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Charles Jennings
How has HBS prepared you for your current role and your long term career? HBS has improved my mental flexibility in handling new and challenging situations by exposing me to a wide variety of extremely talented individuals. I am better... View Details
- 24 Jul 2017
- News
Back to School for Big-City Mayors
(Bloomberg) (Bloomberg) “I literally went home every night for the first three months and said, ‘Oh, my God, what have I gotten myself into?’” That's how Boston mayor Marty Walsh summed up the beginning of his term in office. And it helps... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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Understanding how trust impacts delivering superior performance
contracts rely on subjective measures of performance that cannot be fully specified or verified; they are understandings enforced by what Henderson terms “the shadow of the future.” Henderson makes the case that General Motors’... View Details
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Maria Brewer
& long term career? HBS prepares you by changing the way you think and approach a problem. HBS did this by broadening my business horizons, reinforcing the importance of the customer, exposing me to many alternative business models,... View Details
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Debora Lehrer
HBS is educating leaders who make a difference in the world and I hope to do just that through pursuing a career about which I am truly passionate. How did HBS prepared you for your internship & your long term career? While HBS... View Details
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FERPA Information | HBS Online
Privacy Notice SMS Terms Terms of Use FERPA Community Values & Honor Code Trademark Notice Cookies FERPA The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended ("FERPA") is a federal law that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
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The Meaning of Ramadi
not to acquire power, glory, wealth, or fame. And if those of us who currently lead in the business world can do so by serving others, now is a terrific time to be doing what we are doing: We have the opportunity to redeem our profession, get our reputations back, and... View Details
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
Wait (Harvard Business Review) A Pandemic Won’t Kill The Open Office, But Slack Could (Vanity Fair) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge There is a saying that every decision is political—not just in terms of ideology of left or... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
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The Dragon’s Tale
down all the universities in the country for 10 years. In terms of education, it was a lost generation. Did you get a sense of people’s outlook toward the future? Under the new leadership of Deng Xiaoping, there was an energy that you... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
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Strategy in Emerging Economies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
economies must eventually transition away from being very reactive and opportunistic to becoming more strategic, focusing on building a unique position, and developing something distinctive in the market. This means shifting the focus from relying on a cost advantage... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
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Leading the Way
approach these things positively. “Boeing is a great, great company, and I wanted a big challenge. The company was staggering; I firmly believed it could be redirected. It’s a very important company to the country. It’s important in terms... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
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Interpreting the Gipper
wrote in Newsweek (June 14, 2004), will hinge more than anything else on one question: “How much credit does he deserve for the fact that the Cold War ended far earlier than almost anyone suspected — and on terms that Americans had... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
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Pushing the Next Generation Forward
the difference for me,” says Owusu-Kesse, who earned a degree in economics at Harvard College and spent three years at Morgan Stanley before starting his graduate work at Harvard. “HCZ’s core focus on education is near and dear to my heart.” Education is a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1
and welfare. We find three main results. First, we show that allowing patent pools may reduce welfare when standards are negotiated and patent pools need to be ex-post incentive compatible. Second, we show that ranking combinations of standard-setting and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008
the model, we find that (i) the supply of long- relative to short-term bonds is positively related to the term spread, (ii) supply predicts positively long-term bonds' excess returns even after controlling for the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
leaders and governments do instead? We believe the answer is to encourage business groups in the short term to pursue alternative internal reforms that improve their performance and their ability to substitute for market institutions.... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu
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Shabrina Jiva
management in the U.S., in a service industry, such as travel or hospitality. What matters to me longer term is finding that balance among exciting work, a fulfilling personal life, and community service that makes a difference." View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
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Hope for Reform Dims
led to Merrill’s acquisition by Bank of America,” he recalled. Three weeks after the deal closed on January 1, 2009, Thain was forced to resign as controversy swirled around the generous terms of the $50 billion deal and $3.6 billion in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Christopher S. Yeh
"consumers now understand that business needs their personal data and will pay for it. We see ClickRebates as the leader in this emerging field of consumer-to-business e-commerce; we've even trademarked a term for it: C2B." Yeh plans to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
the present. Q: One of the payoffs in your book for global strategists is an analysis of the top ten countries in terms of economic development and potential trajectories. Obviously each situation is different, but which countries would... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne