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29 Mar 2023
News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

iStock The faculty, students, and staff of Harvard Business School are thinking about the people of Turkey and Syria who were impacted by the recent earthquake. We have all been touched by the loss of life, the hopeful stories of survival, and the rapid response of... View Details

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Digital Designs on the Inner City

the inner city will require a commitment not only by the government, but also by the private sector, a five-member panel, moderated by Randal Pinkett of the MIT Media Laboratory, told HBS students and alumni. And once the inner city is infused View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

Nayak, co-founder of the Bangalore-based start-up, Tejas Networks, is faced with two completely different opportunities to choose between: pursing a short-term, quantifiable but unprofitable contract View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2013
News

Faculty Opinion: No Magic Bullet

be hindering your performance? Understanding yourself is critical to the choices you make in your life. Making the most of your opportunities. Do you match strengths, weaknesses, passions, and who you are View Details

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

day or two a week at a major corporations, receive mentorship, and are matched with a "work buddy." The model should be scaled up to include the state's other 14 community colleges, she said.... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

01 Dec 1999
News

Pearson Hunt

During my time as editor of the Bulletin, the Alumni Office was staffed by one secretary whose principal job was to obtain news of alumni and prepare the notes for the next issue. The Bulletin was published quarterly with a 6-by-9 1/2... View Details

Keywords: Pearson Hunt

29 Oct 2007
HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

successful promoter? A: I am not sure there is a secret ingredient. I think it is more about the entire "recipe" being right. Companies try to find athletes with brand attributes that match those... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

04 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

Recruiters reviewing hundreds of resumes for highly coveted roles in private equity and venture capital will often see candidates with backgrounds in banking and investing. This training and experience provides candidates View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital

20 Oct 2016
News

Smart Moves

contracts with more than 200 government agencies in 40 states in the US and 60 countries worldwide. Its overseas business includes offices in a dozen countries, mostly in Europe, as well as in Asia and the... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

14 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

How to Profit from Scarcity

Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Marketers are trained to match supply to demand. Everything... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Consumer Products; Advertising

01 Dec 2002
News

What You Know Depends on Where You Go

were largely gained in the trenches of a multiyear research project with Professor Tarun Khanna that explores the implications of conglomerate business structures in emerging markets. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, research showed... View Details

Web

2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Guardian and The New York Review of Books . They are currently writing a book, Real Men on Top: How Patriarchy Weaponizes Gender, under contract with Oxford University Press. Courtney McCluney Dr. Courtney... View Details

16 Dec 2021
News

A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic

to community needs due to the pandemic. —Taru Kapoor (MBA 2015) general manager, Tinder & Match Group. To address the pandemic-induced mental health crisis among its millions of young users, Tinder partnered View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

31 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

that the owners of the scarce resources are no longer only the shareholders but also the employees. The implications are profound. Top management must begin renegotiating both implicit and explicit contracts View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

01 Dec 2011
News

Inside MTV’s Global Fame

bar at 5 a.m. singing “Born in the USA.” Or his wrestling match with the deputy mayor of Leningrad on the floor of the Winter Palace. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Roedy was a few blocks away securing... View Details

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

01 Sep 2012
News

What’s the Big Idea?

confronted with setbacks. Yet in a survey of 669 managers around the world, “progress” ranked dead last as a perceived source of employee motivation, falling behind more expected (but less effective) carrots such as bonuses and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

25 Aug 2022
News

Full Stream Ahead

the digital revolution. With a smartphone in every pocket and the equivalent of what you’d spend on a CD, consumers can buy a month of access to a wide world of streaming options. And while the global economy View Details

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

20 Mar 2017
Book

Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies

number of companies are placing users at the core of their business strategies. Take MUJI, a leading Japanese design retailer, which has created a range of products designed by customers including a car, light fixtures, and sofas. The company has combined... View Details