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05 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

To Buy Happiness, Purchase an Experience

than spending it on ourselves). In the following video, the first in a series, Norton doles out some cash to two women in Harvard Square on a sunny summer day. The catch: Each... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

Course-Specific Questions Here are answers to common questions about specific courses. Don't see the answer you're looking for? More information is available in the General... View Details

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Teaching Quantitative Material - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

stumbling blocks or common errors might appear in class? What can students learn from them? What relevance does the analysis have—to the case, and more broadly, to View Details

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

appeared to be walking through one of the common areas (see Figure 3). Throughout EcoWorld, restaurants and retail spaces fostered additional ways for members of the public to... View Details

TeachingInterests

The Managing Human Capital course has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the future general manager (not just the human resource practitioner) who seeks to manage both other people and her or his own career with optimal... View Details

08 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

prepare content that will suit everyone and cover every situation, the authors necessarily strip out the nuance of how things really work in a corporate context. “What we often get in a knowledge management... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

Business Administration, Emeritus Alumni Achievement Awards Ralph M. Barford (MBA '52) President, Valleydene Corporation Limited Chairman, GSW Inc. Despite occupying diverse industry sectors, several of Canada's best-known blue-chip companies have one thing in View Details

01 Nov 2019
What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

old and occur all over the world. For example, an English common law court in 1414 chose not to enforce such an agreement, claiming that it represented restraint of trade. A watershed 1711 case, Mitchel v.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Scaling Work - Research Computing Services

submissions, one can specify the parameters on the command line or include them in a job submission script. Note: In December 2020, we will begin phasing out separate AI/ML environments and instead include... View Details

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

person harassing them, the most common reactions were avoiding the perpetrator (53%), avoiding thinking about the harassment (50%), and trying to... View Details

14 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

tackle the largest sources of drudgery and inconvenience in everyday life as well as energy instability which is common in rural areas. SELCO’s codified approach of first innovating with a user-centered... View Details

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

elements—and common misconceptions—of power and how to apply strategies for shifting the balance of power in relationships. Highlights Analyzing the Fundamentals of Power... View Details

08 Feb 2017
Blog Post

How I Chose My HBS Recommenders

education, and economic development. There are a few common reasons why most of my classmates wanted to come to HBS. I chose HBS for two reasons. First, it provided me with an opportunity to reflect on my life and career thus far, and... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

EV charging stations are already common in many cities across the United States, increasing the number of urban dwellings powered by clean electricity is an important next... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

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Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

video clips can be downloaded directly from this website. The full-length videos of interviews are held behind a firewall for security purposes. Please contact cem@hbs.edu if you require access to the full... View Details

19 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

popular sentiment could prove disastrous for employers trying to retain professional and highly skilled talent. And while speed is required, leaders also need a long-term view. They need to envision the practices that will be View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

29 Aug 2023
News

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details

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MBA Program - Alumni

highlighted in this video. Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path Professor Nien-hê Hsieh wrote and teaches a case that explores the “gray area” of leadership—that uncomfortable and common space where leaders... View Details

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?

problem of demand planning as a coordination problem across functions, the behavioral approach to the motivation and incentives component of coordination seems a common foil.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

International Business/Globalization category for The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations (Princeton University Press, 2017). Tsedal Neeley : Included in... View Details

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