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Nicolle Richards
me. There was no turning back. At first, this loss was intensely disorienting. What was right and what was wrong? I was paralyzed without a clear framework to guide me. Gradually, though, as I ventured down this new path, I rediscovered many of the things I had always... View Details
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
employees, founding leaders confront an important reality: It’s time to let go. It’s simply impossible to be plugged into everything. At this stage, you are probably managing managers, and more than ever have to empower your leaders to,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 20 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon.com
he has found to be the “3 C’s” of independent bookselling’s resurgence: community, curation, and convening. Community: Independent booksellers were some of the first to champion the idea of localism; bookstore owners across the nation... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face
that relatively few minority businesses get funded. Black and Hispanic-owned funds raised only 2.4 percent of total private capital in the study sample, according to the researchers, and minorities found it much more difficult to enter... View Details
- 18 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?
causes. In 11 experiments, they found that—relative to higher-income earners—people with lower incomes were judged more harshly for what they chose to buy, even when the two groups made identical consumer choices. It's a concept Hagerty... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Investors - Entrepreneurship
Patrick Chung Founding Partner, Xfund MBA 2004 Elizabeth Clarkson Partner, Sapphire Partners MBA 2000 Sir Ronald M. Cohen Founding Partner, Apax Partners MBA 1969 Sherry Coutu Independent Non Executive... View Details
- 26 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
When the supply of the probiotic drinks dwindled due to the Yakult factory shutting down and the Yakult Ladies ran out of products to deliver, some decided on their own to deliver water and instant noodles to their customers, for free. When Watanabe View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Nov 2023
- News
So You Want to Join a Startup
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels of an underground hotel... View Details
- 20 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators
study confirming this was done by a group of researchers, Merton Reznikoff, George Domino, Carolyn Bridges, and Merton Honeymon, who studied creative abilities in 117 pairs of identical and fraternal twins. Testing twins aged fifteen to twenty-two, they View Details
- 14 Oct 2015
- HBS Seminar
Scott Stern, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
In 2016, Swedish entrepreneurs Carl-Erik Lagercrantz and Peter Carlsson founded an electric battery company called Northvolt with the dual goals of creating a company to address climate change and bringing battery manufacture to Europe.... View Details
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
perfumes were reminiscent of one individual "note"—to employ the musical metaphor used in the industry—which tried to replicate nature. The new perfumes had a vastly increased range of scents; were far more abstract, with three notes; and offered scents not View Details
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907412 HDFC (A) Harvard Business School Case 301-093 The top management team at India's leading home finance company must decide how to deal with the emergence of intense competition at... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't
Both Associate Professor Christine Exley and Assistant Professor Julian Zlatev apply the tools of their research to examine a simple question: What makes people give? Exley became interested in the topic as a child, when she tried to raise funds for her local animal... View Details
- 04 Jan 2024
- News
Great Heights
training and fortitude in a hostile environment. And only ten percent of those who make it to Denali’s summit are women. “It’s much like tech!” Kostova says. And it proved a ready-made metaphor for the next phase of her career. In 2020, Kostova View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 08 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Silos That Work: How the Pandemic Changed the Way We Collaborate
sorting the data took 55,000 computer hours. “It’s an astounding amount of data,” she says. In an initial analysis, the researchers found that the total number of global emails spiked after lockdowns and work-at-home orders were issued in... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
is what business is about. Much to my surprise, I found that this was the exception rather than the rule for most businesses. “As I delved deeper into companies seeking to become more customer-centric, the biggest gap I discovered was the... View Details
- 18 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions
is doing it on steroids, using very large datasets, and is able to capture patterns that are undetectable to humans. If you do it on steroids, these correlations [such as the color of the case and the gender] kick in and create systematic differences that now are... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 26 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener
or has declined in recent years. In contrast, demand for social skills has jumped significantly, the study results show. Complex work requires new skills The authors found that demand for social skills depended on the size of firms, the... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 25 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow
understanding of the challenges businesses face operating in marginalized communities, especially companies addressing the racial wealth gap. Working alongside BrightUp will enable me to gain first-hand experience with a Black founding... View Details