Business Training - Publications - Faculty & Research

2017
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The Impact of Training Informal Healthcare Providers in India: A Randomized Controlled Trial

By: Jishnu Das, Abhijit Chowdhury, Reshmaan Hussam and Abhijit Banerjee

Health care providers without formal medical qualifications provide more than 70% of all primary care in rural India. Training these informal providers may be one way to improve the quality of care where few alternatives exist. We report on a randomized controlled... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; India; Business Training; RCT; Health Care and Treatment; Training; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; India

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10 Oct 2014
News

Ending Gender Discrimination Requires More than a Training Program

Keywords: gender bias; discrimination; training programs

06 Apr 2017
Cold Call Podcast

Why German Business Supports, Trains and Hires Syrian Refugees

Keywords: Re: Rebecca M. Henderson

01 Sep 2021
What Do You Think?

Can We Train for Trust?

academics call transactional “friction.” As a result, decisions are made and implemented faster and at lower cost, something critical in an age where speed takes on greater and greater value. At a 2019 business conference, Brian Chesky,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Apr 2010
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A critical rethink: Are in-house training schemes threatening business schools?

20 Nov 2014
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Job Training That Works

2016
Working Paper

Junior Achievement: Training Teenagers for Business Careers after World War II

By: Walter A. Friedman

This article traces the growing popularity of Junior Achievement's "Company Program" in the two decades after World War II. The program provided high school students with the opportunity to form teams and start mini-corporations that would last for most of the school... View Details

Keywords: Management; Human Capital; Age; Training; United States

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Management Training Program - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

the Division of Research at Harvard Business School (HBS) conducted a study on the opportunities for women at an administrative level and the need for graduate business education for women. From the... View Details

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Tools & Training - Alumni

Careers Tools & Training Careers Tools & Training No matter where you are in your career, professional development is an ongoing process. Use the tools below to explore different areas of professional... View Details

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

About $162 billion was spent in 2012 in the United States on corporate training—in what Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer calls the “the great training robbery.” Beer, the Cahners-Rabb Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

23 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

Every year depression affects one in every five employees and costs American businesses $210 billion in medical bills and lost productivity. In fact, for every worker with a depressive disorder, a company loses an average of 32 productive... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 2014
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Spring Training for Startups

narrowed down finalists in the business and social enterprise tracks to grand prize winners and runners-up, each receiving $50,000 and $25,000, respectively. Alumni NVC winners were announced two weeks earlier, with victors in three... View Details

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Training Course in Personnel Administration - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

the Training Course in Personnel Administration. Harvard Business School Professor Fritz J. Roethlisberger called the program "the first daring experiment in 'practical education' for women." 1 View Details

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

Every year depression affects one in every five employees and costs American businesses $210 billion in medical bills and lost productivity. In fact, for every worker with a depressive disorder, a company loses an average of 32 productive... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

24 Jan 2013
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Training women for corporate combat

March 11, 2020
Editorial

A Bolder Vision for Business Schools

By: P. Tufano

Business schools teach to a model that dates back to the 1950s. Given the growing demands on business to take a lead in confronting societal challenges, business schools need to update how they train business leaders and how they compete, argues Oxford’s Saïd School... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools; Business And Society; Business Education; Leadership Development; Business and Stakeholder Relations

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