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- 12 Jan 2023
- News
‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data
Seke Ballard (MBA 2010) says he owes the inspiration for BetaBank, his small business-focused digital-banking venture, to his father—and not just as a person, but also as an archetype for every minority entrepreneur who has struggled to find capital in a banking system...
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Ralph Ranalli
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
see a ‘pandemic’ of bankruptcy filings in the near future,” Gilson says. “The pandemic analogy is particularly apt, in that if the number of new filings is sufficiently high, the bankruptcy courts, like hospitals treating COVID-19 patients, could be overwhelmed.”...
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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
well have been stifled or ignored by a jaded trade press corps, used to handouts from established giant firms," Land biographer Victor McElheny argues. "Instead, instant photography was unveiled at a scientific conference as a technical...
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- 28 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home
The devastating Japanese earthquakes sent aftershocks of another kind to the economy: the potential disruption of the flow of goods from Japanese suppliers to US high-tech manufacturers. But the Obama administration and domestic companies...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 18 Dec 2017
- Op-Ed
Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs
Credit: Pixsooz American companies have a problem. Over the past decade, they have begun to demand a bachelor’s degree in hiring workers for jobs that traditionally haven’t required one. This uptick in credentialing, or “degree inflation,” rested on the belief that...
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by Joseph Fuller
- Profile
Ignacio Lartirigoyen
After applying his skills at ExxonMobil – "a very exciting time because of the company's size and its level of professionalism"– Ignacio moved to an agribusiness closer to his roots, Adecoagro, where he joined the planning team...
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Financial Services
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Creating and Nurturing a Sense of Belonging at HBS
so many students from different cultures and backgrounds and unites us around one common interest – shoes! We talk about the sneakers we’re trying to grab, the ones we missed out on, and everything else happening in the sneaker industry....
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
Video: Professor Frances Frei on the Limitations of the Golden Rule Video: Professor Frances Frei on the Limitations of the Golden Rule Frances, you have also recommended something called an “indignities list.” Tell us what that means and...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
10:00–11:15 a.m. EDT + More Info – Less Info Venture capital—and high-potential entrepreneurship—underwent a tremendous boom in the early 2020s. And as has happened many times before, the heady boom was followed by a sharp correction—at...
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Research - Health Care
drugs. Medicare bans such coupons on the grounds that they are kickbacks that induce utilization, but they are commonly used by... July 24, 2024 Article Providing Value and Equity in Medicare's Dementia Care Is a Must By: Susanna Gallani...
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- 01 Jan 2013
- News
André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973
wanted to go back to Brazil because at that time the country was really booming," he says. He was soon put in charge of developing the bank's leasing company. During his 10-year career at Unibanco, he quickly rose through the company,...
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Susan Young
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
While the US Food and Drug Administration has chiseled away pharmaceutical review times over the years to speed innovative drugs to market, the opposite seems to have occurred in the agency's approval of...
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- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
centered on proving masculinity—in which such displays and interactions were absent. We use this case to develop theory about how organizational features, such as work practices and norms, can disrupt conventional masculine...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms
yuri_arcurs Recent research shows for the first time that diversity in venture capital firms not only spawns creativity and alternative viewpoints, but also improves financial performance. Paul Gompers, Eugene Holman Professor of Business...
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- 17 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Medical Tourism
there. As the case describes, accreditation is a pretty huge barrier for doctors going abroad. Just as Dr. Reddy had to spend time convincing the Indian government that the idea of medical tourism was a good View Details
- 11 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Perfecting the Project Pitch
Overcoming that obstacle can be a difficult process, especially for entrepreneurs who have a background in a technical, engineering, or another non-sales discipline. They are not used to having to convince anyone of the merits of their...
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by Dennis Fisher
- 24 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors
at a time when many marginalized groups are calling for more equitable treatment in the workplace. “A lot of people from historically marginalized groups have experienced marginalization and discrimination, and that makes View Details
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by Pamela Reynolds
- 18 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!
sufficiently graphic don’t work. “San Francisco policymakers are devoting lots of time and money to fighting it out in court, and they’re operating on the assumption that text warning labels are going to work,” says HBS Marvin Bower...
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- 10 Apr 2023
- News
Leading the Way
Illustration by Gisela Goppel Illustration by Gisela Goppel When Michael Trejo (MBA 2013) was a freshman at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2005, he almost lost his full scholarship. "I just really lacked direction, and needed to focus," says Trejo, who had a...
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Margie Kelley
- 16 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?
The coronavirus pandemic has not only disrupted lives and businesses, it has illuminated underlying fragilities in the global value chain (GVC) that drives economies around the world. The smartphone you use many View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne