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- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
and sometimes it seems to be made a fishing line”—was very affecting. Can you tell me a little bit more about Drew? Sheryl: Drew is a really interesting fellow. So we knew his father, Rick Goff. He was our age, and he worked on a family... View Details
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
limited intermediation, and corporate opportunism. Investor tastes, when combined with imperfectly competitive intermediaries, lead prices and interest rates to deviate from fundamental values. Opportunistic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
business: Investing in employees keeps churn rates down and distinguishes Hello Alfred in a moment when quantity of transactions often wins out over quality of service. “If we serve our employees well, then the users will be happy,”... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
Harvard Business School professor Constance Bagley studies the intersection of business and law, and is interested in how companies can use legal resources as a competitive asset. In this interview, Bagley discusses ways businesses can... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
Immelt had spent his second year at HBS reflecting on his career path, and he decided that he was more interested in being an operator than an investor, accepting a position with a lower salary at GE. Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) Jeff Immelt... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
founded Alibris, an e-commerce company that sells used, rare, and out-of-print books. We failed, a lot—HBS has a case on our more interesting failures. Our biggest setback came early. We planned to launch our commercial website and close... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
between 2010 and 2016. “Men are more likely to get asked questions that are about the opportunity and their vision,” Huang says. “And women are more likely to get asked questions around the risks and the drawbacks.” Huang, who recently... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
it’s a radio show. Imagine different people tuning in at different moments. So you have to continue to remind people what it is that they’re even watching. Otherwise, you’ll lose their interest because they’ll be like what the hell is... View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
one season in which I can show my wife that I'm actually reading books at a rate that approaches that with which I buy them. Therefore, I tackle long books only after considerable consideration. This summer, I am hoping to read an... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
proposal involved changing a basic design feature of LinkedIn by allowing members to contact each other without intermediaries for a fee. Fewer members would avail themselves of this feature, but those who did would be willing to pay as much as $5-$15 per message. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
turnout among those who would have registered anyway. On the contrary, citizens registered due to the visits became more interested in the elections, and 93% voted at least once in 2012. Overall, these results suggest that easing... View Details
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
Weapon", was originally published on Harvard Business Review's faculty blog on April 19, 2010.) Spring brings April showers, May flowers—and a flurry of annual reports. Mine have been arriving in the mail, and I am always interested... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
provided to white Americans. The first week my father and his family moved into their home in Christiana, Delaware the KKK burned a cross in my family’s yard. Now, in the midst of COVID-19, the unemployment rate surges with... View Details
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
longest longitudinal study on happiness ever done. And although our wealth has tripled, although our safety has increased, murder rates at an all-time low, people can go further and faster, more educated, happiness has been flat. It's... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
California, several professors, including an HBS alumnus, encouraged him to apply to HBS. Darden hoped an MBA would help further his interest in a career focused on service and academia. DARDEN: The environment that I found myself in at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
suggested a tech security recruiting push aimed at women akin to the “Rosie the Riveter” campaign of World War II.) Bonaparte offers the example of how universities are attempting to attract more women to STEM careers. If a school wanted to promote general View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
Abstract—Many experiments have found that participants take more investment risk if they see returns less frequently, see portfolio-level returns (rather than each individual asset’s returns), or see long-horizon (rather than one-year)... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
denial as a particular risk for large, established organizations as much as for young, entrepreneurial firms? Is denial a predictable downside to success? A: Denial is more endemic to older firms because it so often results from stubborn... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
900 MBA students each year to more than a dozen cities, including in China, India, and South Africa. Without a doubt there is more we can do, as we are witnessing interesting business ideas and opportunities emerge in every corner of the... View Details
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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
Year in Review Degree Programs Nearly 8,150 applicants sought a place in the MBA Program and approximately 890 applicants in the Doctoral Programs; the acceptance rate for both was highly competitive, at 14 percent and 4 percent,... View Details