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- 02 Jun 2003
- What Do You Think?
What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?
behaviors and settings could have as great an influence as the content itself. One respondent wrote, "...values should be modeled by the instructors in how they prepare... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Who Was George F. Baker?
newspaper reporter since 1863,” the year he invested $3,000 to become an original shareholder in the First National Bank of New York (now Citibank) at age 23. Baker believed in action, not words. And his... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 21 May 2024
- News
A New Chapter
Joe Wolf (MBA 1999), cofounder and co-CEO of Imagine Worldwide, wants to provide educational opportunity where it is needed most. “In the next 30 years, half of the world’s youth will be sub-Saharan African,” says Wolf. “Right now, the World Bank reports that only one... View Details
- 28 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates
The Lovelorn With their extensive research on the subject, Frost and Norton have advice for online daters. "Remove yourself as much as possible and don't invest your ego... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
experience as a policy maker—as well as 25 years of experience as an investor and small business owner—to the U.S. Competitiveness Project at... View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Siblings at HBS: Katie and Tyler Harris
different? In many ways, our similarities and differences depend on the topic or context – sometimes we’re eerily similar and other times polar opposites. One of our biggest differences will become readily apparent as fall approaches.... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
highlight a two-stage process for marketing resource allocation. In stage one, a model of demand is estimated. This model empirically assesses the impact of marketing actions on consumer demand of a company's product. In stage two, estimates from the demand model are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Managing Human Capital—Global Trends and Challenges
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 13, 2008 Moderator: David H. Thomas, HBS faculty... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Thomas
- 21 May 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
materiality map. Once I did that, I was able to come to the conclusion that acquiring a leading ESG position would potentially help this company gain market share during an upcoming industry consolidation post the Covid-19 crisis. I... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
influence facility managers' decisions. As a result, managers of facilities that are subjected to comparable institutional pressures adopt distinct sets of management practices that appease different external constituents. Using View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Joe…
promising breakthrough technologies that could have a real impact on energy-intensive industries like electric utilities, oil and gas, chemicals, and mining, and then provide financing to help build fast-growing start-up companies. As... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
look at how maturing technology companies make the transition to the next generation of products. But as he did research and talked to tech companies, he came to an inescapable conclusion: Technology was... View Details
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
R&D and engineering. The region is now producing an estimated 90 percent of women's luxury shoes that sell for $500 or more per pair. Why Clusters Still Work The cluster's success is largely due to a lead firm acting View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing
Seventeen years after the dawn of social media marketing, this medium continues to be an intriguing puzzle—a place where brands are investing more time and money, but are still struggling to determine what... View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
forecasts as an input into the government budgeting-making process would probably reduce official forecast errors for budget deficits. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2021
- News
Apollo Hires Legendary Banker Bill Lewis (MBA 1982) to Boost Top Ranks
Photo source: Apollo Global Management Inc. Investment banker Bill Lewis (MBA 1982) has joined Apollo Global Management Inc. as a senior partner and a member of Apollo’s Management Committee. Lewis had... View Details
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Donor-Advised Fund - Alumni
Giving Donor-Advised Fund Giving Donor-Advised Fund You can simplify your charitable giving by establishing a donor-advised fund at Harvard. This philanthropic vehicle enables you to qualify for an immediate tax deduction and then make... View Details
- 22 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Side Effects: The Case of Propecia
after "trusted advisers," namely wives and hair stylists who can see problems early on, could be an option. "It's a waste of time to try and get men to go to their doctors," one female audience member said. Instead,... View Details
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
Company, said that “cities need to operate more like companies,” meaning they need to learn how to effect, manage, and respond to change quickly. He cited as an example the Uber-fueled ride-hailing movement,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel