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- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
and significant progress in gaining market acceptance of its tools for analyzing public opinion, Crimson Hexagon's CEO prepares to address the company's investors on the question of exit strategy. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
pandemic. Amid these disruptions, it is necessary for universities to revisit their roles in serving their cities. How can universities prepare their graduates to excel in a disrupted world? How can universities contribute to the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
(DBA 1972) (MIT Press) China is moving from a strategy of imitation to one of innovation, and western businesses need to prepare for a tidal wave of innovation from China The authors explain this transformation and propose strategies for... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
financial performance and corruption are causing significant harm to Mexico. A central theme is the president's role in making sure his team has done its homework and is fully prepared to make the appropriate decision. The (B) case, to be... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
participate or withdraw. Students need to use judgment with respect to estimates of key variables including stabilized income, construction cost, and minimum expectations for return on investment in order to prepare their bids. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
When Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) launched the beauty startup Birchbox in 2010, she expected fundraising would be a challenge. Every entrepreneur knows the long odds: By some estimates, less than 1 percent of new companies receive that coveted venture capital check. What... View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road
problem persuading high quality U.S. managers, accustomed to being at the center of decision making, to work for foreign companies where decisions were made elsewhere, especially as few Americans were prepared to live outside their... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Leaders Program
addition to my interests in tech and startups, I have also always been passionate about politics and government. In 2020, I left my VC job and joined the Biden-Harris Transition Team, before continuing on to join the White House team after inauguration. I spent the... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
continuing to transform Utah.” Advice for Any Adventure HBS alums are scaling new heights around the world. No matter what endeavor you face, Frey says, mental preparation is the true determining factor of an adventurer’s success. In... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
and approaches. Gardella's book provides job seekers with an easy-to-follow road map that not only guides them in the process but offers challenging activities and practical advice along the way. The book's eleven chapters are organized sequentially, beginning with... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
trade-off decisions he must make in managing through the current period. He is preparing for a meeting with his board of trustees where he plans to discuss the current situation and the key decisions the organization needs to make.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
country. As you might imagine, I've given this issue considerable thought. I have come to it as an individual, as an academic, and as the head of an institution that prepares hundreds of people for business leadership every year. And I... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
Tony Lee is preparing to present a project to the investment committee of Howard Street Capital. He will be recommending an investment in Project Sun Devil, a high-quality 225-unit student housing rental property near Tempe, Arizona. Tony... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
store closures around the country. Supermarkets are moving to much smaller formats, much more prepared foods, and healthy foods, because they are getting hit by many competitive threats that make large stores unprofitable. And now this... View Details
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Commencement 2011 Address | About
Commencement 2011 Address Remarks as prepared by Nitin Nohria, 26 May 2011 The HBS class of 2011, friends and family, and members of the HBS community. Good afternoon, and welcome! I will always enjoy a special bond with the Class of... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
sales process, and some retailers did not understand why they should trust a small, young company with their payment security. By late 2017, Index had made some changes to reduce the average sales cycle, but there was still room for improvement. Now, Index was View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
time-driven ABC projects pay back in less than a year. It's quite impressive to take companies with millions of transactions and customers, and be able to prepare detailed and accurate profit and loss statements, at various levels of... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
Pradhan: “The most fun part of the HBS experience was participating in skydeck and professor roasts. I have to admit I probably spent way more time preparing for the roast of a HBS professor than I did for any individual case.” Gandhi:... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
their capability to start a business six months from now, but also prepare them to think through entry decisions that will happen down the road. Thomas Eisenmann is the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration; Peter O.... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
school of experience. We know that people who fail in their jobs often do so not because they are inherently incapable of succeeding, but because their experiences have not prepared them for the challenges of that job—in other words,... View Details