A unique and highly engaging way to learn vital business concepts
Designed to bring the Harvard Business School classroom experience & case studies to participants & features renowned Harvard Business School faculty
Will help you join a community of like-minded peers from around the world who are committed to furthering their education and careers
classroom experience to you, and are built around three key characteristics
Social: Exchange ideas, offer inputs, and seek out viewpoints from a community of learners gathered from around the globe.
Case-Based: Immerse yourself in real-world learning. Lessons are brought to life through cases, which put you in the shoes of business leaders.
and earn a Certificate of completion from Harvard Business School Online.
ABOUT HBS ONLINE
CORE – CREDENTIALS OF READINESS
Course Length - 12 to 17 Weeks | Ideal for students and alumni
CORe consists of three courses—Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting —and a final exam. Immerse yourself in real challenges faced by seasoned leaders across a variety of industries, develop business intuition through interactive learning exercises, and join a global community of peers. As in the business world, you’ll be evaluated on the quality and timeliness of your work and your contributions to the learning community.
BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Course Length - 8 Weeks | Ideal for students, alumni and faculties
Business Analytics introduces quantitative methods used to analyze data and make better management decisions. This course is not based on rote memorization of equations or facts, but focuses on honing your understanding of key concepts, your managerial judgment, and your ability to apply course concepts to real business problems.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Course Length - 8 Weeks | Ideal for students
Financial Accounting teaches key accounting concepts and principles to illuminate financial statements and unlock critical insights into business performance and potential. Explore how managers, Wall Street analysts, and entrepreneurs leverage accounting to drive strategic decision-making.
ECONOMICS FOR MANAGERS
Course Length - 8 Weeks | Ideal for students
Economics for Managers will enable you to drive critical business decisions. Explore how businesses approach pricing strategy, evaluate market demand, and differentiate their offerings, and how you can apply those learnings to compete in the marketplace successfully.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP ESSENTIALS
Course Length - 4 Weeks | Ideal for students, alumni and faculties
Entrepreneurship Essentials helps you turn an idea into a viable venture. Learn how entrepreneurs validate concepts through structured experiments, refine their business strategy, and raise the capital necessary to create value and grow their business.
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS STRATEGY
Course Length - 3 Weeks | Ideal for students, alumni and faculties
Sustainable Business Strategy illustrates how businesses can thrive and grow while simultaneously solving some of the world’s biggest challenges—and how you, as an individual, can make a difference.
DESIGN THINKING AND INNOVATION
Course Length - 7 Weeks | Ideal for alumni and faculties Mid & Top Management
Design Thinking and Innovation will teach you how to leverage fundamental design thinking principles and innovative problem-solving tools to address business challenges and build products, strategies, teams, and environments for optimal use and performance
DISRUPTIVE STRATEGY
Course Length - 6 Weeks | Ideal for alumni and faculties Mid & Top Management
Disruptive Strategy enables you to make innovation a reality. Created by Clayton Christensen, who coined the theory of disruptive innovation, this online course will equip you with the skills and techniques to develop executive-level strategy, organize for innovation, and discover customer jobs to be done.
LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES
Course Length - 6 Weeks | Ideal for alumni and faculties Mid & Top Management
Leadership Principles is designed to help new and aspiring leaders unleash the potential in themselves and others, and cultivate high-performing teams. Become a more versatile leader who can mobilize others by immersing yourself in real-world leadership challenges, self-assessments, and 360-degree feedback from colleagues and peers.
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Course Length - 6 Weeks | Ideal for alumni and faculties Mid & Top Management
Organizational Leadership equips experienced team leaders and aspiring executives with the skills, strategies, and tools to rise to expanded leadership responsibilities and guide their organizations effectively. Learn how to set and communicate direction, influence through other managers, generate organizational alignment, drive innovation, and engineer change.
STRATEGY EXECUTION
Course Length - 6 Weeks | Ideal for alumni and faculties Mid & Top Management
Strategy Execution will equip you with the tools, skills, and frameworks to allocate resources, measure performance, manage risk, and execute strategy. You’ll explore common challenges that prevent or derail implementation and learn how to design systems and structures that meet your organization’s strategic objectives.
MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS
Course Length - 8 Weeks | Ideal for alumni and faculties
Management Essentials, formerly known as Becoming a Better Manager, provides the real-world tools and strategies needed to excel in decision-making, implementation, organizational learning, and change management.
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Course Length - 4 Weeks | Ideal for alumni and faculties
CORe consists of three courses—Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting —and a final exam. Immerse yourself in real challenges faced by seasoned leaders across a variety of industries, develop business intuition through interactive learning exercises, and join a global community of peers. As in the business world, you’ll be evaluated on the quality and timeliness of your work and your contributions to the learning community.
NEGOTIATION MASTERY
Course Length - 8 Weeks | Ideal for alumni and faculties
Negotiation Mastery equips you with the skills to close deals that might otherwise be deadlocked, maximize value in the agreements you reach, and resolve differences before they escalate into costly conflicts.
LEADING WITH FINANCE
Course Length - 6 Weeks | Ideal for alumni and faculties
Leading with Finance will equip you with an intuitive knowledge of financial principles and enable you to understand the market in which your organization operates, create and assess value, and communicate decisions to financial stakeholders.
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
Course Length - 5 Weeks | Ideal for alumni and faculties
Alternative Investments will equip you with the skills, confidence, and strategies to assess potential investment opportunities in private equity, hedge funds, and real estate, and enable you to leverage them to maximize value and diversify portfolios.