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- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
Influence People, published originally in 1937, remains one of the most popular and draws in part on lessons the author learned working as a salesman for Armour. Q: You trace the world of selling in America and the salesman from the... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
understand financial statements and communicate financial results. My job is project-based, and I'm currently leading the operational functions of a system-wide IT implementation, a project that affects the daily work of a few thousand... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley
public companies. “It has gone global.” To explore this trend, Gompers has spent a year conducting in-depth field research spanning continents. His work will inform the creation of a new MBA elective course called Entrepreneurship Outside... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
- 15 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others
just a little bit junior or senior to you, but they might still expose you to novel information,” he says. The principle works in the opposite direction, for hiring managers as well. Managers should be expanding their networks so when it... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
hard to remember a time when they weren’t a regular part of civic conversation. But as Rivkin notes, the data pointed to such concerns long before 2016. “Those of us working on the US Competitiveness Project... View Details
- 30 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Donors Are Turned Off by Overhead Costs. Here’s What Charities Can Do
administrative expenses. Keenan and her colleagues have spent a lot of time researching ways to do that. Their initial findings indicate that donors are willing to stomach the idea of overhead—as long as they know someone else’s donation... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
could be one of the biggest obstacles to achieving our climate goals. This session will examine different approaches, from policy to trade schools to exciting new and incumbent companies putting the workforce at the core of their business models. 12:00 p.m. View Details
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Tara Basu Trivedi
only gets messier), so I figured there wouldn’t be a better time than now. Coming to HBS is like Drinking from a firehose. We joke at HBS that each day is filled with so many experiences that a day feels like a week. For example, within a... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
Despite recent advances in our understanding of how locations impact the creation and appropriation of value by firms, the speed of these changes has often surpassed the speed of research on the connections between geography and firms. This volume draws together... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Top 5 Myths About HBS
family-like element that exists in your day-to-day life, people you take the same classes with and that you really grow a bond with. You spend a lot of time outside of the classroom getting to know them, their partners, their families,... View Details
- 21 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?
opportunity to redouble their efforts and grab more market share, or take it as a warning that it might be time to get out while the getting was good? A new research study suggests that more companies than expected see a half-empty glass... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Burden Legacy
III, became a journalist after graduating from HBS, working as a reporter with the Washington Post. He was a staff member at the Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research when he died in 1962. The family’s connection to Harvard dates... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
To be successful, companies must build trust with their employees and consumers. But how can companies do so in these turbulent times when they are being pulled in many directions all at once? First, businesses must realize that trust is... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 01 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Choosing the Right Student Loan
to successfully pay off debt in a relatively short time frame. If you’re planning to go into a field that does not offer that level of salary, there are several options available to you to help you manage... View Details
- 26 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
The Road Untraveled: VC Perspectives on COVID-19
African-American investors across the country. After school, he plans to continue working in the VC industry, partnering with incredible founders to build leading technology platforms of the future. We caught up with Brian to learn about... View Details
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
there is a deliberate attempt to create a link with another person, which is a very proactive behavior," Gino says. "But other times you and another person just happen to be at the same event, and you end up talking to each other and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
Corporate culture is often thought of as a hard-to-define, or soft concept in management circles. Soft not in the sense that it isn't important—most CEOs will tell you that their ability to inculcate values and mission into the DNA of a firm is among the most important... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
over time, the relationship between firm size and corporate vulnerability is relatively time invariant. All else being equal, large firms in emerging markets are more financially vulnerable and also systemically important. Consistent with... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
4+2 = Sustained Business Success
maintain a total return to shareholders greater than their industry peers for more than ten years. And so, it seems, there is value in being reminded from time to time what really works. Excel At Four... View Details
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Team - Case Method Project
dancing, playing board games, and spending time with her four ferrets. Maureen O’Hern Maureen O'Hern works with the Case Method Project on teacher outreach and mentorship, and is also a history teacher at... View Details