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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Closing the 'Network Gap'
first semester, 10 percent of the Class of 2022—70 people from a wide array of backgrounds—volunteered their own networks and knowledge to help. This outpouring of support, however, was still not enough to match the number of requests... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
which means that all employees are “really focused on efficiency,” Wallace says. They developed a multilayered interview process to match the right person for each job, as the wrong hire can be extremely costly. It culminates with a two-... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
Minnesota Orchestral Association as vice president of marketing. Her passion for the music matched her enthusiasm for the job, and she enjoyed applying all the lessons she’d learned in business school to the arts world. “Hardly a month... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
boards of several Boston organizations, including The Windsor School, MATCH Education, the Telluride Foundation, and the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), which she describes as "all incredible, impact-oriented nonprofit organizations... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
A Capital Idea for Small Business
knowing each other for so long, we have an inherent level of trust." They also have trust in their concept. "Right now we're in business, but we don't generate revenue," says McGee. "That will change when we can begin matching businesses... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- News
Climbing to New Heights
Everest ascent, he committed to raising £10,000, 20 percent of the cost of the planned shelter. To date, Petzel has raised £6,000; he hopes matching funds from Goldman Sachs will allow him to go over the top. "The work the porters do is... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969
and then returned to Turkey, where his enormous impact in business is matched by his commitment to improving access to quality education. One of Turkey's most successful business leaders, Özyeğin is a self-made man. After earning his MBA... View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
sample of M&A deals from 2003 to 2015 to identify four such areas of evolution in current transactional practice: (1) termination fee "creep," which was pervasive in the 1980s and 1990s, seems to have gone away by the 2000s; (2) View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Lindsay Ullman
someday." Right now, her focus is on entrepreneurship. "I’ve been working on a start-up idea related to recruiting, matching great people to great jobs using technology," Lindsay says. Some of the inspiration came from her... View Details
Keywords: Tech
- 04 May 2023
- Blog Post
Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World
work-from-anywhere, we still need to occasionally meet colleagues in person for social purposes.” Marrying flight and patent data Choudhury and colleagues examined flights from every airport worldwide—5,015 in all—between 2005 and 2015. Then, they View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 22 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
HBS Takes Business Education Online
Business School’s MBA Program, Jana Kierstead. Can you tell us about HBX CORe? HBS was interested in entering the online space, but we only wanted to do so if we could offer a high-quality product that matched the style and mission of the... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath house matches its neighbors in the historic area; but in its construction, the building is an innovation—and a proof of concept that could ultimately spark a home-design revolution. A Passive House is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
high levels of reserves acts as a hedge against negative external shocks. A quantitative exercise, in which our model matches features of the Brazilian economic fluctuations and exchange-rate volatility, suggests this strategy to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
innovation, experimentation, and rigorous stress testing, even as the eventual permitting authority remains with public regulators. Innovation and regulation must proceed hand-in-hand, but regulators must allow entrepreneurs to pursue those innovations with a... View Details
- 30 Sep 2024
- News
The Making of a Streaming Sensation
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When the Netflix series Geek Girl debuted this summer, it quickly became the second most-watched show globally on the platform. Based on the young adult book series by author Holly Smale about... View Details
- 31 Mar 2023
- News
How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?
be a way of conferring the skills needed that will perfectly match with what's required—will never happen. We need to find ways to integrate these two systems in a way that doesn't get in the way of the employer and the business they have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
over $7.6 million. Public interest in Smarty Jones—hundreds of fans have streamed into Three Chimneys since his arrival—has been matched by breeders who hope their mare will produce a champion when mated with him. Those lucky enough to... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216076-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-094 Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Acquiring the First Thousand Customers By 2016, two-sided online platforms (or marketplaces) were pervasive among the highest growing internet startups... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-067.pdf Unravelling in Two-Sided Matching Markets and Similarity of Preferences Author: Hanna W. Halaburda Abstract This paper investigates the causes and welfare consequences of unravelling in two-sided... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
assessments on each of the three dimensions. Then match your profile to one of the eight on the following Time-to-Quit/Time-to-Stay Estimator. The last column on the Estimator tells you which of the three options—A, B, or C—fits this... View Details