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Mengjie "Magie" Cheng
Magie Cheng (she/her) worked for a social network company in their machine learning group and spent much of her time analyzing user behavior for a wide range of social networking applications. She became... View Details
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Nikki Skovran
which she helped develop an anti-gang task force, took Nikki in yet another new direction. “I noticed a lot of inefficiencies in the way the government approached things,” Nikki says. “I became interested in finding more effective ways... View Details
- 13 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Students Reflect on COP28
startup. There’s value to the sheer scale and network effects of the event, amongst the 100k attendees I was surprised to find many of my friends... View Details
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Field Course: Venture Capital Journey - Course Catalog
raising VC or – under the supervision of a VC mentor or faculty member – independent, self-guided thesis development focused on a particular sector. Networking / Site Visits – students will meet in the field with VC partners and... View Details
- 02 Jun 2003
- What Do You Think?
What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?
will have little room and limited effectiveness in the classroom. Have the students read Dilbert instead." According to Vuks Gwele, "Ethics and values are and always... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2000
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Business Suits You: Experimenting with Professional Identity
junior professionals in consulting and investment banking firms. She found that these individuals had various methods of discovering how to create an effective image for themselves as senior managers. The... View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007
effects and consumers' discount factor of future applications. In addition, contrary to the popular belief that indirect network effects protect... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2003
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Up Against The Firewall
an advisor to President Clinton’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection. “Everybody is more aware of security and taking things more seriously in terms of accountability,” she says. “Since it’s almost impossible View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact
profit-making; unlike financial performance, there is no common currency of measurement and aggregation," Ebrahim explains. "The value created by social-sector organizations accrues to society rather than to... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
world. What does the book add to the literature that you felt was lacking? Mihir Desai: Recent waves of globalization have had several distinct effects on firms that have not been addressed by many... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
likely get more serious. Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker that has effectively been barred from selling into US markets, is now a leading innovator, and through sheer scale and scope of its engineering, is making... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- 01 Dec 2009
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Robert Goodwin
without asking them to leave their families and companies for extended periods. We actually prefer for them to stay working at their jobs so they can leverage their networks... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
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Case Study: On the Table
vans because back in the 1960s and ’70s—and still now—there was no way to reach the consumer who shopped at mom-and-pop stores. Today their distribution networks are formidable barriers View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
serve as an accelerant to more efficient and effective experiments. We explore six modules: 1. Ideation and Customer Value Proposition Experiments. What are the best methods to... View Details
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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
capital firms. 54 In addition, ARD was formed as a closed-end investment fund regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which placed limits on how those working for ARD could be compensated. Employees, for example, were... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives
effect in 1992, new companies inundated the marketplace. By the middle of the decade, the effects of overcapacity and a flood of imported consumer goods led to many companies... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 02 Aug 2021
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Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?
believes that “all-remote scales even better than the traditional model the benefits of all-remote: writing down your processes, stimulating cross-company informal communication, they get more pronounced at scale.” Carmichael’s comment raises questions about the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Oct 2010
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Hell? Maybe Not.
companies expect only one or two hires to come out of the process. “Our team works hard to provide a seamless experience, and we manage all the logistics and details at no cost View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Three Profs Win McKinsey Award
Articles about the disastrous effects of outsourcing on the American economy and the origins of creative business strategies have earned three HBS professors top honors in the annual competition for best contributions View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
into the nonprofit sector, and estimates of how much will be transferred over the next twenty years range from $10 to $40 trillion -- a colossal sum that stems from our booming economy. The challenge then will become how View Details