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Ethan Li

Ethan Li may have an advantage over other would-be business leaders: he feels very comfortable with the unknown. As an undergraduate, he majored in engineering, yet took his first career assignment with Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong. He... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Manufacturing/Energy

09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

Reselling Opportunity” (HBS no. 717-430). Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/719408-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 719-437 The De Beers Group: Launching GemFair for Artisanal Diamonds In April 2018, the De Beers... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Pay Workers More So They Steal Less

Bigger paychecks for retail employees could generate significant payoffs for employers by reducing worker theft and raising the level of moral behavior in the workforce, a new study shows. Tatiana Sandino, an associate professor in accounting and management at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

27 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital

Walking into Harvard Business School as friends, roommates, and colleagues in 2017, Henri Pierre-Jacques (MBA 2019) and Jarrid Tingle (MBA 2019) already knew each other well. What they didn’t know yet was how their angel syndicate, Harlem... View Details

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

with ASD have average or above average intelligence, yet 85 percent are unemployed. “Their intellectual horsepower is quite high,” Harvard Business School’s Gary P. Pisano says of the ASD population. “They do things differently and they... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

The importance of naming and addressing institutional racism has many people focusing on what can be done—as individuals and as employers—to improve diversity, inclusion, and understanding in an organization. Below are several resources and recommendations from experts... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-024.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Center for Creative Leadership Harvard Business School Case 308-013 The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) was founded in 1970 on the notion that leadership... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Aug 2016
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August 30, 2016

between components). Our results reveal that different business groups within the firm face different costs of adaptation, deepening our understanding of the roots of organizational agility. Download working... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

helped drive site traffic and user engagement across multiple channels. As a result, HBR group sales increased 10 percent year-over-year, while circulation grew 3 percent over the same period to a record 349,000. In addition, Harvard... View Details

14 Dec 2018
Blog Post

The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

us introduce ourselves. We are HBS CPD – Harvard Business School Career & Professional Development. A – Aldrich. Aldrich Hall is one of our main academic buildings where most MBA classes are held. If you are participating in an... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

22 Jul 2014
Blog Post

From FIELD to Field, Putting What I’ve Learned at HBS into Practice

If you asked me two months ago whether I learned anything during my first year at Harvard Business School, my response would have been a resounding “Yes!” But, if you followed up by asking me for an example of how I applied the lessons I... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

27 Jan 2014
Blog Post

Opportunity Abounds

the US, with our global partners on a pressing business issue. The project concludes with a 10-day trip to work in the FIELD with our partners, formally ending with a business recommendation from the HBS... View Details

Keywords: Technology

01 Jan 2011
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Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

Administrator, US Small Business Administration Download Mills profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1953 Born, Boston, Massachusetts 1977 Joins General Foods 1981 Joins McKinsey & Company 1983 Joins E.S.... View Details

10 May 2019
Blog Post

Advice for Mothers Pursuing an MBA

network and made friends. Sections organize lots of small group dinners that are great to attend even with kids, but you can go above and beyond that! I invited my section mates and friends to my home. Since I’m from Italy, it was quite... View Details

16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

http://hbr.org/search/613053-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 413-107 Ibrahim Dabdoub at the National Bank of Kuwait Ibrahim Dabdoub, the group chief executive of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK),... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

Litigation Strategy in EMC Corporation v. Donatelli (B) Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/318027-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-020 Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey 2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey 1. Survey Background In October of 2018, Harvard Business School hosted The Global Financial Crisis: What We Learned, Where We're Headed, a conference... View Details

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Supply Chain Inventory Planning

My work studies management decision-making in demand and supply planning contexts with a focus on forecasting and inventory planning decisions. I examine these decision-making processes from both a supply chain (i.e. across firm) and an... View Details

March 2024 (Revised August 2024)
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Darktrace: Scaling Cybersecurity and AI (A)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Alexis Lefort

In 2023, Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson was contemplating her growth strategy at a leading U.K.-based cybersecurity venture, launched in 2013 by a group of anti-terror cyber specialists, University of Cambridge mathematicians, and artificial intelligence (AI) experts.... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Talent; Scaling; Entrepreneurship; Cybersecurity; Leadership; Business Growth and Maturation; Recruitment; Resignation and Termination; AI and Machine Learning; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Going Public; Technology Industry; United Kingdom; Europe; United States

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16 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

percent in 2015. Yet nearly one-third of Indian housewives express the desire to work. How do governments go about changing perceptions of women in the workforce when it’s in their economic interest to do so? A recent working paper by Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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