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08 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Long Distance Relationships: What if my partner can’t join me at HBS?

is going on in my life back home. Remember to breathe Life at HBS is a unique immersive experience. For most of us, it’s a life-changing period of our lives. Staying close to those who love us, regardless... View Details

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

characterized quite often by turbulent situations. When you are negotiating in a turbulent environment, you feel reassured if the entity you are transacting with is likely to be around tomorrow. Otherwise, what’s the point of investing View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Certificates, Credentials, & Credits | HBS Online

own schedule, there are deadlines to ensure you’re progressing through the course in step with your peers and taking full advantage of all networking and social learning opportunities. To earn a Certificate of Completion, you must complete all coursework in a... View Details

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

flexible production over time and broadly based across the system. It was from observations such as these that Kent and I started to form the impression that despite all the attention that had already been paid to Toyota, something... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

purpose-driven leader by learning how to influence key stakeholders and integrate values into your work to catalyze system-level change. 3 weeks 7-9 hours per week 3 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a... View Details

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

mission-driven investment firm focused on underserved markets, her work has spanned industries, geographies, and functions, bringing her challenge and fulfillment while opening doors to new opportunities. Seeking out a challenge Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Nneka developed... View Details

07 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

and economic histories to illuminate Schumpeter's life and work. A central theme details how Schumpeter's insights help us understand how the forces of capitalism, innovation, and entrepreneurship continue to transform the world today.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

success, are closely aligned with idealized masculine interests, attributes, and life situations is a hard sell, especially to those who have become successful within this system—whether men or women, rich or poor, white or minority.... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

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Ahmed Alimi

Advisory Services, FBN Capital, and Helios Investment Partners. "At Helios," Ahmed says, "I had a unique opportunity to work on deals as well as support value creation efforts at our portfolio companies. I worked closely... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Financial Services

08 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

While some lessons can be learned by watching—a parent’s reaction after touching a hot stove can be a good lesson for a youngster on dangers in the kitchen—other lessons are harder to learn through observation alone. No matter how many View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

28 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, February 28

2017 Advancing Organizational Theory in a Complex World Getting Started with Ambidexterity By: Binns, Andrew, and Michael Tushman Abstract—This paper demonstrates the value of thinking about ambidexterity as having three distinct... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

strategies Gain insights into the climate risk inherent in investment opportunities Discover how to integrate risks into financial models Think critically about how and where to add value while avoiding “impact washing” Who Will Benefit... View Details

20 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

a new toothpaste that had helped drive Colgate to a record value share in the important U.S. market, was in the global pipeline for 2005. Burton had on his desk the proposed marketing launch plans for CMF in China and Mexico. Each plan... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Aug 2013
What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

decision theory in which we were advised to construct decision trees, mapping outcomes, attaching values to each one, and estimating probabilities that various combinations of outcomes might occur. Judgment entered into the construction... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

Blog Blog Health Care and Life Science at HBS Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Blavatnik Fellow Author Blavatnik Fellowship Team Author Executive Education Author HBS Partners Author HBS Staff Author... View Details

08 Feb 2021
Book

How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect

one small way he could do his part, according to his new book Better, Not Perfect: A Realist’s Guide to Maximum Sustainable Goodness. In the book, Bazerman shares lessons from his own experiences and provides practical advice to help readers audit their View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Outdoor Spaces | About

with the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center. Sebastian Kresge and the Kresge Foundation are now honored in the naming of Kresge Way. Peterson Park Peterson Park, located between Morgan Hall and Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, is named to commemorate the View Details

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

time when many bemoan the lack of skilled workers. ASD is an umbrella term for several cognitive impairments, including Asperger syndrome. The United States Centers for Disease Control estimates one in 68 children have been diagnosed with... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

come out on top—if you have a strategy. A well thought out plan for managing yourself, your team, and even your boss through these tough times will not only help you address the new demands being heaped upon you, it will also help you... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

While the US Food and Drug Administration has chiseled away pharmaceutical review times over the years to speed innovative drugs to market, the opposite seems to have occurred in the agency's approval of medical devices. Instead of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

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