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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

consolidate and confirm your understanding of course concepts, and as a virtual Learner Success Assistant who can help you stay on track with completing the coursework in a timely fashion. When you are finding a particular concept... View Details

20 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

data, combined with the voter registration records of 3,786 top executives working at 941 firms in the S&P 1500 between 2008 and 2020. They pulled documents from states that share records and track voter party affiliation,... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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HBS - The year in Review

surged Learning Tracks Launched HBS Online saw a surge of interest in online learning as a result of the pandemic. In May 2021, the group launched Learning Tracks to enable professionals to specialize in a... View Details

16 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

you invest in a movie that’s on the list than one that is observably similar but is off the list.” In addition to just tracking the performance of scripts, Luo and her co-authors were also curious whether the List gave a leg up to less... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video

18 Jul 2011
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Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

and priorities--they're working 80-hour weeks! In his book, Kaplan discusses techniques for matching available hours with key priorities, so executives can learn to do much more effective work and better manage their time. He recommends that executives View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Jul 2005
What Do You Think?

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

what to do about it? Jeffrey Garten has put forth some suggestions as he departs his job. Among them are such things as "some real-world experience" as a requirement for faculty promotion, a "two-track faculty" with the second View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

imperative and penalizing companies that do not have a credible decarbonizing strategy. Consumers are increasingly demanding green products and are becoming sensitive to their carbon footprint, with many apps allowing them to keep track... View Details

18 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

unsettling images of a fatty stomach, a needle in a midriff, and rotting teeth. The researchers gauged the effectiveness of each type of label over two weeks by tracking the amounts and types of beverages purchased, and comparing those... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Public Relations

25 Aug 2003
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Why IT Does Matter

tracked the number of MIPS or CPU cycles on the network from 1990 to 2002. Even using a log scale on the vertical axis would be barely enough to tilt a vertical straight line enough to create something resembling the curves of the other... View Details

Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan

02 Oct 2017
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Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

in less than 30 seconds. "In one case, $35 million was raised in less than 30 seconds" The most highly developed of the digital currencies is Bitcoin, the product of an ingenious and secretive tech programmer who developed a complex algorithm for “mining” the... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

Portrait Project

Milly Wang

tracking near-Earth asteroids. I always thought that I wanted to be remembered for discovering a habitable planet outside our solar system or furthering the understanding of dark energy. But as years passed, I’ve come down to earth. I... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

United States.” Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2019 Best Paper Award in Investments at the Center for Financial Planning Academic Research Conference for “Lazy Prices” with Christopher Malloy and Quoc Nguyen. Zoe B. Cullen : Winner of the 2019 Exemplary Applied... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

in the expert type field. Experts schedule office hours once a month between September and April. iLab Resources - Advising Resources Whether you’re looking discuss your idea or venture, discover tools and techniques to fast track your... View Details

01 Nov 2022
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Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?

past two decades. As a result, the proportion of the US population that is foreign-born—to the extent we can count—has nearly tripled over the past 50 years to levels we last saw around 1900. There is one business “community” that has View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Mar 2005
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The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

rely on the reputation of the nonprofit and the belief they have that the organization is doing, and will continue to do, good work. Edelman PR tracks consumer trust in global brands and has found that many global NGOs such as Amnesty... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

12 May 2020
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It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

routines calls for relaunches to help leaders and team members understand how each member has been affected, figure out how to address concerns, and ultimately get everyone back on the same track to achieve team goals. Team leaders should... View Details

Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley

25 Feb 2020
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Task Force

settling on merchandising—a $40 billion pain point for brands selling into the Latin American market. A finalist in the alumni track of last spring’s New Venture Competition, Zubale (the name, roughly translated from Spanish, means “rise... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; gig economy; Retail Trade

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

the lower end of the seven peer schools tracked by HBS and amounted to 14 percent of the School's total revenues. Harvard Business Publishing Four of HBP's five market-facing groups—Harvard Business Review, Higher Education, Advertising,... View Details

03 Oct 2005
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The Box Office Power of Stars

the dynamics of star power. Can studios depend on a star's track record as a predictor of future success? Are two "A-list" stars better than one? Can stars improve a studio's overall profitability as well as kick up box office... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video

28 Apr 2022
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Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?

percent of books generate enough income for an author to live on. The pay structure matters Zhu and Wu tracked the popularity of e-novels based on reader clicks and purchases, and measured a writer’s productivity based on how frequently... View Details