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24 Aug 2021
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Why Did Pet Concierge Startup Baroo Fail?

Keywords: Re: Thomas R. Eisenmann; Technology; Service

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Design of Field Research Methods (DFRM)

Field research involves collecting original data (qualitative and/or quantitative) in field sites. This course combines informal lecture and discussion with practical exercises to build specific skills for conducting field research in organizations. Readings include... View Details

18 Oct 2010
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Venture Capital's Disconnect with Clean Tech

2017
Book

Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey

Today's global enterprises increasingly involve collaborative work by teams of experts operating across different professions, organizations, and industries. Extreme Teaming provides new insights into the world of complex, cross-industry projects and the ways... View Details

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Complexity

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Samuel L. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School. He has taught at the School since 1970, prior to which he was a tenured member of the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He... View Details

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Social Innovation Field Projects

By: John Jong-Hyun Kim

The class will serve as the central clearing house for all independent projects relating to enterprises that are creating social value, with projects ranging from nonprofits to purpose driven for-profit businesses. This course provides students an opportunity to use... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Social Innovation; Social Enterprise

Building foundations for leaders' development through the personalization of management learning.

Many MBA and executive education courses claim to "transform" managers into leaders. This study focuses on what it takes for management education to deliver on that promise and truly foster the transformational learning that enables leadership... View Details

09 Sep 2015
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A Path for Entrepreneurs, When a Start-Up Is Not the Goal

November 2019
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Hacking Heroin

By: Mitchell Weiss and Sarah Mehta

This teaching note pairs with a case that is used in a course on Public Entrepreneurship, for a first module on "ideas." The case is designed to help students work through the question: where do new ideas to stubborn problems come from? And, in particular, the question... View Details

Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Hackathon; Heroin; Opioids; Crowdsourcing; Public Sector; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Health Pandemics; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; Ohio; Cincinnati

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25 Aug 2016
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Arantxa Tapia responds to MOC class discussion in 2015

25 Aug 2016
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Jose Figueres responds to MOC class discussion in 2016

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Decision Making Under Uncertainty

By: David E. Bell

Many of the decisions we face are made complicated by having uncertain consequences: how should I set my inventory when I don’t know what demand will be, should I refinance my mortgage when rates might go lower, how big a bet shall I make in a new business, and so... View Details

C. Fritz Foley

C. Fritz Foley is the André R. Jakurski Professor of Business Administration. Foley’s research focuses on corporate finance and the role of the CFO, and he currently teaches Corporate Financial Operations, a second-year MBA elective course he created. He also... View Details

April 2014
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Conjoint Analysis: Online Tutorial

By: Elie Ofek and Olivier Toubia

This teaching note is intended to assist instructors who plan to use the Conjoint Analysis: Online Tutorial (514-712) as part of a course or program of study. Pedagogically, the teaching note provides an overview of the Conjoint Analysis: Online Tutorial, the key... View Details

Keywords: Analysis; Marketing

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The Business of Aesthetics is a new course for second-year students who are considering careers in sectors and companies whose long-term financial value is built on their ability to deliver aesthetic value. Such companies are rewarded not only for eliciting a high... View Details

December 2015
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An Intern's Dilemma (A)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble

An HBS student is asked to misrepresent himself during the course of his summer internship by his employer in order to obtain data from industry competitors. View Details

Keywords: Conflict; Leadership; Conflict Management; Competition; Ethics; Knowledge Acquisition; Organizational Culture; Employees; Power and Influence

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Randolph B. (Randy) Cohen is the MBA Class of 1975 Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Management in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. Cohen’s main research focus has been the identification of top investment managers and the prediction of manager... View Details

Keywords: financial services; investment banking industry

01 Feb 2019
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Why the “Trolley Problem” Is the Wrong Way to Think About Avs

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Professor Myers has taught Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD), the first year required MBA course focusing on how managers become effective leaders in modern organizations. View Details

November 1996 (Revised November 1996)
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Organizational Alignment: The 7-S Model

Presents the 7-S framework. This framework offers managers a tool for diagnosing problems in their organizations and for proposing corrective courses of action. May be used with cases that deal with organizational alignment. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design

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