Second Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

Club in Kresge Hall, a space where faculty can gather for lunch. Flanking the Commons are three seminar rooms used by faculty and doctoral students. The Stamps Reading Room , on the second floor, a majestic space and gateway to all... View Details

27 May 2015
Blog Post

What is an HBS Section?

HBS is a big place. We think it’s one of the great advantages of our program (lots of students = lots of alums = a big global network for you to access). We receive a lot of questions about our size, like “with a first year class of 930... View Details

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

South Africa and spread worldwide, how Lipton tea became the world's biggest tea brand, the origins of the sensual Magnum ice cream, and how Pond's Cream became a Unilever brand. The story behind the brands has been presented also. Dove and Sunsilk, Omo and Surf, Rama... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

13 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion

and funny material posted on social media, to promote health, beauty, and snack food products. Our job was to develop a new snack food designed for the Korean millennial consumer. The FIELD course began in second semester. First, we... View Details

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Kim realized something: He wasn’t certain of the finance industry’s inherent value to society—and he wasn’t sure being a great banker was his destiny. “But I sensed I could be good enough to make a mark,” he says. “It seemed like the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

of eight), and hired basketball great Michael Jordan as a spokesperson. It used its leverage with supermarkets to win premium display space and squeezed costs out of the supply chain. Textbook actions produced textbook results: Gatorade... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage

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Meagan Hill

then form a revised view. But it's great training for any career path." Meagan is part of a Mohawk community from a small rural town southwest of Toronto. She believes her classmates' wide range of "backgrounds, ethnicities, and... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

threats. The second largest contingent of women supporting Trump was white women with college degrees. Forty-five percent of them voted for him. While some were likely attracted to Trump’s fiscally conservative policies, research suggests... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

empathy. I look forward to seeing the MoMBAs (student moms) at the helm of their industries and companies. I’m so excited to introduce you to the incredibly strong, talented, and inspiring MoMBAs below. Adriana Cruz Martins Year: Second... View Details

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win

business—Stevenson said he and Nash hear three great fears: "I won't be a success." "I will be a success, but it won't be enough." "I will be a success, but I'll have to sell my soul." People seek success for... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Oct 2001
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What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

stages and managers feel the pressure of deadlines and the rush to close, they often compromise or adjust the criteria they originally created for judging the appropriateness of the deal. Dissent and Debate. David Hume, the great Scottish... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

02 Nov 2018
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When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS

having the confidence to say, "I'll be fine in middle school; I'm a great student," I started worrying that I was going to fail out of middle school. Every stage of life has been like that for me: not being sure I'll be able to... View Details

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Dean’s House | About

main floor, with a circular staircase leading to a sitting room, bedrooms, and baths on the second and third floors. The surrounding garden was part of Frederick Law Olmsted’s original landscape design. At the time of its completion, the... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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History Matters

The stunning collapse of three high-profile banks in recent months—Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank—churned up a host of headlines and fears: Are these signs of major instability? The first dominos to fall? In the View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

"interests," or what each side really cares about. Failure to uncover interests often leads to mistakes in our second dimension, deal design, such as treating potentially more cooperative agreements as pure price deals in which... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Oct 2018
Blog Post

Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness

was teaching roughly 8-12 classes a week, and I loved it! I know I surprised a few co-workers the first time they saw me teaching a class: “Did you quit the firm? No? You’re nuts. Great class!” I fully admit that doing both at the same... View Details

23 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 23

while the second is the dependence of peoples' self-esteem on the extent to which they perceive that others agree with them. Government spending crowds out the charity that ensues from these forces only modestly. Moreover, people's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2007
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Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

CHANDLER: His great books “light up a landscape that had been only dimly perceived, if at all.” Alfred D. Chandler Jr., the renowned Harvard Business School historian who established business history as an indepen-dent and important area... View Details

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

in a business environment awakening to equity and inclusion. One of the first Black portfolio managers, Eddie Brown, founded the eponymous firm in 1983. It was only the second Black-founded investment firm in the US. Its performance in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

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