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25 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?

will take maybe two or three years to sort out whether betting is a medium- to long-term phenomenon versus something that could be viewed as a fad. Also, I think that when betting is an endemic part of any sport, it raises the ante for... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Media & Broadcasting; Sports

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

and didn’t warrant that kind of price. And I think it was against that backdrop that he then turned to his 25-year-old son, fresh out of business school, cocky, and asked him if I could straighten out the problem, fight off Mr. Donut, and View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

07 Aug 2013
What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

'gut check' on big decisions is always prudent. I realize that is the sort of bias these authors warn about, but the application of their methods shouldn't reduce decision-making to a formula " Phil Clark had a more encompassing view... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

Employers are dangling all sorts of sparkling lures to capture hot job candidates in the battle for top talent: Generous compensation. Stock options. Lofty titles. But Harvard Business School research suggests that many companies fail to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Sep 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Branding Yoga

positions taken by a number of people. It wasn't just a descriptive story." “There are two elements of brand authenticity, and they appeal to two different sorts of people” Deshpandé decided that the business of yoga would make a... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

30 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

things by seeing the abuses. In the United States in particular, there are all sorts of labor contracts that appear not to be legal. The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlaws involuntary servitude. We ruled it out along with... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Web

Software Tools - Research Computing Services

version: $ module load matlab The default is determined either according to alphanumeric sorting or, in some cases, the version we have chosen to be the default latest version based on stability or commonality. It is strongly recommended... View Details

11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

both sort of felt deeply and we just said, "We have to work with each other." And after that, I joined JAB Holding, which is an investment fund that owns a bunch of food retail concepts like Krispy Kreme and Panera Bread, Pret a Manger,... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Leading at State

Secretary's Leadership Seminar. “The State Department has operations in virtually every country in the world, and we have to manage very large enterprises that are subject to the same sort of constraints and rules that any large... View Details

Keywords: leadership; international relations; politics; Executive Education

14 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Veteran Financial Aid Outlook

with the full Post-9/11GI Bill, the numbers going forward will use the Single Student estimates. A quick plug for those with families: HBS is a diverse place with all sorts of families who live together at/near HBS and apart for portions... View Details

04 Feb 2022
Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

professionals may be confronted with a sense of psychological impasse and how they can free themselves. Martha Lagace: What sorts of thoughts, feelings, and images do people experience when they face an impasse? Timothy Butler: First,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Profile

Jay Bhandari

Coming to HBS is like... Going to Hogwarts. Much like the Hogwarts houses, students at HBS are sorted into sections, each with a different personality. Our pedagogy is rooted in hands-on learning—though our magic manifests in the form of... View Details

Web

Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in Pre-Industrial Society

Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting Credit in a Consumer Society Research Links Credits “There are two sorts of wealth-getting. The most hated sort, and with the greatest reason, is usury.” — Aristotle, Politics , 350 BC For centuries,... View Details

03 Dec 2014
What Do You Think?

Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

month's question elicited responses across the spectrum of recommended ways of managing them. At one extreme was Sherpa, who said, "Any sort of 'brilliant jerk" is simply another form of psychopath. Psychopaths have no place in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

to 80 in 2014. Another example: Some 70 percent of auditors in 1996 were likely to settle claims with some sort of cash payment. By 2016 the percentage of paid settlements had dropped to a little over 30 percent. “Reducing the bite, the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

It's what gives them the impetus to learn, to change, and to grow. Before continuing with Jeff's story, I'd like you to pause and engage in the same sort of reflection that Jeff did. The following are questions that... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

Web

Global Business Course | HBS Online

sort of a planetarium, right in the tea fields in Asia, learning about the dangers of palm oil. And hearing from the executives at huge companies about their strategies solving their problems was amazing. Alberto de la Rivaherrera Product... View Details

Portrait Project

Joe Coleman

to believe in myself. Life will throw me all sorts of challenges. But I will not be paralyzed by fear, because I will lean on those I trust for support. In return, I commit myself to show others that mental illness is not a death... View Details

20 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

Antill advises. “Get them to sign some sort of restructuring support agreement, maybe even a prepackaged bankruptcy plan before filing,” Antill says. “It allows the managers and creditors that signed the agreement to take advantage of one... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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