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- 14 Sep 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO
women from advancing and make their work lives uncomfortable. In my experience, Damore’s assertions don’t match the reality in today’s corporate environment. Having worked with female CEOs under enormous pressure, such as General Motors’... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 23 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience
it to Section E.” Jo is frequently inspired to create and to share by a quote from American radio personality Ira Glass, in which he observes that people start doing creative work because they have good taste, but get discouraged when their taste doesn’t View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course
evaluations, notes McCraw, "were an overwhelming collective valentine to the course." The Dynamics of Capitalist Revolutions — Cases in Point British Capitalism How the first industrializer set a standard for others to match Josiah... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
Publication: Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract We examine whether the likelihood of entrepreneurial activity is related to the prior career experiences of an individual's co-workers, using a unique matched employer-employee panel... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
clean." In research conducted with HBS Jakurski Family Associate Professor George Serafeim, Healy found evidence supporting this trend more broadly. In a working paper published this year, the researchers reported that firms' reported anticorruption efforts generally... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
or $2, which would match prices charged by pirates? After examining the numbers, Iyer says students understand that selling low is a losing strategy. "They take such a loss [on the profit margin] that the extra sales don't make up... View Details
- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
perspectives to those who may not have the opportunity to get that perspective otherwise.” Starting with 60 students in 2015, Furman says the design was intentionally simple. “We matched two alumni mentors with six students, and asked... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 28 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Managing Your Health and the Recruiting Process: Advice from HBS Alumni
year into his first post-HBS role at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Francis spoke with his manager about occasionally requiring extra turnaround time for certain tasks as a result of his Dyslexia. In response, BCG paired Francis with a coach and View Details
- 25 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal
think either we could hire more people to generate more ideas, or we could pursue auction deals. It takes time, though, to develop experience in this space, and I don't think we could hire enough people to develop ideas to invest all $4 billion. To View Details
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Patrick Chun
platform, later named Skydeck360, that would leverage crowdsourcing and market-signalling "for utilizing technology to enable better matching between employers and employees." The former project is now being driven forward... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
2021, the percentage of those who contributed skyrocketed to 25 percent. The company also matches the gratuities; the total has been rising steadily since Trader Joe’s began stocking the product in its 200 California stores in 2021, and... View Details
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-114.pdf Platforms and Limits to Network Effects (revised) Authors:Hanna Halaburda and Mikołaj Jan Piskorski Abstract We model conditions under which agents in two-sided matching markets would rationally... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
Marshall Plan for Africa. This would require government expenditures. But there's also a tremendous opportunity to match the activities of philanthropists-I know many of our HBS alums are very generous and would love to get involved in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
fungible, and cannot be easily leveraged for strategic advantage by proximate competitors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-071.pdf Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives Authors:Oriana Bandiera, Luigi Guiso,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way to Go to Market
could possibly remember and convey. In other words, one should not jump to the conclusion that because the Internet appears cheaper it can solve a company's go-to-market problem. The solution has to match what customers want. Most of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)
intellectual challenge of chemical engineering and her work in the refinery was a match with only one part of her personality. Yet, she also needed an outlet for her creativity. Nneka knew her next professional stop would be combining her... View Details
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Classroom and Field Work: Methods of Instruction | Baker Library
Metropolitan Life Insurance, and R. H. Macy. Sponsoring companies also benefitted from the apprenticeships, and the long term relationships between the firms and the program often led to businesses employing women in new areas. (2) The program initially View Details
- 25 Jul 2024
- News
Mentorship Program in Singapore is Still Lighting the Way to Success
challenges and to keep lines of communication open between mentors and our partner mentee schools,” says Tan. “Now, after matching mentors with mentees and coordinating the October kick-off event, we step back and let the cohorts get on... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
demand and thus make Esquel's production planning as efficient as possible. Advances in engineering-from conserving natural resources such as energy and water to computerized color matching in the dyeing process-ensure considerable cost... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
also need is to have somebody to tell me I'm worth something.' Ex-welfare recipients have a higher retention rate than regular hires. At United, we match each one with a mentor; it's worked so well, we're thinking of providing mentors to... View Details