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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
nongeographic, interest-based associations, clubs have an opportunity to develop similar models within their own structures, thereby tailoring programs to specific groups. Accordingly, it recommended that the School take a proactive...
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- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
more important, Choudhury says, as people increasingly choose to live and work close to where they grew up, often foregoing economic opportunity to do so. “Vacation flexibility means being able to go to your manager and say this is when I...
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by Kristen Senz
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
their size in their fourth year, while churning entrants were no larger. Our results suggest that the banking deregulations had two distinct effects on the product market. On the one hand, they allowed entrants to compete more effectively...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
Telesom ZAAD initially made mobile money services free and managers focused on customer acquisition and training employees to effectively explain the service to prospective customers. In addition to gaining indirect revenue from a...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
a culture in business that does not tolerate “nodders” and “yes men,” neither in management nor in the boardroom. We need a culture that is willing, when necessary, to ask awkward and embarrassing questions and that insists on believable...
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- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
him fly at all. That discussion is a rare surfacing of an issue too often ignored—the problem of mental health in the workplace. “A very interesting question to ask is whether the tragedy will be good or bad for treatment and management...
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- 03 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series
managing family businesses to business-government relations. What are some key highlights or learnings about sustainability that you have gained over the course of this project – trends and inspirational insights? The interviews have...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
our members’ resiliency,” Kenny says. “We’re taking a proactive approach and basically doubling down on them.” “Credit models have been turned upside down. We’re serving a market that was impacted just as hard but received less...
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- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
pricing and the merits of billing over time. Also, see an excerpt from a recent Harvard Business Review article by Gourville and collaborator Dilip Soman. Mahoney: What are some first steps managers can take once they have decided to...
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by Manda Mahoney
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
Worldwide Week global engagement initiative, the panel featured experts from the design, planning, technology, transportation, and business communities. "The question is not so much whether cities can survive, but whether their growth can be View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
philanthropy and a search for 'give us better practices,' " said Nancy Roob, president and CEO of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF). Joining her on the panel were Matt Bannick (HBS MBA 1993), managing partner of Omidyar...
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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
revolutionizing everything from online payments and wealth management to cybersecurity and insurance through digital technologies as diverse as blockchain and artificial intelligence. Despite being the world’s financial capital and home...
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- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
distribution, where new startups fail within the first three years following entry. This churning emphasizes a new mechanism through which financial sector reforms impact product markets. It is not exclusively better ex ante allocation of...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online
impacting your role or organization and develop a foundation in digital marketing. "HBS Online courses are excellent for anyone who wishes to learn more about a particular subject area or further develop their career." Corina Cristea Lavoie Corporate Services View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
instruments intended for worst-case scenarios. If you’re an OldCo leader looking to proactively manage defection risk, you should: Stay close to your teams. Pre-pandemic, office culture functioned as a kind...
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- 03 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts
those efforts and proactively addressing issues when negative stories arise. “The positive association between ESG performance and market valuation is stronger for firms with more positive public sentiment momentum,” writes Harvard...
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by Rachel Layne
- 12 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers
number of future doctors. Many medical schools and teaching hospitals have proactive programs dedicated to recruiting would-be cadaver donors, encouraging people to explore the idea of bequeathing their bodies for medical research in lieu...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
Understanding that for many prospective students the greatest barriers to attending graduate school are financial, HBS is taking proactive steps to make the MBA Program more affordable. The School has held tuition flat for the past five years, and in August 2022...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
this year, of the millions of cars being churned out in factories all around the world, one of them, unknown and unremarked, will roll off an assembly line and take its place in history. Basking under the hot lights of a showroom, or...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
opportunities for last-mile delivery if the USPS can be proactive in building supply chains around printing centers. Of course, this opportunity may be seized by others if it delays. How quickly will last-minute delivery become a global...
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Jen McFarland Flint