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Career Coach

Meredith Hamilton

Meredith [she/her] has served as a mentor and coach to innumerable mid-career staff as well as several CEOs in the social sector. She is committed to creating a safe space for students and alumni to explore questions of professional... View Details

Keywords: Education; Entrepreneurship; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Government; Real Estate; Social Enterprise

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

operating cable systems, the sample companies' weighted average pretax income was only 3.1 percent of revenues. 19 This low profit margin reflected the interest expense associated with an average debt-to-equity ratio for the sample... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

16 Feb 2023
Blog Post

The Rituals of Case Method Teaching

marriages to death, and even to organizational practices designed to promote cohesion. When Alison Wood Brooks, the O'Brien Associate Professor of Business Administration, joined the HBS faculty, she was... View Details

28 Apr 2023
Blog Post

From Harvard Business School to Spotify: Four Lessons in My Journey to Land My Dream Job

industries During my second year at HBS I took courses like The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (BEMS) and Launching Tech Ventures (LTV) that helped me gain a profound understanding of the space I wanted to play in: the... View Details

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

trust their business associates and colleagues is critical for business success in China," says Chua. Their article, "Guanxi versus Networking: Distinctive Configurations of Affect- and Cognition-based Trust in the Networks of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing Challenges of the China Olympics

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Normally, the Olympic Games are a positive... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Sports

15 Aug 2023
HBS Case

(Virtual) Reality Check: How Long Before We Live in the 'Metaverse'?

Business School researchers concludes that the decades-old “pendulum of metaverse hype” began to swing toward skepticism in early 2023, as major tech corporations announced massive layoffs and cutbacks in virtual-reality development. Harvard Business School View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Computer; Information Technology

14 Sep 2021
Blog Post

How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development

Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003), Managing Director, HBS Career & Professional Development, has been a leader in the career development field for 18 years and countless HBS students and View Details

Keywords: All Industries

02 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium model with tax distortion, government outlays uncertainty, and contingent-debt service. Our framework also recognizes that contingent debt can be View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate... View Details

01 Apr 2024
In Practice

Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes

FTC is sending a strong signal that it is paying close attention to grocery store prices. Executives should be weighing this regulatory attention when considering prices over the years ahead. Alexander MacKay is an assistant professor of business administration at... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Consumer Products

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Research Services - Faculty & Research

Research Services 35ms Harvard Business School (HBS) provides unparalleled faculty support to facilitate the creation of enduring knowledge that shapes both business practice and pedagogy. HBS is distinct in that it funds almost all its... View Details

11 Jul 2023

Industry Spotlight: Sustainability, Climate Change, and the Environment

Wonder what an MBA could do to help with your professional growth? Hear from HBS alumni and the Business & Environment Initiative staff as they reflect on how the MBA Program is inspiring innovation at the... View Details

07 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity

raising instinctive fears of bodysnatchers looking for a quick payday. It's just these kinds of gray zones that HBS assistant professor Michel Anteby likes to research, areas where questions of legitimacy and moral beliefs are raised.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

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Founders & Investors - Entrepreneurship

The Founders & Investors Discover Rock alumni and students who are turning opportunity into reality. Entrepreneurs Investors Companies Gilbert Addo CEO, RubiconMD MBA 2011 Pratik Agarwal Founder, Accel MBA 2014 Shantanu Agarwal Founder,... View Details

29 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

Companies that let their workers decide where and when to do their jobs—whether in another city or in the middle of the night—increase employee productivity, reduce turnover, and lower organizational costs, new research suggests. Prithwiraj Choudhury, an View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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MBA Experience | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

HBS offers a rich portfolio of opportunities for MBA students to tailor their social enterprise engagement, including academics, careers, community, and paths for social entrepreneurship. Academics First-year students take courses that... View Details

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Enter Elton Mayo – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us A New Vision An Essay by Professors Michel Anteby and Rakesh Khurana Introduction The Hawthorne Plant Employee Welfare Illumination Studies and Relay Assembly Test Room Next... View Details

15 Feb 2022
Book

When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

relationships and judge them fairly, the same way you would if you were assessing a deal,” Brooks says. “You’re super good at that. Turn your gift inward.” Work, don’t wish, for change. “Everybody at HBS knows that wishing for something... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

11 Apr 2024
In Practice

Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

Business Administration at HBS and co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative. Marco Tabellini: One negative scenario and one positive for firms Given the current political climate, it’s unlikely the US Congress will... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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