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26 Nov 2018
News

New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change

of 8 to 10 people who meet regularly to share both professional and personal challenges and discuss the questions in their lives. HBS Club of Dallas / Taste of Forum event, held at the home of Club President... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; clubs; alumni clubs

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 28 Oct 2015
Webinars: Career

Harnessing Social Media for Thought Leadership, Networking, and Job Searching

LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Klout, Hootsuite, Blogs #Overwhelmed? The world of social media for business professionals is getting increasingly complex. Sasha Grinshpun, HBS MBA 2002 and founder/ executive coach at sasha360.com, will provide the best-in-class... View Details

29 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It

environment, and mend its sometimes-cantankerous relationship with its 1 million-plus drivers, who are independent contractors. Besides, Kanter says, the company needs to rethink whether it makes sense to fight one controversial legal... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

interested in the Wells Report, an NFL-commissioned probe into the alleged cheating, which was led by New York attorney Theodore Wells (HBS MBA’76). “We were looking for great examples in which to try out some analytics and analysis... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

01 Sep 2007
News

How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change

What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In “UBS and Climate Change — Warming Up to Global Action?” Associate Professor Felix... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

2015
Working Paper

Client Service, Compensation, and the Sell-Side Analyst Objective Function: An Empirical Analysis of Relational Incentives in the Investment-Research Industry

By: David A. Maber, Boris Groysberg and Paul M. Healy

This paper investigates how sell-side analysts build and sustain their client networks; the economic gains to successfully managing this challenge; and the metrics through which these incentives are delivered. In a typical semiannual period, the average analyst... View Details

Keywords: Networks; Measurement and Metrics; Operations; Customer Focus and Relationships; Jobs and Positions

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Vitalia Franchise

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Beatriz Munoz-Seca

Cathy Hoffmann has rapidly grown her novel facilities for day care therapy for elders with mild cognitive and physical problems. But she needs to decide whether to franchise or own the next expansion. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Ownership Stake; Franchise Ownership; Expansion; Health Industry; Spain

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01 Oct 2002
News

HBS Association of Ireland: Connecting at Home and Abroad

Boston and Dublin, so building and maintaining connections with the School is another top priority. Barry serves on the twelve-member board of the HBS Clubs Advisory Council... View Details

26 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

through a new survey instrument that allows us to codify CEOs’ diaries in a detailed and comparable fashion and to build a bottom-up measure of CEO labor supply. The comparison... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1999
News

African-American Alumni Conference Considers Success and the Bottom Line

package, angel investment opportunities, the creation of wealth in the digital age, the building of successful urban enterprises, and transferring wealth to future generations. A provocative discussion on... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

08 Jul 2020
Podcast

Beyond family leave: How help with caregiving benefits workers and employers

The pandemic underscores US workers’ need for help with caregiving obligations. HBS graduate Lindsay Jurist-Rosner founded B2B benefits company Wellthy in 2014 after realizing that her experience juggling work and the complex care needs of her mother was shared in one... View Details

12 Feb 2020
Podcast

The Purple Campaign and Vault: Taking on workplace sexual harassment post-#MeToo

Workplace sexual harassment can derail careers, depress morale, and decrease productivity. The #MeToo movement focused attention on the issue, but left companies to figure out how to address this common and underreported problem. Harvard Law grad Ally Coll and tech... View Details

13 Dec 2022
News

The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

never watch a baseball game the same way! My favorite cases were in Professor Ryan Buell's Managing Service Operations class, and informed my work improving government service delivery during the pandemic." Reggie: "My favorite class was... View Details

08 Aug 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance

MarsYu Who says finance is boring? These stories, written about HBS faculty research and case studies, cover such diverse topics as financial adviser robots, the rise of impact investing, and the tell-tale... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

01 Mar 2023
News

Clearing the Air

development of Project Bison, a planned direct air capture (DAC) facility in southwest Wyoming. Our strategy is focused on what we’re calling “modular open system architecture.” We are trying to build as... View Details

Keywords: April White and Dan Morrell; Illustrations by Richard Borge

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Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online

Strategy $6,500 Next session starts June 11th Apply Build the skill set and strategic acumen to compete in the digital world through a combination of forward-looking coursework, unique team activities with a... View Details

16 May 2018
Blog Post

Internship Success: Mutual Growth Brings Intern and Enterprise Together

asking questions about their products and process structure. It was a great way to really understand what I could expect if I got the job.” Tran will continue to develop more connections between Zillow and... View Details

Keywords: Technology

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

quickly across boundaries. It seems that with all the network's and technology we have now, it's easier to communicate and people are free to do it more, and they do. View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

15 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

for HBS students today, it would be to look for creative ways to add value and to focus on what you can control. This is how you uncover unique opportunities, build a meaningful business, View Details

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