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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

responsibilities or taking over a larger department or organization. I'm now more mindful of how my colleagues are experiencing me, and less averse to having difficult conversations. Juliana Casale Head of Marketing at Crazy Egg Learn to lead at scale and mobilize your... View Details

02 Aug 2022
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From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech

enough to join Ford as a Machine Learning Researcher. I wrote software, generated intellectual property, and talked about autonomous vehicles in international industry conferences. In late 2018, I realized that commercially launching... View Details

20 Jan 2023
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The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang

especially true as the first in my family to go to grad school. The biggest influence in my life has been my parents. Throughout my childhood, my parents worked multiple jobs to give me the educational opportunities I had—that’s a big reason I love and value school.... View Details

January 2005 (Revised October 2005)
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Private Capital and Public Policy: Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner

Describes Standard & Poor's sovereign credit ratings business. Provides background on the history of credit ratings agencies, the meaning of credit ratings, the expansion of the sovereign ratings business over recent decades, and the market for credit ratings. Also,... View Details

Keywords: Sovereign Finance; History; Policy; Business and Government Relations; International Finance; Country; Globalized Economies and Regions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Capital Markets; Debates; Financial Services Industry; United States

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14 Jan 2019
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"It'll All Work Out": Two Alumni Discuss Balancing Marriage and Markets

planning a wedding." For Carolina, a business education was always part of her plan; For Charlie, accompanying his wife would keep them together – and give him time to explore his options. Both interned... View Details

2014
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Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' & the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster

By: Hazhir Rahmandad, Nelson P. Repenning and Rebecca Henderson

Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers"―delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer term investments―makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive... View Details

Keywords: Earnings Management; Competitive Advantage

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22 Sep 2008
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The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies

dominant means of communication within companies. Our particular interest is in how organizations coordinate across their many internal divisions (e.g., functions, business units, geographic offices, pay... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

May 2018 (Revised October 2018)
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Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree

In 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation (“EFC”), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International Conglomerate... View Details

Keywords: Cross Border; Energy Markets; Infrastructure Finance; Infrastructure Development; Business Subsidiaries; Business Cycles; Macroeconomics; Energy Generation; International Finance; Project Finance; Government and Politics; Demand and Consumers; Infrastructure; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Argentina; Latin America

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28 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research, February 28

company, DO & CO, growing geographically with its existing businesses while also adding new brands to its portfolio. The company had $1 billion in revenues in 2015 from its three divisions: airline catering; View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Sep 2019
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A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship

made an offer. Stan started in June with an official role as Product Manager Intern with responsibilities he describes as “a mix of technology development and business analysis. I work with a team focused on... View Details

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Alexandra Stanek

Why did you pursue the joint MBA/MPP degree with HBS and the Kennedy School? Both schools offer many different answers to questions concerning economic development and the role business can play for the poor. For the MBA specifically, one... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

21 May 2015
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3 Ways to Fund Your HBS MBA

at HBS. Many students, myself included, aren’t able to pay for business school out of their savings and instead utilize a combination of financial aid, scholarships, and loans to get themselves through the program. Here is an overview of... View Details

23 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Why White-Collar Crime Spiked in America After 9/11

fraud increased significantly, particularly in regions where the FBI focused its counterterrorism efforts, according to a study by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Trung Nguyen. The study is among the first to link the FBI’s... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Tokyo, MBK Partners focuses primarily on buyouts of consumer-facing businesses in China, Japan, and Korea. With nearly $30 billion in capital under management, the firm is raising its sixth flagship fund, targeting $8 billion; the firm’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007

collection will be of great interest to scholars of entrepreneurship, international business and business history. Psychology and Experimental Economics: A Gap in Abstraction... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Oct 2018
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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations

While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn (MBA 1981), was changing the institution. “I was blown away,” she says, “by how Jeff and his... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

16 Mar 2022
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Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports

an inflection point. Laitsas found that he had learned a great deal from investment banking but didn’t see himself in the industry long-term. As a way to hit the reset button on his career path, Laitsas turned his attention towards obtaining his MBA at Harvard View Details

24 Oct 2018
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The Energy & Environment Club

Comprised of over 200 students, the HBS Energy & Environment Club promotes the energy, clean tech, and environment-related industries at Harvard Business School. The mission of the club is to develop the next generation of leaders in... View Details

29 Oct 2020
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Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

and development are when I witnessed the debilitating impact of Nigeria’s flailing macroeconomic outlook on once thriving businesses in 2016. Subsequent macro events made it increasingly clear that I needed more grounding in economic... View Details

May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
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Gap, Inc., 2000

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin

From humble beginnings as a Levi jeans store, by 2000 Gap, Inc. had grown to become the world's leading specialist clothing retailer. Its CEO, Millard S. Drexler, the "merchant prince," was credited with transforming Gap into a global empire, leading the company... View Details