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Max Wibaux
welcomes the gray areas. "In business, sometimes there’s no black and white – you may have to make decisions with incomplete information. You need to be flexible – you want to get the best outcomes possible within the context of your... View Details
Keywords: CPG
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Aurora Turek
explains. As she looks to the future, she envisions herself staying in academia in the context of a business school. “At HBS, we get so much career support, even during our first year,” Aurora says. Recently, she and her cohort heard from... View Details
- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
the national microfinance markets of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru within the context of global microfinance. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307060 Foreign Direct Investment and South... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
took advantage of the coalescing context of their times. They built businesses that thrived in a specific contextual framework and modified their operations and leadership styles as the contextual factors evolved. Some admittedly were in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 9
Wakeman, and Francesca Gino Abstract—When entering task performance contexts we generally have expectations about both the task and how well we will perform on it. When those expectations go unmet, we experience psychological discomfort... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Perspectives on Anti-Racism in the HKS Curriculum
degree to which experiences in the same context can vary based on identity. An initial common trap in course discussion was an inclination to say, “I haven’t personally seen or experienced that, therefore I don’t believe it’s true.” I... View Details
- 06 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Parks Management is People Management
not of a typical business. Moreover, my experience working in new contexts (i.e. resource management and government) has only deepened my business acumen, utilizing my core skillset while flexing it in new directions. With the goal of... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Sign of the Times: General Management Course Evolves
associated with the high-level administration of large, complex, and relatively stable businesses. In EM, the basic principles developed in the general management course will continue to be central, but the decision-making contexts will... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
“Speed Trap” Can Snare Companies
be “right,” but the context created by past decisions means it unwittingly perpetuates a harmful, speed-oriented pathology. “What happens is that we look at our decisions in isolation instead of recognizing how they've contributed to the... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
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Sarah Zia
features of the case method is the opportunity to hear classmates' personal experiences and share your own to provide unique context and perspectives. Prior to business school, I worked on Disney's Strategy team, so I shared a longer... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
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Phone Fun
disciplines involved in the role, combined with the pace and focus on tangible deliverables is intellectually, creatively, and emotionally fulfilling,” he elaborates. At HBS, Braterman developed the skills to put marketing into context at... View Details
- 30 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men
of all, the studies show. The findings are detailed in the paper Investors Prefer Entrepreneurial Ventures Pitched by Attractive Men, published in the March 2014 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Our paper provides concrete proof that gender... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
also shows how nontransferable certain business ideas are when you take them to contexts without key institutions. In fact, part of Vizio's global strategy is to only go to those markets where Costco is going. In our taxonomy, Costco is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
apply their skills and knowledge to improve health-care systems. (A book excerpt from Designing Care follows.) Martha Lagace: How does health-care delivery fit into the greater context of health-care reform? Dr. Richard Bohmer: Broadly... View Details
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Introduction - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
- to be awarded a Nobel Prize. To celebrate both an extraordinary honor and a remarkable man, the Baker Library presents an exhibition exploring the context in which Professor Robert Merton conducted his Nobel Prize research, from his... View Details
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Simone Leigh Sentinel (Mami Wata) 2020-21 | About
syncretic religious contexts have merged her persona with Christian saints or indigenous spiritual figures. However, her essence as a beguiling water spirit endures across geographies. Representations of Mami Wata often take the form of a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Notebook
processing. How we got the idea: My classmate and cofounder, Tracy Lawrence, and I were in our second year at HBS, and we were looking to start a business. Tracy’s parents were moving, and in the context of that move, we thought it would... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
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BOOK: The Money of Invention
capital activity of the last few years in the context of the broader history of the industry. While they suggest the events in recent years had many similarities with earlier cycles, they highlight some fundamental discontinuities... View Details
- 08 Dec 2009
- News
Don’t Scare the Bankers
Clayton Rose, a former JP Morgan executive whose new elective, Managing the Financial Firm, examines the challenges of financial services leadership in the context of the financial crisis. For the course, Rose wrote new cases on JP... View Details
- 18–20 May 2018
- Reunions
MBA 2017 ONE-YEAR REUNION
Technology. Moderated by Amy Bernstein, Editor of HBR and Nicole Torres, Associate Editor of HBR Spangler Auditorium Jessie Tisch, MBA 2007 shares the career choices she made soon after HBS, entering public service, balancing career and life, all within the View Details