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06 Sep 2017
News

Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio on the ‘Principles’ of Tough Love

In 2011, Ray Dalio (MBA 1973), chairman of Bridgewater Associates, published his “principles” for business online. The document distilled Dalio’s belief in the power of “radical transparency” into 210... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

2009
Working Paper

Management and the Financial Crisis (We have met the enemy and he is us...)

By: William A. Sahlman

The financial crisis of 2008-9 has revealed that our broad model of corporate governance is broken, independent of the shortcomings in the regulatory system. Managers and boards of directors in scores of systemically important firms failed to protect employees,... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Ethics; Corporate Governance; Financial Crisis

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04 Jun 2020
Blog Post

What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives

programming and communications. The goal is to shift systems and cultures informed by centuries of racial injustice, an effort which will require sustained collective action beyond this moment. Finally,... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices

entrepreneurship, for example, nine courses will be offered this year, including four that are new or substantially revised: Starting New Ventures, Running and Growing a Small Business, Entrepreneurial Marketing, and Management View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

The Cole Room: A Wealth of Resources for Job-Seekers

wide range of resources on hand. In addition, Cole Room librarians will perform customized job research for alumni for a fee. These searches can range from screening for lists View Details

10 Mar 2015

HBS 2+2 Information Session at the University of Cincinnati

Join us to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA at HBS. The event will include a presentation and an opportunity to ask questions to an Admissions Officer. Registration is not required but encouraged. The session View Details

13 Oct 2016

HBS 2+2 Information Session at the University of Oklahoma

Join us to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA at HBS. The event will include a presentation and an opportunity to ask questions to an Admissions Officer. Registration is not required but encouraged. The session View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT

Internet: New Game, New Rules, to be held May 4Ð8, 1997, will help executives gain a better understanding of how the information superhighway is affecting and enhancing business. Delivering Information... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb

10 Apr 2017

Real Students of HBS: Coming to HBS from Education

This webinar will focus on coming to HBS from an education background and will include a Q&A with a student panel. View Details

02 Nov 2016

HBS 2+2 Information Session at the University of Washington

Join us to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA at HBS. The event will include a presentation and an opportunity to ask questions to an Admissions Officer. Registration is not required but encouraged. Registration View Details

30 Oct 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 6 The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 1: Mapping Functional Relationships

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin

08 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

understand where or how their money was being invested. “A lot of this is driven by consumers who lack financial sophistication,” Egan says. “Without good knowledge by consumers, that’s not something that competition View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

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Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors - Course Catalog

students. Many of you will be entrepreneurs building and working with a board of directors as you create and grow your company. Others will join... View Details

14 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

officials took steps to speed vaccine development last year, the United States and other countries could have paid to build manufacturing infrastructure and shore up the supply chain needed to produce vaccines at higher capacity. That extra investment could have saved... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

22 Feb 2023

Life at HBS Chat with MBA Women of Color

This event is a unique opportunity to hear straight from current HBS students in the Women’s Student Association regarding their MBA experience. These current students will share their backgrounds, talk about how they have cultivated... View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work

that small groups of alumni will continue to work with each of the three companies. Fitzgerald, who hopes that the weekend might offer a useful model for others interested in... View Details

08 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp

caveats—an algorithm generated on the features found in New York City may not be readily transferable to small Indonesian villages, which display radically different types of features. It will take hard work... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

will give the world something new.” Edwin Land, "Annual Christmas Message to Employees of the Polaroid Corporation," December 23, 1942 4 Edwin Land defined greatness as bringing "to the world a wonderful and... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience

environment." A joint-degree candidate working on her MBA at HBS and her master's in public administration at the Kennedy School of Government, Ballou spent eight weeks in the West African nation, helping local communities rebuild their... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining

18 Nov 2013
Op-Ed

Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?

meet the challenges presented by new, disruptive insurgents. In this case, figuring out that model while others are building new ones to attack it under the glare of incredibly high investor expectations should make for a lot View Details

Keywords: by Chet Huber; Technology

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