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- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
it for the first time last December in the elective course Managing International Trade and Investment. Some said flatly that they would walk away from the deal, while others thought that it was a worthwhile risk to take, particularly since the project could inspire... View Details
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Product Management - Course Catalog
Usually there are two classes per week, one that is case-based and the other that is exercise-based. Cases you are familiar with. Exercises are formatted in a similar way to cases except they require students to submit their answers (1pg... View Details
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Social Media - Alumni
consider your goals and the interests of potential members. Browse HBS network sites on Facebook and LinkedIn to make sure a similar group to yours doesn't already exist. When posting content, avoid login-protected information. Even in... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit
increased competition or Booz, Allen & Hamilton's emergence into the world market, HBS professor Leonard A. Schlesinger, who is chair of the unit, notes that "the course material is immediately useful to our students. It involves people who are in situations View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 31 May 2018
- Blog Post
Yes, Introverts CAN Network Successfully: A Brief How-To for People Who "Hate" Networking
about themselves." As your relationship matures, you can legitimately ask for recommendations on how you can follow a similar path. Create a schedule – and stick to it"This is critical," Shepherd says. "Building a... View Details
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Tafadzwa Samushonga
opportunities that HBS has provided for her to engage with new markets. “I am particularly excited about how other developing economies are using technology to tackle similar problems to those we are facing back home.” As part of the... View Details
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Research at HBS | Information Technology
of completion of their organization's training regarding requirements and guidance covering standard data management practices and sponsored data. If no such training is available at their organization, similar training, such as the “... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
addition to the discouraging share price, one other thing from that day sticks in Petitti’s mind: A classmate noted she had explored a similar business model before concluding it wouldn’t work. “What makes you different?” he recalls her... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 May 2008
- News
Small World? Read Nil about It
well-known, newspapers are dying in the age of the Internet. As newspapers cut back on staff, one of the first things to go is the foreign bureau, which is expensive to maintain and whose reporting is deemed not as interesting to readers, nor as profitable, as coverage... View Details
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
paper, The Impact of Technology and Trade on Migration: Evidence from the US, was co-authored by Marco E. Tabellini, Harvard Business School; Marius Faber, Basel University; and Andres Sarto, Princeton University. It turns out, say the researchers, that both shocks are... View Details
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
“The idea of opening America’s borders to creative, entrepreneurial immigrants is attractive. H1B is not, in my view, the correct vehicle for this. I would rather that the country revamp its immigration program along the lines currently being discussed so that it... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
socially responsible a company was. Marquis and his fellow researchers based their inquiry on a similar study regarding individual decision-making done by UCLA economist Keith Chen. In a paper published in the American Economic Review in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
labor, with Walmart being a prime example. Three remedies are often proposed for the problem: 1. Legislated increases in the minimum wage 2. New laws that support unions and raise their bargaining power 3. Government-financed education and training programs such as an... View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
work unless everyone agrees to adopt it. Oftentimes, more than one organization will compete to set standards for technologies with similar functions, each competing for market share in the standardization business—in other words, to set... View Details
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
(with or without MBAs) in their efforts to build similar careers. As employees of these organizations, will we notice a difference? How will female leadership influence the way we work? Should I even be asking the question? What do you... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Jan 2012
- What Do You Think?
Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?
depressed " (Yaron Kaufman); "when motives switch from serving to grabbing" (Gerald Nanninga); "the amount that allows the stakeholders to know 'we're all in this together, and apart from our natural not manmade limitations, we all have just and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 19 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Radical Design, Radical Results
the innovators' products tended to be more homogeneous as a group. "It seems that the innovators understand and build off each other's ideas better than the imitators do," Verganti remarks. "They innovate in a circle; it's a View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
multinational corporations, which more and more compete against other MNCs possessing similar size, access to resources, and market penetration. So what can be a source of competitive advantage? The ability to collaborate, share... View Details
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- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
people have very different backgrounds and skills—clearly lawyers are not like software developers—but they have a lot in common too. Fundamentally, professional service firm leaders grapple with the same kinds of management issues. It's reassuring for managers to know... View Details
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The Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
added. The HRPBA curriculum had many similarities to the Harvard Business School MBA program. Weekly evening lectures featured business leaders, who discussed with students the problems they encountered in their own organizations. 057a,... View Details