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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

subjects as geography, history, astronomy, and literature. A 1941 graduate of the University of Iowa, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Christensen received an MBA from Harvard in 1943. After serving as a captain in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps from 1943 to... View Details

14 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Top 5 Myths About HBS

all. “Admissions looks for a typical HBS profile” Chad: I think this is one of the ways that, as an applicant, you can get into this imposter syndrome mindset, and I'll give you an example. When I speak to people who are in consulting, a... View Details

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

advice to restaurant owners, staff, investors, and patrons that we offer below. How did it deteriorate so quickly? Restaurants are universally labor intensive—by any productivity metric they rank among the least productive industries.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

recognize and try to stay ahead of these changes brought by scale. Here is advice for the CEO/founders of early-stage companies, but it also applies to leaders of any scaling organization, even inside a large corporate entity. Leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

20 Jan 2023
Blog Post

The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang

Throughout your journey, what is the greatest lesson that you believe you learned and what is one piece of advice you would give people reading this? One of the key lessons I’ve learned is captured in a poem... View Details

02 Nov 2016
Blog Post

The Benefits of a Residential Campus

A friend who just entered the Class of 2018 recently shared with me that upon letting a few mentors know about her acceptance, one of them called her immediately and said — I have only one piece of advice for you: live on campus. My... View Details

22 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

advice for the new office reality comes down to giving workers the space they need and then trusting them to do their best work. Those lessons, she says, apply in the same way no matter where they are... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 Oct 2019
Blog Post

How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life

helps scholars and firms capture and analyze conversation data online. We sat down with Professor Brooks to discuss the "How to Talk Gooder" course and to get some advice on that very topic. What is the class “How to Talk... View Details

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

on an unsurprising outcome. In this case, a deal at 2.5 percent, the midpoint of the two parties' opening positions, seemed likely to be agreeable to both sides. This time things would be different, he resolved. He would save everyone hassle and delay by making... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team

with a schedule and scope of future expenses, can equip the buyer with clearer expectations about a home’s total cost over time, Kennealey observes. “You may want to put down a big down payment, but if you know you have a new roof coming, then you might adjust the down... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

"I've heard many war stories," says Harvard Business School associate professor Connie Bagley, reflecting on conversations with former students who have started business ventures. To prepare current students for the HBS Business Plan Contest, Bagley View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

innovation. Highlights Healthcare.gov Case Show Hide Details Case Studies Healthcare.gov: The Crash and the Fix The 2010 Chilean Mining Rescue The U.S. Army’s AfterAction Reviews Featured Exercises Giving feedback exercise View Details

11 May 2022
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MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

a mom at HBS? Being away from family and in a new place was hard because your back-up options for child care are more limited. And COVID unfortunately did not help. What advice do you have for prospective student moms? At the end it is a... View Details

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future

successes” because they deliver a venture to a well-resourced owner while mostly recouping backers’ investments. However, they’re not without complication: A startup’s founders might feel pressure to yield to the plans of an aligned investor group. Founders will also... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

probably as busy and involved today as he was when he ran the firm. He's made philanthropy and involvement in social enterprise a full-time job. What was your first job? When I was about ten, I started giving puppet shows at neighborhood... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

07 Aug 2013
What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

is far more valuable in decisions regarding people " However, intuition lags reality. "Use it to consider if the new idea makes sense, but don't give it more weight than it deserves." B. Graham equated judgment with a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

collective wisdom for accounting Ph.D. students who will be entering the academic job market. It is divided into two sections. The first offers subjective advice on the dissertation process—from choosing a topic to surviving the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 May 2023
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India's New Money Managers

follow the advice but the women—who saw the positives—still sought advice from their husbands and fathers before making any financial decisions. This meant that men were easier to access and convert, which... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Feb 2022
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Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

You take it and you persuade people and you build the case and you build the social movement around it to get it done. Lambert: What is the first piece of advice you would give a potential corporate... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

likely to be able to tell the difference between good and bad advice. In another experiment, in which she asked participants to estimate the amount of money in a jar of coins, she found that anxious participants were apt to give equal... View Details