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01 Sep 2011
News

MBAs Reveal Their Hopes and Dreams

Want to know what makes HBS students tick? Try reading the short essays 34 from the Class of 2011 wrote in response to the simple question: “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Each essay is paired with the... View Details

Keywords: photography; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

disappeared (study 5), robust to personal experience with temporary sharing (studies 6A & 6B), and holds even among friends (studies 7A & 7B). Temporary sharing may bring back forgetting, but not... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

services firm, comprising over 1,000 applications and over 3,000 dependencies between them. Our methods allow us to disentangle the effects of different types and levels of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Sep 2022
Book

Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?

leadership and the role of serving others through collaboration. At the video services provider Vimeo, Anjali Sud persuaded both managers and employees to follow her insight... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

Fast Answer

Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

Research Topics Suggested Resources Private Equity - Funds, Firms, Transactions, etc. Pitchbook
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04 Jun 2014
News

Investing for Real and Permanent Good

Keywords: Carnegie; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur’s Journey

layoffs, though, only one person among the six panelists had retreated to a traditional consultancy in 2001. The rest—who started everything from a women-centric financial services group to a natural... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Aug 2022
News

To Serve and Protect the Markets

retired and who can have financial security in their golden years because their finances were managed well. It could be a young person buying their first stock. It could be a small-business owner needing... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Web

Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

health care insurance industry. Its founder Adrian Gore believed that the company's products needed to not only make money but have a positive impact on society. Using its Vitality Wellness program as its strategic lynchpin, Discovery expanded into other insurance... View Details

04 Mar 2010
Working Paper Summaries

The Determinants of Individual Performance and Collective Value in Private-Collective Software Innovation

Keywords: by Ned Gulley & Karim R. Lakhani; Web Services; Web Services

01 Sep 2013
News

Three Decades of Change and Counting

heaven's sake, take advantage of it! I wasn't engaged with the African American community at MIT, so coming to SVMP was a pivotal point for me, both culturally and academically. Being around brilliant people View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Mar 2018
News

March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

an in-depth analysis of the opportunities and challenges, both traditional and contemporary, of doing business in India. Great Service Made Simple by Frederic B. Sargent (OPM... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

The Art and Science of Teaching

techniques” is Lemov himself, according to a lengthy article on teaching in the New York Times Magazine in which Lemov was featured (March 7, 2010). And no one is more surprised than Lemov at his own success. Noting that a Myers-Briggs... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools

01 Feb 2001
News

Advisory Boards Help HBS Assess and Attain Its Goals

bimonthly status reports in the Bulletin keep alumni informed about the board's ongoing work. The Board of the Directors of the Associates The Associates of Harvard Business School are individuals that have close personal View Details

Keywords: Elena N. Berg; boards; alumni; planning; leadership; advice; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Analyst Disagreement, Forecast Bias and Stock Returns

Keywords: by Anna Scherbina; Financial Services

08 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions

different factors. First, there could be a spillover from broader societal inequalities. For example, Black and Hispanic workers are overrepresented in blue collar and service... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Mar 2023
News

March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

is structured for ease of learning and referencing, and full of examples. To inspire learning, each chapter is preceded by a personal anecdote. Leading Diversity for... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2018
News

June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

University Press The direct-to-consumer business model has transformed how people seek out goods and services from music to mortgages. So what happens now that the revolution has come for health care? While... View Details

Working Paper Summaries

How do Private Equity Fees Vary Across Public Pensions?

Keywords: by Juliane Begenau and Emil Siriwardane; Financial Services

2007
Book

When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance

By: Thomas J. DeLong, John J. Gabarro and Robert Lees

For too long, professional services firms (PSFs) have relied on the "producer-manager" model, which works well in uncomplicated business environments. However, today's managing directors must balance conflicting roles, more demanding clients, tougher competitors, and... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy

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