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May 2024
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gWorks (B)

In January of 2019, Joe Heieck, CEO of gWorks, was deciding whether to proceed with his acquisition of Data Tech, that was a business roughly the same size as gWorks. gWorks, which provided geospatial software to small city and rural county governments, was acquired by... View Details

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01 Jan 2013
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Thomas A. James, MBA 1966

loan. Three months later he'd repaid the loan and made a profit of $10,000. At Harvard College, he combined his business and music skills by forming a rock band, the Maniacs, and also booking–and often playing with–six other bands. James... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

are focusing on retraining (upskilling/reskilling) initiatives aimed at either equipping “at-risk” workers with skills relevant to new digital technologies, or helping them leverage existing skills across... View Details

27 Mar 2019
News

Fulfilling Their Promise

they might develop character, leadership skills, and self-confidence, Schooner finds she’s grown personally as well. Her leadership qualities were obvious, having used her business acumen to build a... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; mentoring

22 Jan 2020
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What It Takes

Most of that stuff, when you're young, is in sports. I was very fortunate. I was a very good athlete. In particular, a very fast runner, and I literally enjoyed using that skill in different settings. I liked winning. It's like a habit.... View Details

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

investing the time or recruiting people to improve those processes.” The researchers conducted the survey over nine months between October 2015 and June 2016, in partnership with the membership organization WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation, then led by Susan... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

March 2022 (Revised March 2024)
Case

DaVita Responds to COVID

By: Susanna Gallani and David Lane

Early in August 2021, DaVita CEO Javier Rodriguez was assessing the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on his firm, which provided life-sustaining kidney dialysis to roughly 240,000 people. Effective infection control practices and information sharing had ensured... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Change Management; Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Human Resources; Employee Relationship Management; Retention; Wages; Working Conditions; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Organizational Culture; Health Industry; United States

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05 Mar 2020
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Green Light

between ideas and then visualizing and building maps to explain those correlations. These cartography skills have proved vital to her career. In the late 1990s, Lo was working on innovation and ventures for a media company in London when... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles

17 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

only a conscious and concerted effort of group development can harness that strength. Outlines five steps in group development each team must take. Suggests that action learning, the skill the learning group must master to become... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jul 2008
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An Educational Start-Up

students seeking to update their business skills and knowledge in the (relatively) new reality of post-Soviet Latvia. “I like this practice-based method,” she said. “These different approaches to teaching, some are not so familiar to me.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

26 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

skills of noteworthy leaders and then trying to remember and apply them where appropriate. The course is not designed to merely leave the students with knowledge (that is not designed to leave students "knowing" about leaders... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

companies in South Africa and abroad, and sheds a light on the harsh realities of corporate environments. Drawing on her years of experience and research, the author argues that many young Black professionals struggle early on in their careers as they lack the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

15 Dec 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Apr 2001
News

Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments

skilled outside workers and managers while providing good wages in a country where the average person makes under $100 per year. Equally important is the project’s catalytic impact on future investment. The sponsors have decided to spend... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motorola; Air Transportation; Transportation; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Telecommunications; Information

21 Nov 2013
News

Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins

and capabilities, providing resources, skills and cash to help the firm get back on its feet (and at a time when the firm was worth more to a buyer). Last year, my money was on Microsoft. Windows phone has never lived up to expectations,... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Print View - Course Catalog

resources available. To develop the leadership capabilities and interpersonal skills required to become an effective “implementer /operator.” Underlying Themes and Goals The industry, organization, and... View Details

16 Jul 2013
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Embracing Chaos

point in life where they can give some time and share their considerable skills but they don't know where to go to volunteer." Last year, with the help of several professionals from Microsoft who had founded the original SVP in Seattle,... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

03 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

This curiosity needs to start with our existing team. Who is in our team and how can we map their skills to see the gaps? Then how can we approach the process of finding new people with a view of filling these gaps ?” NickC addressed the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

team.) Team members could click on each occupation ("Architectural Drafters," for example) to review information from a database developed for the U.S. Department of Labor. The database, O*NET, describes hundreds of occupations and breaks out the most relevant tasks,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

31 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup

enter with its innovative technology. Christina Belsito (MBA 2019), Vice President of Business Operations, along with the Mori leadership team, knew the mountain of work ahead for the newly formed division, and bringing on a summer intern... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

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