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John H. McArthur | About

football, and worked part time in a local saw mill. After graduating from high school, McArthur enrolled at the University of British Columbia, earning a bachelor’s degree in forestry in 1957. McArthur was a star athlete in college. He... View Details

29 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas

from each Kickstarter project, including the comments from the customers and updates posted by the entrepreneur. The researchers then manually collected data for actual delivery times and numbers of product features. They also... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets

Foundations in Emerging Markets: Family, Values and Spirituality By: Valeria Giacomin and Geoffrey Jones 24 JAN 2022 Book Faculty Research Leadership to Last: How Great Leaders Leave Legacies Behind By: Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna 21... View Details

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Finance & Investing - Business & Environment

the Era of Climate Change On March 4, 2020 the Business & Environment Initiative and Alumni Relations hosted Risks, Opportunities, and Investment in the Era of Climate Change, a groundbreaking and timely Harvard Business School alumni... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details

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Ahmed Farag

awake. My mind flashes back to the time when I picked up the blueprints for the water well that we were building for an impoverished village. Born an hour’s drive away, only luck and faith put me on the more fortuitous side of life’s... View Details

29 Feb 2024
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) aims to create a close-knit community for its members from the time they choose to join HBS, through their transition to the second year, and beyond graduation. In this feature, we highlight... View Details

18 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

to ask questions and make comments. In reality, however, the speakers often do the opposite—dominating the time and not allowing for much discussion at all. "As professors we do this too," admits Gino. "It's very difficult... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Electricity - Business & Environment

McKinsey, over the coming 30 years, wind and solar will grow four to five times more quickly than all other power sources. [22] Electricity Generation Mix, 2020 and 2050 Growing worldwide demand for electricity, combined with the need to... View Details

23 May 2024
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HBS After October 7

On Friday, May 17, 2024, Dean Srikant Datar, HBS Alumni Board President Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997), and members of the School’s leadership held an online forum for alumni to learn more about the School’s activities and actions since October 7, 2023. Stavropoulos... View Details

14 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

training in leadership and management skills, such as supply chain management, interpersonal communication, and strategic planning. Yet these skills are important for the well-being of doctors and their colleagues and can mean the difference between the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

despite the limited powers of central authorities. We also offer a framework for reasoning about future prices of IP addresses and then explore the role of rentals in sharing information about the value of IP address and assuring... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1997
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Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend

undertaken in 1966 as cofounder of Cleveland's Hough Area Community Development Corporation (HADC). "In the summer of 1970," de Rothschild related, "I spent time with Frank in Cleveland, and it was then that I realized what a great leader... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17

and to Tactics Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart Abstract The notion of business model has been used by strategy scholars to refer to "the logic of the firm, the way it operates, and how it creates value for its... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 16

may target the most successful complementors so as to appropriate value from their innovations, or they may target poor performing complementors to improve the platforms' overall quality. Using data from Amazon.com, we analyze the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Jennifer Wu

whom I have taken for granted all along. A sense of shame washed over me, as I recalled the many times I yelled at Mom and Dad in arguments and prioritized my needs over theirs. That was the moment I decided to return home after HBS. I... View Details

10 Jun 2019
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What I Did Differently Before Reapplying to HBS

was mostly on the bench. I took advantage of this time to take coding classes and read textbooks about data analytics, and before long had a strong technical skillset which was invaluable to the team. During that time, I also built strong... View Details

30 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?

contributor to organization arrogance. What do you think? ORIGINAL POST: Some would say that the most important task of leadership is that of leading change. Others maintain that it’s the job of fine-tuning and preserving an organization’s culture—its View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

pricing strategies Benchmark costs compared to competitors through relative cost analysis Apply conjoint analysis to understand what features customers value most Understand the power of network effects to drive demand Identify sources of... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Step Change

understood wasn’t sustainable. Should they build their life in the United States or Egypt? Meditation is one of Enan’s morning habits; another is free writing in her journal. At the time, she wrote a lot about her doubts and questions... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

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