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Overcrowded – Designing Meaningful Products in a World Awash with Ideas

We live in a world awash with ideas. Thanks to the web and to powerful ideation approaches such as open innovation, design thinking, or crowdsourcing, organizations have today easy access to an unprecedented amount of novel concepts. In this context, what... View Details

21 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

choose to spend your first year at either HBS or HLS and your second year of the program will be at the partner school. Since I chose to start at HBS, I spent time with my HBS section for the entire first year, and in the second year, I... View Details

29 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?

could even argue that the main difference between the two acts is merely the timing of the gift: Tips follow the rendering of a service, whereas bribes precede it." Torfason says the link between tipping and bribing may come in part... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Portrait Project

Katie Rowe

I keep a “grrr” list. It has a simple premise: when I am frustrated by a failure of the healthcare system, I write it down. Every time something makes me think, “we could do that better,” it goes onto the list. Our patient does not have... View Details

12 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

overestimating one's value to an organization, and thinking in a short-term perspective. Questions that should be asked throughout the process of a job change are mentioned. The effect of psychological, social, and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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For Alumni - Health Care

like to get involved healthcare_initiative@hbs.edu Apply to be a Blavatnik Fellow The Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship provides a select group of Harvard Business School MBA alumni with the opportunity to work with... View Details

20 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

the most highly valued companies in the world. But how were they able to steer their companies through the volatile ups and downs of decades of changing technologies? What did they have in common? And what can we learn from them about... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

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Networking Events - Recruiting

employers to bring it. Brief introduction followed by interactive discussion and Q&A Up to 8 students per timeslot May select 20, 30, or 45-minute timeslots Option for consecutive timeslots (example: 4:00-6:00pm with four 30-minute timeslots, up to 8 students per... View Details

09 Feb 2023
Blog Post

The Sixth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

significant financial and societal value by accelerating greenhouse gas emission reductions. The course was designed for any student passionate about the role of business in combating climate change, and for students who may want to... View Details

01 Aug 2022
What Do You Think?

Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

with values that support adaptability (among them openness, learning, and sharing), the result is very positive. Our conclusions were reached after collecting and examining survey data from hundreds of senior executives identifying those... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

May 2003 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Harlem Children's Zone, The: Driving Performance with Measurement and Evaluation

By: Allen S. Grossman and Daniel F. Curran

Geoffrey Canada, CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, wanted his organization to grow dramatically to reach thousands of poor and underserved children in Harlem. The agency ran a variety of successful social service programs throughout New York City that were separately... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Measurement and Metrics; Organizational Structure; Performance Evaluation; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Valuation

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17 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer

that CEOs take home versus average employee pay is taking on added importance in 2018, as public companies in the United States are mandated for the first time to disclose pay ratios between the CEO and employees. Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

hrs/week Pay by August 28 $1,850 Certificate Business Strategy Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee Formulate strategies to give your organization a competitive advantage, using a proven framework that creates value for customers, employees,... View Details

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

The Three Components of Family Governance

strengthening business-family communication and bond. A family constitution—the family's policies and guiding vision and values that regulate members' relationship with the business. This written document can be short or long, detailed or... View Details

14 Dec 2007
Op-Ed

When Your Product Becomes a Commodity

profits? If you've heard it, you've probably wondered if it was just a convenient excuse or if the manager had a valid point. The truth is, even when a raw material has no value added and quality standards are set by law or the industry,... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

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FAQ - Alumni

giving—using HBS’s secure online giving form —saves donors time and postage costs. It also allows HBS to process gifts more quickly so that the funds can be put to use almost immediately. How can I set up a recurring gift? Use our secure... View Details

06 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents

us. As Amazon has grown in scale and complexity, we would have anticipated that Bezos found less and less time to directly contribute to patents. However, our findings suggest that Bezos has found more value... View Details

Keywords: by Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg; Retail

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

Flows... Cash Conversion Cycle Time Value of Money Featured Exercises Balance sheet and financial ratios exercises Calculate net present value 6-7 hrs Module 3 Capital Markets... View Details

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Spreading the Word – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Mayo’s The Human Problems of Industrial Civilization , in the journal The Human Factor , 1934 The Depression and massive layoff of employees at Western Electric helped bring the Hawthorne experiments to a grinding halt in the early 1930s. But the studies took on a new... View Details

06 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Short Intensive Programs 2024 Preview: From Climate Change to Formula 1

in last year’s SIPs gave rave reviews. Neelam Khan (MBA 2024) considers Moving Beyond DTC a highlight of her time at HBS, and noted its comprehensive approach. “It didn't solely focus on founders and branding; it also offered a thorough... View Details

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