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- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
Under founding director Dr. Aristotle Alip's leadership, CARD has become one of the top microfinance institutions in the world. More recently, larger commercial and financial institutions are seeking a slice of the microfinance market.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Bringing Music to the HBS Classroom: My Journey as a Nontraditional Student in the Summer Venture in Management Program - 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
- 11 Mar 2021
- News
Leading with Heart
basically to impress her. So I learned how to sing. I learned how to play music and martial arts and many of those things basically just to make sure that she was attracted to me and she found me to be a worthy match. She's a very... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Innovation Increasingly Benefits from Government Research
filed since 1926, the team found that the percentage of patents that involved government support has risen steadily. While government R&D spending as a percentage of gross domestic product has declined... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
and content on DocSend’s platform, which is used daily by organizations across a variety of sales contexts. The result is empirical data and a good starting point for examining core aspects of any content marketing initiative. The authors View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors
Black identity. All emails were identical except sometimes, Demarcus specifically referenced his identity (“As a Black man ”), while other times he did not. The researchers found that students were up to 80 percent more likely to offer to... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
his own research, he has spent hundreds of hours studying a similarly fraught industry—high-risk medical transport teams—to learn how they acquire knowledge that can literally mean the difference between life and death. He found that much... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
consider, however, only one will win their support. For the select few startups that pass through Idanta's screen - some thirty companies that have created more than 40,000 jobs since Dunn founded the firm in 1971- there are significant... View Details
- 14 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India
of the inaugural India Climate IFC, students visited a semi-urban public healthcare facility which was outfitted with a full rooftop solar installation and multiple solar powered technologies provided by SELCO. SELCO (“Solar Electric Light Company”), based in... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
From Scholarship to Life-Saving Impact
executive—or perhaps founding her own company. “To do so, I knew I needed to hone my managerial and leadership skills,” she says. Harvard’s new joint MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences degree felt like the perfect fit. “I really liked... View Details
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HBS Global Initiative & Research Centers - MBA
Initiative is anchored by a five person team based in Boston with over 50 staff sitting in key regions around the world. The centers contribute to the school’s global strategy, work with faculty on their research and support student... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
When our team reached out to 600 CEOs during the pandemic’s early stages to ask them about their greatest concerns, many cited communication with employees. While the right communication strategy has been critical during the pandemic, it... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
however, all the industries that comprised that sector or how many jobs it contained. Two years ago, she teamed with Mercedes Delgado, professor at Copenhagen Business School and research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
health choices. The good news is that human nature can also be a source of solutions. Through her studies in Zambia exploring the reasons for unwanted pregnancies and the incentives that would motivate hairdressers to sell condoms to their clients, the author has View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Sergio Velasquez-Terjesen
would go into biotech and genetics," he says of his initial ambitions. But after two years as a lab assistant at Louisiana State University, he found that, although the science was "fascinating," the work was "lonely,... View Details
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
What." Since 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Kind of Blue, it's a good time to ask: How did he do it? One of the answers is "radical simplicity," according to HBS professor Robert D. Austin and Carl Størmer, View Details
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
frame and articulate that value. Second, price-testing is increasingly important. In his autobiography written in 1963, ad man David Ogilvy noted that, “Most people assume companies use scientific methods in pricing, but throughout my career, I have View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
depression and anxiety can be reduced by coaching employees to increase their resilience, the ability to maintain good mental health despite psychological or physical setbacks. In fact, one study found that over a two-month period, a... View Details
- 13 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely
managers; interns sending written questions that senior managers would later answer; and intern group research project meetings in which interns would gather online for 30 minutes to work together without managers present. Contact with managers is key The researchers... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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Industry Information - Alumni
design. It sets out to "chronicle how changing companies create and compete, to highlight new business practices, and to showcase the teams and individuals who are inventing the future and reinventing business." Inc.com View Details