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01 Jun 2014
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Clubs Hopping

director Amelia Angella (MBA 2001), so the celebration commemorates not the conception but rather the execution. It's fitting: The organization matches local nonprofits with volunteer HBS alumni who help the... View Details

04 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 4

the nature of competition. Furthermore, relative to platforms that cannot charge such fees, platforms that charge positive (negative) access fees to consumers have weaker (stronger) incentives to divert search August 2013 Quarterly Journal of Economics View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2015
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The Business of Love

judgment—and further removed the risk from dating with a double opt-in. A couple matches only if both parties swipe right. If only one person expresses interest, the other person never knows about it. Last... View Details

Keywords: April White

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A Life’s Work | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

A Life’s Work Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) realized what he wanted to do with his life when he was just 21 years old. Having volunteered as a Big Brother while working at Chemical Bank in New York City, he saw firsthand the need for a... View Details

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Brett Laffel

continue to hone in on a limited number of skills. With a business education, I feel that I have opened the door to many different additional opportunities for myself. With a business education, I also feel... View Details

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Alex Nelson

match the right skills with the right roles." "The flip side of that," Alex says, "is more personal. We all have the potential to do many things well — but that doesn't mean we'd find... View Details

01 May 2013
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Deborah A. Farrington, MBA 1976

For Debby Farrington, the road to HBS began at age 11 with a visit to the New York Stock Exchange. "I was fascinated," says Farrington, who majored in economics at Smith and was one of just nine women in her HBS section. Comfortable in... View Details

10 Aug 2017
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Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation

hard. The other thing I have is, I have a contract with my wife. And we wrote it out on a piece of paper and we both signed it. Because of the way I think about it is, we all have a View Details

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Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring - Course Catalog

companies and their corporate customers, suppliers, and competitors. Restructuring is the process by which companies renegotiate the financial contracts and commitments they have entered into with their... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Necessity became the mother of invention for staffing-firm founder

development firm that matches qualified professionals—women and men—who want flexible schedules with businesses in need of high-caliber services. “It doesn't make a lot of sense to lose talent just because... View Details

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

Investment Behavior of Public and Private Firms," written by Farre-Mensa with New York University's John Asker and Alexander Ljungqvist, details how and why public and private companies differ when it comes to expanding a company... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

01 Oct 1996
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Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)

preachy." Horn was subsequently asked to become a board member of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in 1990. "In the face of the Contract with America's rollback efforts, NRDC is a staunch... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

Mar 2012
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Enriching the Ecosystem

younger companies and revitalize large corporations through partnerships with innovative SMEs; 3) Improving the match between education and employment opportunities, through apprenticeship programs and other... View Details

02 Aug 2019
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Fulfilling Their Promise

is now a staff of 11; a dozen social work interns; both part-time and contract staff; numerous volunteers; and 16 board members who do a lot of hands-on work. Girls Group facilitates 15 weekly programs within the public schools and offers... View Details

10 Aug 2015
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Helping the Unemployed Find Work and Self-Esteem

In the late 1990s, when the UK recruitment firm started in 1960 by his father, Sir Alec Reed, won a government contract to provide welfare-to-work employment services, James Reed (MBA 1990) knew success would require some innovative... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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Sparking Internet Commerce

reflects what they like, for example, in books or music. Online services equipped with Firefly's "relationship management" and "advanced personalization" software (such as bookseller Barnes & Noble or information provider My Yahoo!)... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Natasha Pereira-Kamath

As a child, I loved blackouts. The adventure always started with melting ice cream. Within seconds of my grandparents' house going dark, my mouth would start watering. While we were lucky enough to have a generator, it never produced... View Details

01 Aug 2002
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HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive

Dubilier Prize, established in honor of the late Martin Dubilier (MBA '52), cofounder of the LBO firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. The HBS Business Plan Contest was developed by students in 1996 with the cooperation of faculty and MBA Career... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Just Super

Moments after the New England Patriots upset the heavily favored St. Louis Rams 20-17 in Super Bowl XXXVI, Patriots owner Robert Kraft (MBA '65) thanked the team's fans "for helping us bring this championship home" and observed that "our team symbolizes what's going on... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

with the passage of two bills: the Robinson-Patman Act of 1936, which prohibited sales below cost and secret rebates; and the Miller-Tydings Act of 1937, which made fair trade contracts enforceable in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

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