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Jeff Bussgang

Jeff. “The case method is the only effective proxy for actually doing it yourself. It’s this simple – HBS really taught me how to become an entrepreneur.” Jeff dismisses the misperceptions some business professionals have regarding... View Details

21 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

whether there are similar benefits to relatedness at an operating unit level and whether such benefits stem from spillovers between operating activities. Using data from the hospital industry, we first examine the relationship between... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Student-Profile

Mengjie "Magie" Cheng

Magie Cheng (she/her) worked for a social network company in their machine learning group and spent much of her time analyzing user behavior for a wide range of social networking applications. She became... View Details

06 Oct 2011
What Do You Think?

How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?

course, referred to a type of analytic data that might suggest nontraditional indicators designed to provide a competitive edge in everything from investments to selection of talent. One such example is the use of puzzles to select... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jan 2005
News

Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

difference in our world." CURRENT READING The World Is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman As president of New York City-based Women's World Banking (WWB), Nancy Barry has changed the lives of millions of poor women and their families around the globe. The nonprofit... View Details

25 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?

invest in data collection and storage capabilities as well as data analysis people,” says Teodorescu. “Detecting which customers or employees are about to jump ship, how to maximize View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology

09 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools

Business has long recognized the connection between an effective school system and a qualified workforce—by some estimates, the private sector invests $4 billion annually in efforts intended to improve public education. So why isn't that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

10 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation

do some sophisticated talent arbitrage” In order to gauge the effect on executive pay, the researchers obtained a data set from a large global headhunting company, one of many consulting firms that act as... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Dec 2016
News

Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?

work. “There is some visceral discomfort with simply giving poor people money,” says Faye, now chairman of the board. “But the evidence, overwhelmingly, is that cash is one of the most effective ways of alleviating poverty.” In its... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2020
News

Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match

Kyruus, a Boston-based firm he cofounded that helps health care systems to manage their provider data and make it easier to connect patients with the right care—steps that ultimately benefit both patients and practitioners. Gardner... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

10 Nov 2008
What Do You Think?

How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?

contributed benefits other users (as, for example, when a network is enlarged) as well the organization itself (providing lower costs, greater resources at little cost, better customer service, more View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Dec 2008
News

Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals

and create a community among individuals who are studying this phenomenon. Too often, leadership is not considered a legitimate subject of study in business schools, despite the fact that we face a pressing need for developing more View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

22 Mar 2016
First Look

March 22, 2016

Ranjay, and Alicia DeSantola Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50787 forthcoming JAMA Oncology Effects of Narrow Networks on Access to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

points. Pseudo-set framing changes gambling choices (Study 1), effort (Studies 2 and 3), giving behavior (Field Data and Study 4), and purchase decisions (Study 5). These effects persist in the absence of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Nov 2020
News

Insatiably Curious

endowment and foundation boards. The Network Effect Ma has found the HBS alumni network to be particularly valuable both throughout her career and in her personal life. “The... View Details

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

more tech companies getting into this sector using AI/ML to extract ESG data as well as mandatory reporting requirements from Asian regulatory bodies in Hong Kong and Japan. How do you plan on continuing to leverage the HBS View Details

Career Coach

Sarah Sikowitz

those seeking internships or full-time roles at startups. Sarah also helps students and alumni develop personal brand narratives, build effective resumes and navigate the networked job search. Work... View Details

11 Mar 2020
News

Making It Rain

weather services. “This market is not very innovative, and it’s one of the last industries where governments still lead the technology,” Elkabetz says. Most of the industry relies on data from three public sources: staffed weather... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

04 Aug 2020
Blog Post

HBS Career & Professional Development Responds to COVID-19

more effective in their chosen fields, but all students care about the doors HBS opens for them and the opportunities that await upon graduation. Our team has been working tirelessly to ensure the students in the classes of 2020 and 2021... View Details

01 Apr 1996
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

how to maximize the benefits of the alumni network itself. Network/Database Stuart C. Ferrell (42nd PMD), chair One of the most significant resources available to alumni is the HBS network of alumni... View Details

Keywords: Cathy Connett

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