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Crisis Leadership - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
during the downturn, he kept the mills running full steam and persuaded workers to accept a 50 percent pay cut. Salesmen sold large quantities of watches cheaply, often at auction, to popularize the product with a public accustomed to... View Details
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Domestic Students | MBA
students). Private student loans may be a good option if you have an excellent credit history and plan to pay off your loans quickly (usually within five years after graduation). Repayment options may be less favorable compared to federal... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
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The HBS Fund
thrilled to be accepted to HBS, but she wondered how she would pay for it and how much debt she could handle. Generous financial aid enabled her to attend HBS, where she blogs about her MBA experience. She is the co-founder of Thrive, an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
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Perfection’s Price
from more than 100 available brands and designers. “We meet our customers’ demand for fashion and heightened self-image,” says Kaplan. The investor who walked away eventually came back to the table, a decision that appears to be paying... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
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Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
(MBA 1991) Many employers offer voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness, and legal plan services. Employees pay for these benefits through paycheck deductions. Wellthy@Work could be a voluntary benefit offering... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Media: Courting the Cord-Cutters
dropped their $120 subscription it cost everyone in the chain, from the distributor to every content channel. Eventually the industry had to pay attention. There are currently two primary approaches to winning back cord-cutters and... View Details
- 29 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?
With the rise of mobile payment apps like Venmo, many people can easily record the exact charges incurred by a lunch partner and pay back debts to the cent. They see themselves as efficient and fair. Others often have a different word for... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 12 Oct 1999
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Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
had built its reputation by being environmentally responsible ran into trouble when it expanded its business into India," she explains, "because people there were not willing to pay for the world-class technology necessary to... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”
venture capitalists by offering these kinds of incentives. (It would be hard for them to definitively answer this unless they had been able to find a broad-minded company who would be willing to let them run experiments with their venture groups' View Details
- 19 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail
increased dramatically. Now that they could pay for showing up late, the parents stopped feeling guilty and made it a habit. "If you put a money value on the incentive, you often take away the pressure to conform to norms," Raman said.... View Details
- 02 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs
working paper, "Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship". The news that successful experience, or performance persistence, pays off may not be news at all. But HBS researchers were surprised at just how much it does help. Successful... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
that potential investors pay special attention to the career histories of all involved. Careers Count So what career factors gave biotech a boost? Higgins found three specific advantages in chief executive officers who led a successful... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 27 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
There Are No HBS People, Just People Who Happen to Go to HBS
totally against changing my major, so when I got back to school, I started applying to jobs that accepted engineers for non-engineering roles. I applied to Nielsen for a consumer data analytics role, to engineering internships that would View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
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Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think
recent report estimated that an investment of $3.2 trillion worldwide in energy conservation would avoid new supply investments of $3 trillion and would pay for itself within three to five years, while a recent Department of Defense... View Details
- 16 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future
greater impact than those who wait for the space to recover. You’re still early in your career and have the luxury of time on your side. Take risks and follow the challenges that excite you—even if you fail, you’ll gain invaluable lessons that will View Details
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IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
Students will be charged a course fee towards defraying a portion of these costs. Students are responsible for booking and paying for their own round-trip air travel and any costs associated with required visa documentation and... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
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Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
what people are willing to pay for US soybeans versus Argentinian and Brazilian soybeans because of tariffs, so these will be disproportionately important for Latin America,” he explains. About 10 percent of those who attend the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
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Case Study: Farming It Out
virtually no way to manage the process and the funding required to do it all yourself. Either you’ll end up giving the business away to an investor to help you pay to do everything now, or you’ll likely be so slow to respond that someone... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
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Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
and negotiate deals. If a tender or bid goes through and both parties sign a contract and deliver the material, they pay Open Mineral a fee per ton of raw material. Chernilovskiy, who is the company’s COO, and Eykher, who is CEO, say that... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres
- 17 Apr 2015
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A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
launched her own fund in 2012 with Ecomobilité Ventures. The firm’s investments have included Ouicar, a French car-sharing business, and Ridepal, a San Francisco–based company working to redefine commuting. It provides real-time, shared bus services for workers whose... View Details