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- 29 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path
implicit felt senses of our current life situation form. It is similar in some ways to certain meditation practices. I lead the reader into a state of free attention and then, for each of the elements and for a final integration, lead... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
Education Sector Opportunities at HBS
school districts through Systemic Reform in Urban Districts and Schools, a class at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Chelsea hopes to follow a similar pathway with an emphasis on changing systems from within through courses like... View Details
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Up Close: A Return to In-Person Executive Education Programs
achievement was how routine it felt once we got back into it," said Corsino. "Yes, people were wearing masks and the snacks were individually packaged, but the broad strokes were remarkably similar to what we normally do." Throughout the... View Details
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
The difference of 0.6 percent is hardly anything to get excited about, especially given the wide variation in forecasted growth levels overall (e.g., 3 percent to 40 percent). We found similar evidence when we partitioned our analysts on... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
countries. I find that price levels are identical about 72% of the time. Price changes are not synchronized but have similar frequencies and average sizes. These results have implications for national statistical offices, researchers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
brilliant book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There, about successful executives hitting points of friction as they grow, requiring changes in their behavior in order to continue to succeed. I often coach my entrepreneurs to assess their teams with a View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 17 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?
pressure similar to Israel's will not present the growth environment this country has fostered... The only hope of getting past this type of incredible evil is by inclusion... We must find a way—after we exact our revenge, I guess—to get... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Maria (Brewer) Palma...
huge contributor to the learning process. No matter what issue was on the table in that day’s case, someone had been through something very similar and could share a real life experience, which increased the overall learning &... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 07 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Can You Learn Finance through the Case Method?
to make sense of what’s happening. Similarly, in our finance classes, we learned to construct realistic discounted cash flow spreadsheets, among other things, which is similar to what many of my classmates were asked to do in their... View Details
- 07 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Pursuing a Dual Degree
same coach, who had a similar background to me and over time, came to really know me. Because of this, he was able to provide incredibly well tailored help as we worked through my next steps. View Details
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Figuring Out Her Mission | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
programmatic support: training, a cohort of classmates with similar experiences. Plus, the one-year commitment gives you a safety net if you discover the experience is not for you.” Measurable accomplishments and a leadership mindset As... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
couple cofounded End Allergies Together (EAT)—a research nonprofit that aims to accelerate treatments and cures for food allergies—with Tom and Kim Hall, another couple whose daughter lives with a similar diagnosis. Their first step was... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 28 Jan 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovation
implemented curriculum changes with similar leadership, global, and integrative goals, Moon observed, "If anyone can crack the code to get this right, it's HBS." Brett Gibson and Justine Lelchuk, HBS SA Co-Presidents, assisted in... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
customers," says Senior Lecturer Michael J. Roberts. By soliciting money through Kickstarter or similar sites, a company overcomes the catch-22 that occurs when it needs funding to make a product, but it must show the product in... View Details
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
investors, we find similar evidence of a "co-migration" which is related to the extent of institutional investment in the managers new firm and the amount of analyst co-migration, among other factors. Overall, the evidence... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
Using data from Boston, we show that reserve and precedence adjustments have similar quantitative effects. Our results illustrate that policies about precedence, heretofore underexplored, are inseparable from other aspects of admissions... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
released through such refactoring efforts. We address this gap by analyzing the relationship between system architecture and maintenance costs for two software systems of similar size but with very different structures: one has a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
state policing powers rather than intrastate trade. Aided by the Great Depression The Fair Trade Act brought businesses to California and led to other states enacting similar legislation. The Great Depression, with its widespread price... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
count, patent count, and publication count, as well as their citations and the collaborative nature between funded and unfunded firms. Because randomization of the sample was not feasible, we address endogeneity around selection bias using a sample of qualitatively... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
Detainees are randomly assigned to judges, and ideological differences across judges translate into large differences in the allocation of electronic monitoring to an otherwise similar population. Using these peculiarities of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne