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Affiliated Organizations & Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

focuses on innovative approaches to improving the value of cancer care. MOC Affiliate Network The MOC Affiliate Network is a group of more than 100 educational institutions around the world that teach the MOC curriculum and collaborate in... View Details

30 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 30, 2007

in the multi-agent settings in which these decisions typically occur. In this paper, we develop a model that extends neural nets techniques to capture recognition processes in groups of decision-makers. We use the model to derive some... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

solar-powered phone charger,” he recalled with a smile. Having spent the last few years as a venture investor, Hilton continues to use his education, experiences and passions to build clean technologies. “I was drawn to venture because I get most excited about the... View Details

04 Jul 2005
What Do You Think?

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

has an advanced degree." As an alternative way of achieving this objective, Bobby Mackie suggests that faculty development "could include more two-way movement of staff, building communication links, and networking between... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Accidental Innovator

direct special attention to it." Similarly, Daguerre, who invented photography, made his breakthrough when he put an exposed plate into a cabinet in which a thermometer had earlier shattered; mercury vapors from the broken thermometer View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

07 Jul 2003
What Do You Think?

Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?

as the result of exporting jobs to China, India, and other developing economies. Still others argued that the issue relates to end objectives, not the means, of achieving greater productivity. Jim Noon characterized the first point of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 2021
News

Fostering Diversity

loans, came to HBS after working in development at the World Bank. “The School absolutely transformed my life,” he says. Over the years, Ben and Victoria Feder have supported three key priorities at the... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend

undertaken in 1966 as cofounder of Cleveland's Hough Area Community Development Corporation (HADC). "In the summer of 1970," de Rothschild related, "I spent time with Frank in Cleveland, and it was then that I realized what a great leader... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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A Tradition of Philanthropy - Alumni

Jr. makes a $5 million grant to build Aldrich Hall , which features horseshoe-shaped classrooms—a revolutionary design at the time—that facilitate case-based learning. 1950 The Kresge family makes a $2 million gift to construct a dining center and campus facility—a... View Details

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

With people all over the world beginning to get COVID-19 vaccines, most of the press coverage so far has focused on its amazing development. What’s receiving less attention is a critical last-mile issue that could stand in the way of... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

01 Mar 2008
News

A History of Women at HBS

Edith G. Stedman, director of Radcliffe’s career services department, was unswerving in her dedication to the need for women’s professional training and education. She developed and served as director of the Training Course in Personnel... View Details

Keywords: Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

19 Jan 2022
Blog Post

From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business

road to get there. I started my career in music, interning for a variety of organizations as an undergrad. However, when I moved to New York City, I stumbled upon a unique opportunity to work for an emerging fashion line, which spring-boarded me into the View Details

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Ken Zeng

into an exhilarating dream, like riding a high-speed train, gazing out the window at a captivating new world unfolding before me, both intimidating and eye-opening. What is your most memorable classroom moment? During a recent Leadership... View Details

31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

it, they should call on their junior colleagues. The problem: subordinates don't want to offend the boss. Therefore, as executives become more senior, they tend to get less feedback. Why it matters: over time, senior leaders can become confused about their View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Technologies that Will Change the World Shikhar Ghosh Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Avoiding Startup Failure DJ DiDonna Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 B2B Sales and Distribution (also listed under Marketing) Lou Shipley Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Business at the... View Details

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Harvard Business School

of Boston who served in World War II, Herb Lyken became a professor of Finance and Accounting at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and taught for 15 years. He was also a founder and board member of the Unity Bank and Trust in... View Details

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It

instability in Third World countries, and last year's shutdown of West Coast shipping docks—have awakened managers as never before to supply chain risks, some of which had been introduced or heightened by the very actions companies had... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

02 Mar 2012
HBS Seminar

Joe Lassiter/Gordon Jones, Harvard Business School/Harvard University

03 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27

in Developing Countries Authors: Diego Comin, Norman Loayza, Farooq Pasha, and Luis Serven Abstract We build a two-country asymmetric DSGE model with two features: (1) a product cycle structure determines the range of intermediate goods... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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