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- 27 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud
I thought I was a great fit.” A half-hour later, Noa got a response; a week later, the two met in New York. “It just rolled from there,” says Noa. Over the next two-and-a-half months, Noa went through eight to ten interviews with everyone from the ground View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 30 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
4 Ways I've Changed at HBS
few short months. 1. My career goals I never expected that in such a highly driven environment like HBS I would become most attuned to finding balance in my life. As a result of my experience here, I have become more empowered to think about my career trajectory as a... View Details
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The Case Method | MBA
School (HBS) prepares you to do. 500 Cases read during the two-year MBA Program How the Case Method Works Learn what the Harvard Business School Case Method style of teaching is all about and the four-step process that it entails. Play... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
associated with billing and insurance activities at a large academic health care center that had a certified EHR system. The center enjoyed economies of scale by concentrating its bill paying functions within a single, dedicated unit. The study found that costs for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
journey from 2003 to 2006. The case describes the changes in the senior team, structure and processes of the organization. It follows two illustrations of a powerful employee engagement process for honest... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
"the right environment" to promote accountability and head off future disasters. The corporate leaders we have interviewed say that culture isn't something you "fix." Rather cultural change is what you get after you've put new View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
just steaming around in circles." Even as Liz Claiborne circled, AMR, the parent company of American Airlines, the world's largest airline, was in the process of laying off several hundred managers, technical specialists, and clerical... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
commit to funding of any particular transaction. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-106.pdf Leveraging Team Familiarity to Handle Uncertainty: A Resource-based View of Team Performance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Blog
Crossing the Bridge from Program Learning to Practical Application
Management program too." In Barnes's case, the process began with some feedback she shared with the faculty. "Deb sent us some extraordinarily well-crafted slides showing exactly how she was presenting program take-aways within her... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
when single mom Roxanne Quimby met Burt Shavitz, a bearded beekeeper living in a renovated turkey coop in rural Maine. The pair teamed up to sell beeswax candles at craft fairs before branching out into a few personal care products,... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent
deliver to their investors. That’s where our clients see a differentiated product.” Identifying New Verticals As Prokanga continues to grow, their team is constantly identifying new markets that are underserved from a recruiting... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
top-management counsel, hiring the most qualified staff, and an apprenticeship process that built excellence. For example, Marvin Bower, founder of McKinsey, preached that partners had to focus on serving the right senior clients on their... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
At HBS, I learned how to be decisive with limited information, and that being decisive requires also being a team player, allowing the opinions and knowledge of others to fill my own experience gaps while being able to persuasively... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 20 May 2019
- Blog Post
Makeup: How Kenya Hunt Transformed Her Career Through Cosmetics
appreciated most: “It’s a technical process that is also very creative.” Over time, her part time hobby became a genuine career ambition. “I wanted to do something that smashed technique and creativity together.” Research leads to rewards... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
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Crucibles of Crisis Leadership - Course Catalog
successes and failures of different teams as they tried to navigate the large storms they faced. The second objective is to understand how crises always contain the possibility of substantial innovation. Some of this innovation occurs at... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
the kinds of companies I hoped to work for, so I decided to hold out for HBS. The wait proved worthwhile. At HBS, I learned how to be decisive with limited information, and that being decisive requires also being a team player, allowing... View Details
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
necessarily the best team leader, because a lot of board members don't value the team leadership aspect of the position." Clifford F. Baker put it this way: "Having worked for a living in a corner... View Details
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
Energy and HySynergy are angling to play a significant role lowering emissions in a hard-to-abate sector. The management team must balance the “clean” and “dirty” sides of the business to successfully finance the energy transition. The... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
Righting the Ship
manager received an A; 80–90 percent, a B; 70–80, a C; and so on. This gave managers and their teams a goal, and it allowed headquarters to monetarily reward teams with higher execution rates, secure in the... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
Ballou-Aares told the Financial Times. HBS Professor Michael Porter, an advisor to Leadership Now who also signed the letter, noted that “business leaders need to throw their support [behind] democratic processes at a time when public... View Details