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  • 06 Dec 2022
  • Blog Post

Meet the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Club

What is Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition? Through ETA (search funds), individuals can acquire an existing business, become its CEO, and build a larger and more successful enterprise. The search fund model gives relatively... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • Blog Post

A Summer Internship with the International Rescue Committee

professionals network of the International Rescue Committee, dubbed “GenR”. I joined the community on a whim, but as I learned more about the work that the IRC did, including visiting their field station in Cote D’Ivoire, I grew more... View Details
  • 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 24 Sep 2015
  • Webinars: Career

Transitioning Beyond Your First or Second Post-HBS Job

Are you thinking of making a job change? Unlike other career moves, the moves early in your career may be different than those later in life. Conducting honest self-assessment and redefining your career vision are often essential to determining next steps in an early... View Details
  • Research Summary

Social Learning

One major area of my research is social learning: the ways and extent to which people discover what they want and need from the behavior and opinions of others.  Social learning takes many forms.  Probably most obvious is word of mouth—the advice and... View Details

  • Web

Alumni

world of business, sharing lessons learned and their own life experiences. Advancing the Mission The HBS Fund makes an impact at the School and beyond Next Level How Sarah Bond (MBA 2006) is taking on the culture—and the future success—of the gaming industry More... View Details
  • 2016
  • Article

Peer-to-Peer Markets

By: Liran Einav, Chiara Farronato and Jonathan Levin
Peer-to-peer markets such as eBay, Uber, and Airbnb allow small suppliers to compete with traditional providers of goods or services. We view the primary function of these markets as making it easy for buyers to find sellers and engage in convenient, trustworthy... View Details
Keywords: Peer-to-peer; Online Platforms; Matching; Innovation; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Market Design; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit
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  • Career Coach

Deborah Resnick

development coach.  Deborah has extensive experience helping students and alumni build confidence and effectiveness with networking and interviewing (including case interviews).  She also works with career switchers, individuals looking... View Details
Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 29 Jul 2020
  • Blog Post

To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS

Erin wanted to write this article because before starting school she would furiously google key terms like “pregnant and in business school” and “moms and business school” and every other variation of the same. However, for her, these View Details
  • June 2009 (Revised June 2009)
  • Case

VidaGas: VillageReach - The Mozambican Foundation for Community Development Joint Venture

This case describes the evolution of a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) distributor start-up, incubated by two not-for-profit NGOs to help improve the vaccine cold chain in Northern Mozambique. These NGOs must face the decision whether and how to sell their participation in... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Supply Chain; Health Care and Treatment; Investment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Health Industry; Mozambique
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  • 08 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

get their positions. How are they socialized into their positions, and what are the consequences for organizations and society? I was also interested in theoretical questions about how new institutions emerge and diffuse in society. My first foray into this topic was... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Quantile Forecasts of Product Life Cycles Using Exponential Smoothing.

By: Xiaojia Guo, Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr. and Yael Grushka-Cockayne
We introduce an exponential smoothing model that a manager can use to forecast the demand of a new product or service. The model has five features that make it suitable for accurately forecasting product life cycles at scale. First, the trend in our model follows the... View Details
Keywords: New Product Development; Demand Forecasting; Product Adoption; Innovation Diffusion; Product Development; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Adoption
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  • Web

Resumes & Cover Letters - Alumni

organization. Looking to connect with fellow HBS alumni? Upload your resume to the Alumni Networking Resume Book to kick start those connections. Resume Makeover Using VMock and Aspire Gain instant feedback on your resume and LinkedIn... View Details
  • Program

Women on Boards

Summary Traditionally, the majority of board appointments are made through informal networks that are especially hard for women to break into. Designed specifically for top women executives, this program provides insight into navigating... View Details
  • August 2009 (Revised August 2010)
  • Case

Slanket: Responding to Snuggie's Market Entry

By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
How does a pioneer in a new product category deal with the runaway success of a follower? Can search engine marketing and social media help? In 2008 Slanket CEO, Gary Clegg, found that his product, a blanket with sleeves, had been eclipsed by The Snuggie, another... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Market Entry and Exit; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet and the Web
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  • 30 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 30

Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro Abstract—We propose a relational theory of how change agents in organizations use the strength of ties in their network to overcome resistance to change. We argue that strong ties to potentially influential... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Faculty & Advisors - MBA

University Professor at Harvard University, Co-Director of Harvard Stem Cell Institute Program Advisors Students have access to a network of program advisors who serve as mentors, speakers, and career advisors for the community.... View Details
  • 01 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 1

Abstract—Using data from a novel laboratory experiment on complex problem solving in which we varied the network structure of 16-person organizations, we investigate how an organization's network structure... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2015 (Revised September 2016)
  • Technical Note

Flight: Now without Humans Aboard

By: Mitchell Weiss, Karim Lakhani, HT Kung and Kerry Herman
This note provides an overview of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) industry in September 2015. UAVs offered many potential applications in industries as diverse as aerial imaging and photography, agriculture, construction, infrastructure inspection and... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Drones; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Product Design; Research and Development; Technological Innovation; Rights; Ethics; Strategy; Transportation Networks; Market Entry and Exit; Innovation and Management; European Union; Asia; United States
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  • 05 Oct 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Linus Dahlander, European School of Management and Technology (ESMT)

  • 01 Aug 2012
  • News

Face Fears with Courage