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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog
Refer to the GEO website for full details on IFCs and be sure you understand the Course Policies and Course Fee & Financial Aid . Visit IFC Financial Aid for a quick assessment to determine your eligibility and process or contact... View Details
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Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog
contact her assistant, Mads Tolsdorf ( mtolsdorf@hbs.edu ) to arrange a meeting. Goal of course – Create a community, learn from each other and have fun. Copyright © 2024 President & Fellows of Harvard College. All Rights Reserved. View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
take Lisle’s business know-how—she had led revenue generation and growth opportunities in the private sector at companies like Oracle, Zefer, and Wellbourne International—and apply it to nonprofits rooted in the social services. The chance to do that came when a search... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 27 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad
possible promotions. However, a large subset of the group—67 out of the 90 US workers interviewed—felt bad on some level about the change. The subset consisted of those workers who had regular contact with their Japanese colleagues and... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
challenge comes as all stakeholders get together and hammer out common definitions. This might not seem like the kind of work that leads to disputes, but it is. In most companies, questions like the following would lead to heated discussions: Who's got the real... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
not possible for all people to feel that urgency with the reduced amount of one-to-one contact that now takes place" under more liberal work-life policies. It's clear that these issues are not peculiar to the United States. Several... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Influence of the China Trade and the Heard Legacy - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Diary, 1891. HC: FP-4, p. 161. John Heard, Diary, 1891. HC: FP-4, p. 38. John Heard to Elizabeth Heard, November 20, 1842. EH. John Heard to Elizabeth Heard, February 8, 1842. EH. Lockwood, p. 119. Digital Accessibility Contact Baker... View Details
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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog
Visit IFC Financial Aid for a quick assessment to determine your eligibility and process or contact finaid@hbs.edu for more information. Enrollment: Limited to 45 MBA students (due to the nature of IFCs, auditing is not permitted) Career... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
consumers have a voice. These new technologies have empowered consumers to monitor and manage their own diseases. MORE STORIES ABOUT IMPACT: The Digital Transformation of Health Care A New Approach to Contact Tracing Finding the Right... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
list of clients such as Genentech, Merck, and Procter & Gamble, Hazleton tested concepts and compounds and was deeply involved in the development of everything from contact lenses to chemotherapy drugs. Over the next two decades, Nielsen,... View Details
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
of going with Carlyle as a buyout partner, and then (ii) increasing the value of that business following the buyout. Since the profitability of a buyout depends on finding high-quality deals, the firm has focused to date on leveraging its View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
costs for the company contacts outsourcing the work, as the workers in India are paid about the market wage for their work. These results and other observations lead to the conclusion that diaspora connections continue to be important... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
earlier, Freed-Finnegan and Wall had founded Index after observing the technological advantages that Amazon and other online retailers had over brick-and-mortar retailers. Index’s first product was a customer database tool that allowed brick-and-mortar retailers to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
former Bain associate Persistency Pays Kelly Cook had wanted to work at Continental Airlines for as long as she could remember. As a young, recently divorced mother of one, she began temping in the Houston area while applying for every permanent job she could at... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?
allows many people to search for and retrieve codified knowledge without having to contact the person who originally developed it. That opens up the possibility of achieving scale in knowledge reuse and thus of growing the business. Take... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
volunteered time, advice, office equipment, and ideas. They have also suggested research topics and provided contacts in the region. How did your previous career prepare you for your current position? Investment banking exposed me to the... View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
you’re interested in and find ways to connect with them. When you meet, articulate how you can contribute; engage your interviewers about their work; and offer expertise, advice, or contacts with no expectation of reciprocity. Suddenly... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
Burden Hall during orientation for the January 2001 cohort. That’s where Agarwala and Varma first met. “We stayed in contact as friends over the next two years, but there was no talk of starting a business,” recalls Agarwala. He and Varma... View Details
- 09 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
you should approach a product launch as an organizational process, and start with the buyers, not the product.” The good news is that there are now a multiplicity of ways for new companies to contact customers through the web, social... View Details
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
important as this one about which we assume so much and know so little? Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back (16,865) Leading a doomed company can often help a career by providing experience, insight, and contacts... View Details