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- February 7, 2023
- Editorial
Business Schools are Ignoring Students’ Changing Aspirations: They Must Focus on Management as a Calling
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Many management students today are concerned about the mounting threats of climate change, income inequality, health care, and more. They increasingly see business as a place to make a difference in the world. Andrew Hoffman writes that business schools are slow to... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Business Schools are Ignoring Students’ Changing Aspirations: They Must Focus on Management as a Calling." LSE Business Review (February 7, 2023).
- 23 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
A Summer of Peaks and Swells: Interning at Patagonia
questioned whether or not I would end up picking the ‘right’ thing. But deciding what is right for me can be a selfish way of thinking about where and how you’ll make a difference in the world. For me, the... View Details
- October 2018
- Case
BreezoMeter: Making Air Pollution Data Actionable
By: Frank V. Cespedes, Allison M. Ciechanover and Margot Eiran
The case focuses on an Israeli startup that provides actionable air pollution data and forecasts. The company has over 50 enterprise customers and its tool reached a million people daily in 67 countries. The co-founders wrestle with which markets and customers to focus... View Details
Keywords: Startups; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Pollutants; Analytics and Data Science; Sales; Marketing; Decision Choices and Conditions; Technology Industry; Israel; United States
Cespedes, Frank V., Allison M. Ciechanover, and Margot Eiran. "BreezoMeter: Making Air Pollution Data Actionable." Harvard Business School Case 819-058, October 2018.
- 25 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Ana Barrera (MBA 2024)
difference in the world, Harvard provides the platform to develop the critical skills and connections to challenge the status quo. For me, that means championing investment in... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Expectations, Network Effects and Platform Pricing
- Blog
Inside the Learning: Program Formats Unpacked
learning. The virtual portion may consist of live, synchronous learning, self-paced part-time learning, or both. A blended program is typically a multi-module program, with each module's format chosen to support learning goals. In-Person. A learning mode View Details
- February 2023
- Case
Adyen: Reshaping the Payment Ecosystem
By: Marco Di Maggio, Antonio Moreno and Elena Corsi
A payment services company rethinks its strategy to reach out to a different customer base. View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Entrepreneurship; Service Operations; Market Entry and Exit; Financial Services Industry; Europe
Di Maggio, Marco, Antonio Moreno, and Elena Corsi. "Adyen: Reshaping the Payment Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 223-059, February 2023.
- Blog
What's the Right Fit for You–An In-Person or Virtual Program?
people who might not be able to be away from work or home for two months. While executives in Asia might be concerned about how they will manage the time difference with Boston, it can actually be an... View Details
- February 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Tad O'Malley: The Investment Conundrum
By: Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Tad O'Malley has just started as an associate with Empire Investment Group. He must evaluate three investment opportunities facing the big leveraged buyout firm. All are global, but each pertains to different offices and each deal has different strengths and... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Decision Choices and Conditions; Private Equity; Investment; Strength and Weakness; Negotiation Deal; Personal Development and Career
Hardymon, Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Tad O'Malley: The Investment Conundrum." Harvard Business School Case 808-125, February 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- Article
Gender, Social Class, and Women's Employment
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Eunsil Oh
People in low-power positions, whether due to gender or class, tend to exhibit other-oriented rather than self-oriented behavior. Women’s experiences at work and at home are shaped by social class, heightening identification with gender for relatively upper class women... View Details
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Eunsil Oh. "Gender, Social Class, and Women's Employment." Special Issue on Inequality and Social Class. Current Opinion in Psychology 18 (December 2017): 84–88.
- 13 Jan 2020
- News
The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
creating for the corporation—which was actually very abstract and difficult to do. I left the for-profit sector in 1992 and spent some time involved with different nonprofits, getting a contextual view of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 15 May 2017
- Blog Post
Exploring Career Options at HBS
functions. Here are few things I think prospective students should know about exploring careers at HBS. View Video 1. HBS will help you you think differently about your career HBS helped me think more broadly about my career aspirations... View Details
- March 13, 2013
- Blog Post
Let's Be Realistic About Measuring Impact
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
"Measure impact" has become a mantra for creating social change. Claims about making a difference are no longer sufficient; evidence of how much difference you're making is now required. We should applaud this trend, because results are sometimes ambiguous and claims... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Entrepreneurship; Performance Evaluation
Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Let's Be Realistic About Measuring Impact." Harvard Business Review Blogs (March 13, 2013). http://blogs.hbr.org/hbsfaculty/2013/03/lets-be-realistic-about-measur.html.
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
Messaging Secrets From eHarmony And OKCupid Databanks
- 03 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
How Firm Strategies Influence the Architecture of Transaction Networks
- Jan 30 2020
- Testimonial
The Journey to HBS Executive Education
- 25 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Advice on Switching Careers While at HBS
It is a feeling that is familiar to many of us, the “career switchers”: beginning an MBA program with a keen interest in a different industry, yet not really sure where to start. I had worked View Details
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
According to Mok Tuck Sung (who is an MD), "Making certification necessary for managers is to narrow our thinking and take a step backward...resulting in a decline in entrepreneurial spirit."... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett