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- 13 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Take a Seat in the Case Method Classroom
Classroom Video Student Perspectives Video HBS students share what it’s like to learn via the Case Method style of teaching, and reflect on its defining role in the HBS experience. View Student Perspectives Video Faculty Perspectives... View Details
- 04 Jun 2020
- Book
It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward
serial entrepreneur and leadership coach. Unleashed, their second book, reflects the married couple’s passion for sharing the knowledge and experience they have gained through years as “accelerators of action.” Kristen Senz: How did you... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 13 May 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Contaminating Effects of Building Instrumental Ties: How Networking Can Make Us Feel Dirty
- September 2020
- Case
Minerva 2004: Discovery
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
After nearly five years in operation, Doctor Cynthia Bamdad, founder and CEO of Minerva Biotechnologies Corporation (Minerva), was reflecting on the company’s next steps. In a few short years, she and her small team had managed to develop a nanoparticle process for... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Biotechnology Industry
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Minerva 2004: Discovery." Harvard Business School Case 721-389, September 2020.
- October 2014
- Case
Mothercare, 2014
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In early 2014, Mothercare was the UK's leading retailer of mother-and-baby products. In fiscal 2013, it generated £341 million in revenues from its 255 UK stores and £128 million online, and was more than three times the size of its next biggest competitor, Mama and... View Details
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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
faculty videos, simulations, reflections, or quizzes) designed to impart the learnings of the course. In addition to module and assignment completion, we expect participation in the social learning elements of the course by offering feedback on others’ View Details
- 07 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Product Management at HBS: Roll Up Your Sleeves and Learn by Doing
beyond the defense realm. The PM 101 class helped me conquer my imposter syndrome by showing me that my Marine Corps experience actually had a direct translation to product management, especially as I reflected on my time developing web... View Details
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Golden Age of Black Business
Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit More Baker Library Exhibits Baker Library Special Collections Business historian Juliet E. K. Walker refers to the era from 1900 to 1930 as the "golden age of black business" where "leading black... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
themselves, shifting both professional and personal priorities in profound ways. Indeed, far beyond a deep understanding of business, industry, and leadership, the reflections below highlight the ways in which cases have also revealed,... View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years
the world of venture capital. The program, especially the electives in the second year, focus on reflecting deeply within yourself, your place in the community, and the world around you. It’s something I’ve included in my daily life over... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
Professor of Business Administration. Tip: Use COVID-19 as a time to reflect Make time for introspection. The coronavirus represents a historic inflection point that is likely to forever change us, as did the assassination of President... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
discussing and reflecting upon these issues outside of class.” “This is an important topic. We won’t be able to talk about it more today, but I will carve out time at the beginning of tomorrow’s class so we can discuss it further.” Tip... View Details
- 03 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business
after the loss, as well as the extent to which they still grieved the person. Those who had described a personal ritual also reported feeling both more in control and less aggrieved after the writing exercise, indicating the power of merely View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
My MBAid Story: Christine Keung (MBA 2020)
when she was three years old and grew up in Los Angeles, where she helped her parents in their tiny Chinese restaurant after school. She reflects on what made HBS such an incredible experience, how she took full advantage of the... View Details
- August 2016
- Article
Independent Directors' Dissent on Boards: Evidence from Listed Companies in China
By: Juan Ma and Tarun Khanna
In this paper, we examine the circumstances under which so-called "independent" directors voice their independent views on public boards in a sample of Chinese firms. First, we ask why independent directors dissent, i.e. how they justify such dissent to public... View Details
Ma, Juan, and Tarun Khanna. "Independent Directors' Dissent on Boards: Evidence from Listed Companies in China." Strategic Management Journal 37, no. 8 (August 2016): 1547–1557.
- Teaching Interest
Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems
By: Tarun Khanna
What problems do developing countries face, and how can individuals contribute to solutions rather than awaiting the largesse of the state or other actors? Intractable problems – such as lack of access to education and healthcare, forced reliance on contaminated... View Details
- 30 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators
makes sense for me at this moment.” It’s at this self-interested point when ethics are most likely to fall by the wayside. 3. Recalling what happened after the negotiation: During this last phase as they reflect on the give-and-take, a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jun 2023
- What Do You Think?
Is the Anxious Achiever a Post-Pandemic Relic?
appreciated Jenny Odell’s thesis that “doing nothing” offers us several useful “tools,” including those of repair (personal reflection and recovery), “a sharpened ability to listen”—a critical resource in a world dominated by telling and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Allison Hughes
summer, Hughes will join Lone Pine Capital, a billion-dollar hedge fund based in Greenwich, Connecticut, as a managing director. "I think my penchant for numbers and my love of competition truly go back to those afternoon card games with my father," View Details
Keywords: Charlie Hogg
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
women?” Back in her living room, the cat snuggles closer in spite of the day’s rising temperature, while Dixon reflects on how different her path would be if the #MeToo moment hadn’t happened. “I shudder to think about how I had been... View Details