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01 Dec 2016
News

Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era

renewables compete very well with expensive oil-based energy and are more reliable. A domestic focus on efficiency and renewables can reduce domestic energy bills and create diversification. A favorable business climate for renewables... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board

pursue your business career as aggressively and professionally as you can so that when and if the opportunity arises you will be recognized for your expertise and interpersonal skills. It does not hurt to make sure you have developed some... View Details

17 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 17

http://hbr.org/search/213034-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-188 AVA.ph: Growing a Filipino E-Commerce Company AVA is a three-year old e-commerce company in the Philippines. From its early start mimicking the Gilt Groupe concept... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Affinity Groups | Employment

Participation in staff affinity groups is open to all and supports our Institutional commitments focused on fostering a more diverse and inclusive culture for all members of the Harvard Business School (HBS) community. Objectives &... View Details

25 Aug 2014
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Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999

successful online marketplace Care.com. Marcelo, the fifth of six children, was raised in a tight-knit family. Her parents, who eloped in their late teens, did not fall into stereotypical gender roles. “My father was the one who stood by... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

16 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)

population buys online and as we’ve seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, there are a lot of benefits,” Dzodan shared about his business thesis. “The model we built for Facily is that we let people get together... View Details

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Hiroshi Mikitani

richest person in Japan. His skills as an entrepreneur became legend in his home country and around the world. Given the challenges entrepreneurs face in Japan—a dearth of venture capital, daunting government regulations and the aforementioned View Details

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Career Tools & Resources | MBA

Career Tools & Resources Students gain the tools they need for their internship and full-time search, as well as an in-depth library of resources surrounding ones professional development. Harvard Business School (HBS) Career &... View Details

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

When Product Variety Backfires

slightly different than the other? It's enough to give a shopper, well, a headache. The belief that variety is good "is not always true," argues Harvard Business School professor John Gourville in "Overchoice and Assortment... View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin; Consumer Products

14 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 14

Four businesses had, by 2012, grown to dominate the infrastructure that all firms rely on to reach online customers. Will the balance of power among the four persist, will one take command at the expense of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Past Issues - Alumni

Highly Recommended: Leah Modigliani Complete Table of Contents February 2000 No Place Like Home America's Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business Financial Services 24/7 The Emergence of Online Banking Q &... View Details

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Digital Innovation and Transformation: Resources useful for Course Assignments

forecasts, and business news that are related to emerging markets. ... View Details

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Hiring Process | Employment

Hiring Process Harvard is a large organization, employing 15,000 employees. To simplify hiring, each major business unit or school is responsible for its own. The following are details regarding the Harvard View Details

18 Jan 2022
News

HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference

kids’ high school. “It was a business club that evolved into a mentoring program,” says Mallory. “I wanted to do something a little different, and specifically help underserved people in our community.” Mallory started looking at colleges... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

Published: January 10, 2011 For retailers offering deals through the wildly popular online start-up Groupon, does the one-day publicity compensate for the deep hit to profit margins? A new working paper, "To Groupon or Not to... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

25 May 2023
Blog Post

Interview Strategies to Connect with a Wider Range of Candidates

research from Harvard Business School faculty and Harvard Business Review contributors. They are designed to help organizations think through the details of their interview process to achieve their... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

26 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part One]

A whole new way of working, leading, and living is in store for every human being, thanks to the Internet, according to HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. But how best can people and businesses make their mark? In her new book Evolve!:... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

10 Mar 2021
News

Vision: A Unicorn Evolves

Manny Medina (MBA 2003) didn’t set out to found Outreach, the Seattle-based sales-engagement unicorn. He never expected to become an entrepreneur. When he quit a frustrating role in business development at Microsoft in 2011, he didn’t... View Details

Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; technology; startups; leadership

19 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving

(Photo source: Catherine Lane) Giving to charity is the ultimate act of selflessness. We offer our own hard-earned money to those in need, with no thought of return. The reality of altruism, however, is much more complicated, as Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

Should companies let employees keep working remotely after the COVID-19 pandemic ends? Assessing the impact of remote work has involved a lot of guesswork for business leaders, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Consider the Chinese... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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