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- Portrait Project
Christine Cuoco
brother's dream to open a thriving restaurant even if business-school training warns of slim odds of success. Take shoe-making classes and design, market, and sell a line of fun and trendy, but shockingly comfortable, footwear. Find my... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought
increased the odds of a crisis to 40 percent." “Previous authors had shown that there was some ability to predict financial crises,” says Hanson, a professor of business administration in the HBS Finance Unit. “But we were surprised by... View Details
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Luke Henesy
"Mister, if we get that 80 percent," Carmeron said, "you better get that tattoo on your ribs, 'cause that's where it hurts the most." I agreed without hesitation. The odds of my students outperforming the honors kids,... View Details
- 30 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Why I Didn’t Think I’d Get in to HBS
HBS admissions with similar insecurities. When looking at class profiles, the HBS community is so impressive that we think will never get in; we think we are not worthy; we think the odds are forever NOT in our favor. And that’s not true.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Randolph Rodrigues
I tread along in the footsteps of those who have accomplished so much with so little... My father was a shepherd for the first decade of his life until a teacher offered to enroll him in school. My mother grew up with her grandmother who just managed to get by on View Details
- 28 Aug 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters
individuals who overcome significant odds to achieve success. Over the last seventy-five years, education has become more critical in creating a path to power; religion and family ties less so. Access to power appears to be widening. In... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
Texas Instruments were also launched during this time. In fact, the odds on the success of an appropriately directed new venture during a downturn may be higher than in a competitive boom. Entrepreneurs — inside and outside of... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
study group, PhDs/postdocs and individuals previously employed at small firms). Specifically, our results indicate that a one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate is associated with a 36 percent rise in the odds that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
we’re burning down the house and we have to stop? When is it going to happen?” And he looks at me and says, “You know, change is really slow until it’s fast.” One of the things I do with businesspeople is a very simple scenario analysis: “What are the View Details
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
different sections for the duration of a flight. The chances passengers will become unruly were 3.84 times higher when they experienced “physical inequality” by the mere presence of a first-class cabin compared with planes that didn’t have first class. Meanwhile, the... View Details
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
America’s Hottest New Dating Sites: Business School Campuses
Apache helicopters in Afghanistan. “I’ve never met anyone like this before,” she recalled thinking. The odds for meeting someone while at HBS, the article says, favors women. “A campus study of its business-school alums found that a third... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
An Advocate for Women's Equality
detailed in the recent book A Matter of Simple Justice: The Untold Story of Barbara Hackman Franklin and a Few Good Women (Penn State University Libraries), written by Lee Stout. Nixon's advocacy of women's issues, often at odds with his... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Books
Smarter Risks in Business by Eileen C. Shapiro and Howard H. Stevenson (Portfolio/Penguin Putnam) Professor Stevenson and Shapiro (MBA ’81) show how to increase the odds on the business and life bets you choose to take, using a quick... View Details
- 20 Nov 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
security, and access to health care. Crespin calls these concerns “problems in the commons,” that is, issues where stakeholders with different agendas and clashing cultures each own part of the problem and must each play a role in the solution. That makes collaboration... View Details
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Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders - Course Catalog
each protagonist we study navigated forks in the road and ultimately found purpose in their life. Developing a Personal Strategy: During the second part of the course, we analyze different strategies for success. You will decide which strategy works best for you and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Curb Your Overconfidence
bargaining weaknesses, and you’ll increase the odds of proposing an offer that is acceptable to the other side. Curb Your Overconfidence Overconfidence can make the best negotiators overestimate their chances of success — and... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
seemed odd to study the socialization processes of faculty while at the same time being a faculty member caught up in the socialization process. How did you separate or integrate the two experiences? A: Historically, many seminal research... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Action Plan: Horse Sense
in the sense that spending a lot of money doesn’t guarantee success,” Finley says. “That really frustrates a lot of people.” How to Pick a Winner Numbers matter. “Getting a feel for the odds is important. The favorite wins a third of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Data-Driven Diligence
built to accumulate smaller successes. “It’s really designed to tilt the odds in our favor a little bit, kind of like counting cards in blackjack,” Coats says. “If you play enough hands, you should win.” View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs