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- 19 May 2022
- Blog Post
HKS Policy Analysis Exercise Showcase
consultant to a public or nonprofit sector organization and develop solutions to a policy or management issue. Students and their clients work together to define specific issues, design research strategies, gather data, formulate and... View Details
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education
political science and assistant vice president of finance. Monroe Davis Dowling HBS MBA 1931 Atlantic City, NJ Lincoln University, 1929 Upon graduation from HBS, Monroe Davis Dowling worked for the Colored Merchants' Association (CMA), a cooperative of stores that... View Details
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
the executives most in need of feedback in many organizations are very senior," he says. "They may have become isolated or not realize that their direct reports have constructive advice regarding specific changes they need to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- TeachingInterests
Decision Making Under Uncertainty
By: David E. Bell
Many of the decisions we face are made complicated by having uncertain consequences: how should I set my inventory when I don’t know what demand will be, should I refinance my mortgage when rates might go lower, how big a bet shall I make in a new business, and so... View Details
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
discern whether contributions to open source projects help specific employees become more productive at coding. He also hopes to examine whether adding highly skilled open source software contributors to a team has a significant effect on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Exploring Career Passions through Short Intensive Programs – Moving Beyond Direct to Consumer
status very quickly (such as Allbirds, Casper, Warby Parke and Glossier). Then reality hit. What we discovered was that these businesses were relatively easy to imagine and start up but very difficult to grow and scale. Our 2020 version of the course focused View Details
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
focus, effective communication, and more than a pinch of dynamism. Those were certainly apparent in Andrus's response to her rather large dilemma. "I had a problem," she says, "but there were very specific things I focused... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 21 Nov 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values
is specifically relevant to our students, but also business managers in general. It’s about patience and persistence, and it also relates to the millennials who expect everything to happen fast, immediate gratification, to be successful... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
agile enterprise.” An agile leadership team includes some or all executive team members. They do not dedicate all of their time to a single, specific initiative; that would not be possible. They must balance establishing an agile... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control
How do my actions in areas of concern to my employees compare to the actions undertaken for specific business metrics that tie in to my own promotions and bonuses? Why is there a disparity? Why are people leaving my organization? How... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
America, who were identified with specific companies, railways, banks, and small-business history workshops, met regularly to discuss methodological problems and archival sources. The unifying theme in this new era of intense academic... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms
- 25 Mar 2015
- HBS Case
Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum
it to target its efforts toward specific communities and around specific visitor interests based on their clicks. Tate has also experimented with monetizing digital content directly, by either charging for... View Details
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
in crises. These survey results form the basis for our analysis and advice below. Do consumers want to hear from brands during a crisis? Yes, they do, but only when that communication is comforting and reassuring to them and provides View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About
Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures Background Harvard Business School (HBS) has a long tradition of entrepreneurial activity. In recent years, the emphasis on entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School specifically and at Harvard... View Details
- 29 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Organizations Create Social Value
they do best and become increasingly engaged in a specific issue. Alignment. The nonprofit's challenge is to strengthen its economic value to match the efficacy of its social value. Corporations need to bring social value in line with... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
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HBS OnBoard | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
motivations, interests and skills as well as frameworks for evaluating specific board opportunities. OnBoard LinkedIn group For alumni to connect with each other, share resources and board opportunities. OnBoard Virtual Session Recordings... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
come in looking for a specific title. “If they know what they want, [they are] going to buy it on Amazon,” Grantham says. They come in to discover something new. Grantham has been in the book store business before. In 1999, one of the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
focus on a specific area and understand it completely." Now that she's nearly finished and looking for a faculty position, Ton says she knows she chose the right path in more than just the professional sense. "I've taken some great... View Details