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Shunyuan Zhang

Shunyuan Zhang is an assistant professor in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches the first-year Marketing course in the MBA required curriculum.

Professor Zhang studies the sharing economy and the marketing problems that the dynamics of... View Details

Keywords: e-commerce industry; high technology; retailing

02 May 2012
News

How outsiders solve problems that stump experts

07 Sep 2012
News

Should You Pursue the Certificate of Management Excellence?

where you run up against gaps in your skills and knowledge. To overcome business challenges and continue to advance in the organization, you will need to build new abilities, expand your perspective, and strengthen your leadership skills.... View Details

Lakshmi Ramarajan

Professor Ramarajan is the Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research examines the management and consequences of identities in... View Details

Keywords: nonprofit industry

15 Jan 2019
News

Busting the Refugee-Crime Connection

Paul A. Gompers

Paul Gompers, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. Professor Gompers has an appointment in both the View Details

Keywords: electronics; health care; high technology; information technology industry; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; semiconductor; venture capital industry

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

even more difficult than in the past. Why the concern about coordination between sales and marketing? Every business exists for financial performance—making money. We know generally how to measure it across different companies and... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

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Anddria Clack

Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? I have been a student and practitioner of business for several years. I started requesting to attend... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Other Financial Services

13 Jul 2021
News

Hate Spreads Faster on Twitter: Evidence from 44 News Outlets

Fanele Mashwama

Fanele is a doctoral student in the Business Economics program. His research interests are in empirical finance in low-income countries. Prior to graduate school he worked at McKinsey & Company, as a research assistant for Michael Kremer and Shawn Cole and at... View Details

20 Aug 2013
News

What went wrong at JC Penney?

William A. Sahlman

William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

September 4, 2018
Article

Management as a Calling

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Business’s capacity to transform society is only as great as the schools that train its future leaders. This demands that business schools reform their vision to promote values of business serving society in order for students to see business as a true calling rather... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Personal Development and Career; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose

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02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

of the company from Harvard Business School professors Marco Iansiti and Alan MacCormack. Their take: Microsoft wins through effective management of its intellectual property and an ability to spot and react... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2023
News

Know Your HBS Staff: Morgane Herculano

Dorothy A. Leonard

Dorothy Leonard*, the William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration Emerita, joined the Harvard faculty in 1983 after teaching for three years at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has taught MBA courses in... View Details

Keywords: computer; consulting; education industry; electronics; federal government; high technology; information technology industry; software; venture capital industry

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

both nature and humankind. We asked a group of Harvard Business School faculty members to offer their views on the many facets of "going green." Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor Of Leadership And... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

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Sherry Chen

Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? The MBA at Harvard Business School does not only offer me professional... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Services; Other Financial Services

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