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03 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608081 Blogging at BzzAgent Harvard Business School Case 508-102 BzzAgent is a word-of-mouth marketing firm. The founder, Dave Balter, sees View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Portrait Project

Michael Newton

seeking to maximize. While I have big goals, perhaps bigger than most, I hope to create a home as content and happy as Andrew's without constantly feeling the need to look for the next thing. I think I have a good shot. My dad's blog is a... View Details

Career Coach

Becca Carnahan

resumes, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles and specializes in personal branding and storytelling. Becca is a proud working mom of two from Massachusetts and writes about her humorous parenting experiences for her blog and other top... View Details

Keywords: Education; Publishing / Communications / Advertising

15 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction

anticipate that blogging and user-generated video would become mainstream phenomena within a few years. Because it turned a blind eye to these black swans and big trends, Speed Trap assumed that market shares would remain stable in key... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Technology

02 Aug 2011
News

A Fearless Force for Change

view video clips of her numerous national media appearances and read blog entries and other writings that embody her personal life philosophy to live without fear. A sought-after motivational speaker, Linn was also working on a book at... View Details

30 May 2018
News

HBS Fellowship Program Puts an MBA Within Reach

how she would pay for it and how much debt she would incur. Receiving a generous fellowship provided by Blanca G. Reza and Reynaldo Reza (MBA 1995) eased her concerns and enabled her to attend the School, where she is furthering her entrepreneurial interests and is... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Inside the Bestseller List with Neil Pasricha

personally: His marriage ended, and a dear friend passed away. Pasricha started a blog, 1000 Awesome Things, “just as a way to put a smile on my face before I went to sleep every night.” In fact, a lot of people smiled. A month after the View Details

Keywords: April White

08 Aug 2019
News

Cloudflare Pulls the Plug on Hate Site

In the wake of the mass shooting in El Paso, Cloudflare’s CEO Matthew Prince (MBA 2009) announced that his web performance and security company was terminating service for the 8chan message board—an online forum where the alleged shooter had posted his manifesto. In a... View Details

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

whose excitement lasts only for days? John T. Gourville, Albert J. Weatherhead, Jr. Professor of Business Administration and an expert on consumer behavior, pricing, and innovation. The blog below, cowritten with Marco Bertini of London... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

Web

Advocating for Best Practices on Tech Boards - Blog: RGE Report

Race, Gender and Equity at Work Race, Gender and Equity at Work Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author HBS Staff Topics Topics Board Diversity RGE Blog Filters Read posts from Author HBS Staff Topics Topics Board... View Details

27 Mar 2014
News

From Marx to Marketing

Paul, and Howard Raiffa influenced my switch from a business career to academia. My 10 years as a senior research fellow at HBS completely changed my life." Now in his 80s, Vlachoutsicos seems only to be gaining in energy and productivity. He writes View Details

26 Jun 2017
News

Behind the Scenes at an HBS Short Program

South African entrepreneur, marketer, and blogger Seth Rotherham recently participated in the week-long program Launching New Ventures and has written about the experience in his blog (complete with behind-the-scenes photos) and in the... View Details

Alumni WDYDWYD

Mary Dell Harrington

industry is exciting, deeply satisfying, and a logical career extension from NBC, Discovery, and Lifetime Television – where I worked for twenty years post-MBA. Launching a blog and relaunching my career – after a ten year hiatus – has... View Details

23 May 2018
News

The Work-Life Balancing Act

In a recent Harvard Business Review blog post, Jackie Coleman and John Coleman (MBA 2010) write that their decision to start a family “changed nearly everything in our working and personal lives.” From sleep schedules to finances, free... View Details

16 Sep 2010
News

Idea Takes Root

early August to lead the effort — the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC). Eccles is a leading voice in support of integrating financial and nonfinancial information into a single report to ensure sustainable business strategies. In an August 2 View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Corporate Services

08 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Getting Laid Off: An Opportunity for Reinvention

number but I also fully recognize that I come from a place of privilege.” Now on reflection, Tran is grateful for the opportunity to recalibrate his sense of passion and purpose. Time is a finite resource, he writes, and this time has afforded him the chance to... View Details

12 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Interning as a Software Engineer while at HBS

technologists together at HBS. We want to keep our technical skills sharp and create accountability to learn and build while getting our MBAs. We’re an all-levels club. You can check out more about CODE in this MBA Voices blog post. What... View Details

25 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Climate Stories

Climate Stories is a series researched and written by Jacqueline Adams (MBA 1978) and Produced by Lynn Schenk, Director, Business and Environment Initiative The HBS Business and Environment Initiative is excited to launch Climate Stories, a series of researched View Details

29 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

people imagining imminent death. Study 1 revealed that blog posts of near-death patients with cancer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis were more positive and less negative than the simulated blog posts of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 3

to classified-ad buyers during 2000-2007. August 2013 Management Science (forthcoming) Ad Revenue and Content Commercialization: Evidence from Blogs By: Sun, Monic, and Feng Zhu Abstract—Many scholars argue that when incentivized by ad... View Details