Understanding Interests - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2015
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Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?

funding levels but that they’ll cut benefits,” Allen says. And that makes both politicians and union bosses unpopular. It’s understandable that state governments, like corporations, lobby for their own interests—which may mean supporting... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

01 Jun 2022
News

Blissful Thinking

of the research problem, at this point. I’m the subject and I’m the researcher. I’m like a perpetual-motion machine of happiness research.” In this conversation with the Bulletin, Professor Brooks talks about why happiness has become such a hot topic in academia, how... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters

01 Dec 2022
News

I Gave at the Office

Julian Zlatev and Christine Exley (Image by John Ritter) Both Associate Professor Christine Exley and Assistant Professor Julian Zlatev apply the tools of their research to examine a simple question: What makes people give? Exley became View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

15 Nov 2020
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Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS

relatable—they can help listeners understand what makes HBS distinctive and how it’s making a difference in the world,” explains Brian Kenny, HBS’s chief marketing and communications officer and host of “Cold Call.” Two to three times a... View Details

01 Jan 2007
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Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965

home. A discussion of world events would follow. "We were very well informed as kids," remarks Wyss, who maintains an active interest in policy and geopolitical issues. That knowledge of the world came in handy in the early years of... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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Learning from the Past

at Harvard College, Strassler had had little time to pursue that interest after graduating from HBS as a Baker Scholar. But now he was able to turn his attention to history - and to other interests in... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Dec 1998
News

Research Grows from Asian Financial Crisis

success of several major corporations in the region. In the past decade or earlier, he notes, a number of large "corporate groups" gained prominence, many family-owned and some run by HBS graduates. Yoshino sought to understand why these... View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

01 Mar 2003
News

All in a Day's Work

people are so fun and engaging.” Oakes, who studied architecture as an undergraduate at Rice University, says she’s always been interested in the link between a project’s design and its social impact. Her decision to attend HBS resulted... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Real Estate

09 May 2013
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Road Trip

and Amaris Singer (all HBS 2014). As Gerald explains: "With globalization, there's been a lot of attention paid to what's happening overseas, and rightly so. But our goal is to help MBAs better understand the challenges of being an... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management

06 Dec 2021
News

HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

elective geared to entrepreneurs is Launching Technology Ventures, which is designed for students interested in starting their own companies, joining early stage startups, working at growth-stage technology firms, and investing in... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

15 Jun 2021
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The Path out of Polarization

calamity, world war—that there was a collective, societal, postwar understanding that what we had done in the 1920s and 1930s was so dangerous and so harmful, we just needed to agree to live in the center of the political spectrum. The... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Telecommunications; Information

01 Feb 1997
News

OPM Reunion Snapshots

her husband, Charlie, started a small excavation company in Jacksonville, Florida. As the company grew, Charlie Barco enrolled in OPM to better understand the economic changes that were affecting their business in the 1970s. "When he got... View Details

13 Feb 2020
News

Honoring a Legend

Steve Kirschner (MBA 1986), Bill Nussey (MBA 1996), & John Yates (event host) Nussey presenting to HBS alumni Nussey and Kirschner The HBS Club of Atlanta’s Entrepreneurship Special Interest Group (eSIG) honored clean-energy entrepreneur... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Aug 2022
News

Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age

It wasn’t necessary to understand the technology that powered the company’s washing machines, turbines, or jet engines. “But executives now need to understand the technologies behind their products and think... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2008
News

Letters to the Editor

that could and would welcome dynamic and burgeoning new ventures. Yet EED was the European incubator for the methods and structures of venture capital as it has since evolved and flourished. Tony Pell (PMD 20, 1970) Salt Point, NY More on Doriot’s European Ventures I... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Sep 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

of change who recognize various kinds of “equilibria”—systems in need of change— in our current reality and then advance social progress by transforming these systems, ultimately replacing what exists with a new equilibrium. They set out a framework for View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Trade Off

What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an ever-more... View Details

18 May 2015
News

The First Five Years: Rena Xu (MBA 2014, MD 2014)

patient and doctor has few parallels, and I am sure my appreciation of it will only continue to grow as I advance in my career. “HBS greatly enriched my understanding of the challenges and opportunities in health care today. It’s an... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

30 May 2024
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Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears

Alumnae to Celebrate Official Launch of HBS Women’s Association The Harvard Business School Women’s Association (HBSWA) will host a Virtual Launch Celebration on Wednesday, June 12, to mark its official expansion as a nationwide HBS alumnae Shared Interest Group (SIG).... View Details