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propel us toward them. The first aspiration is to have Harvard Business School be a driving force in defining and enhancing the role of business in global society. Whether that means addressing issues of inequality, thinking about the... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Fall at HBS means many things to many people - for the incoming MBA Class of 1999 it means a certain level of discomfort as they take on a seemingly unmanageable case load and find themselves at the... View Details

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Nick Shurgot

mean that I will work 100 hours per week, it means that I will try not to be complacent or intellectually lazy or feel that I have "done my fair share." It means that... View Details

03 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?

As a polarizing US presidential election nears, moderating controversial content on social media poses a pressing problem for tech giants. But no matter how many employees they hire, lines of code they write, or new content policies they implement, major platforms face... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Information Technology; Technology

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Thomas Grenier

in the future. Perhaps most importantly, two years of reflection, coursework, and meeting people helped me to define what success would mean for me, and reminded me of the need for work-life balance and clear prioritization. What are you... View Details

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Chirag Shah

a significant milestone in a personal journey. I discovered that the practice of good medicine teaches the values needed for a quality life. It involves helping people through tough choices. It means having the courage to listen without... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices

system responded immediately. The United States has become the swing supply in the global system, a role that used to belong to Saudi Arabia, and technological advances mean that producers can respond more quickly than ever before. That... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Wright (MBA 1997), founder, Hull Street Energy

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Anand Radhakrishnan

Business school is a means to an end. But what end? In our title-obsessed culture, it's easy to lose sight of – particularly if you're fortunate enough to attend an institution as mythical as Harvard Business School. Surrounded by the... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Connecting people and policymakers in a conversation online

After taking an active role in Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, in which she discovered how much she enjoyed canvassing voters and talking to people, Elsa Sze (MBA/MPP 2014) wanted to extend the intensity of political engagement beyond election day and use the... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

A lifetime investment in the entrepreneurial spirit

to entrepreneurs ‘We've been where you're going,’ and really mean it.” Bowes was also the founding shareholder of Amgen and its first chairman and treasurer. Prior to founding USVP, he had success as a venture capitalist with companies... View Details

8:30 AM – 4:30 PM EST, 13 Nov 2015

HBS MBA Career Reboot Camp in New York City

Career Reboot Camp is coming to New York! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details

January 2022 (Revised December 2022)
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TotalEnergies’ Investment in Hyzon Motors

By: Vikram S. Gandhi and David Lane

In November 2021, Girish Nadkarni, the head of TotalEnergies’ corporate venture capital arm (TEV) was considering whether, and on what terms, to exit an investment in Hyzon Motors, a start-up supplier of hydrogen-powered trucks. TEV had invested $4 million in Hyzon,... View Details

Keywords: Business Units; Communication Intention and Meaning; Renewable Energy; Venture Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Design; Standards; Commercialization; Investment Portfolio; Market Transactions; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Transportation Industry; Europe; New York (city, NY)

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01 Dec 2022
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Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us

custom voice system, which means there’s a whole range of small- and mid-sized businesses that are underserved,” Sambvani says. With Slang.ai, he’s offering mid-market companies access to these more sophisticated tools that can... View Details

Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

07 Nov 2014
News

Investing for the Long Term in Education

exist in perpetuity, means being able to produce that 5 percent plus inflation, which is a bit challenging in a low-interest-rate environment. “I think that we try to approach investments much in the same way that the corporation tries to... View Details

October 2024
Teaching Note

BWX Technologies

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Yuan Zou

Keywords: Transformation; Communication Intention and Meaning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Diversification; United States; Canada

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2016
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Managers' Cultural Background and Disclosure Attributes

By: Francois Brochet, Gregory S. Miller, Patricia Naranjo and Gwen Yu

We examine how a manager’s ethnic cultural background affects managers’ communication with investors. Using a sample of earnings conference calls transcripts with 26,430 executives from 42 countries, we find that managers from ethnic groups that have a more... View Details

Keywords: Disclosure Tone; Individualism; Conference Calls; Ethnic Group; Management Style; Communication Intention and Meaning; Ethnicity; Corporate Disclosure; Financial Reporting

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September 1991
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Persuasion

Examines the principles that apply in any persuasive business situation. Describes how to analyze the goals and audience; how to devise a persuasive message; and how to execute a persuasive strategy in writing, presentations, and larger corporate communication tasks. View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Communication Intention and Meaning; Interpersonal Communication; Communication Strategy

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