Business Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2023
News

Turning Point: Listen to the Music

Marnie Tattersall: (MBA 1972) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Marnie Tattersall: (MBA 1972) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and came to the United States in 1958 with my parents and my brother because my parents thought it was... View Details

Keywords: music; film; purpose; career

01 Oct 2014
Blog Post

A Summer Internship: Sparking Curiosity

and sales operations. I plan to audit Business Marketing & Sales, one of the classes that focus on exactly that. In the Winter term, I will be taking Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology

21 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

debates have only a negligible effect on voters’ candidate choice, according to new research from Harvard Business School. In fact, 72 percent of voters make up their minds more than two months before the election, often before candidates... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

03 Jun 2014
Blog Post

Springing Forward on Social Enterprise Career Paths

Hello from HBS Social Enterprise Initiative! We apply innovative business practices and managerial disciplines to drive sustained, high-impact social change at HBS and beyond. Spring is one of the most exciting (and busy) times at HBS!... View Details

02 Aug 2022
Blog Post

From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech

and would require a lot of business development and strategic planning. I convinced the executive leadership to let me spend a year in the business team. I made significant contributions while serving as a... View Details

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

book, Translating Empire: Emulation and the Origins of Political Economy, Harvard Business School historian Sophus A. Reinert unearths John Cary's An Essay on the State of England. Writing in 1695, Cary laid out a powerful case for how... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

Using information collected during a customer’s first purchase, a new marketing tool that leverages machine learning technology can provide firms with valuable predictions about the customer’s future behavior, says Eva Ascarza, a marketing researcher and associate... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Service

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Meagan Hill

Meagan Hill enrolled in Harvard College with the intention of going on to medical school. But through her work at Harvard Student Agencies — a conglomerate of nine businesses that offer students hands-on View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

14 Dec 2016
Blog Post

Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise

Business school was my escape. I saw it as a way out of a career in finance that I could no longer envision myself in. It was an opportunity to open the door to social enterprise, what I saw as the nexus of my interests in the private... View Details

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Teele Hall | About

Teele Hall Teele Hall is named for Stanley Ferdinand Teele (MBA 1930, DCS 1933), the Dean of Harvard Business School from 1955 to 1962. Located at 230 Western Avenue, Teele Hall is home to the School’s External Relations, Financial, and... View Details

09 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

result does not extend to claim games with more than three agents. However, if nonbossiness is added, then equal division is restored. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-069.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Big Easy, Not So Easy Harvard View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

interest to find common ground on a plan that restructures the company’s debts and allows the business to continue. Even though creditors will typically be asked to make some financial sacrifices, such as... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

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Demonstration Policy | About

Demonstration Policy This policy outlines guidance and requirements for and restrictions on demonstrations and other forms of dissent on the Harvard Business School campus. It complements the University-Wide Statement on Rights and... View Details

30 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers

organizational management practices all over the world. The project was borne of a widely perceived gap in economic research. In business academia, there is an optimistic tendency to assume that managers generally make decisions in the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

29 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas

out of cash before solving the problem, Harvard Business School researchers write in Entrepreneurial Learning and Strategic Foresight, recently published in the Strategic Management Journal. For startups trying to hang on until their next... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

29 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

members at Cape Cod Retreat The HBS Africa Business Club has a special place in my heart. I currently serve as the CFO of the club and it has been great to plan events for the school year with other devoted... View Details

21 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'?

jumped after the first two stimulus payments hit in April 2020 and January 2021, driven by retail investor buying, says research by Harvard Business School Professor Robin Greenwood. "We've been through this extraordinary period in the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

11 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

situations that challenge his loyalties, conscience, and sense of duty. The book, which will be made into a movie, took Kim 20 years to write. Kim sees no conflict between the business and literary parts of his life. “I like doing deals... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

11 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

July–August 2017 Harvard Business Review Finding the Platform in Your Product: Four Strategies That Can Reveal Hidden Value By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Elizabeth J. Altman Abstract—Five of the 10 most valuable companies in the world... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

responsibility management. To build these skills consider these paths forward: Ask, and Ask for More Be transparent with your current CEO and Board Members about your career goals in order to gain insight into succession planning and... View Details

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