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04 Dec 2023
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

exciting opportunity, but it still felt like my side passion project, versus my “career search.” Long story short, I ended up receiving the offer. I wouldn’t know what park I would be placed at until after accepting the offer, but options... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

25 Jun 2020
News

Covering All Corners

one of its ventilator models, we revised our options and consulted experts across the globe to find a cheap, feasible, and scalable solution to this problem. At this point, I was approached by a professor at the University of Illinois... View Details

08 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 8

size of its stores), the decline of mall-based shopping, poor floor-level sales capabilities, lack of appeal to younger consumers, intensifying competition, and an overall dearth of future growth opportunities. This case allows students to assess Lundgren's leadership... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Aug 2018
News

The Value of Valleys

company and raised $2.25 million for it, and then we shut it down. We certainly made a lot of mistakes in building out the company, but my number one piece of advice for the HBS community is that HBS offers incredible optionality and... View Details

21 Nov 2024
Blog Post

How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters

questions. Although many of these fields are optional when posting a job, filling them out can minimize questions from students. Be honest about salary levels/grades, and timelines for interviews and decision making It may feel like... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog

have the opportunity to participate in several optional workshops with guests and outside experts. In past years, topics have included product management, performance marketing, venture capital, and diversity in tech. Scaling Technology... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Flying High

idea that there is an enormous opportunity to make air travel better.” The startup saw space in the market between premium commercial airline options that were increasingly inconvenient and the ever-more expensive choice of private air... View Details

Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 1999
News

Short Takes

can be an inflationary influence if a committee feels pressured to raise its own top executive's pay in order to keep up with the competition. In addition, the sample companies favored the inclusion of stock options in CEO pay packages as... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

16 Jan 2014
News

Learning from Helping Others

she left the company to return to acting. "Being a voice actor turned out to be a great option for me," she says. "I was able to use a lot of what I learned in business school—creating a business plan, cultivating contacts, developing and... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Health, Social Assistance

08 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

of options in the future and their subsequent revealed preferences over those options. Using a novel panel data set, we analyze the film rental and return patterns of a sample of online DVD rental customers over a period of four months.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

also teaches courses on innovation and building new ventures to seasoned executives in the School's Executive Education Program. This excerpt from a recent presentation encourages executives to leverage disruptive change as a platform for innovation. Innovation is not... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

13 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

Laoye must decide which of these options offers the greatest growth opportunities. In addition, as her company grows, she must decide how best to structure the payer and provider aspects of her business in a way that maximizes synergies... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

agreement, learn to quickly regain one's footing when challenged, and develop an appreciation for why her request might be resisted. These negotiations entail skill not only at assessing which options might lead to mutually acceptable... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

between book and tax income, and yet this disparity has been growing. Other factors such as the peculiar accounting treatment of stock option compensation and differential treatment of overseas income, subsidiary income, and pension... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

28 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1

sure that the conversation is informational, not an interview. Key Takeaways Not every event is right for every company. Therefore, we offer multiple options to help organizations optimize their time with students and set themselves up... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Teaching Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

examining several options for expansion and growth. International Hopital Universitaire de Mirebalais, Partners in Health in Haiti The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery Teaching Cases, Vol. 1 Robert S. Kaplan, Bipin Mistry and Karla Z.... View Details

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Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

Required for Master of Science: All materials required for the MBA application, plus one supplemental essay, and one optional essay. All materials submitted for the MBA application will be shared with SEAS for use in review of the Master... View Details

07 May 2020
News

Ensuring Student Equity

viable option for many students. “One outcome of the pandemic is a heightened awareness of school funding inequity,” Grumhaus says. While the school district is able to provide Chromebooks to students in grades 6-12 to help keep their... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

24 Apr 2020
News

Spreading the Love

masks also weren’t an option as Vietnam, where Lovepop sources materials, imposed export restrictions on the masks. They eventually settled on full face shields, which could be made using the industrial laser die-cutters at Lovepop’s... View Details

08 May 2014
News

The Sky's the Limit

possibility. "The industry needs more women in it. Women are very detail-oriented and, when it comes to flying, tend to have a delicate touch, but aren't over-controlling," she says. Noting that "there is a ton of scholarship money out there," Eaton encourages young... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; women's issues; avaition; Air Transportation; Transportation

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