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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

Winners & Success Stories The New Venture Competition has been the launching pad for many ventures, and not just from the winning teams. With more than half of Harvard Business School alumni classifying themselves as entrepreneurs at some... View Details

26 Aug 2020
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What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “The solution doesn't necessarily come from the federal government or from Wal-Mart. The solution comes from lots of us deciding that we are going to do what it takes to solve... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

Department of Urban Studies and Planning and was director of research at MIT's Center for Real Estate Development. "Housing in any form is relatively more expensive for... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 1998
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A Community Investment

Whether through career choice, board membership, volunteerism, or philanthropic support, HBS graduates traditionally have shown a strong interest in giving something back to their communities. Taking this commitment a step further, the Class View Details

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Arthur Rock

power struggle with new CEO John Sculley, the board sided with Sculley and Jobs departed in a fury. Rock was on pple’s board and thus in the middle of the calamity. The board did not believe Jobs had the... View Details

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Marla Malcolm Beck

When most high school seniors were thinking about college applications and prom dates, Marla Malcolm Beck was thinking about business. Smart and athletic, Beck played volleyball and softball and she was accepted to the University of... View Details

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

Business History at HBS traces its roots back to 1927 when it was part of a course in business policy. But the golden age for this area of study at the School began with the arrival View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

public documents. More generally, a wholesale revisiting of the rationale for departing from conformity in the reporting of book and tax income seems long overdue. Given that... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

24 Mar 2022
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Well Said

of the day it's about confidence. And that can affect all aspects of your life. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School and edited... View Details

30 Mar 2017
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Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes In 2002, Wally Eamer (MBA 1979) took a job that no one really wanted: Trying to broker peace between logging companies, environmentalists, First Nations and the government View Details

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Market for Babies

homes. For example, more generous tax credits could substantially reduce the cost of adopting available children, and would make adoption more feasible for lower-income families. Our State Department could... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

important buying episodes. JCR has had a significant effect on the teaching and research directions of marketing departments and on the marketing strategies of major consumer... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

04 May 2018
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How to Win the Kentucky Derby

against you to get to the Winner's Circle. But that's all part of the magic and the mystique of this incredible business that we all love. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations View Details

Keywords: horse racing

27 Jul 2017
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Seeing a Way Forward

improvements and concrete action plans that were designed to improve patient conversion and timelines, from diagnosis to treatment,” Leger explains. “The project led to fewer required patient visits, better management of patient... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

07 Sep 2021
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Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act

that when you're plural, as we call it, with a number of things—no one has a sole call on your time. When I was a chief exec, the business had the call on my time 24 hours a day. No one has that all on me anymore. And that’s wonderful.... View Details

22 Feb 2018
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My First Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Everyone remembers their first real job—in part, because it’s everyone’s first experience with a new and foreign world of work. But it’s also because those first jobs can... View Details

16 Dec 2016
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An Environmental Epiphany

of the political spectrum here in the United States, but it's only a matter of time before the facts and reality will catch up with that part of society. And then, everybody... View Details

31 May 2018
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Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: About a decade ago, Lindsay Ronga realized that she had developed an eating disorder. She was in the midst of applying to business schools and had started... View Details

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

Whitney Museum of American Art Lilian Dodd Environmental Defense Fund William Dong Hebrew SeniorLife Eric Horne Megafire Action Joel Hurd City of Detroit Kazumi Kanagawa The... View Details

14 Nov 2019
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Keeping Red Lobster Fresh

to date. He returned to Red Lobster as CEO in 2014, and in this episode of Skydeck, I talk to him about the challenges and opportunities he saw, how to lead during times of change, and why social... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

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