLOSURE If you are located in certain specific regions (such as the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or... View Details

10 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?

best predictors of success for at least one class of Harvard MBAs was whether or not a parent of the applicant had had a career in management. An implication that one might draw from this finding is that the presence in a household of a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

January 2014 (Revised April 2025)
Supplement

The PGA Tour (C)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Cole Magrath

In 1994, the PGA Tour (the "Tour"), the dominant incumbent professional golf circuit, had created tremendous value for its players. In the 1974 season, players competed for $8 million in prize money; by the 1994 season, the total prize purse had increased to $56... View Details

Keywords: PGA Tour; Tim Finchem; Deane Beman; Golf; Professional Golf; Business Model; Value Creation; Adaptation; Sports; Business Strategy; Sports Industry; United States

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

This course is part of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation track. Introduction to Entrepreneurship Essentials ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Entrepreneurship Essentials $1,850 Next... View Details

September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
Case

OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (A)

By: Amy J.C. Cuddy, Kyle Todd Doherty and Maarten W. Bos

The case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies Cialdini's principles of social influence to successfully encourage consumers to reduce their energy usage. OPOWER was co-founded in 2008 by two young Harvard graduates, Dan Yates and Alex... View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Applications and Software; Attitudes; Entrepreneurship; Energy Conservation; Power and Influence; Growth and Development Strategy; Energy Industry; United States

23 Jun 2023
News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

ambassadors to the HBS alumni community, what follows are highlights of the Spring 2023 Alumni Board meeting. MBA Update Over the last 40 years, the number of CEOs of publicly listed US firms with an MBA has grown from 24% to 37%, with HBS educating the greatest... View Details

20 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Black Visionary Leadership and Redefining What's Possible

advisor Karen Mills. They opened up their Rolodexes and sent a few emails. Their buy-in helped elevate our mission, and made people want to get involved. It was the ultimate “warm” connection! We’ve just narrowed down the 300 applicants... View Details

07 Aug 2013
What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

'gut check' on big decisions is always prudent. I realize that is the sort of bias these authors warn about, but the application of their methods shouldn't reduce decision-making to a formula " Phil Clark had a more encompassing view... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Exploring the Beauty Industry through an Independent Project

recommendations. They tend to seek information from influencers who share their look or make an effort to acknowledge the diversity of their audience through different applications and product recommendations. I will incorporate these... View Details

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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

foreshadowing the career path ahead of her, Shilla Kim-Parker (MBA 2009) wrote her HBS application essay about her desire to serve the social good. “I was drawn to... Riding the WAVE Misan Rewane 2013 When describing the experience of... View Details

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Scaling Work - Research Computing Services

work done in less time. But only under certain circumstances! There two basic ways to use multiple cores: implicit parallelism built in to your application or library, and explicit parallelism that you program and manage yourself.... View Details

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Business in Society and Strategy track. Introduction to Sustainable Business Strategy ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Sustainable Business Strategy $1,850... View Details

September 2015 (Revised March 2016)
Case

Intuit: Turbo Tax PersonalPro - A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Joseph Fuller and Michael Roberts

The case provides a vehicle for teaching about both corporate intrapreneurship and the use of lean startup methods. It tells the story of a product manager within Intuit who develops an idea for a new product that spans two of the company's existing business... View Details

Keywords: Business Units; Business or Company Management; Applications and Software; Accounting; Product Development; Financial Services Industry

August 2021 (Revised March 2022)
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Camera IQ and the Metaverse: Building Augmented Reality Brand Experiences

By: Jill Avery and Rayan Nahas

Camera IQ, a camera marketing software company that empowered brands to create and launch augmented reality experiences (AREs) across social platforms, had just raised an additional $5 million to fund further product development and expand its marketing and sales... View Details

April 2023 (Revised September 2023)
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Levels: The Remote, Asynchronous, Deep Work Management System

By: Joseph B. Fuller and George Gonzalez

Levels is a highly innovative startup in the health care space. They intend to revolutionize health by linking behavior—eating, exercise, sleeping, etc.—to changes in metabolism. They believe metabolic health can be managed through careful monitoring of changes in... View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Business Startups; Organizational Culture; Management Style; Technology Industry; United States