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February 2008 (Revised January 2009)
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Offshoring Day in BGIE and Strategy

Describes a set of activities in which students will participate before and during a day of classes on offshoring. The day's classes will examine the implications of offshoring for policy makers, business leaders, and workers. View Details

Keywords: Policy; Employees; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Labor; Management; Strategy

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01 Jun 2015
Video

HBS Commencement Week 2015

19 Jan 2023
Blog Post

11 Ways to Reengage Employees in the New Year

access to a meditation tool, and setting norms around mental health days. To promote physical wellness, try a Wellness Wednesday initiative where staff are provided the time off to take an exercise class or... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

09 May 2021
Blog Post

Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year

transformed during my first year at HBS. She keeps me grounded in a fast-paced environment. I am clear on my priorities and optimize every minute in my day to maximize my time here while still being involved in her life. Random hugs and kisses in View Details

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The Coming of Managerial Capitalism - Course Catalog

Destructive Sides of Early U.S. Capitalism (c. 1790-1870) Scale and the Emergence of Organization (c. 1870-1920) Prosperity, Depression and War (c. 1920-1945) Innovation, Finance and Regulation (c. 1950-2008) View Details

19 Dec 2016
News

Harvard Students Help Mom-and-Pop Shops Get off the Ground

Along the way, the students are learning lessons that their classroom experience has perhaps only hinted at. “It’s one thing to learn in a case study environment,” said senior lecturer Kristin W. Mugford,... View Details

Keywords: retail

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Kim Frock - Making A Difference

01 Jun 1998
News

HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector

Jersey, where the school system was on the verge of collapse. In 1993, the company put PCs, complete with e-mail and Internet access, on the... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)

about the ecosystem as a whole and figuring out the right incentives for everyone to contribute can be complex, and HBS cases provide great tools to think about these issues. Early on, View Details

26 May 2015
Blog Post

5 Ways the Case Method Changes How You Learn

method of learning that depends as much on the caliber of the students as it does the teachers. Everyone comes to class armed with their... View Details

11 Oct 2024
News

Highlights from the Fall 2024 Alumni Board Meeting

Harvard Business School hosted its annual fall Alumni Board Meeting in late September, bringing together its members for a three-day event that included interactive sessions with faculty and HBS leadership on the School and its programs, a dinner and reception with MBA... View Details

Research Summary

Trust

By: Sandra J. Sucher

In this research, I aim to provide a practical orientation to trust—how to build it, how it can be damaged, how it might be repaired—grounded in my experience as an executive and in the research on organizational trust and moral philosophy. As a case researcher, I... View Details

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Research Links - The Art of American Advertising

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising 1865 - 1910 Research Links Trade Cards Trade Catalogs Baker Old View Details

24 May 2018
News

Harvard Business School Honors Five Graduates with Alumni Achievement Award

04 Oct 2024
In Practice

Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged

Similarly, the fitness studios I frequented often adjusted the class schedules twice a year—almost like two “semesters.” Likewise, the enrichment... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

23 Oct 2018
News

Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart

audience for your HBS Class Day speech, you have an extremely popular TED Talk, you're an in-demand speaker generally. In the book, you recount your first speech, though, as a fifth grader in Miss Davis's... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life

edited by Ted A. Adams "When you study the tire industry," HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow told a Class Day audience of graduating MBAs last June, "you are confronting the... View Details

11 May 2011
News

The PMD 70 Tree and Other Memorials at HBS

Park and was named in 1976 in memory of Carol Peterson, Dean Fouraker’s administrative assistant, who was murdered in her Cambridge apartment. And the semicircular courtyard behind Aldrich (between Baker and Hawes) is named after View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings

middle is death." Failures will come, he said, and smart executives will learn from them. "All you can do as boss is ensure good performance," he said. "Remember, every person who claims to be an officer is there to... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

15 Mar 2021
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