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01 Sep 2020
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The Devil You Don’t Know

of the 1930s, because it’s the economic crisis against which all others are typically compared. Importantly, one of the most striking things about the Depression, according to observers both at the time and since, is that economic... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020

Values-Based Professional Services Firm by Don Scales (MBA 1982) Wiley As times change, businesses must evolve. The way that leaders have run companies for generations is no longer relevant. Today, purpose wins over products. Values win... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

are in a good position to sound the alert about "policies or practices that may have the unintended consequence of marginalizing international students," Walker says. One example is the common tendency of some professors to call on the first student who raises his or... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

02 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News

manipulation may be for naught. The bad news eventually comes out, resulting in negative returns when it does. "Firms that have cast their calls in the past have substantially more earnings restatements in the future," says Cohen. "They come clean when fewer people are... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

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Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025) - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

10 Aug 2015
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A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges

research and strategy nonprofit founded by HBS professor Michael E. Porter, that strengthens inner-city economies. “It was my first introduction into the idea that business can propel social impact,” Kapila says. Her time at ICIC... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

15 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 15

fill a projected supply gap. Mission could also buy avocado farms in other countries, expand its international marketing efforts, invest in brand building in Asia, and/or add processed avocado products. This strategy case describes... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2018
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‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

Marshall as the first African American Supreme Court Justice, five African American students arrived at HBS. What they encountered—a predominantly white, male campus—seemed out of step for the times and the liberal Northeast. Their deep... View Details

20 Jun 2019
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Reframing Modern Art

Citicorp Investment Bank, first in New York, then in London. Then I came back, and for over 15 years, I worked at Institutional Investor. The last 10 of those years were as managing director of a research group that I helped to launch. By the View Details

07 Sep 2021
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September 2021 Alumni Books

entrepreneurs is Mary Kay Ash, a legend as a glass-ceiling breaker and a woman who built a very successful business with a go-to-market strategy of direct selling. Unlike Mary Kay Ash, however, not all aspiring business owners are willing or able to invest their... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2007
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Ali Allawi

dumped into Iraq after the overthrow of the regime. It was the main market for cars coming from the Gulf area. It was a very, very scruffy and dirty town. As we moved up into Iraq proper, we followed the main north-south Euphrates... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; National Security and International Affairs; Government

29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

they also induced large spillovers of technical knowledge in prefectures adjacent to those with prizes, relative to distant control prefectures without prizes. Linking competition expenditures with the expected market value of patents... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2022
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The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

immediate goal was to encourage MBA students to leverage their education to confront the most pressing challenges facing society. This spring, we helped teach our case study, West Virginia: Finding the Right Path Forward, in Professor Matt Weinzierl's course, Role of... View Details

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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online

and assess new markets based on network shape. Highlights Vlad Christoff (Fasten) Jon Li (Picabuu) Multihoming: Incumbents vs New Entrants Show Hide Details Concepts Network Effects Multi-Homing Network Clustering Featured Exercises... View Details

13 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview

If you've spent any time on Twitter, then you're probably familiar with the "humblebrag"—a brag veiled in a complaint, so as to sound less blatantly like a brag. Here's an example from the Twitter account of Ari Fleischer, former White... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

25 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

changes that have revolutionized their use in practice. He contends that both serve the US economy by helping troubled companies stay viable by giving them time to find new financing, renegotiate unfavorable leases and supply contracts,... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger

needs; risk-adjustment of payment will make the sick much more attractive enrollees than the present uniform pricing system. All boats rise in a rising sea. Other consumer-driven markets demonstrate that suppliers innovate to reach all... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Connections

connections can be a source of information about the FDA approval process and offer insights as to how to market and sell the young firm's products. They can also provide resources and contacts to facilitate these tasks. Another... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

encouraging, though their release is. Last year marked the first time most of the leading technology companies publicly reported statistics on gender diversity. The conversation is changing. The question is no longer, does the tech... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 1996
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Keepers of the Flame

world-class athletes. Successful marketing of the Olympics - which is essential for financing the Games - depends on the Olympic movement's continued integrity, reputation for excellence, and "goodwill." That inherent value, Frazier... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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