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Historical Data Visualization Historical Data & Sources All Records Data & Sources Adult Literacy Rates World Bank, World Development Indicators database Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook National Center of Education... View Details

23 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

shop may be a harbinger of things to come,” says Luca. The study didn’t specifically track the fate of existing shops or services after new businesses started opening in the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

their products, most demand the same from themselves. In so doing, they are at risk of letting their egos take over and letting their protective shells harden. When things go wrong—which they inevitably... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Advice on Advice

certain things unsaid. Sometimes the advice-seeker is leaving out key pieces of information inadvertently or because of discomfort with his contribution to the problem.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 May 2022
What Do You Think?

Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?

that management challenges and opportunities posed by such things as the need for sustainability, the development of the metaverse, questions about the future of work and the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

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CEO Leadership - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Business Review Seven Surprises for New CEOs by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch, & Nitin Nohria As a newly minted CEO, you may think you finally have the power to set strategy, the authority to make things happen, and full access to the... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor

battling the same thing is important. Also, your seeming disadvantages can be the source of strength.” La famiglia: “My favorite place to vacation is Portofino. At 11 o’clock at night there’ll be three... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

rural regions, and regulatory uncertainties. “One of the exciting things about Alibaba and Ant Financial is Jack Ma’s vision of financial inclusion across China. So you have... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

2000), Blitzscaling Network Effects & the Next Big Thing James Currier (MBA 1999), NFX Fundraising in a Post-Bubble Era Jeffrey J. Bussgang (MBA 1995), Hack Diversity; Flybridge Capital Partners; and Senior Lecturer View Details

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

Brierley Professor of Business Administration at HBS. “Then some things happened in the world, and people started being interested in inequality.” How academic institutions can change It’s worth noting that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

24 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors

professor at Harvard Business School, who co-authored the study published in Nature Human Behaviour with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania colleagues Erika Kirgios, Aneesh Rai, and... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

August 2015
Case

Building an e-Commerce Brand at Wayfair

By: Thales Teixeira and Elizabeth Anne Watkins

Wayfair, Inc. comprised five home goods, furniture, and décor e-commerce brands. Wayfair.com, the main brand, which was responsible for the majority of sales, targeted the mass-middle home-goods market. AllModern, DwellStudio, Joss & Main, and Birch Lane were niche... View Details

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21 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics

of a real diversity of applications, from consumer apps to research in things like healthcare and energy management. The philosophical implications are enormous: machine... View Details

17 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups

over better workers in favor of those of their own race or background. The danger is particularly high when things are going well. At those times, it may be easy to become... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

01 Dec 2018
News

Digital Transformation

only asset that you can hold on to for your entire life,” explains the Pakistan native. “My parents were big proponents of learning about how things evolve in the world. This fund tied in perfectly with... View Details

02 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes

have no impact on their income. “The proponents of corporate tax cuts have argued that it will increase wages for workers, but a lot of things have to go right for that to... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

20 Dec 2023
News

New School

In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, Curriculum Associates, a Massachusetts-based company that creates research-based print and online instructional and assessment tools, made the decision to make its products free to teachers and... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

growing things could play in educating others about indigenous cultures. Now he talks about the intelligence of corn—how it changes color to optimize filtration of ultraviolet... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

finding more precious time; there's this exercise where you make a list of 10 things to say "no" to in order to say "yes" to the truly meaningful stuff. Talk about empowering choices! I'm also currently... View Details

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

For the past six months, there has been a lot of handwringing about the market downturn. Most everyone has been advising entrepreneurs to marshal their capital, cut costs, and extend their runway. In essence, play defense. Many investors... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

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