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- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
116-007 Dollar General Bids for Family Dollar In spring 2015, Dollar General's CEO Rick Dreiling was looking ahead to retiring at year's end but worried about ensuring continued growth for the company he had built since 2008 into a market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
of their corporate governance, placing them within the wider context of the economic and social history of Germany. Based on both quantitative data and archivally based case studies, this book explores how the relationship between the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast
scorecard’s authors. “All employers are not created equal in terms of the type of springboard they provide for advancement,” says Fuller, who co-leads the Managing the Future of Work project at HBS. “And that's something that workers and... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 22 Jun 2022
- Book
Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path
dimensions that are archetypal in that they are always present at these times of decision, whether we are aware of them or not. Gerdeman: Could you briefly explain each of the Four Elements? Butler: Sure, the first is Identity. Identity is a lifelong View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni
ready. Taking a Step Back Even the most ambitious and accomplished of HBS professionals will want, or need, to step back from business commitments to address more personal concerns, such as: Childcare and family growth Elder care and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Made in Italy
HBS faculty members and students visited Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna during the immersion to learn how the company became experts in electric car technology. Photo courtesy Lamborghini IMMERSIVE FIELD COURSES OFFERED AS ELECTIVES IN 2023 Denmark and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 May 2014
- What Do You Think?
How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?
spending some of it supporting open curriculum projects that democratize higher learning." Several embraced solutions aimed at what they see as the real heart of the problem. As Bruce Hiller put it, "Redistributing wealth from... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
19% less likely to seek family planning services, 25% less likely to use concealable contraception, and 27% percent more likely to give birth. However, women given access to contraception alone report a lower subjective well-being,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
most of his days with a 40-mile bike ride with a group of friends, and among the boards on which he sits are the University of Miami and the Knight Foundation. In addition, their son and daughter live nearby, making for regular family... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Research Brief: Making Way for Moonshots
Josh Krieger (Courtesy subject) Josh Krieger (Courtesy subject) Many innovations in modern medicine have come about due to cutting-edge drugs—advances that required both a scientific leap and a willingness to take risks. And while most pharmaceutical companies would... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to Business School as a Couple
together, or as a couple? Yes! We have some wonderful couple friends that we have gotten to know together. A lot of our business school social life revolves around dinners and drinks with friends and their partners, which has been a... View Details
- 20 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Three Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
spent too much time in the closet. I can still vividly recall the time, place, and reactions of those dear to me when I came out. To my parents, it was on September 17th, 2021. We were having dinner when I said, "I have a boyfriend in... View Details
- 29 Jan 2018
- Book
How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster
Workers test the NASA-engineered capsule used to lift trapped miners to the surface. Hugo Infante/Government of Chile via Wikimedia Commons (Editor's Note: Amy Edmondson advises managers to think of teams as a verb, "teaming," which means to proactively build and... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
Abstract—In this paper, we develop a new model for government cost-benefit analysis in the presence of risk. In our model, a benevolent government chooses the scale of a risky project in the presence of two key frictions. First, there are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Blog
The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education
project rooms, conference and event spaces, and a cafeteria for Executive Education participants. In addition, the building includes a very large TV used to show sport games, graduation, events, and more. For whom is the Chao Center... View Details
- 18 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Relocating to Boston with Your Partner
(especially during RC year). 5) Organize small group get-togethers and dinners Many of the activities at HBS happen in large groups, where it is hard to really get to know people well. Invite people over for View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Abstract—Understanding why employees go the extra mile at work is a key problem for many organizations. We conduct a field experiment at a medical organization to study motivations for employees to submit project proposals for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Oct 2022
- Op-Ed
Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup
course neither of you have visited or playing a video game together can test how you collaborate or handle competition. You might also consider working on a start-up related project together to see how that feels, such as co-creating a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor
battling the same thing is important. Also, your seeming disadvantages can be the source of strength.” La famiglia: “My favorite place to vacation is Portofino. At 11 o’clock at night there’ll be three generations of an Italian family... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna