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19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

said: Julie Battilana: Put people and the planet at economy's core My hope is that President Biden and his team will help all of us rebuild strong democratic foundations, and place human beings and the planet back at the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Rewriting the Rules of Service Competition

way when it introduced faster, larger expresso machines that ruined the service experience for baristas and customers alike by shortening the contact time and obstructing their view of each other. Satisfying customers is not enough. Great service leaders take steps to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett, W. Earl Sasser & Leonard A. Schlesinger; Retail

02 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Fast-track to Better Outcomes: Yoonjin Min and RapidSOS

system – “What would be helpful in an emergency?” – and international expansion. “RapidSOS has proven the value of its core idea,” says Yoonjin. “Now we can work on expanding it.” In a typical day, Yoonjin fields numerous calls from... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology

11 May 2017
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Microsoft

OrganizationSacha Nunn, MBA Recruiter, Microsoft Disclaimer: Microsoft is a big, diverse company with lots of recruiting voices. While we are all committed to our core values, the comments below are my opinions based on my experiences... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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A Separate Campus - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions A Concrete Symbol The Exhibition Introduction Educating Business Administrators Core... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

Alumni News | Bookshelf

large should initial innovation teams be? (Just a few people, but include seasoned members.) Should new projects be kept close to the core organization or set up shop on the periphery? (Depends if the innovation builds on View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

21 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Telling Your Story: How to Create a Powerful Personal Digital Brand

to amplify our personalities through digital media, the opportunities for personal branding have both grown more numerous – and more intimidating. Grinshpun draws upon her experience mentoring executives, MBA alumni, and students to offer a View Details

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

The first of these, Machine/Platform/Crowd, explores the current and future impact of digital technology on people (the mind in relation to machine), product (in relation to digital platforms), and core (traditional organizations and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2020
News

Vital Signs

there are companies that have done well because of the pandemic. The former are stronger because instead of building a business based on a pandemic that will hopefully end sooner rather than later, you have really built an essential product that improves a View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele; COVID-19; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2002
News

What You Know Depends on Where You Go

inefficiencies, as units within them typically performed below stand-alone peers. Divesting assets to focus on core competencies became the accepted wisdom. Applying this logic, multi-industry conglomerates in other nations, such as the... View Details

26 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health

instill a value of continuous improvement across the organization. Know your core value proposition to your customers. You may be tempted to stray from these values at some point and having them continuously in mind can help you avoid... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

Web

B2B Sales and Distribution - Course Catalog

operations and analytics module will focus on how AI and a sales operations tool stack give visibility into sales activities and drive sales forecasting accuracy. Course Content and Organization: There are live cases and traditional cases to reinforce the three View Details

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Jeff Nelson

When he joined the single-family project-development group, he entered the eye of the storm. “I was in the division addressing the core problem – fixing the way mortgages originated in the first place.” With his colleagues, Jeff developed... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation

evolving business world. The HBS Fund also supports core priorities that have long made the School a leader in the field of management education. A commitment to global understanding, pathbreaking research, educational innovation, and... View Details

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HBS Alumni Research Tips: Target list of companies | Baker Library

employees. Click Industries to specify an industry or industries. Use D&B Hoovers’ industry categories or select a different industry classification system such as NAICS. Click Company Type to specify Ownership Type (public, private, nonprofit, etc.) Also under Company... View Details

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Creating Value in Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) - Course Catalog

purpose is to integrate the perspectives and analytic tools provided by the HKS core curricula in the MPP or MPA/ID programs with the perspectives and analytic tools provided by the required HBS curriculum in the MBA program. The course... View Details

08 Mar 2017
News

Helping vets become resident landlords

four-unit, or a five-unit, and one of those units can be a commercial unit. “So the original thought is surging military vets into the decayed urban core of post-industrial cities, where land is vacant and available and potentially... View Details

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Malcolm Little

how they apply to challenging cases has opened possibilities that I hadn’t considered before, not just in my career, but outside of it, in my social life and philanthropic interests." "The case method is at the core of the HBS... View Details

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Emily Hannenberg

Personally, I felt an ability to inspire trust in others and lead them toward goals. I had the physical fitness required to contribute as a member of a team, and I shared the military's core values: loyalty, integrity, duty,... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

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