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- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Nalls Harvard Business School Case 808-167 Barry Nalls describes lessons learned during his 25-year career-his rise at GTE and shorter-lived ventures—and how these prepared him to found MASERGY, a telecommunications start-up. Even as a...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Podcast - Business & Environment
Podcast Podcast Business and policy leaders join Harvard Business School faculty to discuss what businesses are doing, can do, and should do to confront climate change. Follow on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify iHeart Pocket Casts Amazon...
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- 08 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits
as several states in the West were planning a new joint program. “Those who make poor choices feel the consequences of price uncertainty most deeply.” So clearly it's important for business managers in many industries to understand how...
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- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
that their ex post performance is lower. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50032 Cheaper by the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
The Softer Side of Business at HBS
By now, I’m sure you’ve read a hundred times over that HBS’s mission is to “educate leaders who make a difference in the world.” For the school to actually do this, they focus on the case method, the section experience, and learning the...
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- 14 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital
Walking into Harvard Business School as friends, roommates, and colleagues in 2017, Henri Pierre-Jacques (MBA 2019) and Jarrid Tingle (MBA 2019) already knew each other well. What they didn’t know yet was how their angel syndicate, Harlem...
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- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
Anne-Marie Schoonbeek (MBA 2017) and Heleen van Poecke (MBA 2017), grew up in small towns in The Netherlands fifteen minutes apart from one another. Yet in all those years, their paths never crossed. Instead, over 3,000 miles away from home, Harvard Business View Details
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/918037-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 618-034 McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices (A) This case profiles the early career View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation
Short Intensive Program (SIP) Recap: Climate Adaptation From January 18th through January 21st, approximately 40 students gathered in Aldrich Hall for a SIP on Climate Adaptation. This course was led by HBS Professor John Macomber with Dr. Joe Allen from the Harvard...
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- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
than prescriptions picked up at a pharmacy. Nevertheless, when home delivery is offered on an opt-in basis, the take-up rate is only 6%. We study a program that makes active choice of either home delivery or pharmacy pick-up a requirement...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions
patients as they see fit. A new Harvard Business School case study explores Buurtzorg’s decentralized model in depth, with lessons for institutions struggling with morale and productivity. Buurtzorg’s approach has yielded patient...
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- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
The bottom line is, after all, the bottom line when it comes to business success. No profit, no business. But should money be the sole measure for evaluating and rewarding the effectiveness of a leader? In a new Harvard Business School...
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by Martha Lagace
- 27 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital
Walking into Harvard Business School as friends, roommates, and colleagues in 2017, Henri Pierre-Jacques (MBA 2019) and Jarrid Tingle (MBA 2019) already knew each other well. What they didn’t know yet was how their angel syndicate, Harlem...
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- 05 Sep 2023
- Book
Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs
Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson experienced her first big-stakes professional failure when she was just starting out in her academic career, some 30 years ago, after a decade working in engineering and consulting. Little...
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by Michael Blanding
- 03 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact
says Harvard Business School assistant professor Maria Roche, one of the paper’s authors. And here's a surprising part: The knowledge spillovers happen most within a radius of 20 meters, or 65 feet. Neighborly influence falls off...
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by Ben Rand
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Faculty & Research - Global
titles and authority to give to a daughter who is being courted to leave a promising career in Europe to come back and join the business. The choices of role range from an assistant to the current COO all the way to replacing the COO or...
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- 27 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Recruiting International Students is Easy and Beneficial for Employers
One of the most important aspects of a Harvard Business School education is the experience HBS students get from learning among a diverse and international group of peers. Of the Class of 2024, 38% come from abroad, representing 160...
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- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
Cuts Harvard Business School Case 709-037 As his inauguration approached, President-elect Obama faced a financial sector meltdown, a costly bailout, and massive government deficits. With the economy in recession, interest rates near zero,...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business
I often get asked if I could choose between the Kennedy School and Business School, which one would I choose? I often respond, “You are asking a parent to point out their favorite child.” Although my friends laugh it off, I really think...
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- 04 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS
Mbanusi (MBA 2021) and Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021), who came to business school from nonprofit and chemical engineering backgrounds respectively, prove that experience outside of investing can also be highly transferable and valuable to the...
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