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- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
officials, private companies, NGOs, financiers, and academic institutions. We discovered the complexity of solar irrigation, marked by bureaucratic challenges, limited purchasing power, and geographic variances. Additionally, we learned... View Details
- 27 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams
complex projects, applying many of the ideas of team scaffolds. She has also incorporated the research into one of her courses, with students creating e-books in 48 hours through crowdsourcing on a team scaffold platform. While the... View Details
- 12 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)
some of the 2019-20 SIPs offerings. Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent Faculty: Hakeem Belo-Osagie & Carrie Elkins This course was designed to introduce HBS students to the... View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
LOVE At HBS
the first time in my life. Becca's existence has been beyond meaningful to me. Her ultimate happiness is one of my priorities and a great primer for when, by God’s grace, I become a father of my own. #EverydayLove Love should not be an over complicated feeling - yet... View Details
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
it's been able to develop tractable models with strong predictive capacity; in other words, it simplifies the complex phenomena of human decision-making, interaction, and exchange into its barest form and makes predictions based on those.... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
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Artful Leadership | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
“Data-driven decision-making, executive-level synthesis, insight, and communication are all part of the MBA skill set, in addition to quick time-to-output. The training that leads people to take a complex and somewhat amorphous problem... View Details
- 06 Mar 2020
- Book
A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading
opportunities that particular protagonist has. The underlying premise is that after thinking and trying to feel like a decision maker, there’s a higher probability of our students being able to think about complex issues and work through... View Details
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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products
Chromolithographs—lithographs printed in multiple colors by means of a complex process of color separation that used one stone for each color—produced stunning, eye-catching advertisements in bold tones. “Even a cheap label has a depth... View Details
- 17 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense?
Consider, for example, the outrage Mercedes caused five years ago when, in an effort to allay the fears of its drivers, it announced that its AVs would be programmed to protect the lives of their occupants, even if it meant sacrificing any pedestrians in their path.... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
Buyers and sellers in mature industrial markets can turn single transactions into long-term beneficial relationships by a deeper understanding of the complex connection between the two, says Harvard Business School professor Narakesari... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Middle East & North Africa Club
club’s leadership to see what else prospective students should know about MENA at HBS. Why is the MENA Club an important presence on campus? The Middle East is a complex region with many different cultural, ethnic, and religious... View Details
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
view of such differences, to figure out the ones that matter the most in your industry, and to look at them not just as difficulties to be overcome but also as potential sources of value creation. Q: You say Toyota is an example of a company that understands the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Research Summary
The Evolution of Corporate Structure, Internal Governance, and Leadership
My research documents the evolution of the internal governance of senior management in large US firms over a 20-year period and explores, via multiple methods, the causes and consequences of these changes. My findings suggest that... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- What Do You Think?
Making Right Choices: Art or Science?
answers to the question depend on "the magnitude and complexity of the choices to be made " Yedendra Chouksey and S. Huang appear to agree that, in the words of Chouksey, "creation of choices is more of an art and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jun 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?
ultimately be reflected in long-term earnings and benefit for shareholders? Should they resolve the dilemma in some other way? What do current trends and experiences say about the future of stakeholder management? Is it becoming too View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Get Involved - Entrepreneurship
Rock Summer Fellows enables students to continue to explore their entrepreneurial path, both as founders and as those interested in joining early-stage startups, through a 10-week summer fellowship that provides not only financial support but a peer network and... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding
situations. To turn lone fighters into a force, leaders need to convey to each team member the importance of their role and clarify their contribution to the overall objectives. At the end, leaders must master the complex task of putting... View Details
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
issues these organizations are trying to solve are large, complex problems that can't be addressed by any single entity. Furthermore, nonprofits seek to create social value, not just organizational value; have dispersed governance... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
team forever. 3. Long-term need vs. short-term fix Another common mistake is hiring a full-time expert in an area that only needs occasional work—for example, performance engineering. Certainly, if you’re building a complex distributed... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
and build and manage new systems. Throughout, the HBS community worked together to overcome the complexities inherent in this hybrid approach. Students Arrive More than 9,300 applicants sought a place in the MBA Program and nearly 800... View Details