HBS Alumni Association - Publications - Faculty & Research

Dec 2019
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A Recovery Squandered

Despite a decade of steady economic growth since the Great Recession, America has done remarkably little to address underlying structural weaknesses in the country’s economy and society. Surveys of HBS View Details

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Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship - Health Care

future leaders who want to make important advancements, take risks, and commercialize biomedical discoveries. ” Srikant M. Datar George F. Baker Professor of Administration Dean of the Faculty How to Apply Ideal candidates are HBS View Details

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

and we hyperfocus on the risks rather than the potential. I find it really inspiring that so many alumni have followed their hearts, taken unconventional paths, and still ended up where they wanted to be and are happy with the outcome.... View Details

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Research Areas - Doctoral

Program for Research in Markets & Organizations Research Areas 19ms HBS faculty conduct research on a wide variety of topics. In the application you must indicate your top three choices of research areas, in order of preference, from the... View Details

09 May 2024
Research & Ideas

Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing

interactions that matter most are not with the people you work with closely every day, such as people in your home department. Instead, the real influence comes from colleagues whose intellectual pursuits are vastly different from your own, according to the study. The... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

07 Jun 2023
Blog Post

My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

Peterson (A).” The case discusses the problems that a recent MBA graduate faces when he joins a new company and has a difficult time managing people. A lot of us are trained to be individual contributors from a young age. Prior to coming to View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management

among lenders, investors, suppliers, employees, and so on. Recently this perspective has again been confirmed by Amar Bhidé's systematic study of the "bootstrap" entrepreneur. Schumpeter himself associated entrepreneurship with... View Details

Keywords: by Howard H. Stevenson & Teresa M. Amabile

07 Sep 2007
What Do You Think?

Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?

management by building more value in their alumni networks than in their curricula and teaching. 2) Business school curricula, if not always their teaching, reflect the demands of the market. This is or is not appropriate, but not... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

21 Aug 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study

studies—at HBS and elsewhere—the process involved all of the above experiences, and more. Yet, all panelists agreed, the benefits of being studied far outweighed any fleeting moments of trepidation. The self-reflection that such research... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Insights & Advice Blog

her proactive outreach turned into the start of a mutually valuable partnership. [...] Meet the Tech Club Shira Amat 05 May 2025 | General High Technology Other Technology Student & Alumni Stories Student Clubs Technology Learn how the... View Details

08 Jul 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Direct Investment and Establishment Performance

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Maggie Chen

13 Jan 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Private Equity and Industry Performance

Keywords: by Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen & Per Strömberg

13 Jul 2016
HBS Case

How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

two-sided platform, you have to acquire both the customers and the services,” says Harvard Business School’s Thales Teixeira, Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration. “It’s the classic chicken-and-egg problem,” he... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation

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Health Care Initiative - Health Care

events across Harvard. With thousands of health care alumni around the world, HBS graduates are making a difference in health care. From Brooke Pratt to Dan Brown & Mike T. Surgibox to Gabby Choi - View Details

13 Dec 2019
Blog Post

All Is Well in Texas: How Julia Cheek Founded Her At-Home Lab Testing Startup, EverlyWell

fertility, STDs, and thyroid. In addition to being featured on ABC’s Shark Tank, she placed first runner up in 2016 at the Alumni New Venture Competition, winning the prize of $25,000 and significant exposure to investors. In fact, many... View Details

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MBA Experience - Health Care

than 300 members that comprises MBA students, PhD students, and HBS partners with backgrounds that span all sectors of health care. Student Activities Many opportunities arise, both on and off campus, to engage in health care activities,... View Details

20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

Target's general merchandise stores outweigh the associated challenges? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510016-PDF-ENG Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining Tarun Khanna, Aldo Musacchio, and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Japan - Global

Session in Tokyo On June 28, the HBS Japan Research Center hosted an in-person MBA information session in Tokyo, featuring Dana Fernandez, Director of MBA Admissions, in collaboration with the HBS Club of... View Details

02 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Investor Protection: The Czech Experience

not just in (what is now) the Czech Republic, but also in any country that lacks strong institutions and investor protections. As HBS professor Mihir A. Desai and the Monitor Group's Alberto Moel explain in the Review of Finance, in their... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Media & Broadcasting; Entertainment & Recreation

14 Nov 2023
What Do You Think?

Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?

is generosity. Repeatedly, neurologists and others have found that that portion of the brain associated with happiness—which then secretes oxytocin and dopamine associated with happiness, pleasure, and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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