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1.13 Satisfactory Academic Progress | MBA
basic abilities and mastery of core concepts presented in RC courses. This mastery is required as a foundation for satisfactory completion of the elective curriculum (EC) year and for performance as a business leader. View Details
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Marco Crespo
For Marco Crespo, the motivation behind getting an MBA goes straight to the roots of his ambitions. After completing an engineering degree and working at Boston Consulting Group in Sao Paolo, “I wanted to learn the foundations of... View Details
- 09 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact
Both impact investing and traditional philanthropy are on the rise after the decade-long economic boom following the Great Recession. But when does an impact investment make a bigger difference than a grant? The question is far more complicated than simply evaluating... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Talia Gillis
Studying law and economics at the Hebrew University exposed me both to the normative way of evaluating the law as well as the theoretical and empirical tools used to assess the impact of those rules. Apart from my studies, a number of... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
2020 Thomas J. DeLong. All rights reserved. A Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice, Professor DeLong is co-chair of the Executive Education program The Reflective Leader, developed specifically for mid-career MBA alumni.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
MBA Cohorts Will Merge Next Year
future benefits. "Students' evaluations of their educational experience in the January cohort and their prospects in the job market have been consistently on par with those of students in the September cohort," Kester said. "The system... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
intentions and a sense of loyalty to a local organization. As for the foundations that distributed billions to nonprofits, they rarely held their beneficiaries accountable for results. Just as result-driven thinking entered the business... View Details
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-099WP.pdf Evaluating the Impact of SA 8000 Certification Authors:Michael J. Hiscox, Claire Schwartz, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract SA 8000, along with other types of certification... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Tony He
knowledge and have an impact on business and policy decisions. How did HBS prepare you for your internship and your long-term career? HBS has created a foundation for me for lifelong learning. I obtained an amazing business education, and... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New Releases
Foundations of Organizational Strategy by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard University Press) Economists have historically concentrated on analyzing markets while glossing over the complexities of organizations inside those markets. Behavioral... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
in household income? At the end of the day, did we reduce poverty? "We measure quantified objectives beforehand, monitor them during implementation, and evaluate them afterward," Bloom continues. "It's all very public, very explicit, and... View Details
- 21 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 21, 2007
forward-looking perspectives of agency leaders and industry representatives within FDA's regulatory history, this volume presents readers with new tools for evaluating policy recommendations and will better equip the public and experts to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Naiyya Saggi
since I felt an immediate kinship with this interpretation. Moreover, as a lawyer turned management consultant, I was looking to build a strong foundation to my business skills. An HBS education was important since it promised a quality... View Details
- 16 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Health Care Club: Summer Spotlight
project for the summer is the detailing of a fairly new therapeutic focus area. I am investigating the landscape of companies that are leading and emerging in the arena, and I am researching the science that is the foundation of their... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
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Managing Customers for Growth - Course Catalog
customer acquisition, retention, and monetization strategies. Investors and Analysts evaluating business growth trajectories and customer lifetime value. Product Managers and Marketing Professionals who need to understand customer... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Jennifer L. Scott
curriculum. Participating students developed their business plans in elective courses and field studies, honing their ideas with the help of some 25 HBS alumni who also evaluated the plans based on their commercial viability. Nearly 20... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
management task in all innovating organizations. In this paper, we focus on the evaluation of frontier scientific research projects. We argue that the "intellectual distance" between the knowledge embodied in research proposals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership
Excerpt by Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony J. Mayo, and Serenity Lee Blacks have been integral to the economic foundation of the United States since its inception, yet that foundation was forged on an... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
concern for a wide range of constituencies—has been pushed aside and has been replaced by a technical definition of what is acceptable. So there's also no question that we need to strengthen the internal systems that guide conduct within a firm: performance View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
own ethicality. We argue that the temporal trichotomy of prediction, action and evaluation is central to these misperceptions: People predict that they will behave more ethically than they actually do, and when View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace