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Managing and Innovating in Financial Services - Course Catalog

module, we will look at insurance – both property and casualty (P&C) and life insurance, including the role of private equity in insurance. Insurance comprises about one third of the financial sector, View Details

22 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'

A year ago, most experts thought the US economy was thundering headlong toward recession, as the Federal Reserve moved at a historic pace to slow inflation by bridling interest rates. Yet, despite recent tremors in the stock market, no recession has materialized. Part... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Banking

14 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions

percentage of unionized employees today. However, unionization density remained consistent, in terms of which states ranked highest and lowest, from 1939 onward. Importantly, the variations occurred within View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn

into the new system illustrated to Schock the importance of flexibility and of valuing every team member. Her response was to deepen her involvement in the process by listening to the View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Brill

16 May 2017
Blog Post

Making the Move into Digital Health and Software Engineering

We caught up with Andrea Coravos (HBS 2017) after a Q&A she did with the MBA Voices blog during her second year at HBS. Coravos reflects on her time at HBS and how she transitioned into digital health View Details

Keywords: Technology; Health Care

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

resilient teams focused on the future become the key asset. Competitors are ready to pounce on any misstep to win away customers, something that will become easier as American and US Airways are forced to... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

04 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

internship with State Street and their ESG Investments & Asset Stewardship team and a six-month internship during second year of business school at Prime Coalition, a... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital

Summer 2025
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Time Well Spent: A New Way to Value Time Could Change Your Life

By: Leslie Perlow and Salvatore J Affinito

When individuals engage in fulfilling activities outside of work, they perform better on the job, but simply encouraging work-life balance doesn’t help with hour-by-hour time management. A new tool for measuring the subjective value of time for individuals as it varies... View Details

Keywords: Well-being; Work-Life Balance; Time Management

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04 Sep 2019
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'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions

research team asked decision-makers to choose between two lightbulbs. The bulbs were equally matched on most dimensions, including price, wattage, and lifespan—all except for one feature: energy efficiency.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement

Blog Blog Health Care and Life Science at HBS Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Blavatnik Fellow Author Blavatnik Fellowship Team Author Executive Education Author HBS... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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Antitrust in Historical Perspective

ever occurred in American history. One result was a partial disempower-ment of individual artisans. Overall, their incomes tended to rise while their sense of autonomy shrank. Other segments of American society also saw themselves as... View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

01 Apr 2021
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An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs

knowledge, and I was able to learn so much from them.” As part of her product development work, Shodiya found herself pitching a new innovation to the company’s capital arm. The people she was trying to sway would decide whether her View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Live Long and Prosper: Lillian Too Reveals Ancient Chinese Secrets

places such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore factor Feng shui into the design and construction of buildings, because its principles are widely known to make work less tedious View Details

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European and UK Personal Data Collection Disclosure | HBS Online

Additional Privacy Disclosures 1. Introduction These Additional Privacy Disclosures (“Disclosures”) provide information on collection and use of personal data about individuals located in a Relevant Region... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences

a family business, her team spoke to more than 1,100 CEOs, eventually finding striking differences in managerial styles and productivity in firms run by family members relative to their external... View Details

28 Jun 2023
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Managing Your Health and the Recruiting Process: Advice from HBS Alumni

work in the interview setting. He also suggests asking interviewers the question “How does your team or group deal with differences?” and reflecting on the response. If the interviewer asks follow up... View Details

17 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience

mates love seeing his daughter and talking to her which makes bringing her along to social events much easier. Forming relationships with their student’s section is integral for partners to feel included, a sentiment that was shared... View Details

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Illumination Studies and Relay Assembly Test Room – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

required the repetitive assembly of pins, springs, armatures, insulators, coils, and screws. Western Electric produced over 7 million relays annually. As the speed of individual workers determined overall... View Details

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1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Photograph Collection | Baker Library

Nickolas Muray, among others. 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Photograph Collection guide Have questions about Special Collections & Archives? Our team is here to help. Ask Us View Details

July 2013
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Voice Pitch and the Labor Market Success of Male Chief Executive Officers

By: Christopher Parsons, W. Mayew and M. Venkatachalam

A deep voice is evolutionarily advantageous for males, but does it confer benefit in competition for leadership positions? We study ecologically valid speech from 792 male public-company Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and find that CEOs with deeper voices manage... View Details

Keywords: Success; Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Management Teams