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Networking Events - Recruiting

Hire Talent Networking Events Hire Talent Networking Events Post your event on our recruiting platform 12twenty to effectively connect with HBS students and build brand awareness. Successful events prioritize a meaningful conversation... View Details
  • March 2017 (Revised September 2017)
  • Case

Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

By: John R. Wells and Carole A. Winkler
In January 2017, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States in November 2016 had triggered a national storm of protests, and many attributed Trump’s victory to... View Details
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Business History - Faculty & Research

South Asia, an analysis of business investment in education geographies, and a study of spiritual philanthropy in emerging markets. Multiple methodologies have been employed including coding and the View Details
  • 04 Jun 2018
  • Blog Post

Reapplying to HBS

when I received the good news. For applicants who get the “ding” as I did, my suggestion is to brush it off, gain some meaningful work experience to prepare for your career and to contribute in an MBA... View Details
  • 31 Jan 2023
  • Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

Despite mandates requiring motorists to carry car insurance, 13 percent of US drivers operate vehicles without any coverage—a problem that exposes uninsured drivers to catastrophic financial risks and leads to higher premiums for insured... View Details
Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance
  • Web

Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Track Runner-Up Bluesolid develops a suite of software application and platform components that will enable value-added services to be deployed on wireless local area networks.... View Details
  • 31 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

indifferent to waiting for greater commissions and closing the deal now and getting inducted into the club. The willingness-to-pay statistic at the software firm is calculated... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway

records of graduate business schools, which tend not to consider situational influences in their evaluation of applicants, and are more likely to accept students from schools with lenient grading norms. View Details
Keywords: by Anna Secino; Education; Employment
  • 11 Jan 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups

to itself before and after the testing software was implemented, the researchers mitigated the potential for selection bias in their sample—the possibility that companies opting to A/B test are inherently... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz

    Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

    * Top 10 Technology Books of 2020 (Forbes)
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    * Top Shelf Pick of Best Business Books 2020: Technology & Innovation (Strategy + Business)
    * 9 Best Business Books for 2020... View Details

    • 02 Aug 2023

    HBS Information Session in Buenos Aires

    Join us for an in-person information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event... View Details
    • 20 Dec 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Zooming In: A Practical Manual for Identifying Geographic Clusters

    Keywords: by Juan Alcácer & Minyuan Zhao
    • 02 Nov 2023
    • News

    Seeding Startups

    of areas—business professionals, software developers, data scientists, and such—share ideas, build teams, develop and test concepts and business... View Details
    Keywords: April White
    • Web

    Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

    amount for which they are eligible decreases by $10,000 USD. See "Awards" section below for detailed explanation. Application deadline: April 25 at 12:00pm (noon) ET Apply to GO:AFRICA Demand for the program (i.e., the size of the View Details
    • July 2019 (Revised May 2021)
    • Case

    Acelerex

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids... View Details
    Keywords: Energy; Energy Sources; Growth Management; Expansion; Global Strategy; Cash Flow; Energy Industry; Web Services Industry; Consulting Industry
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    • 07 Dec 2022
    • Blog Post

    2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

    industries must make tackling climate a priority, and we are all going to be the leaders that help make this change." The Start-up Competition featured pitches from six finalist teams (of 36 total applicants... View Details
    • 30 Aug 2018
    • Blog Post

    My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

    I started believing that entrepreneurship might be the path for me. After graduating, I joined up with Tim to build and launch ZipBooks—modern accounting software for small businesses.  While Tim View Details
    • 04 Jan 2022
    • What Do You Think?

    Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

    cause or not. Each situation is different. It may depend on the nature of the CEO’s shortcomings and the terms of their contract. Was the problem merely poor company performance (rarely regarded as “cause”), poor judgment (a borderline... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 06 Aug 2020
    • Blog Post

    My HBS Financial Aid Story: Why I Chose to Invest in My Future

    family circumstances had prevented me from saving as much as I could have otherwise. I was both unsure of how to convey this in my application and embarrassed to have to ask for more money. I was not... View Details

      Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation

      Governments and foundations around the world are urgently seeking strategies to optimize their investments across a range of distinctive missions targeted towards societal challenges. How should such investments be made, from early R&D spending to later-stage... View Details