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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
understand the impact of illiteracy on our community.” Alumni support the organization as board members, volunteers, and literacy tutors. “We are very proud of how the club has evolved to serve an important role for both our members and... View Details
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
First, discount vouchers can provide price discrimination, letting merchants reach customers who value the merchant less than the merchant's ordinary customers do. For instance, some customers are willing to pay full price for a given restaurant—great! The View Details
- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
Geoffrey Canada on a number of large and small special assignments, including a two-year project that analyzed and streamlined the organization’s database so that the information can be used by staff to improve the programs and services that target the 10,000 children... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Turning Point: Sum of the Parts
easy. This norm is kaizen, and it basically states that whatever you do today is “not good enough.” It is one of the reasons Toyota, Honda, and Sony piled up such quick successes as Japan was still lifting itself out of the rubble of... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors
that trigger a director's resignation. Section 8 of the Clayton Act, for example, prohibits a person from serving as a director or officer of competitors (to avoid possible antitrust complications). A new job may preempt time and... View Details
Keywords: Joseph Hinsey IV
- 08 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Entrepreneurship Immersion - Four Highlights
revenue by 6x and tripled our headcount to 150 over the past two years! Prior to that, I helped Dropbox scale from a Series B startup to a post-IPO public company, going from 200 employees to 2,000 employees. I served as VP of Corporate... View Details
- Web
Native American Heritage Month | Baker Library
support the research and curriculum of the Harvard Business School today and into the future. Collection activities focus on the career and professional development needs of our MBA students and alumni, as well as on access to business content to the Harvard University... View Details
- Web
George F. Baker - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions A Concrete Symbol The Exhibition Introduction Educating Business Administrators Core... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
shown over the last few months. Following is a quick overview of each committee’s work. The Clubs Committee, chaired by Kathleen Jackson (MBA ’86), focused on two areas: creating a system for encouraging and tracking faculty travel to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age
audiences. “We knew we wanted to bring the distinctive features of the HBS classroom — real-world cases and problem solving, active learning, and peer engagement — online,” says Professor Bharat Anand, a member of the initial development team who now View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- News
Election ’08, HBS Style
Barack and Hillary haven’t made it to the HBS campus this year, but that’s okay — last week, I dropped in on four pairs of first-year MBAs hoping to serve as co-presidents of the Student Association (SA). The candidates went head-to-head... View Details
- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
knowledge sharing networks may struggle to access useful knowledge at work. A knowledge repository (KR) has the potential to help peripheral individuals gain access to valuable knowledge because it is universally available and can be used without social interaction.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Action Plan: Casting Call
Bert Berkley (MBA 1950) calls it “the dumbest thing I’ve ever done in my life.” Having served in the US Army during World War II for three-and-a-half years, he was offered (and accepted) the chance to go home one day early if he signed up... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; hobbies; balance; meaning; longevity; aging; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
David M. Hughes
of whom he was one). Hughes also ran two student orientations for members of the Class of 1998 (one last fall and one in January) - complex, time-consuming, and largely thankless projects. Expanding orientation activities significantly, Hughes - and colleagues with... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
restaurants in the Los Angeles area. But after 25 years, the business went bust, and she relocated the family to her native Mexico when the Salas brothers were 12 years old. It’s a fitting origin story for Camino Financial, an online... View Details
- 16 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Is MySpace.com Your Space?
Harvard Business School and an expert on interactive advertising, to give us a quick overview of the MySpace phenomenon. Deighton was the founding co-editor of the Journal of Interactive Marketing, which reports scholarly research in this... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
patients than any other hospital in the state—to bend without breaking under the pressure of the pandemic. Professor Robert Huckman is an economist and health care researcher who serves as unit head for Technology and Operations... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
That’s it. That’s the secret.” Morriss is the executive founder of The Leadership Consortium; Frei, the consortium's co-founder, served as senior vice president of leadership and strategy at Uber. They draw from their work with companies... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 19 Jan 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis
opportunity to develop and grow. Key concepts include: In a crisis, remember your internal compass of values: When crisis strikes, leaders often look for an "at-any-cost" quick fix in attempting to save face, says George. To ensure that... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Information Technology
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details