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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
site, but building a persistent brand is a difficult and expensive proposition. "Online customers clamor for attention to be paid to them," she said. "They expect a high degree of customization and politeness." The next panel moved from...
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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dare to be Different
book, because I honestly thought that the last thing the world needed was another business book. Laughs And although I liked to think I had something interesting to say, it’s a big deal to ask people to set aside ten hours of their life...
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- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
women’s lives, helping them overcome gender disparities and providing useful life skills. “The reality is that these are teenagers who operate just the way you and I would within the constraints of their lives and culture,” McGinn said....
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Re: Kathleen L. McGinn
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
in California, too. From our perspective as an investor, capital flows will follow structural reform." How much of a deterrent are shape-shifting regulations to MNCs who want to invest in Asia, wondered HBS assistant professor Mihir A. Desai. "Government...
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by Julia Hanna
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
approximately 20 hours each week to prepping for and attending classes at Union Presbyterian Seminary, where he expects to complete a master's of divinity degree in 2014. "I didn't wake up one morning and say, 'I no longer want to be a...
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- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
Research to write this essay, I expected to find that consumer decision-making research grappled with the types of tough purchasing and investment decisions that were on my callers' minds. To my surprise, I found that this literature has...
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by Max H. Bazerman
- 24 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
Advice for Prospective Latino Students
I was born in Mexico and moved to California when my parents decided they wanted to build a better life for our family. From the age of five, my new home was Fresno, California - a large city in the Central Valley where I was surrounded...
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- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
Interestingly, the actual changes in several of the 'omitted variables' such as life expectancy, hours worked, inflation and unemployment also contribute to happiness over this time period since life View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
on some old lessons about what builds loyalty and commitment in the workplace, but do it in a new way. In Evolve, I write about the "Three Ms" that build commitment in the Internet age, because people aren't loyal for life...
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by Staff
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
When the COVID-19 virus spread worldwide and normal life ground to a halt last year, we thought voluntary employee turnover would drop as well. But the opposite happened in one area: Lift outs—a group of workers who defect...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
1953, and he completed his degree in forestry in 1957. At age 23, he and Natty — who had made it clear that she had no intention of spending her life in the Canadian north woods as the wife of a lumberjack — came to Cambridge in pursuit...
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- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
risk on bonds has been significantly smaller that the short-term return per risk on stocks. Thus short-term investors that value assets based on their expected return per unit of short-term volatility may find equities more attractive...
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by Ann Cullen
- Web
CFO Letter - Annual Report 2019
role as well. The Campaign for Harvard Business School, which concluded in fiscal 2018, spurred remarkable growth in unrestricted current use giving. After coming in at $40 million in fiscal 2019, income from unrestricted current use giving is View Details
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Readers Ask: I Need Tips for Working at Home
people to find their rhythm and settle down and the manager should also adjust their own personal timelines for when to expect stuff to get done. How can I avoid the temptation to procrastinate when I work remotely? Choudhury: We all do...
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by Kristen Senz
- Profile
Omowale Casselle
expectations of our consumers, retailers, and brand partners." "In addition to managing our product lines, I also lead our operations team, which means that I make sure that each retail partner (Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger, and...
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- 28 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)
the expectations of our consumers, retailers, and brand partners. "In addition to managing our product lines, I also lead our operations team, which means that I make sure that each retail partner (Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger, and Meijer)...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
how this enduring passion has colored his relationships with his family and friends, shaped his romances, and, for better or worse, marked every era of his life—indeed, marked his sense of life itself. Not the Seasons I View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel
energy intensity required to produce steel. In the case of steel, there is a transition challenge because it is such an established industry with known processes. However, it is also a massive area of opportunity, because the demand for steel both in India and abroad...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
life “a credible example of how an individual, with faith, hard work, love, and support, can achieve her purpose.” — GE Brendan Kennealey Inner-city school founder, social entrepreneur, dreamer Kennealey Brendan Kennealey began to hone...
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- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
when network effects lead to unfavorable expectations about supplier participation, whereas it is shifted towards the marketplace for long-tail products. We thus provide a theory of which products an intermediary should offer in each...
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Anna Secino