Reaching Your Potential - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2002
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Porter Course Goes Abroad

Professor Porter leads an interactive session on the HBS campus with students in McCollum Hall and at INCAE in Costa Rica. Photo Courtesy HBS Multimedia When it was first taught in early 2002, the classroom for the course led by University Professor Michael E. Porter... View Details

15 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?

The deadline on an important work project is looming, but you keep getting distracted by news stories and silly cat videos online. Even though installing an Internet-blocking app might help you stay focused, you resist the idea, telling yourself you should have the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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From Connections to Seats: The Journey of Diverse Board Candidates - Blog: RGE Report

through events including “speed-dating” gatherings training potential board members, especially those seeking a first board seat, how to get on boards and how to serve effectively offering training that provides credentials, which help... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Job Hunting in a Tight Market: Strength in Numbers

written to someone asking for a meeting, do not leave messages for the person to call you back. Instead, keep calling. If you’re still unsuccessful in reaching your contact, try asking the company’s operator... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Kevin Nazemi

product that had reached hundreds of millions in revenues. My trajectory at Microsoft had accelerated even faster than I had hoped for. That was when I assessed my progress: what did I have to do to get the skills and networks I needed... View Details

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Policies | Baker Library

contemporary collections. Alternatively, please consider donating books to Better World Books . If you think your potential gift will uniquely complement or strengthen our existing collections, email... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of

a blue-haired magician named LeBlanc across the Fields of Justice, hurling spells at the enemy’s minions. He narrates the chaotic game, often profanely, as he and his four teammates confront their opponents, another team of gamers. Each is trying to View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Brian Stauffer; esports; Twitch; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

comeuppance, don't let your skepticism get out of hand. A review of several recent books suggests that many of the principles of e-leadership still have merit, even if they could be made timelier...by the infusion of pre-Internet era... View Details

Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni

01 Sep 2017
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Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?

like your Facebook page. And like Facebook, access to blockchain ledgers can vary: A new profile photo might be accessible to everyone in your social network, while you might grant only View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

of Internet advertising on the industry as a whole. According to Silk and his colleagues, changes in the industry's external environment fit into three broad categories: technical, regulatory, and economic. Advances in technology reach... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

01 Jun 2022
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Closing the 'Network Gap'

began working together as “accountability partners” to help each other along the entrepreneurship path. They later turned their attention to a shared goal: addressing the unmet need revealed by Hu’s LinkedIn post. The pair decided to View Details

Keywords: April White

12 Jun 2023
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Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Leapfrogging Traditional Agricultural Development in Africa

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series – Leapfrogging Traditional Agricultural Development in Africa Cover image features Mostafa Terrab. By 2050, the world’s population is expected to reach 9.7 billion people, with more than... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Surveying Students’ Summer Plans

Summer offers the benefit of long, warm days—and for students, the very real opportunity to consider a potential sector or role for post-HBS plans, sometimes with the support of the HBS Summer Fellows Program. (Last year, 256 students... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Apr 2000
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Getting the Message

years and currently serves as faculty chair for the Managing Brand Meaning program in the Executive Education curriculum. He believes the future of Internet advertising depends on improvements in technology. "We won't really understand the full View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

30 Apr 2024
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IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World

Potential for Global Partnerships and Collaboration The MCAP emerged as part of a broader dialogue amongst key cities from C40’s network for collectively addressing climate change. Given the global scope of climate change, coordination... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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Charting the Year Ahead

perspectives and interests and will reach out extensively for alumni input and participation as planning progresses. This is an important opportunity for HBS to make a statement on the global stage about the impact our alumni have in... View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

20 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Being patients compelled us. Sequoia inspired us. HBS sustained us.

“We better get off this plane ASAP,” Deborah belted out as our plane skittered to a halt at SFO. Deborah re-read the text from our fertility clinic: “We misread your chart. Your sodium levels are dangerously... View Details

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Business Track | New Venture Competition

Teammates Find teammates from across Harvard to form your New Venture Competition team. Early-Stage Feedback Early-Stage Feedback allows potential participants in the New Venture Competition to receive... View Details

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Fall 2016 Reunion Photo Galleries - Alumni

Reunions Fall 2016 Reunion Photo Galleries Select photographs taken by professional photographers during the Fall 2016 HBS Reunions are available for viewing and purchase on this private site . The gallery is "unlisted" within the HBS Alumni SmugMug site, which means... View Details

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Financial databases: certification and training | Baker Library

Fundamentals, Bloomberg Market Concepts and Environmental Social Governance (ESG). Open to all current Harvard faculty, students, and staff through 12/31/2024*, with potential for extension. Please email infoservices@hbs.edu for the class... View Details

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